An Ethernet-PON integrates broadcast/communication through time division
multiplexing, which provides users with high-speed, high-volume
communication data and high-quality, real-time digital broadcast/image
data. An OLT performs a switching operation on a plurality of digital
broadcast/image data received from an external broadcaster according to
respective broadcast/image selection information from users,
time-division-multiplexes the data into a broadcast/image signal,
multiplexes the signal and communication data from an IP network into a
frame, and electro-optically converts the frame and transmits to the
frame to ONTs through an optical splitter. Each ONT receives and
photoelectrically converts the signal from the OLT, and performs frame &
time-slot demultiplexing to output the entire received communication
signals and broadcast/image information contained in a time-slot assigned
to the ONT to a corresponding user. The ONT receives a communication
signal and broadcast/image selection information from the user, and
outputs them to the OLT through the splitter.