Optical line terminal (OLT)  


Its a hardware device in a passive optical network. 

The OLT contains

1. central processing unit (CPU), 

2. Passive optical network cards, 

3. Gateway router (GWR) and a 

4. Voice gateway (VGW) uplink cards. 


Its part of A GPON system that consists of OLTs that connect several optical network terminals (ONTs/ONUs) together using a passive optical distribution network (ODN). 


PIC of a HUAWEI OLT