The Cisco ® Prisma D-PON solution delivers an industry-leading, FTTH option for DOCSIS-based service providers that is fully compatible with the RFoG standard.. Our solution provides the benefits of a FTTH passive optical network (PON) while maintaining the existing HFC back office systems, such as the billing support system (BSS), operations support system (OSS), broadcast video, narrowcast video, switched digital video (SDV), video-on-demand (VoD), DOCSIS data, DOCSIS voice over Internet protocol (VoIP), and video over DOCSIS (VDOC).

The Cisco Prisma D-PON solution is the ideal union of ubiquitous HFC systems and the powerful potential of an all-fiber network. More importantly, the D-PON solution allows for incremental FTTH growth on a future-flexible, low-maintenance architecture while using the existing back office infrastructure. The Cisco Prisma D-PON solution utilizes a pay-as-you-grow philosophy based on the Cisco Prisma II platform.

Benefits of the Cisco Prisma D-PON Solution

The primary benefits of the Prisma D-PON solution are:

• Ideal low-cost solution for master planned community (MPC) and greenfield growth
• Provides cable operators with a transparent operating transition from HFC networks to FTTH while maintaining existing OSS and BSS systems
• Scales better than GPON or EPON for incremental growth
• Industry leading performance... it’s RFoG+!
• No Back Office Change Required
• Uses existing DOCSIS control; can share same CMTS shelf with existing HFC plant
• Does not require modification of video delivery infrastructure
• Service is provisioned just like HFC
• Future Flexible Network
• Implement bandwidth upgrades without a truck roll; incrementally reduce service group sizes from 512 to 256 to 128 homes in the headend without having to make any changes or upgrades to the OSP
• ITU and IEEE compatible 1:32, 20km PON OSP architecture allows low-cost future upgrade path to any industry standard FTTH solution (architecture not proprietary)
• Clean plant helps ensure simple upgrade to DOCSIS 2.0, 3.0, and/or VoIP services
• Robust Bandwidth
  o 1GHz downstream (supports standard CATV 78 Analog / 75 QAMs); capable of supporting DOCSIS 3.0 data rates and 48 CNR at the home
• Industry Leading Reverse Path Performance
• Patent pending reverse path technology provides 28dB of link budget with 48dB CNR
• Provides DOCSIS 3.0 channel bonding of four 64 QAM channels over a 20km link with a 1:32 PON splitter
• True PON architecture reduces operating expense and ingress concerns over traditional HFC