On Configuring Logical Links in EPON

As Ethernet PON (EPON) systems move into mass deployment, Service Providers have begun in earnest to explore the utility of this technology for delivering services other than best-effort Ethernet transport. Adding these new services, which commonly include telephony, video delivery, and leasedline transport, have the potential of increasing substantially the revenue generated by an EPON deployment, and in fact this additional revenue often plays a deciding role in the business case for an EPON deployment. As a rule, these new services place additional, significant demands on the performance of an EPON system. The ability to strictly enforce Service Level Agreements (SLAs), which can include bandwidth guarantees and stringent delay and jitter tolerances will be an absolute requirement for multi-service EPON systems.