Fiber to the Edge (FTTE), fiber to the telecom enclosure (FTTTE) or fiber to the zone (FTTZ), is a

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networking approach used in the enterprise building (hotels, convention centers, office buildings, hospitals, senior living communities,

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s, stadiums, etc.). It is a standards-compliant

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that extends the

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from the

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directly to a telecommunications enclosure (TE), access node, ONT, or media converter installed in a common space to serve a number of users or devices in a nearby area. In other words,

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reaches directly from the

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of a building out to the edge devices, eliminating or reducing the need for

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Implementation

Its implementation is based on the

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-569-B “Pathways and Spaces” technical standard, which defines the Telecommunications Enclosure (TE), and TIA/EIA-568-B.1 Addendum 5, which defines the cabling when a TE is used. The FTTE architecture allows for many media choices from the TE to the work area; it may be balanced twisted pair copper,

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, or even wireless if an access point is installed in or near the TE. Depending on the user’s needs, FTTE can be deployed in low-density or high-density configurations. A low-density system might use one or two inexpensive 8-port

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mini-

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es as an example (these switches have eight 10/100 Mbit/s Ethernet copper ports and one 1 Gbit/s Ethernet fiber uplink). A high-density FTTE design might use commonly available 24- or 48-port switches (these switches are configured with one 1 Gbit/s uplink port per twelve

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user ports). This relatively high work area-to-backbone port ratio provides better performance than is typically provided to enterprise users. Both low and high-density FTTE architectures provide excellent performance in terms of bandwidth delivered to the work area.

Pros and cons

*Advantages **Low Cost **Non-blocking or low-blocking performance better supports

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**Extremely flexible to deploy; supports Moves, Adds & Changes **Enables consolidation of electronics into a centralized Telecommunications Room **Allows the use of a variety of media from the TE to the user *Disadvantages **TE location is near the user and must be secured

References

External resources

TIA Fiber Optic Standardization Subcommittees

Fiber Optics LAN Section of the Telecommunications Industry AssociationFiber Optics Association
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Implementation

Pros and cons

See also

References

External resources