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With our increasing dependence on broadband, service disruptions are not acceptable, and the need for cost-effective fiber monitoring and troubleshooting is escalating. However, detecting connection problems in point-to-multipoint passive optical networks (PONs) is challenging. External Optical Time Domain Reflectometry (OTDR) can localize faults, but it is on-demand, adds to service interruptions and increases costs.With the first-to-market Embedded OTDR Solution, Alcatel-Lucent brings key capabilities into PON monitoring and troubleshooting tools to create an end-to-end comprehensive network view in a quick, cost-effective and continuous manner.