deep fiber

January 26, 2017

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Fiber Deep Architectures and the Optical Node

3 min read

Written by Tim Brophy, Product Manager Cable Access Business Unit In a recent blog, we discussed Fiber Deep (FD) architectures and their place in the end-to-end network. We emphasized there that the physical topology is geared toward balancing the number of subscribers per service group, and that the capacity of each service group increases by […]

December 15, 2016

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

The benefits of Deep Fiber HFC

2 min read

  Written by Tim Brophy, Product Manager Cable Access Business Unit More and more these days, service providers in the access market are talking about the evolution of their plants to a Fiber Deep (FD) Architecture. While the trend toward driving fiber into the plant and reducing RF amplifier cascades is not new, today’s discussions seem […]