METHOD FOR CONFIGURING A FTTH DISTRIBUTION NETWORK CELL

The present invention provides a new method to optimize the number of required OLT GPON ports, according to the growing customer penetration rate, when deploying FTTH in low density residential and SMB areas. Additionally, it enables to minimize simultaneous customer service outages in the same zone or MDU if a distribution cell splitter fails. This method presents a new connectivity paradigm at FTTH distribution network cells based on cross-connecting the fibres between ODPs and the OSJ splitters outputs. The method spreads each splitter coverage across the cell and guarantees a fair distribution of the outputs by as many ODPs as possible, following FTTH design best practices. This approach assures that the lowest splitters will be used first and enables the optimization of GPON ports at the central office, depending on the customer penetration rate.