Installation guide

FTTH Application Guide 11
OVERVIEW
Zhone Technologies provides advanced fully integrated network access
solutions. Zhone's vision is founded on intelligent access devices capable of
quickly and easily deploying multi-play service packages which combine
business broadband, Voice over IP (VoIP), Internet Protocol Television
(IPTV), and Ethernet access on existing copper and fiber infrastructure with a
migration path to an all IP network.
Central to Zhone's vision are the Multiple Service Access Platforms (MSAP),
MXK and MALC. These flexible access platforms provide carriers a means
to deploy premium services using copper and fiber while improving network
agility and reducing costs.
Fiber-based solutions are growing in popularity in access technologies,
mainly due to the increasing demand for subscriber bandwidth, the limits of
copper technology, and the availability of capital for investment in the access
network. Copper based solutions may provide dramatically high data rates,
but an inherent limitation of the technology limits performance substantially
as a function of distance. Fiber solutions provide high bandwidth over much
longer distances.