Automatically detects and tests next-gen
and legacy passive optical network technologies for
first-time-right service activation
QUEBEC CITY, Nov. 1, 2017 /CNW Telbec/ - EXFO Inc.
(NASDAQ: EXFO) (TSX: EXF), the network test, monitoring and
analytics experts, has released the industry's first
PON-awareTM passive optical network (PON) power meter
for testing next-generation and legacy PON technologies. The
PPM-350D PON Power Meter automatically detects and adapts test
parameters for the PON technology in use at the customer premises.
These new capabilities eliminate costly guesswork by field
technicians during the critical service activation phase.
Each home, school, business or other CSP customer has different
requirements for the upstream and downstream speeds of broadband
delivered over fiber, ranging from basic to ultra-fast. To provide
the right speeds to the right customers, CSPs are deploying
multiple PON technologies by overlaying multiple new wavelengths on
existing fibers.
"With next-gen PON upgrades underway in every region, seamless
upgrades require the overlaying of new wavelengths on existing
fibers as operators combine existing PON with next-gen PON
solutions," said Julie Kunstler,
Principal Analyst, Ovum's Next-Gen Infrastructure Practice. "EXFO's
PON meter enables technicians to accurately test and thereby fix
any customer connections during service activation for legacy and
next-gen PON technologies such as GPON, EPON, XG-PON1, XGS-PON,
10G-EPON and NG-PON2, without needing to know an operator's
specific upgrade roadmap."
"We developed the PON-aware power meter to tackle two key
challenges for CSPs dealing with multiple legacy and next-gen
technologies," said Stéphane Chabot, EXFO's Vice President, Test
and Measurement. "First, field technicians can't fix problems that
older power meters can't see. Second, it can be difficult to select
the right test parameters for the technology, which increases the
risk of meaningless test results and false positives. By using
automation to solve both problems, the PPM-350D helps CSPs avoid
the high costs of sending tech teams back to fix problems for
frustrated new customers."
The PPM-350D PON Power Meter is compatible with GPON, EPON,
10G-capable and NG-PON2 networks as well as RFoG.
About EXFO
EXFO develops smarter network test,
monitoring and analytics solutions for the world's leading
communications service providers, network equipment manufacturers
and webscale companies. Since 1985, we've worked side by side with
our customers in the lab, field, data center, boardroom and beyond
to pioneer essential technology and methods for each phase of the
network lifecycle. Our portfolio of test orchestration and
real-time 3D analytics solutions turns complex into simple and
delivers business-critical insights from the network, service and
subscriber dimensions. Most importantly, we help our customers
flourish in a rapidly transforming industry where "good enough"
testing, monitoring and analytics just aren't good enough
anymore—they never were for us, anyway. For more information, visit
EXFO.com and follow us on the EXFO Blog.
Picture:
http://www.exfo.com/Documents/ProductImages/PPM-350D-Face_640x496.jpg
Video:
http://www.exfo.com/library/sales-marketing-resources/product-demos-interviews/demo-overcoming-next-gen-pon-test-challenges
Specification sheet:
http://www.exfo.com/products/field-network-testing/bu3-optical/power-meters/ppm-350d
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