Abbreviation in fiber optic application

FTTC    Fiber TO The Curb

FTTB    Fiber TO The Building

FTTH    Fiber TO The Home

FTTA    Fiber TO The Antenna

FTTP    Fiber to The Premise

OLT     Optical Line Terminal

ODF    Optical Distribution Frame

ODN    Optical Distribution Network

ONU    Optical Network Unit

ONT    Optical Network Terminal

PON    Passive Optical Networks

GPON   Gigabit-Capable Passive Optical Networks

EPON   Ethernet Passive Optical Network

BPON   Broadband Passive Optical Network

AON    Active Optical Networks

ADSL   Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line

WDM  Wavelength Division Multiplexing

CWDM  Coarse wavelength-division multiplexing

DWDM  Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing

OADM  Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer

SFP  Small Form-factor Pluggable

QSFP  Quad Small Form-factor Pluggable

GBIC  Giga Bitrate Interface Converter

ATB  Access Termination Box

FAT  Fiber Access Terminal

FDB  Fiber Distribution Box

MPO  Multi-fiber Push-On

SM  Single Mode

SMF  Single-Mode Fiber

MM  Multimode

MMF  Multimode Fiber

OXC  Optical Cross-connector

OTN  optical transport network

POF  Plastic Optical Fiber

PMF  polarization-maintaining Fiber

PLC  Planar Lightwave Circuit

PVC  Polyvinyl chloride

LSZH  Low smoke zero halogen

HDPE High-Density Polyethylene

ISP    Internet Service Provider

CATV  Common Antenna Cable Television

EDFA  Erbium-doped Optical Fiber Amplifier