EchoLife HG8242 GPON Terminal

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Product Description

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Date 2012-07-13

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Contents

1 Introduction....................................................................................................................................1
1.1 Product Positioning.............................................................................................................................................1
1.2 Network Applications.........................................................................................................................................1
1.3 Product Highlights..............................................................................................................................................2
1.3.1 Comprehensive Triple Play Service..........................................................................................................2
1.3.2 Quality CATV Service Transmission........................................................................................................2
1.3.3 Secure and Powerful Gateway Functions..................................................................................................3
1.3.4 Convenient Automatic Provisioning, Maintenance, and Management of the Remote Service.................3
1.4 Hardware Features..............................................................................................................................................3
1.4.1 Appearance................................................................................................................................................3
1.4.2 Port/Button.................................................................................................................................................4
1.4.3 LEDs..........................................................................................................................................................5

2 Product Functions and Features..................................................................................................8

2.1 GPON Features...................................................................................................................................................8
2.2 CATV Features...................................................................................................................................................8
2.3 Ethernet Features................................................................................................................................................9
2.4 Multicast Features...............................................................................................................................................9
2.5 Voice Features....................................................................................................................................................9
2.6 OMCI Features.................................................................................................................................................10
2.7 Security Features..............................................................................................................................................10
2.8 Device Maintenance.........................................................................................................................................10

3 Technical Specifications.............................................................................................................11
3.1 Optical Port Specifications...............................................................................................................................11
3.2 Power Specifications........................................................................................................................................11
3.3 Working Environment......................................................................................................................................12
3.4 Dimensions and Weight....................................................................................................................................12

A Acronyms and Abbreviations..................................................................................................13

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Product Description 1 Introduction

1 Introduction

1.1 Product Positioning

The HG8242 GPON terminal (hereafter referred to as the HG8242) is an indoor optical network
terminal (ONT) designed for home users and small office and home office (SOHO) users. Its
upper shell adopts the natural heat dissipation material, and its optical port adopts the dust-proof
design with a rubber plug. The HG8242 is eye-pleasing and energy-efficient. It can be deployed
on a workbench or mounted on a wall, meeting users' deployment requirements in different
scenarios.
By using the Gigabit-capable Passive Optical Network (GPON) technology, the HG8242
provides a high-speed data channel through a single optical fiber with an upstream rate of 1.244
Gbit/s and a downstream rate of 2.488 Gbit/s. In this way, you can enjoy the high-speed data
service, quality voice service, superior video service, and CATV service.
As an ONT, the HG8242 provides the more convenient and efficient remote management
function. It supports the ONT Management and Control Interface (OMCI) protocols and
manages all home terminals in a unified manner, implementing remote fault diagnosis, service
provisioning, and performance statistics.

1.2 Network Applications

As a network terminal, the HG8242 is deployed at the GPON access layer and connects the home
users and SOHO users to the Internet through the optical upstream port. On the local area network
(LAN) side, the HG8242 provides abundant hardware ports to meet multiple network
requirements of home users and SOHO users.
shows the position of the HG8242 in a network.

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Figure 1-1 Network topology of the HG8242

l In the upstream direction, the HG8242 is connected to the optical splitter and the network-
side OLT through the passive optical network (PON) port, namely the OPTICAL port, to
provide the integrated access service.
l In the downstream direction, the HG8242 is connected to various terminals through the
abundant LAN-side ports, implementing the triple play service.
– Two TEL ports, which can be connected to the telephone set or fax machine to provide
the superior and cost-effective voice over IP (VoIP), fax over IP (FoIP), and modem
over IP (MoIP) services.
– One CATV port, which can be connected to a TV set to provide the quality CATV
service transmission.

1.3 Product Highlights

1.3.1 Comprehensive Triple Play Service

On the LAN side, the HG8242 provides abundant hardware ports to implement multiple access
services, including the Internet access, voice, and video services, providing users with the
comprehensive triple play service.

1.3.2 Quality CATV Service Transmission

The HG8242 provides the quality CATV service transmission through the CATV port.

The CATV service transmission of the HG8242 has the following features:
l Controls and queries the status of the CATV port remotely.
l Connects to multiple through one CATV port.
l Supports the optical port of the APC type with a return loss larger than 60 dB, ensuring the
quality of the CATV service.

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1.3.3 Secure and Powerful Gateway Functions

The HG8242 can function as a home gateway, which features the secure and powerful gateway
functions.

The gateway features of the HG8242 are as follows:

l Forwarding rate up to 900 Mbit/s, meeting service requirements for a high quality
l Functioning as a DHCP server or a DHCP client, meeting various requirements in different
scenarios
l Configuration of anti-DoS attack, MAC address filtering, IP address filtering, URL address
filtering, firewall, and ONT ACL, making the HG8242 more secure and reliable when it
functions as a gateway

1.3.4 Convenient Automatic Provisioning, Maintenance, and

Management of the Remote Service
The HG8242 applies the TR-069 and OMCI management, manages terminal services without
additional IP networks, which facilitates automatic provisioning, maintenance, and management
of the remote service.

The remote service management of the HG8242 has the following features:
l Supports configuring the global profile and issuing the XML configuration file on the NMS.
To provision ONT services in batches and adjust the network, only a few changes are
required.
l Supports user-defined upgrade policies configured through the NMS. The device is
automatically upgraded after being powered on and no manual operation is required.
l Supports remote performance management of the HG8242 through the NMS. By collecting
the performance data, the network performance exception can be monitored in real time.
l Supports remote fault locating of the HG8242 through the NMS. Through alarm reporting
and remote loopback diagnosis, the fault can be located remotely, which decreases the
maintenance cost.

1.4 Hardware Features

1.4.1 Appearance

Figure 1-2 Appearance of the HG8242

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1.4.2 Port/Button

Ports and Buttons on the Rear Panel

Figure 1-3 Ports and buttons on the rear panel of the HG8242

Table 1-1 Description of ports and buttons on the rear panel of the HG8242

Port/Button Function

CATV Indicates an RF port, used to connect to a TV set.

Indicates an optical port. The optical port is equipped with a

rubber plug and is connected to an optical fiber for upstream
OPTICAL transmission.
The type of the optical connector connected to the OPTICAL
port is SC/APC.

Indicate auto-sensing 10/100/1000M Base-T Ethernet ports

LAN1–LAN4
(RJ-45), used to connect to PCs or IP set-top boxes (STBs).

Indicate VoIP telephone ports (RJ-11), used to connect to the

TEL1–TEL2
ports of telephone sets.

Indicates the power button. It is used to power on or power off

ON/OFF
the device.

Indicates the power port, used to connect to the power adapter

POWER
or backup battery unit.

Ports and Buttons on the Side Cover

Figure 1-4 Ports and buttons on the side cover of the HG8242

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Table 1-2 Description of ports and buttons on the side cover of the HG8242

Port/Button Function

Indicates an external backup battery monitoring port, used to

BBU
connect to the backup battery unit for battery monitoring.

Indicates the reset button. Press the button for a short time to
reset the device; press the button for a long time (longer than
RESET
10s) to restore the device to the default settings and reset the
device.

1.4.3 LEDs

Figure 1-5 LEDs on the HG8242

Table 1-3 Indications of the LEDs on the HG8242

LED Description Status Description

Green: always
POWER Power supply LED The device is powered on.
on

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LED Description Status Description

Orange: always The backup battery is supplying

on power.

Off The power supply is cut off.

PON Authentication LED See Table 1-4.

LOS Connection LED See Table 1-4.

The Ethernet connection is in the

Always on
normal state.

Data is being transmitted on the

LAN1–LAN4 Ethernet port LED Blinks
Ethernet port.

The Ethernet connection is not set

Off
up.

The connection to the voice

Always on
server is set up.

Blinks quickly The connection to the voice

(twice per server is set up and the telephone
Voice telephone second) is in the off-hook or ringing state.
TEL1–TEL2
port LED Blinks slowly
The ONT is registering with the
(once two
voice server.
seconds)

The connection to the voice

Off
server is not set up.

The CATV function is enabled

Always on
and CATV signals are received.
CATV CATV port LED
The CATV function is disabled or
Off
CATV signals are not received.

Table 1-4 Indications of the PON and LOS LEDs

LED Status
No. Description
PON LOS

1 Off Off The ONT is disabled by the OLT.

2 Blinks quickly Off The ONT is attempting to set up a

(twice per connection to the OLT.
second)

The connection between the ONT

3 Always on Off
and the OLT is set up.

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LED Status
No. Description
PON LOS

4 Off Blinks slowly The Rx optical power of the ONT is

(once two lower than the optical receiver
seconds) sensitivity.

Blinks quickly Blinks quickly The OLT detects that the device is
5 (twice per (twice per a rogue ONT.
second) second)

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2 Product Functions and Features

2.1 GPON Features

l Compliance with ITU-T G.984 GPON Recommendations
l Class B+ optical power budget
l A maximum upstream rate of 1.244 Gbit/s and downstream rate of 2.488 Gbit/s at the GPON
physical layer
l GEM encapsulation mode
l 8 T-CONTs with up to 32 GEM ports
l GEM port to T-CONT mapping
l Multiple traffic mapping modes:
– Mapping from VLAN to GEM port
– Mapping from PRI to GEM port
– Mapping from Ethernet port to GEM port
– Mapping from VLAN+PRI to GEM port
– Mapping from Ethernet port+VLAN to GEM port
– Mapping from Ethernet port+PRI to GEM port
– Mapping from Ethernet port+VLAN+PRI to GEM port
– Mapping from IPToS to GEM port
l Dynamic Bandwidth Assignment (DBA)
l Forward error correction (FEC) function in the upstream and downstream directions
l Embedded OAM, physical layer OAM (PLOAM), and OMCI
l 128-bit advanced encryption standard (AES) in the downstream direction
l Authentication modes of SN, password, and SN+password
l Deactivation/Activation and re-register of the ONT
l Loopback test based on the GEM port

2.2 CATV Features

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l Enabling/Disabling the CATV port remotely

l Querying the CATV port status
l Reprting alarms of a CATV port
l Port type: F-type
l Working wavelength: 1550-1560 nm
l Working frequency: 54-870 MHz
l Average receive optical power: -8 dBm to +2 dBm
l Radio-frequency output power: ≥ 17 dBmV/Ch
l Radio-frequency output impedance: 75 ohms
l Carrier-to-noise ratio (CNR): ≥ 46 dB
l Carrier to composite second order ratio (CSO): ≤ -55 dB
l Carrier to composite third order ratio (CTO): ≤ -55 dB

2.3 Ethernet Features

l Compliance with the IEEE 802.3ab standards
l Auto-negotiation of rate and duplex mode
l Setting to 10/100/1000 Mbit/s manually
l IPv6 Layer 2 transparent transmission
l Setting to half duplex or full duplex mode manually
l MDI/MDI-X adaptation
l Upstream and downstream rate limit based on the Ethernet port with a granularity of 64
kbit/s
l PAUSE traffic control (IEEE 802.3 Annex 31B)
l Ethernet frame of up to 2000 bytes

2.4 Multicast Features

l IGMP V2&V3 Snooping
l Up to 255 multicast groups
l VLAN transforming of the upstream multicast protocol packet
l Separate GEM ports for the downstream multicast service streams and the IGMP signaling
packets
l Transformation, transparent transmission, and removal of the downstream multicast VLAN
l Filtering downstream multicast packets
l Multicast filtering and forwarding based on MAC address
l Authentication based on the GEM port
l Fast leave

2.5 Voice Features

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l 19 preset ringing tones and 16 user-defined ringing tones

l Presetting the signal tone parameter according to country
l Configuring and issuing user-defined signal tones
l Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
l H.248
l G.711A/u, G.729a/b, and G.722 encoding/decoding
l Static and dynamic jitter buffer
l Dual-tone multi-frequency (DTMF) detection
l Local echo cancellation (EC)
l Receiving and sending DTMF and FAX based on RFC 2833
l RTP/RTCP (RFC 3550)
l Highest ringing current voltage provided by POTS ports: 60 V AC

2.6 OMCI Features

l OMCI configuration management (including the GEM port, T-CONT, CAR, and VLAN
configurations)
l OMCI query management (including the device information and Ethernet port status)
l OMCI alarming and alarm synchronization
l OMCI performance statistics

2.7 Security Features

l Anti-DoS
l MAC address filtering
l Access control rule (ACL) configuration of the ONT

2.8 Device Maintenance

l Local service configuration, query, and software upgrade on the Web page
l Automatic remote service provisioning, device management, and software upgrade through
OMCI
l Query of the information about the ONT optical transceiver
l Type B protection
l Reporting the Dying_Gasp alarm when the ONT is powered off
l System energy conservation
l Dual system protection of the software (normal system and mini system)

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3 Technical Specifications

3.1 Optical Port Specifications

GPON Port Specifications

Table 3-1 GPON port specifications

Parameter Specifications

Transmission rate Rx: 2.488 Gbit/s

Tx: 1.244 Gbit/s

Port mode Single mode

Connector SC/APC

Maximum reach 20 km

Standard compliance ITU-T G.984.2 CLASS B+

Center wavelength Tx: 1310 nm

Rx: 1490 nm

Tx optical power 0.5 dBm to 5.0 dBm

Extinction ratio > 10 dB

Minimum receiver sensitivity -27 dBm

Maximum overload optical power -8 dBm

3.2 Power Specifications

l Power adapter input: 100–240 V AC, 50–60 Hz
l System power supply: 11–14 VDC, 2A

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l Maximum power consumption: 14 W

3.3 Working Environment

l Operating temperature: 0ºC – 40ºC
l Environment humidity: 5% – 95% (non-condensing)

3.4 Dimensions and Weight

l Dimensions (Length x Width x Height): 268 mm x 213 mm x 34 mm
l Weight (including power adapter): about 800 g

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Product Description A Acronyms and Abbreviations

A Acronyms and Abbreviations

AES Advanced Encryption Standard

BRAS Broadband Remote Access Server
DBA Dynamic Bandwidth Assignment
DoS Denial of Service
FEC Forward Error Correction
FTTH Fiber To The Home
GPON Gigabit-capable Passive Optical Network
IGMP Internet Group Management Protocol
NMS Network Management System
OAM Operations, Administration, and Maintenance
OLT Optical Line Terminal
OMCI Optical Network Termination Management and Control Interface
ONT Optical Network Terminal
PLOAM Physical Layer OAM
PON Passive Optical Network
PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network
SOHO Small Office and Home Office
STB Set Top Box
VLAN Virtual Local Area Network
VoIP Voice over IP

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