Ultra-fast 1+1 protection in 10 Gb/s symmetric Long Reach PON

In this paper we evaluate PON protection switching times using our FPGA-based hardware implementation of a Long-Reach PON protocol based on the XGPON standard. We first compare reactivation times of different 1+1 protection scenarios, and then we propose hardware modifications to reduce PON protection times.

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