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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.

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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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