By 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.
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By Greg Laughlin – Cable broadband HFC power systems – designed primarily to power HFC nodes and amplifiers – consist of an uninterruptable power supply (UPS), batteries for standby operation, and an enclosure to house the power supply and batteries.
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By Steven Harris — This article was written to get you started on your journey to learn about the latest fiber optic technologies, protocols, and architectures leveraged in our networks.
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By Steven Harris — This article was written to get you started on your journey to learn about the latest fiber optic technologies, protocols, and architectures leveraged in our networks.
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By Steven Harris — The trend in the cable industry going forward will be to deploy an increased number of fiber-rich networks that include sophisticated optic connections, equipment, and cabling.
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By Steven Harris — The transport medium of choice for these future cable access networks and next generation services will be fiber optic cabling. As I shared in my previous articles, operators are focused on improving the quality of the network and transforming them with new fiber deep, FTTx, and distributed access architecture.
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By Steven Harris – The access network will require the adoption of scalable new standard architectures leveraging new hardware components and designs. One of the scalable architectures is called “fiber deep”
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By Steven Harris – The access network will require the adoption of scalable new standard architectures leveraging new hardware components and designs. One of the scalable architectures is called “fiber deep”
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By Steven Harris – The focus of the rest of the article is how Ethernet is transforming the access network providing our cable subscribers connectivity via a passive optical network (PON) that uses IEEE Ethernet frames. PONs that use the Ethernet protocol are called Ethernet passive optical networks or EPONs.
Read MoreReni Gorman, vice president, learning and development, SCTE•ISBE, with Karl Kapp, Ed.D., professor at Bloomsburg University, learning industry author and thought leader.
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