A new generation of pre-connection solution to help build a high-quality ODN network

China is entering the digital age. With the high-quality development of the digital economy, the “appetite” for information infrastructure such as optical fiber broadband continues to expand, and a new wave of construction of optical fiber networks has been set off. In 2021, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released the “Double Gigabit” Network Coordinated Development Action Plan (2021-2023), with the goal that by the end of 2023, Gigabit optical fiber networks will have the ability to cover 400 million households, and Gigabit broadband users will exceed 3,000 Ten thousand households.

In fact, according to the latest data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, by the end of October 2022, my country’s 100M broadband users have reached 542 million, of which 100M users have reached 76.03 million. strong demand.

In the optical network, although the optical distribution network (ODN) is not well-known, as an important part of optical access, it undertakes the basic hardware functions of optical access, and it is responsible for promoting national strategies such as dual gigabit and industrial Internet. important role. In the current FTTH deployment mode, in order to ensure network quality, a large number of fiber splicing work must be carried out in a controlled environment to prevent dust and other pollutants from entering. This means that a large number of fusion splicing equipment and professionals are required, which is costly and time-consuming, and hinders the efficiency of the entire optical fiber layout. A new generation of pre-connection solutions, replacing welding with on-site direct connection, greatly reducing the workload of on-site welding. The pre-connection method can reduce more than 90% of welding and more than 70% of installation workload, effectively improving work efficiency, speeding up the laying of optical networks, and bringing more than 15% of cost optimization to customers.

The new-generation pre-connection solution is not only aimed at new optical networks, but also can play an important role in network operation and maintenance, especially the existing network maintenance problems that operators have a headache. This is a high-cost market that is easily overlooked, and it is the “pain point” for operators to deploy FTTH. In China, there are still a large number of optical fibers that have not been lit in the optical cables that have been laid, the so-called “dark optical fibers”; in the international arena, a large number of new customer resource management updates are not timely, resulting in nearly 50% of work orders being dispatched , only to find that the port is occupied or damaged, and a new order needs to be dispatched.

The new generation of pre-connection products realizes the digitalization of the link, can effectively and quickly view and manage the current distribution network on the client side, and effectively solves the operation and maintenance problem of the new ODN network. Using a series of technologies such as intelligent identification, smart labels, and passive sensing devices, through passive sensing of the optical path, it can effectively identify and manage optical fibers and ports, so as to accurately identify resource points, improve the use of resources by operators, and reduce duplication layout.

With the further popularization of dual gigabit and all-optical network parks, and more users in remote areas accessing optical networks and integrating into the digital economy, the new generation of pre-connection solutions with flexible and fast features will have a wide range of application scenarios, Broad development prospects.