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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.comConnecting 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.
6 References
[1]
FTTH Council Press Release 23/7/2008
[2]
www.corning.com[3]
C Mazzali, R Whitman, B Deutsch Lightwave, January, 2005
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
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Table 1
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Comparison of major MDU deployments solutions