SMC Networks VDSL2 manual Internet Connections

NETWORK PLANNING

This VDSL switch provides Internet connections of up to 100 Mbps symmetric, or an asymmetric 100 Mbps downstream and 50 Mbps upstream over 200 meters. Cable distances also can run up to 1.5 km at lower transmission rates. Installation is extremely economical for multiple-tenant dwellings such as apartment buildings, hotels or school dormitories, as well as commercial buildings.

VDSL provides multiple-user access to the Internet with benefits including:

•Internet services such as e-mail over faster connections than currently possible with other options such as cable modem or ADSL

•Multimedia applications such as video and virtual gaming made available to the broader public for the first time

•Access to corporate intranets at speeds close to that available in the office

•Both local network applications and Internet services are supported for commercial environments

Internet Connections

The figure below shows a VDSL switch providing a broadband data service to a multi-tenant residential or commercial building. In this implementation, fiber optic cable carries data from a telephone company’s central office to the building; then the installed telephone copper wires take the data and deliver it to individual units within that building.

Existing Phone

Lines to Clients

Punch Down

Blocks /

Patch Panels

Local Servers

(Locally Hosted Services,

Video Servers, Billing)

VDSL Switch

VDSL Lines

Phone Lines

PBX	MPOE	Telephone Line	Central Office
		from Central Office
			(PSTN)
			ISP
Fiber Optic Link to ISP
		(Internet)

Multi-dwelling/Multi-tenant Building

Figure 2-1 Internet Connections

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