Broadband access development

Alan Quayle; David W. Faulkner

doi:10.1117/12.257323

4 November 1996 Broadband access development

Alan Quayle, David W. Faulkner

Proceedings Volume 2917, Broadband Access Systems; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.257323
Event: Photonics East '96, 1996, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

In upgrading the access network to be broadband capable, re- use of existing infrastructure is essential to manage the risk associated with this development. FTTCab (fiber to the cabinet) has been proposed as an architecture that can make this development economic to provide 12 Mbit/s to the customer and 2 Mbit/s back into the network. The FTTCab architecture uses an optical fiber overlay to an active node sited at the primary cross-connect point (PCP) in the copper access network. Frequency multiplexing allows the copper pair infrastructure to be re-used without changing the existing narrowband services. FTTCab is at the mid-point of a range of access topologies with respect to the siting of the DSL (digital subscriber loop) technology. The DSL modem can be sited at the home, curb, cabinet, or in the exchange to suit a range of distance/capacity requirements. This enables a simple revolution of the current network to FTTCab, and allows the architecture to be flexed to satisfy particular business needs.

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Alan Quayle and David W. Faulkner "Broadband access development", Proc. SPIE 2917, Broadband Access Systems, (4 November 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.257323

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