Calix Expands Market Leading GPON Solution
Adds 4-Port 2.4 Gbps GPON Module to Calix C7 MSAP
JUNE 11, 2007, PETALUMA, CA—Calix today announced the addition of a new gigabit passive optical network (GPON) service interface module to its market leading C7 multiservice access platform (MSAP). The GPON module provides a full 2.4 Gbps to each of four optical line terminal (OLT) ports, enabling the delivery of advanced, very high bandwidth services such as high definition IPTV, to each of 256 attached subscribers from a single module, or 5,120 from a single Calix C7 MSAP. The multiservice nature of the C7 allows for the support of high-speed, high-density GPON services from the same platform used to support DSL, Gigabit Ethernet, BPON, SONET, and legacy copper services.
In addition to advanced residential services such as IPTV, RF video, and VOIP, the Calix C7 equipped with GPON modules elegantly supports high-margin business services. The complement of business services supported through small business unit (SBU) GPON optical network terminals (ONTs) includes Ethernet transparent LAN services (TLS) as well as native T1 services that can be dropped directly from the CO- or RT-based Calix C7. The Calix C7 also provides fully integrated POTS and VOIP gateway functionality—eliminating the need for cumbersome and costly external solutions.
When coupled with the already available 700-Series ONTs, the new GPON module allows service providers to transition 622 Mbps broadband passive optical network (BPON) infrastructure to 2.4 Gbps Ethernet-based GPON infrastructure with as little as 17 seconds of downtime per subscriber. This transition, which is enabled via auto-detect optics on the 700-Series ONTs and a simple upgrade wizard in the Calix Management System (CMS), requires no visit to the subscriber premises.
Frank Wiener, Calix vice president of product development, described the new GPON module as one more capability in a long series of enhancements designed to help service providers transform their access networks. "The very definition of broadband is changing as new services and heightened competition drive increasingly bandwidth-intensive network requirements. Faced with this reality, service providers are increasingly turning to GPON-based fiber to the premises (FTTP) as the ultimate broadband solution—delivering the greatest capacity at the lowest ongoing operating cost."
Derrick Bulawa, CEO with BEK Communications concurred, "While cable operators are claiming that—someday—they will be in a position to offer 160 Mbps of bandwidth for as many as 500 homes to share, we are able to deliver fifteen times the bandwidth and spread it over one-eighth the number of homes—today. That translates to a 120-fold increase in average bandwidth per subscriber and a long-term competitive advantage for access providers like BEK Communications."
Other features included in the new GPON module include:
- Supports up to 400 PONs, or 25,600 ONTs per 7-foot rack, density equates to 10 PONs per RU and 640 ONTs per RU of CO rack space.
- Based on ITU G.984 family of standards.
- Provides a full 2.488 Gbps downstream and 1.244 Gbps upstream.
- Supports 1550 nm video overlay and/or IPTV.
- Supports both GEM (Ethernet) and ATM formats over PON.
- Hardened for remote terminal applications.
The OLTG-4 module can be added to any of the greater than 15,000 Calix C7s deployed to date. Contact Calix for pricing and availability.
About Calix
Calix is the largest telecom equipment supplier focused solely on access solutions for broadband service delivery. Service providers deploy Calix access systems to enable a rich set of information, communication, and entertainment services and to expand their revenue base beyond connectivity. Calix access innovation helps service providers transform their networks from circuit to packet, narrowband to broadband, and copper to fiber. Calix has deployed millions of ports and tens of thousands of systems into hundreds of service provider networks throughout North America. For more information, visit the Calix website at www.calix.com.
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