Cable Technology Feature Article
October 27, 2009
Motorola Expands Fiber Deep and CablePON Portfolios for Cable Operators
By Anshu Shrivastava, TMCnet Contributor
Motorola’s Home & Networks Mobility business has announced the expansion of its cable access portfolio.
Specifically, the company has introduced new products that will enable cable operators to seamlessly migrate their networks to fiber deep architectures, and begin the transition to the all-fiber networks.
The newest additions to Motorola’s (News - Alert) portfolio include Fiber Deep and CablePON tools such as GX2-EM1000 Family of High-Performance 1550nm Broadcast Transmitters; N2U-OA300 Series; SG4000 Dual Return Receiver for RFoG networks; BTN100 Optical Node for Fiber Deep; MBN DOCSIS Transponder for Fiber Deep; and Q-series Taps and Passives for Bandwidth Expansion.
GX2-EM1000 Family of High-Performance 1550nm Broadcast Transmitters are the key components in RF Video Overlay, RFoG and fiber deep applications, and deliver distortion-control performance out to 1 GHz. In a release, company officials said that a version of the transmitter is optimized to increase the link distance and the number of subscribers served by passive optical networks (PON).
A family of optical amplifiers for PON and large distribution systems, N2U-OA300 Series versions feature integrated wavelength combiners to reduce loss and save rack space, said company officials.
Company officials said that the SG4000 Dual Return Receiver for RFoG networks enables RFoG deployments to increase link budgets and the number of subscribers that can be served over limited fibers.
BTN100 Optical Node for Fiber Deep, an optical node, upgrades existing Motorola SG2000, SG2440 and BTN nodes to 1 GHz and converts existing Motorola BT (News - Alert) amplifiers to 1 GHz nodes.
MBN DOCSIS Transponder for Fiber Deep is an interoperable transponder for the SG4000, MBN100, and BTN100 optical nodes, while Q-series Taps and Passives for Bandwidth Expansion is a new series of taps and passives that offer 1.5 GHz RF bandwidth for enhanced forward bandwidth and high band return for data, telephony and commercial services.
With Motorola’s solutions for CablePON -- including an end-to-end, radio frequency over glass (RFoG) offering -- cable operators can extend their existing services to customers using an advanced optical infrastructure.
The deployment of Motorola Fiber Deep and CablePON solutions into the access networks by cable operators can address the need for increased service capacity, according to company officials.
“Motorola's Fiber Deep and CablePON solutions offer cable operators the ability to affordably migrate fiber deeper into their networks to deliver the advanced services their customers demand,” said Joe Cozzolino senior vice president and general manager for Access Networks Solutions at Motorola Home and Networks Mobility, in the release.
Specifically, the company has introduced new products that will enable cable operators to seamlessly migrate their networks to fiber deep architectures, and begin the transition to the all-fiber networks.
The newest additions to Motorola’s (News - Alert) portfolio include Fiber Deep and CablePON tools such as GX2-EM1000 Family of High-Performance 1550nm Broadcast Transmitters; N2U-OA300 Series; SG4000 Dual Return Receiver for RFoG networks; BTN100 Optical Node for Fiber Deep; MBN DOCSIS Transponder for Fiber Deep; and Q-series Taps and Passives for Bandwidth Expansion.
GX2-EM1000 Family of High-Performance 1550nm Broadcast Transmitters are the key components in RF Video Overlay, RFoG and fiber deep applications, and deliver distortion-control performance out to 1 GHz. In a release, company officials said that a version of the transmitter is optimized to increase the link distance and the number of subscribers served by passive optical networks (PON).
A family of optical amplifiers for PON and large distribution systems, N2U-OA300 Series versions feature integrated wavelength combiners to reduce loss and save rack space, said company officials.
Company officials said that the SG4000 Dual Return Receiver for RFoG networks enables RFoG deployments to increase link budgets and the number of subscribers that can be served over limited fibers.
BTN100 Optical Node for Fiber Deep, an optical node, upgrades existing Motorola SG2000, SG2440 and BTN nodes to 1 GHz and converts existing Motorola BT (News - Alert) amplifiers to 1 GHz nodes.
MBN DOCSIS Transponder for Fiber Deep is an interoperable transponder for the SG4000, MBN100, and BTN100 optical nodes, while Q-series Taps and Passives for Bandwidth Expansion is a new series of taps and passives that offer 1.5 GHz RF bandwidth for enhanced forward bandwidth and high band return for data, telephony and commercial services.
With Motorola’s solutions for CablePON -- including an end-to-end, radio frequency over glass (RFoG) offering -- cable operators can extend their existing services to customers using an advanced optical infrastructure.
The deployment of Motorola Fiber Deep and CablePON solutions into the access networks by cable operators can address the need for increased service capacity, according to company officials.
“Motorola's Fiber Deep and CablePON solutions offer cable operators the ability to affordably migrate fiber deeper into their networks to deliver the advanced services their customers demand,” said Joe Cozzolino senior vice president and general manager for Access Networks Solutions at Motorola Home and Networks Mobility, in the release.
Anshu Shrivastava is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of Anshu’s articles, please visit her columnist page.
Edited by Patrick Barnard
