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The term “broadband” refers to advanced communications systems capable of providing high-speed transmission of services such as data, voice, and video over the Internet and other networks. Transmission is provided by a wide range of technologies, including digital subscriber line and fiber optic cable, coaxial cable, wireless technology, and satellite. Broadband platforms make possible the convergence of voice, video, and data services onto a single network.

Broadband technology is a key driver of economic growth. The ability to share large amounts of information at ever-greater speeds increases productivity, facilitates commerce, and drives innovation. Broadband is changing how we communicate with each other, how and where we work, how we educate our children, and how we entertain ourselves. Broadband is particularly critical in rural areas, where advanced communications can shrink the distances that isolate remote communities.

Service providers have several network design options for deploying broadband services.  The most common includes delivery via newly built fiber networks and using their existing copper infrastructures with enhanced MSAP platforms.

APPLICATIONS

Fiber Deployment

While there are multiple network structures capable of supporting broadband services, an ever increasing percentage of broadband and MSO providers are opting for fiber optic network structures to support both present and future bandwidth requirements.

CATV (cable television), HDTV (high definition television), VoIP (voice over internet protocol), and broadband internet are some of the most common applications now being supported by fiber optic networks, in some cases directly to the home (FTTH – Fiber to the Home). These types of fiber optic networks incorporate a wide variety of products to support and distribute the signal from the central office to an optic node, and ultimately to the subscriber (end-user).

Copper Deployment

DSL technology uses ordinary telephone lines to deliver voice and broadband services such as high speed data, Internet access and video conferencing, turning existing copper wire into a high capacity pipeline. This enables carriers and service providers to diversify services by bundling voice and data over the same copper pair, with rapid deployment and simple provisioning. This is achieved by incumbent carriers without the need to lay new cable, and by new carriers in leasing fewer lines from the incumbent. DSL’s ability to deliver converged services with lower operating costs opens up new business opportunities and a faster payback of capital expenses.

NETWORK DIAGRAMS