Supplement 79 to ITU-T G-series Recommendations (12/2023) Latency control and deterministic capability over a PON system Summary History FOREWORD Table of Contents 1 Scope 2 References 3 Abbreviations and acronyms 4 Conventions 4.1 Determinism capability in a PON context 5 Introduction 6 Use case and requirements 6.1 Use case 1 – Manufacturing industrial PON 6.1.1 Description 6.1.2 Expectation of latency/jitter control of PON system 6.2 Use case 2 – PON system in context of a TSN network 7 Mechanisms for latency control and deterministic improvement 7.1 Access segment 7.2 PON-specific parameters influencing latency 7.2.1 Influence on downstream PON system latency 7.2.2 Influence on upstream PON system latency 7.2.3 Influence on user-to-user PON system latency 7.3 Impact of configuration of PON-specific parameters (TML) 7.3.1 Control of worst-case downstream latency and jitter 7.3.2 Minimizing the worst-case (maximum) upstream latency for low-latency traffic 7.3.3 Minimizing worst-case upstream jitter = maximum latency – minimum latency 7.3.4 Impact of a quiet window on regular US transmission 7.4 Practical experience of latency control mechanisms 7.4.1 Frame-based dense burst allocation mechanism