Passave today announced two new GPON devices aimed at building on the company’s success in the Asian fiber-to-the-home market.

The PAS5211 optical line terminal (OLT) and the PAS6211 optical network terminal (ONT) combine provide 2.5 Gb/s of bandwidth when deployed inside FTTH equipment. Using the company’s existing GigaPASS architecture, the two new devices are meant to bring the same design to a much higher bandwidth level.

The architecture blends multiple gigabit and faster packet-processing engine subsystems. Additionally, it incorporates all of the PON circuitry and, perhaps most important for carriers, provides a programmable control processor.

“The architecture that is being done for gigabit Ethernet, you’re talking about services where the devices are running at 100 Mb/s,” said Mark Abrams, director of marketing for Passave. “The game has changed where you’re going from a Meg to 100 Meg and even a Gig.”

One of the more important features, particularly for U.S. carriers is inclusion of forward error correction, which allows service providers to double the reach or number of customers that a network can support.