SECTION 8.7 FITC 57 8.7 FTTC Optical fiber has many advantages, among them noise resistance and high bandwidth capacity. However, compared to other types of cable, it is very expensive. Telephone and cable TV companies have devised a method, called fiber to the curb (FTTC) to employ optical fiber while keeping the expense down. Optical fiber is the medium from the central office of the telephone company or from the head office of a cable company to the curb. The medium from the curb to the subscriber premise is the less expensive twisted-pair or coaxial cable, FTTC in the Telephone Network The telephone system uses fiber-optic cables to connect and multiplex different voice channels. Copper twisted-pair cable coming from individual premises is multiplexed in the junction boxes and converted to optical signals. Optical signals atthe switching station are multiplexed, using WDM, to create wider bandwidth optical signals (see Figure 8.35) Figure 8.35 FTTC in the telephone network Fiber | High-bandwidth | Fiber To finer . TELCO : Fiber r if [eee _f 6 rhe | M === So f peo | x Twisted-pair local loop | eee FTTC in the Cable TV Network The cable TV system uses fiber-optic cables to connect and multiplex different cable channels. Coaxial cables coming from individual premises are multiplexed in the junc- tion boxes and converted to optical signals. Optical signals at the switching station are multiplexed, using WDM, to create wider bandwidth optical signals (sce Figure 8.36).SECTION 8.7 FITC s7 8.7 FTTC Optical fiber has many advantages, among them noise resistance and high bandwidth capacity. However, compared to other types of cable, it is very expensive. Telephone and cable TV companies have devised a method, called fiber to the curb (FTTC) to employ optical fiber while keeping the expense down. Optical fiber is the medium from the central office of the telephone company or from the head office of a cable company to the curb. The medium from the curb to the subscriber premise is the less expensive twisted-pair or coaxial cable, FTTC in the Telephone Network The telephone system uses fiber-optic cables to connect and multiplex different voice channels. Copper twisted-pair cable coming from individual premises is multiplexed in the junction boxes and converted to optical signals. Optical signals atthe switching station are multiplexed, using WDM, to create wider bandwidth optical signals (see Figure 8.35) Figure 8.35 FITC in the telephone network | | | | Fiber | High-bandwidth | Fiber To . reco : Fiber * — | — 6 i Fiber | Mt | a | FTTC in the Cable TV Network The cable TV system uses fiber-optic cables to connect and multiplex different cable channels. Coaxial cables coming from individual premises are multiplexed in the junc- tion boxes and converted to optical signals. Optical signals at the switching station are multiplexed, using WDM, to create wider bandwidth optical signals (sce Figure 8.36),