There are many design choices that can be accommodated throughout the enterprise network infrastructure that directly impact the engineering of proper capacity for both high bandwidth and low bandwidth connectivity, including:
- Splitter Split Ratio
- Network Uptime
- Fiber Cabling
Splitter Split Ratio
With the availability of symmetrical 10G XGS-PON, optical splitter split ratios become even more advantageous for leveraging anything from 1×2 to 1×64 to match actual bandwidth requirements. For example, when designing for IoT and smart building device connectivity, you can deploy a high 1×64 split ratio. For deploying high bandwidth devices, such as IP Cameras and WAPs, you can utilize low 1×8 split or 1×16 split to dedicate more bandwidth to the services, users and devices that truly need the extra capacity.
Network Uptime
Traditional LAN design has established a very low standard for network availability at 99.9% network uptime (e.g. over 5 hours of annual network downtime). Even an Optical LAN design can achieve a better 99.999% network uptime (e.g. around 5 minutes of annual network downtime).
Today’s networks require always-on connectivity 7/24/365, with downtime directly correlating to lost revenue, lost productivity and security vulnerabilities. This is why most Passive Optical LAN infrastructure designs include the optional support of Type-B PON Protection for the greatest 99.9999% uptime (e.g. less than 30 seconds of annual network downtime).
Fiber Cabling
Even when multimode cabling is already in the building riser or pathways, there are choices that support Passive Optical LAN over either multimode or singlemode cabling. By using multimode optical splitters available in either Tellabs®FlexSym™ Singlemode to Multimode 2×8 Splitter and Tellabs®FlexSym™ Singlemode to Multimode 2×16 Splitter split ratios, you can support OLAN over OM1, OM2, OM3 and OM4 fiber cable types.
The SMF to MMF optical splitters are passive, so they are highly reliable, require no monitoring and no maintenance. In fact, Optical LAN can deliver 10-gigabit over multimode fiber cabling further (up to 550m) when compared to traditional LAN options.
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