Fiber to the home: the technology behind Heathrow

Author

Balmes, Mark ; Bourne, John ; Mar, Jung

Author_Institution

BellSouth Services, Atlanta, GA, USA

Volume

1

Issue

3

fYear

1990

Firstpage

25

Lastpage

29

Abstract

In July 1989, Southern Bell began deploying a fiber access system capable of carrying 54 cable television (CATV) channels, as well as plain old telephone service (POTS) and integrated services digital network (ISDN) services in Heathrow, Florida. Four areas that must be addressed before these services can be successfully deployed in volume are discussed. They are integrating narrowband and broadband services on the same fiber, choosing a fiber architecture, designing the optical-network interface for multiple services, and designing a centralized digital video-selector switch.<>

Keywords

ISDN; cable television; optical links; subscriber loops; CATV; Florida; Heathrow; ISDN; POTS; USA; cable television; centralized digital video-selector switch; fiber architecture; fibre to the home, FTTH; integrated services digital network; multiple services; narrowband/broadband service integration; optical fibre; optical-network interface; plain old telephone service; Advertising; B-ISDN; Cable TV; ISDN; Narrowband; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber networks; Switches; Telephony; Video sharing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

LCS, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1045-9235

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/73.80409

Filename

80409