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Development of XGS-PON Optical Line
Termination Equipment Standardization for
Broadband Fiber Access Networks in Indonesia
Nomarhinta Solihah
Center for Regulation & Management of Telecommunication
School of Electrical Engineering, Telkom University
Bandung, Indonesia
rhinta@student.telkomuniversity.ac.id
Muhammad Imam Nashiruddin
Center for Regulation & Management of Telecommunication
School of Electrical Engineering, Telkom University
Bandung, Indonesia
imamnashir@telkomuniversity.ac.id
Abstract— XGS-PON is the promising technology for
broadband fiber access network provider due to the capability
of sending 10 Gbps for downstream and upstream directions
and can be implemented along with existing PON networks.
Another advantage is meeting the high bandwidth demand for
services such as HDTV, M2M, and the Internet of Everything.
Although it has begun to be widely implemented, the
regulation of telecommunications equipment standards in
Indonesia for Passive Optical Networks (PON) is currently
limited to G-PON and E-PON technology. This study aims to
provide a reference to the technical specifications of the OLT
XGS-PON for improving existing PON regulations. This
study's technical requirements are the capability of nominal
rate, wavelength range, and IGMP multicast group from the
OLT XGS-PON device. The research obtained a reference to
the nominal rate of XGS-PON with FEC at 8.5 Gbps for
bidirectional service, the upstream wavelength range at 1260-
1280 nm, the downstream wavelength range at 1575-1580 nm,
and IGMP multicast group capability was 4096 groups in IPv4
network.
Keywords— XGS-PON, OLT, standardization regulation,
telecommunication management
I. INTRODUCTION
In 2020, 50 billion devices are predicted connected
through the Internet. It is challenging for telecommunications
network operators to meet the high demand for data traffic on
fixed networks and mobile networks [1]. The global internet
traffic business is projected to overgrow from 3.4 billion to 4.8
billion users, which is dominated by 82 percent of video
communication traffic, as shown in Figure 1 below.
Fig. 1. Internet Trends and Growth in the World [2]
The ever-increasing rate of IP traffic growth requires
increased transmission capacity and routing systems and
architecture to effectively reduce capacity requirements. It can
be done both on the backbone network and access network
through a combination of optical fiber, cable, and wireless
technology [3].
Fiber-optic communication technology is one of the
broadband technologies that have advantages in speed and the
ability to send huge capacities over long distances. Optical
fiber is the underlying infrastructure needed by today's
internet networks. Optical fiber is an ideal technology for
building national and global telecommunications networks
[1]. Network operators prefer technology that offers a balance
between the short-term investment needed to improve
technology and long-term thinking for their survival in the
market. Thus backward compatibility with existing
technology and lower cost of upgrading is the main foundation
evaluated by the industry before launching new products by
assimilating new technologies [4].
Operators of telecommunications network rollers can
make optical technology the best choice for implementation.
The optical technology that is developing in the world is the
Passive Optical Network (PON). PON technology is
considered a promising technology to realize the mobile front
haul's cost efficiency for small cell C-RAN because it allows
the sharing of optical fiber and transmission equipment [5].
The PON technology used in residential customers is G-PON,
while business and cellular customers use XGS-PON. G-PON
will remain the dominant technology because the price is
lower, and the speed is sufficient. Along with mobile
development, business traffic will be higher than housing,
especially if the cellular industry moves towards the Cloud
Radio Access Network (C-RAN), which has strict latency and
synchronization requirements in line with bandwidth capacity
requirements [6].
The XGS-PON was chosen for business and cellular
services because PON technology uses single-core optics for
its connections. It will be very useful compared to point
ethernet or metro ethernet solutions, where each connection
requires two optical cores [7]. XGS-PON is also an alternative
solution supporting the implementation of 5G and service
functions on mobile backhaul and fronthaul for business and
cellular customers, where traffic has strict latency and
synchronization bandwidth capacity requirements. XGS-PON
has a solution that supports meeting these requirements with
the Dynamic Bandwidth Assurance (DBA) mechanism.
During the technology transition, XGS-PON fulfills the main
requirements of NG-PON1 to work alongside the G-PON
system that has been implemented and utilizes the Optical
Distribution Network (ODN), which spends 70% of the total
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