Growth in rural wireless cell sites and deployment of rural DSLAMS is driving growth of T1 services in long rural outside plant routes. HDSL4, which is generally first choice for long route T1 deployment, is limited to about 45kft. Many carriers have continued to place traditional T1-Carrier for T1 service beyond 45kft. This has presented several growing operational challenges including:

As a part of the work area solution products from ADC’s TrueNet structured cabling system, ADC offers a variety of traditional faceplates, modular furniture faceplates and surface mount boxes to provide the basis for a wide range of possible information outlet combinations. With a singlegang faceplate capacity up to six-ports, a dual-gang faceplate capacity of 12-ports, and up to a 12-port surface mount box, ADC can provide the density for the most demanding installation.

As a part of the TrueNet® end-to-end solution, plug-and-play patch panels offer maximum versatility for any installation. These TrueNet panels come in three different versions, the Patch Plus panel, High-density Plug-and-Play panel, and the Mini patch panel. These blank patch panels accept keystone modular jacks and connectors available for ADC’s workstation outlets.

Designed for use with the Ultim8™ Termination Blocks, these patch cords allow direct patching capability from an Ultim8 block to an active device or an RJ45 patch panel. The patch cords are impedance matched for use in the TrueNet® structured cabling system, and exceed all performance requirements for Category 6. Available in Ultim8 to Ultim8 in one, two, and four pair cable assemblies, as well as Ultim8 to RJ45 assemblies in both T568A and T568B wiring.

ADC’s FiberGuide® Optical Raceway System offers the most robust fiber management with the greatest breadth of products. This innovative solution set is designed to protect and route fiber optic patch cords and multi-fiber cable assemblies between network elements and optical distribution frame areas.

Brad Booth is a senior principal engineer at Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (AMCC) and drives alignment of AMCC strategic planning to industry initiatives and standards. Previously, Brad was the director of advanced products for Quake Technologies and the manager of Intel’s Enterprise Interconnect Standards Team. Brad chaired the IEEE Std. 802.3an™-2006 (10GBASE-T) project, which developed a standard for 10 Gigabit Ethernet over twisted-pair balanced copper cabling. Prior to that, Brad was the editor-in-chief for IEEE Std. 802.3ae™-2002 for 10 Gigabit Ethernet on fiber optic cabling. Currently, Brad serves as the president for the Ethernet Alliance. Previously, he has held positions as director and as VP of technology...

ADC’s OmniReach™ FTTX Solutions are the industry’s first infrastructure solutions designed from the ground up to meet the unique requirements of FTTX networks. Designed for operational efficiency and scalability, OmniReach solutions simplify FTTX network installation, maintenance and management from the central office/headend to the outside plant.

An integral part of ADC’s TrueNet® Structured Cabling System, CopperTen® is the world's first UTP structured cabling system to enable 10 Gigabit Ethernet over a full 100 meters. Installed in highperformance networks worldwide, the system’s patent-pending design minimizes alien crosstalk and insertion loss and meets the performance requirements of IEEE 802.3an, ISO 11801 Class EA and TIA/EIA-568-B.2-10 standards.

It can be argued that eventually, everything will be IP; Voice, Data, Video and even wireless, completing the “IP Quadruple Play.” When and how soon is anyone’s guess, but the impact on existing and future networks is going to push the need for more speed (bandwidth).

ADC OmniReach™ solutions for MDU and CPE applications provide high performance interconnection of fiber cables and equipment at multiple dwelling units and within building environments. These solutions support both low and high fiber count applications and include compact, environmentally protective enclosures, high performance cable assemblies and connectivity components. With pre-terminated solutions from ADC, distribution nodes can be added to the network quickly and with increased reliability, reducing overall installation and long-term maintenance costs....

To complement and protect active and passive network equipment, ADC offers PowerWorx® power distribution products. These fuse panels and circuit breakers distribute power to network equipment, while meeting the industry’s most stringent standards, including NEBS Level 3.

To complement and protect active and passive network equipment, ADC offers its hard-working line of Termination and Access products. This portfolio addresses a wide range of connection, monitoring and testing requirements for a variety of industries and applications.

ADC, a leading solution provider for distributing and enhancing wireless capacity and coverage, now offers the Digivance NXD. The Digivance NXD is a fully Digital Distributed Antenna System (D-DAS) designed to specifically meet a service provider’s current network needs and provide a fully flexible path to future network migration. The Digivance product improves wireless networks by extending seamless wireless coverage from existing cell sites to hard-to-reach areas, or distributing capacity from centralized radio suites....

Shortened maximum fiber jumper length from 275 to 30 feet by adding an intermediate distribution frame between each aisle of multiplexers and the fiber main distribution frame using ADC LGX fiber frames.

While your current Campus system and existing copper cable facilities provide network flexibility and can support a wide range of applications, the deployment of ADC’s LoopStar 700 can enable new IP real-time applications such as Voice over IP (VoIP) and IP Video over your existing infrastructure. The LoopStar 714 and LoopStar 718 can provide these new IP applications for minimal cost and operational disruption via their sophisticated Layer 2 Ethernet capabilities. The LoopStar 714 provides Ethernet over 4x T1 and the LoopStar 718 provides Ethernet over 8x T1 derived from the Campus-RS system....

Although it’s fair to say the distribution and access elements within the outside plant (OSP) portion of the fiber-to-the-premise (FTTP) network demand the majority of attention during deployment, it’s still important not to overlook implications to the central office (CO). Any FTTP network requires the same flexibility as the transport network—and it all begins in the CO.

ADC’s Data Center Optical Distribution Frame (ODF) with plug-and-play (MPO) cassettes is the highest density optical distribution frame solution available today. It efficiently manages up to 1,728 fiber terminations using the 144-position block (or 2,304 using the 192-position block) in a single frame in either a cross-connect or inter-connect design.

Designed as a flexible solution for network signal management, ADC’s Digital Monitor Module (DMM) system provides a centralized coaxial termination and interconnection point between network elements (NE). The DMM system allows a permanent, dedicated connection between two NEs while providing dual, nonintrusive test access points for bidirectional monitoring of the network signal. Ensuring unsurpassed quality, this interconnect solution features cable management designed to increase reliability, maintain signal flow, and allow easy cable identification. To enhance network flexibility, the DMM system allows modules to be installed in a chassis as network requirements increase....

ADC’s TrueNet® Fiber Panels (TFP) combine the unique features of vertical cable guides and our patented angle-left/angle right adapters, which offers bend radius protection, intuitive routing and easy connector access. Our TFP series can be ordered in one, two, or five rack-unit sizes to fit your unique needs. Designed for rack or cabinet mounting in the horizontal or equipment distribution area, the TFP’s modularity, functionality and density make them ideal for mounting in close proximity to servers, switches, routers and SANs....

ADC’s TrueNet® plug-and-play microcable trunk assemblies are round 12 fiber optical trunk cables pre-terminated with a high-density MPO connector on both ends. They can be used in conjunction with any of the other plug-and-play connectivity products to rapidly deploy fiber into a data center or Local Area Network (LAN). The TrueNet Microcable assemblies can simply be plugged into any plug-and-play cassette in the optical distribution frame or fiber enclosure which eliminates the need for on-site fiber termination and preparation....