Title :
Heathrow-experience and evolution [fiber-to-the-home system]
Author :
Bourne, John ; Balmes, Mark ; Justice, Jim
Author_Institution :
Bell Northern Res., Ottawa, Ont., Canada
Abstract :
Through the installation of fiber to residential customers in the community of Heathrow, FL, Southern Bell, Northern Telecom, and BNR are working to evolve fiber loop technology for large-scale deployment. The system at Heathrow delivers POTS (plain old telephone service), ISDN (integrated services digital network), and video transport for CATV (cable television). It is pointed out that the design and operation of the system have influenced not only the technology and architecture of future systems but also provisioning methods, splicing techniques, and installation of the fiber-optic network interface at the customer´s premises
Keywords :
ISDN; cable jointing; cable television; optical links; subscriber loops; telephony; BNR; CATV; Florida; Heathrow fiber access system; ISDN; Northern Telecom; Southern Bell; cable television; design; fiber-optic network interface; installation; plain old telephone service; splicing techniques; Bandwidth; Central office; Control systems; Copper; Costs; ISDN; Optical switches; Telecommunication switching; Video sharing; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, 1990. ICC '90, Including Supercomm Technical Sessions. SUPERCOMM/ICC '90. Conference Record., IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
DOI :
10.1109/ICC.1990.117241
