An extended reach EPON repeater is one of the solutions to effectively expand FTTH service areas. In this paper, we
propose a reconfigurable multi-port EPON repeater for effective accommodation of multiple ODNs with a single OLT
line card. The proposed repeater, which has multi-ports in both OLT and ODN sides, consists of TRs, BTRs with the
CDR function and a reconfigurable electrical matrix switch, can accommodate multiple ODNs to a single OLT line card
by controlling the connection of the matrix switch. Although conventional EPON repeaters require full OLT line cards
to accommodate subscribers from the initial installation stage, the proposed repeater can dramatically reduce the number
of required line cards especially when the number of subscribers is less than a half of the maximum registerable users
per OLT. Numerical calculation results show that the extended reach EPON system with the proposed EPON repeater
can save 17.5% of the initial installation cost compared with a conventional repeater, and can be less expensive than
conventional systems up to the maximum subscribers especially when the percentage of ODNs in lightly-populated
areas is higher.
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