Consecutive point networks
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Creating your network is as easy as connecting the dots...
with Invisible Fiber™ consecutive point networks.
It’s not point-to-point,
it’s not point-to-multipoint,
it’s consecutive point.
Point-to-point is a single link between two locations, ideal for campus environments like universities and hospitals, when T1 to 45 Mbps service is desired.
Point-to-multipoint, a hub-and-spoke architecture, is regarded as a shared service for small to medium businesses desiring up to a few T1s.
Consecutive point is a "point-to-point-to-point…" ring architecture – which enables networks to deliver scalability, reliability and flexibility for medium to large business customers.
Consecutive point is a complete network solution from backhaul to local loop to end user. It addresses the 20–40 square mile area that comprises the local service area of most metropolitan markets. Point-to-point and point-to-multipoint address the last mile – both are unable to provide connectivity for the total service area.
To enable you to deploy consecutive point networks, Triton Network Systems has designed a product line called Invisible Fiber™. Invisible Fiber products are reliable, network-grade broadband millimeter wave products that integrate seamlessly with standard industry equipment and deliver 155 Mbps SONET/SDH or 100 Mbps payload in a full-duplex 2 x 50 MHz channel for the U.S. market, 2 X 50-60 MHz internationally.
Proven ring architecture
Consecutive point architecture is already proven – proven by the route-diverse ring architecture used today in fiber-based SONET/SDH networks. Just like a terrestrial fiber network, in the unlikely event of a failure, a consecutive point network continues with no service interruption. If a link in a network goes down, traffic is automatically re-routed in the other direction.
Network deployment with consecutive point
To build a consecutive point network that delivers network-grade performance, you must deploy broadband fixed wireless equipment, like Triton Network Systems Invisible Fiber™ products, that meets fiber optic specifications – 99.999 percent availability at 10-12 bit error rate – and integrates with standard network equipment in the building. Combined with the self-healing reliability of the ring configuration, your consecutive point network is fault-tolerant and delivers quality and reliability.
Starting from your network point-of-presence, Invisible Fiber units are placed in a ring of links. Then each of the two Invisible Fiber units at a site are connected back-to-back. This "link/back-to-back/link" pattern is repeated until the routing comes full circle, back to the original switch site or network access point. At every site, fiber cables provide connectivity between two Triton Network Systems Invisible Fiber units and standard network equipment.
Network capacity and spectral efficiency
Consecutive point networks are scalable – providing you the flexibility to maximize your spectrum utilization. With consecutive point architecture, you can deploy multiple rings in an area – extending network capacity virtually unlimited. For example, if a ring is reaching capacity, you can deploy additional links and split the ring in two. This splitting of a ring doubles capacity in that area, and can be repeated throughout the network.
Using Invisible Fiber™ products, consecutive point network architecture you can connect broadly dispersed customers as well as those in dense service areas.
Both the scalability and the ability to deploy expansive networks are critical factors to gaining and maintaining a foothold in the telephony, data and Internet service marketplaces.
Flexible network architecture
Customers expand, customers move, customers change. Consecutive point network architecture offers you the flexibility to re-design a network to grow and change with the customer base.
Your biggest customer is expanding to another building and wanting service at the new site. Add Invisible Fiber links, incorporating the building into the existing network and offering the same bandwidth and quality the customer has come to expect from your service.
If a customer moves, your network can move. With Invisible Fiber products deployed in consecutive point networks, you can adjust the network. Relocate the Invisible Fiber system from the old site to a new building and target new customers at that location.
Real-time network management
Key to consecutive point is the ability for the network management functionality to be as robust as the network itself, addressing any unit on the ring – 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Network management runs inside the licensed channel concurrently, but independent of, the 155 Mbps SONET/SDH or 100 Mbps payload. Your network operations center can simultaneously view the entire network in real time without the need for supplementary connections or equipment.
Network management is similar for consecutive point networks as it is for terrestrial fiber networks. Installation of your fixed wireless network is also similar to that of a fiber network. Both your provisioning experts and network installers can employ familiar procedures using standard network equipment.
Choose how you connect
With consecutive point networks, you can choose to deliver high-bandwidth and high-quality telephony, data, or Internet services.
Telephony and data services that truly compete with the incumbent local telephone company and terrestrial fiber CLECS must be non-blocking. When deployed in consecutive point networks, Invisible Fiber™ SONET/SDH products allow you to deliver non-blocking service to a customer. And you can continue to provide non-blocking service, as your customer base grows.
Deliver Internet service at 100 Mbps. With Invisible Fiber Internet, a consecutive point network operator can deliver speed of 100 Mbps and exceed the service offerings of ISPs.
Consecutive point networks
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