The benefits of fiber and Passive Optical Local Area Network (PoLAN) technology have long been known in the telecommunications, hospitality and sports entertainment industry, but we are increasingly witnessing more smart enterprises adopting this technology that comes with a slew of indisputable benefits. Why wouldn’t they choose this proven technology over classic copper-based Ethernet LAN switching, resulting in up to 90% savings in floor and rack space and 80-plus % reduction in power utilization as well as reduced CapEx and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)?
From a CapEx perspective, let’s focus on real estate and floor spacing as an example. With PoLAN, you can not only significantly reduce the amount of floor space needed to house expensive IT equipment but also reduce the associated costs to support that equipment, such as power and HVAC. PoLAN enables enterprises to collapse a room full of network switches, cables, and equipment down to one small cabinet, dramatically reducing real estate requirements.
Going from what was traditionally at least one whole room of equipment down to one cabinet can equate to real estate and associated capital cost savings alone in the millions of dollars, especially if you are talking about large enterprises like hospitals that typically require several rooms of networking communications equipment. Imagine immediately eliminating capital costs of 10 IT equipment rooms at an average buildout cost of $50,000 per room. That is the ability to wipe out nearly $500,000 in CapEx costs! The reduced power and HVAC requirements can decrease OpEx by an additional $100,000-plus per year on average.
It is hard to argue with the fact that fiber is the future, from its enormous bandwidth capacity to increased flexibility and security advantages over traditional cable and copper technologies. Moreover, fiber provides a dramatically improved life span lasting more than 50 years without deterioration – and it is environmentally friendly. Fiber is also more efficient, providing an increased reach of more than 20 kilometers versus the long-held “100-meter rule,” which recommends that no network point should be any further than 90 meters from the nearest switch.
So, what technology are smart enterprises and industries like hospitality, government, military, education, healthcare, real estate, and sports venues rapidly adopting? We refer to our PoLAN offering as DZS FiberLAN, which is a cutting-edge solutions portfolio that combines DZS Velocity optical line terminal (OLT) systems, enterprise-optimized DZS Helix optical network terminals (ONTs), gateways and WiFi access points, and specialized software for enterprise-class management, monitoring and performance.
Basically, FiberLAN leverages passive optical technology to deliver fiber as close as possible to end devices of all kinds, including WiFi access points, security cameras, sensors, IoT appliances, PoS systems, TVs, laptops, mobile phones, tablets, and more. In addition to delivering fiber right up to the network edge, FiberLAN is easily customizable for virtually any telecom or smart enterprise industry-specific deployment scenario.
It reliably enables any type of complex overlaying services versus best-in-class enterprise LAN switches while delivering superfast internet and data speeds. By removing active components from hierarchical infrastructure levels and moving them to the edge, FiberLAN dramatically reduces operational and maintenance complexity, enabling significant cost savings and a more simplified, logical communications network.
It doesn’t matter if you are a traditional communications service provider, smart enterprise, sports entertainment venue, or commercial real estate developer. Today, everyone wants to create an immersive communications experience for end customers, employees and tenants. That’s precisely what our FiberLAN technology does, with the ability to connect and scale from dozens to hundreds of thousands of devices and endpoints to ensure that end-users have the ultimate communications experience.
A few great examples of how FiberLAN is creating these powerful user experiences include the work we are doing at some of the most well-known sports venues in the world. World-class stadiums in Atlanta, Los Angeles, and Charlotte are all FiberLAN deployments that are enabling immersive fan communication experiences at the highest level.
When a spectator walks into one of these state-of-the-art facilities they expect a seamless user experience – from strong WiFi connectivity to state-of-the-art LED monitors, advanced security systems, and even next-generation digital concessions offerings. These are the experiences our FiberLAN technology is helping to deliver. In addition to supporting these ultra-modern sports venues, FiberLAN is also powering some of the most high-profile commercial real estate buildings in North America and is deployed at foremost hospitality centers, educational institutions and military sites around the world.
FiberLAN and Passive Optical Networking technology allow smart enterprises to tear up the rule book when it comes to traditional communications network design and deployment. It is easy to see why smart enterprises around the world are embracing PoLAN as a preferred technology and architecture for their intelligent networks.
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