By Steven Harris – Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing our digital economy, enabling faster, smarter, and more efficient broadband and Internet connectivity solutions. In my 2023 peer-reviewed paper, Unlocking the Power of Big Data.
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By Steve Harris – Private broadband operators are making historic investments in broadband infrastructure around the globe, driving a surge in fiber optic deployments and next-generation access networks to expand connectivity and enhance digital services.
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By Steve Harris – The fiber consists of a core and a surrounding cladding layer. The cladding has a lower refractive index than the core. Learn why.
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By Steve Harris – Lasers play a crucial role in various optical systems, each type offering distinct characteristics suited to different applications.
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By Steve Harris – The ANSI/TIA-568 color code for fiber optics designates specific colors to individual fibers and connectors, facilitating quick identification, proper alignment, and rapid troubleshooting. Here’s a breakdown of the key colors and their corresponding roles
Read MoreBy Steve Harris – The implementation of best practices has proven instrumental for operators, leading to improvements in OpEx through the reduction of truck rolls, call center customer calls, and streamlined service responses to construction failures. To initiate a program tailored to your workforce and aligned with specific job role descriptions, please reach out to us at cap@scte.org.
Read MoreBy Steven Harris – With the increasing global deployment of the industry’s optical networks, it becomes imperative to uphold optimal levels for optical attenuation. This phenomenon refers to the diminishing intensity of an optical signal, commonly known as light
Read MoreBy Steve Harris and Adam Soccorsy – The integration of rOLTs in the construction of fiber networks is a watershed moment in the evolution of OLTs in the access network of broadband operators, whether deployed in conjunction with DAA/DCA or through digital fiber links. rOLTs will contribute to a more cost-effective and agile infrastructure type that allows operators to expand fiber coverage in diverse geographies and using more of them will help to close the digital divide.
Read MoreBy Steve Harris – Today, most operators are on the path to a passive optical network (PON) deployment. Many operators are only focused on upstream and downstream bandwidth in their deployment of FTTH or migrating their old PON technologies to a new more robust PON solution. Migration is not easy, often laborious, and complicated, presenting service interruptions for subscribers.
Read MoreBy Scott Ingram and Steve Harris – Ethernet has been around for over 50 years, with its origins at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, PARC. As a Layer 2 communication protocol
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