This specification describes the version 2.0 architecture for DPoE Networks.

Existing business services include one or more DOCSIS IP services, baseband and broadband Ethernet services over coaxial cable, IP and Ethernet over fiber with baseband and broadband (Course Wavelength Division Multiplexing (CWDM) and Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM)), Broadband Passive Optical Network (BPON), Ethernet Passive Optical Network (EPON), and wireless services. The majority of business services (and all residential Internet and voice) customers are supported by the DOCSIS systems and processes. The maturity of both the technology and the back office systems and processes allows for a high degree of scaling as evidenced by the growth of IP(HSD) (residential broadband) and more recently voice service, using these existing processes and systems.