1OVERVIEW
This chapter provides an overview of the Visitor and Community Network
Access Concentrator (VCN AC), its operation and advantages.
This chapter includes the following topics:
■Visitor and Community Network System Major Features and Benefits
■Applications
■VCN AC Features
Visitor and
Community
Network System
Major Features and
Benefits
A Visitor and Community Network (VCN) system consists of a VCN Access
Concentrator (VCN AC) and up to 24 VCN Access Points (VCN AP)
connected by conventional 4-wire telephone cables.
Features The following are the major features of the Visitor and Community
Network System:
■The Visitor and Community Network System works over existing
cabling infrastructure and supports all Plain Old Telephone Services
(POTS) while simultaneously providing Ethernet connectivity at speeds
up to 10 Mbps full duplex.
■The Visitor and Community Network System geographic range is four
kilo feet from an VCN AP to an VCN AC over Category 1 to Category
5 cabling.
■The system supports Ethernet 802.1Q frames transparently.
■The customer can simultaneously engage in two analog toll quality
conversations while sending high speed digital data on the POTS
cable.