Tellabs Gets Nod in Rural Broadband Networks

In order to ensure that rural communities have access to state-of-the-art communications services, the U.S. Department of Agriculture established the Rural Utilities Service. RUS provides funding for rural network operators deploying broadband networks and publishes a list of approved broadband equipment. RUS recently added the Tellabs 1100 series Multiservice Access Platform (MSAP) to its List of Materials. The Tellabs 1100 MSAP series is a suite of access products that combines voice, data and video in a single broadband infrastructure. The platform supports today’s triple-play service bundles and can be configured to support up to 100-Mb/s connections to the home for future broadband applications.
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Tellabs® 1100 Multiservice Access Platform Series — Digital Subscriber Line (xDSL) Modules

Tellabs® 1100 Multiservice Access Platform Series — GPON OLT Modules

Tellabs® 1100 Multiservice Access Platform Series — Ethernet Switching Unit (ESU)

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A Network Strategy for Today and Tomorrow

As consumers increasingly look to their network operators for new, high-speed video and entertainment services, carriers are faced with a challenge: How can they maintain the quality of their existing services and get the most out of their installed equipment, while simultaneously preparing to upgrade the network to support the new bandwidth-intensive services? Tellabs’ Multiservice Access Platform (MSAP) can help network operators migrate seamlessly to the deep fiber solutions necessary to support high-bandwidth video applications. The Tellabs 1134 MSAP is a feature-rich, native end-to-end IP/Ethernet delivery platform designed specifically for low- to medium-density areas (50 to 100 lines). For high-density areas, Tellabs offers its 1150 MSAP, which provides an IP/Ethernet packet-based architecture with 40 Gbps to 400 Gbps switching fabric options.

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Tellabs® 1134 Multiservice Access Platform

Tellabs® 1150 Multiservice Access Platform

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Simple is Smart

Smart network operators are looking for ways to simplify the process of deploying FTTH in their last-mile overlay networks, because they know that simplifying the process will save money and get new broadband services out to customers more quickly. In this whitepaper, Corning Cable Systems explains how in the past splice technicians were required to terminate last-mile fiber cables in the field. Today cable can be pre-configured, pre-assembled and pre-terminated in the factory in a terminal distribution system. Then when the time is right and customers begin to request service, multi-port terminals can be added quickly and easily.
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Just-in-Time Fiber Delivery Speeds ROI

Deploying fiber to the home in a new subdivision makes sense, because it is easy to install mainline and drop fiber cable conduits while construction is taking place. Then a local convergence point splitter enclosure (LCPE) and distribution and drop cables can be added in phases as homeowners move in. In this article, Corning explains how network operators can begin recouping their FTTH investments more quickly by deploying distribution elements including LCPEs just in time to begin delivering service.
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Outside Plant Gets a Facelift

Deploying fiber to the home at the lowest cost possible requires efficient, scalable equipment at the premises, in the access and distribution network, and in the central office. Today’s FTTX networks demand a new approach to outside plant. Network operators need better physical layer access, and they want their networks to be future-proof. ADC’s OmniReach solutions have been designed to simplify FTTX network installation, maintenance and management, allowing a faster service connection.
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• Case Study: Richland-Grants Telephone Company

When independent local exchange carrier Richland-Grant Telephone Cooperative (RGTC) decided to begin deploying fiber to the home for new communities in its service region in southwestern Wisconsin, the company turned to ADC for help. ADC provided its OmniReach fiber drop cables and Multipoint Service Terminals (MSTs), which enabled the use of connectors rather than splices for turning up service. Using connectors helped RGTC reduce installation time and cost.
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Cable Protection Made Easy

Network operators must consider cable management when installing fiber networks. If cable isn’t protected from bending, for example, service outages can result. ADC offers fiber optic panel (FOP) products that accentuate the four key elements of fiber cable management: bend radius protection, cable routing paths, cable and connector access and physical protection.
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Fiber Optic Panel (FOP)

DSXi™ Cross-Connect

DSX-4R (RZX3) 4 High Rear Modular Cross-Connect Product Line

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Why Not Use What You’ve Got?

The average home contains 45 power outlets and four to five telephone and coaxial cable outlets. Why not use them for home networking needs instead of installing costly new wiring? PREMIER’s Home Networking product line offers broadband adapters that work with the homes existing telephone lines, coaxial cable or power lines to set up a private “plug-and-play” network.
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Ruckus Makes Wi-Fi “Smart”

Wi-Fi is the networking option of choice these days, but unfortunately it suffers from a reputation for being unpredictable and unreliable. Ruckus Wireless says its “Smart Wi-Fi” technology combines state-of-the-art antenna arrays and quality of service to make Wi-Fi just as reliable as wire.
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