Paradyne 5038-A1-00 What Does the 5038 Distributed POTS Splitter Do?, Customer Premises CP

What Does the 5038 Distributed POTS Splitter Do?

The 5038 Distributed POTS Splitter and Hotwire Remote Termination Unit (RTU) are components in the RADSL Access System. This system provides high-speed Internet or corporate LAN access over traditional twisted-pair copper telephone wiring.

The POTS splitter blocks out the DSL signal and allows the POTS frequencies to pass through. At the customer premises, the RADSL RTU and telephone can function simultaneously over the same pair of copper wires when a POTS splitter is used for the RTU and each telephone on the same POTS line.

Copper pairs run from the central office (CO) to the customer premises (CP) to create the local loop. The local loop terminates on the customer premises.

Customer Premises (CP)

Network	Central
Service
	Office
Provider
	(CO)
(NSP)

Local Loop

DSL – Digital Subscriber Line POTS – Plain Old Telephone Service RTU – Remote Termination Unit

POTS

Splitter

POTS

Splitter

POTS

Splitter

RTU

To End-user

Systems

98-15815

NOTES:

ÐThe RTU network performance will depend on the quality and condition of the phone wiring to and inside the customer premises.

ÐTelephone is used to represent any equipment that plugs into a phone jack and uses the POTS phone line, such as a phone, modem, or fax machine.

ÐA distributed POTS splitter is required for every phone outlet that has telephone equipment attached.

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