The development of mobile broadband communication will bring a mass demand for mobile backhaul network in the coming years. The Gigabit-capable Passive Optical Network (GPON) is a subscriber access architecture that utilizes a low-cost point-to-multipoint fiber infrastructure. After the ITU-T adopted the GPON technology, GPON has become a dominant technology for fiber access network. The combination of GPON access network and Ethernet-based aggregation network is an effective solution for mobile backhaul network. In this paper, we will describe the innovation of mobile network and mobile backhaul, study the technology requirements and deployment issues for mobile backhaul, introduce the field trial of GPON mobile backhaul, and discuss the possible architecture for the future mobile backhaul for better understanding and promoting the GPON network and Ethernet/IP-based mobile backhaul.
ARPU (Average Revenue Per User) CES (Circuit Emulation Service) ENB (Evolved Node B) EPS (Evolved Packet System) GEM (GPON Encapsulation Method) GPON (Gigabit-capable Passive Optical Networks) HSDPA(High Speed Downlink Packet Access)