Contents
1. Executive Summary.
2. Background
2.1 Baseline Access Network Architecture.
2.1.1 Residential Gateway (RG)
2.1.2 Optical Network Termination/Unit (ONT/ONU).
2.1.3 Optical Line Termination (OLT)
2.1.4 Broadband Network Gateway (BNG)
2.1.5 Management.
2.2 Market Landscape
3. Emerging Architecture
4. Why Cloud-Native, Disaggregated and Open?
5. Key Building Blocks Enable the New Architecture
5.1 PON MAC Chips and Pluggables
5.2 Open-Source Software
5.2.1 Open Networking Foundation (ONF)
5.2.2 Broadband Forum (BBF)
5.2.3 SEBA/VOLTHA and CloudCO/OB-BAA - Not Direct Competitors
5.3 Open Interfaces
5.4 White-box OLT Reference Designs
5.5 “OLT-on-a-Stick”
6. Insights
6.1 VOLTHA/SEBA and ‘OLT on a Stick’ open growing OLT Market to New Entrants and change FTTH game
6.2 Will Open Standards and Cloud-Based OLTs drive low Margins and reduce R&D?
6.3 There is Open and there is ‘Open’
6.4 Vendor Selection Has Gotten Harder
6.5 Open and Disaggregated Network Elements Facilitate Automation and Orchestration
7. The Big Question – Is there room for all of the competitors entering the PON equipment market?
8. Analyst Contacts
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