Infrastructure Advancements in the Outside Plant
(Room 202A)
19 Jun 19
10:30 AM
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11:15 AM
Tracks:
Utility Assets & Broadband Options
With evolving mobile applications and “always-on” consumer needs, the network infrastructure enabling these applications and services must also evolve. It is increasingly clear that the appetite for bandwidth will only be satisfied by positioning fiber ever closer to where the people are – whether they are residential subscribers or in a school, small business, or large office building. As network operators plan these deep-fiber deployments today, they can avoid costly overbuilds in the future by considering the technology advances (ITU and IEEE standards) needed to deliver symmetrical 10 and 25 Gbps speeds. While some of the uses for future networks remain unknown, what is given is that mobile backhaul will be critical as 4G densification amps up and 5G preparation becomes a reality. To deliver the strong, reliable networks that connect homes, businesses, and people wherever they are, operators are deploying fiber – and lots of it – ever closer to subscribers. Getting the fiber in place is essential for operators to offer the services and applications their customers expect, this presentation will explore the various ways that fiber can be deployed and how those choices will impact the network’s bottom line.