GPON ONUs

The Alcatel-Lucent GPON ONU products are subscriber/customer co-located edge

devices that use GPON technology to extend a fiber optic cable from a P-OLT shelf
at a CO to a subscriber residence, including single-family residences (SFU),
multi-dwelling residences (MDU) such as an apartment building, and small office
home office applications. The ONUs terminate the GPON physical and transmission
convergence layer and provide the specific service interworking function required at
the subscriber residence (for example, High Speed Interface, POTS, DS1 CES and
so on).
The Alcatel-Lucent GPON ONU products provide the following functions and
services:
network demarcation for all services
voice interworking function from the analog POTS lines to the VoIP/Ethernet
layers
interworking functions between the GEM and Ethernet layers
interworking functions between the PON optical overlay and the RF video
interface
CES encapsulation of DS1/E1 using the MEF-8 packetization format for
transport across the layer 2 Ethernet PON
mux and demux functions to the PON
optical to electrical conversion
located at subscriber residence
All Alcatel-Lucent GPON ONUs were developed using the following GPON ITU-T
standards:
G.984.1 (GPON Service requirements)
G.984.2 (GPON PMD layer)
G.984.2 (GPON PMD layer) amendment 1
G.984.3 (GPON TC Layer)
G.984.3 (GPON TC Layer) amendment 1 and 2
G.984.4 (GPON OMCI)
G.984.4 (GPON OMCI) amendments 1 and 2
G.988 (OMCI)
OIG Implementers Guide

Indoor ONU
The indoor ONU terminates services at the subscriber premises and is used for
subscribers living in single-family residences. The indoor ONU is suitable for
installation on a desktop or for attaching to an interior wall.
Note As already stated in chapter GPON Network Architecture,
the term ONT (Optical Network Termination) is an implementation of
the more general used term ONU (Optical Network Unit). This
document uses the general term for all Optical Network devices