Supporting NGPON2, XGPON1, XGS-PON, 10G EPON, 10G Active Ethernet, GPON, and EPON, operators will enjoy the benefits of an open, standards compliant, commercial solution with extensibility to the newest protocols, speeding time to market for symmetric or asymmetric 10Gbps broadband services. OEMs benefit from a broadband platform supporting global standards and featuring Broadcom’s comprehensive software suite.

Complementing the 10G fiber WAN is a 10G non-blocking, feature-rich home gateway complex supporting multi-port 1G, 2.5G, 5G or 10G LAN networking interfaces, along with USB3, tri-band concurrent Wi-Fi, and multi-line VoIP. Managing the BCM6858 is a secure, quad-core CPU with Broadcom’s proven line rate packet-offload engine ensuring the CPU is available for future applications to lengthen the fielded product life-cycle.

“As broadband use continues to expand throughout networks and to the home, it is critical for OEMs to offer telecom providers flexible solutions with a wide range of PON protocols that will satisfy the bandwidth demands as well as the infrastructure growth required behind it,” said Greg Fischer, senior vice president and general manager, Broadband Carrier Access, Broadcom.

“With its 10G PON support for all PON protocols and field proven software the BCM6858 SoC is an ideal solution for telecom providers to serve the evolving needs of carrier networks within growing fiber markets.”