WCA November 2011
Criteria
Point to point
Blown fibre
Mid-span
Proposed riser
Survey time
medium
long
short
medium
Installation time
long
long
very long
very short
Skilled labour required
yes
yes
yes
no
Material cost
low
high
medium
high
Total-installed cost (labour+material)
medium
high
high
low
Plug N Play (safety – speed, cable damage)
no
no
no
yes
❍ ❍ Table 1 : Comparison of major MDU deployments solutions
Connecting additional MDU customers later is easier than any conventional splice solution. In combination with bend insensitive fibre, this system combines the advantages of a ‘plug & play’ approach with excellent cable bend performance. 5 Conclusions This paper describes a fully pre-fabricated fibre optic distribution cable intended to be used as a key part of Corning’s Ascend TM MDU System inside MDU buildings. The proposed riser solution is generally faster, and regarding total cost of ownership mostly cheaper vs standard splice architectures for FTTH installation in MDU buildings. All environmental (thermal aging and thermal & humidity cycling) and mechanical tests have been successfully performed. The simulation results show that the presented solution meets today’s market requirements for both brown field and green field MDU installations and is an ideal candidate for fast and cost effective FTTH deployments.
Corning Cable Systems Polska Sp zo o Tulipan Park ul.Smolice 1e 95-010 Strykow, Poland Tel : +48 42 230 11 00 Fax : +48 42 230 11 01 Website : www.corning.com
6 References
[1] [2]
FTTH Council Press Release 23/7/2008
www.corning.com
[3] C Mazzali, R Whitman, B Deutsch Lightwave, January, 2005
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