Another example is Lucent LSC1U 072/12 ODF equipment, It consists of one chassis

which contains 12 main slots, 4 plugins occupying 4 of the 12 main slots. Slots
5 to 12 are empty as shown in the figure. Each plugin have 6 ST optical ports.
Lucent LSC1U 072/12 ODF Chassis
Table of Contents
1.
Introduction
2
2.
Telecom Network: How it is connected
2
3.
Telecom Network Components: High Level Classification
3.1
Racks and Cabinets
3
3.2
Cable Managers 8
3.3
Active Equipment: Transmission 10
3.4
Active Equipment: Switching
11
3.4.1 Main Switch
11
3.4.2 PABX Switch
11
3.5
Active Equipment: Data 19
3.6
Active equipment: Power 19
3.6.1 Direct Power Supplies 19
3.6.2 UPS (Uninterruptable Power Supply)
20
3.6.3 Power Plants
22
3.7
Power Panels (Distribution Panels)
23
3.8
Passive Termination Devices:
24
3.8.1 Electrical Distribution Frames: 25
a)
Digital Distribution Frame DDF 25
b)
Main Distribution Frame MDF
27
c)
Electrical Patch Panels 32
3.8.2 Optical Distribution Frame ODF (Optical Patch Panel)
3.9
Data/Voice Node (Faceplates)
34
3.10
Power Node (Power Outlets)
36
3.11
CPE
37
3.12
Transmission Media and Connectors
37
4.
Telecom Equipment: A Closer View
42

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1.
Introduction
A telecommunications network is a collection of terminals, links and nodes wh
ich connect to enable telecommunication between users of the terminals. Networks
may use circuit switching or message switching. Each terminal in the network mu
st have a unique address so messages or connections can be routed to the correct
recipients. The collection of addresses in the network is called the address sp
ace.
The links connect the nodes together and are themselves built upon an underlying
transmission network which physically pushes the message across the link.
We will discuss the PSTN network and its components, and how its local loop can
be used to handle DSL technology, also the transmission equipment will be explai
ned and how it will transmit the voice and data signals.
The previous diagram shows the telecom network components and how its connected,
in the telecom network there is two parts Outside Plant (OSP) and Inside plant
(ISP), the OSP part is the part that exist outside the buildings such as Wires,
poles, terminals and conduits, the ISP part is the part that exist inside the bu
ildings such as active equipments, passive equipments, power equipments, racks a
nd cabinets.

The local loop is an OSP part which consists of cables, splices, poles, manholes

and cabinets between the users building and the switching building.
This diagram shows high level structure of the telephone PSTN network which cons
ist of the user telephone, Local loops and Main Distribution Frames (MDFs) up to
the switch, Digital Distribution Frames (DDFs) and Transmission Equipments whic
h connected to Optical Distribution Frames (ODFs) to transmit the telephone call
s for long distances to another remote telephone switch. This was what related t
o the PSTN network only.
PSTN Local loop and MDFs Part can also be used to carry data traffic using DSL t
echnology.
Transmission equipment can be also used to transmit the data traffic from the da
ta switch for long distances.
So as a final conclusion, the users building contains telephone and/or computer
to connect using DSL technology, these devices is connected to telephone and DSL
combiner which combines the voice and data at the same line, then the cables co
nnects to MDFs (Vertical and Horizontal usually) inside the same building, then
the MDFs are connected to the Local loop which is in the OSP part of the networ
k, the cables reach the switching building entering to the main distribution fra
me (Vertical and Horizontal) then to filters which splits the combined signal in
to data and voice, the voice cables connects to the voice switch and the data co
nnects to the DSLAM equipment which connects to the data network.