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Preparing MTDC infrastructure - for faster networks and the high-speed edge - CommScope
Preparing MTDC
infrastructure
for faster networks and the
high-speed edge
Preparing MTDC infrastructure - for faster networks and the high-speed edge - CommScope
An edge-first distributed computing paradigm is needed to service huge volumes of data.

    As networks ramp up support for 5G, cloud                     Co-location DCs (CoLos) or multi-tenant DCs          This e-book outlines:
                                                                  (MTDCs) are well equipped to support cus-
    and the internet of things (IoT), computing
                                                                  tomers’ need to host the compute layers closer to                  Trends in the Asia-Pacific region that
    that had been focused on centralized data                                                                                        are driving an increasing preference for
                                                                  the data sources in urban areas—offering high-
    centers (DCs) is now adding an edge-first                     quality white space, networking equipment, and
                                                                                                                                     MTDCs versus building from scratch—and
                                                                                                                                     trends driving demand for MTDCs
    distributed computing paradigm.                               cross-connections to differ-ent cloud and service
                                                                  providers. IT organizations take advantage of the                  Smart approaches that help MTDC
    A growing number of distributed applications                  efficient, low-cost and low-risk option of renting                 operators adapt and scale infrastructure
    and micro-services are being deployed in edge                 space—from a server rack to a complete purpose-                    efficiently to meet diverse customer
                                                                  built module—to host and process data and to                       requirements in dynamic cloud and edge
    locations to service huge volumes of data that
                                                                                                                                     environments
    are generated at the edge. Local computing                    easily scale IT capacity based on business needs
    that offers higher bandwidth, lower latency and               without the high capital expenditure and
                                                                                                                                     How MTDC operators can accelerate
    availability at the network’s edge is growing                 the lengthy period required to build new private
                                                                                                                                     time to revenue and boost return on
    with this rising tide.                                        DC facilities.                                                     investment (ROI)

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Preparing MTDC infrastructure
for faster networks, high-speed edge

Chapter 1: MTDCs built for agility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4

Chapter 2: MTDCs geared for speed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .          9

Chapter 3: MTDCs designed to boost ROI . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
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Chapter 1: MTDCs built for agility

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MTDCs built for agilty                                                                                       Co-location Market

                                                                           +13%                                                  +12%
As demand for online services and platforms
surges and data traffic volume explodes,
DCs that can be built in shorter time frames
with ever-increasing efficiency meet capacity
requirements while leveraging scale and                                    CAGR between 2019 and 2024                            CAGR between 2019 and 2024
improved IT and facility technologies.
                                                                                    Southeast Asia                                         Asia Pacific
Slightly over 63 percent of enterprises still owned
and operated DC facilities in 2019, according to
451 Research. As facilities age and new applications
raise performance and density requirements,
                                                                          US$28Billion                                      US$23.4Billion
                                                                          Asia Pacific total market size by 2024            North America total market size by 2024
MTDCs are ideally positioned to enable enterprises
to outsource their IT infrastructure and connect
                                                                                      Asia Pacific                                       North America
to a wide array of cloud, connectivity and service

                                                                     +20%
providers securely and efficiently and with improved                                       By 2024, the market size for Asia Pacific CoLos is forecast to be
uptime and support for growth.                                                             around 20% higher than market size projected for North America.

Shift to MTDC/co-location
In late 2020, Gartner noted a trend shifting
infrastructure and operations organizations to                  network provisioning and management with                the Asia-Pacific market is expected to grow at
“integration and operations” as infrastructure                  self-service, on-demand connections. Further, the       around 12 percent CAGR over the same period,
choices, such as cloud, edge or computational                   Uptime Institute estimates that a shared facility can   according to Structure Research. The total market
storage, apply to different locations and workloads.            be 19 percent to 64 percent more cost effective         size for Asia-Pacific CoLos is forecast to be around
Workloads can be located based on business                      than a private Tier 2 DC depending on the facility’s    US$28 billion by 2024—20 percent higher than the
outcomes. Physical location and time-to-market                  scale.                                                  US$23.4 billion projected for North America.
restrictions can be bypassed using outsourced
                                                                The CoLo market size in Southeast Asia (SEA) will       In Asia-Pacific’s primary markets of Singapore, Hong
facilities.
                                                                expand by a compounded annual growth rate               Kong, Sydney and Tokyo, demand for DC and cloud
Beyond a wide variety of co-location options                    (CAGR) of 13 percent between 2019 and 2024,             services is also driven by a young and tech-savvy
and short installation intervals, MTDCs also ease               according to Cushman and Wakefield. Meanwhile,          urban population, the consumption of ecommerce,

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and over-the-top services. These traditional hubs have
been challenged in recent years by emerging hubs—
                                                                                         Cloud connectivity solutions
such as Indonesia, China, Malaysia, the Philippines,

                                                                                   +40%
Thailand, India and Vietnam—where
DC construction is surging and available co-location                                                                                 South Korea
spaces are growing.                                                                                                                  China             Japan

Key drivers of growth include IoT-driven technologies                               CAGR annual growth rate                     India           Hong Kong
such as artificial intelligence (AI), data and analytics,
                                                                                                                                        Singapore
security, and communication; rapid growth in the
use of cloud computing services and applications;
and increased investments worldwide from telco
                                                                                    1,374Tbps                                                       Indonesia

                                                                                                                                               Australia
                                                                                     2023 data demand forecast                                              New Zealand
operators, governments and cloud providers in
subsea cable projects, which have led to faster
network speeds and more capacity while lowering
latency and improving redundancy.
                                                               become an essential enabler of successful digital       MTDCs can help organizations manage these
Shift to the edge and the cloud                                transformation efforts.                                 workloads. Customers will need an understanding
                                                                                                                       of the physical infrastructure, design requirements
Major MTDC providers, including hyperscale                     Since cloud-based applications and services require
                                                                                                                       and strategic considerations that must precede a
providers, are investing in their own network                  physical infrastructure that extends optimally to
                                                                                                                       successful deployment. Solutions encompassing half
edge DC infrastructure. This investment is                     the network’s edge, MTDC managers must seize
                                                                                                                       and full cabinets, cages or even full white space can
predominantly focused on locating facilities to                the opportunity to address diverse customer
                                                                                                                       be tailored to meet each customer’s unique service
support compute resources close to markets that                requirements as well as the increased complexity of
                                                                                                                       needs and budget.
offer significant demand.                                      scaling and orchestrating distributed infrastructure.
                                                                                                                       In all, continued adoption of the cloud, the rise of
MTDC edge facilities often provide cloud                       According to a study by Equinix, cloud and IT
                                                                                                                       IoT, and the massive amounts of data to be created,
connectivity/interconnection and hybrid cloud                  services will lead interconnection bandwidth growth
                                                                                                                       processed and stored continue to fuel demand for
infrastructure services. Cloud connectivity solutions          in Asia-Pacific, with data demand forecast to reach
                                                                                                                       DC space, DC suppliers, and service and network
adoption will grow at a CAGR of 40 percent in                  1,374 Tbps by 2023 due to enterprises shifting
                                                                                                                       providers. As technology evolves, MTDC operators
countries such as Australia, New Zealand, China,               workloads to an edge-first architecture.
                                                                                                                       that innovate, refresh and scale quickly to spread
India, Singapore, Japan, Indonesia, South Korea,
                                                                                                                       risk and reduce cost will have an advantage.
and Hong Kong. Hybrid cloud, in particular, has

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Copper cabling

                                         High-density distribution frames                             Fiber cabling

                                                                            Infrastructure pathways
                                                           Entrance
                                                           solutions

                       Meet-me room                                                                              Co-location customer cages

                                                                                            Rack systems

                                  Infrastructure management                 Main distribution area

Figure 1: Typical areas within an MTDC

MTDC Solutions Overview
In the MTDC, multiple secure customer areas—contained in a cage or within a particular cabinet in a row—are connected to a meet-me room (MMR) where
the MTDC’s own cross-connection equipment, like optical distribution frames (ODFs), reside. The MMRs are then connected to the entrance facility (EF)
where services from multiple telecommunications providers enter the building. Customers are interconnected to cloud and other service providers in the MMR.

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The MTDC’s own backbone infrastructure must be
robust, flexible and globally scalable. It must allow
customers to turn up new applications and services
as fast as needed, remotely visualise and optimise
infrastructure in real time, and keep track of changes.

CommScope’s SYSTIMAX® Tier 1 infrastructure
solutions—coupled with logistics, engineering, and
sales and technical support—have helped MTDC
operators provide customers with a sustainable path
to higher network speeds and capacity.

CommScope’s MTDC portfolio includes solutions to
support outside plant, facility entrance, MMR and
customer cage applications, such as:

· High-performance preterminated fiber-optic and
    copper solutions that enable faster turn-ups and
    high-speed migration.

· Automated infrastructure management that
    remotely monitors and manages the physical layer
    and all connected equipment in real time in the
    customer cage. The need for such automated tools
    is non-negotiable as infrastructure grows denser
    and more complex and human resources become
                                                                    High-fiber-count rollable-ribbon fiber cables and   High-density ODFs offer several connectivity
    increasingly stretched.
                                                                    fiber splice closures extend fiber connectivity     options, including splice/splice and splice/patch
·   Fiber management systems that provide fast, simple              between multiple DC buildings in an MTDC campus,    SC, LC and MPO modules—all in a space-
    installation and orderly cable routing with optimal             while building entrance products provide the        saving front access footprint. Additionally, the
    bend management.                                                transition between outside plant and inside         FiberGuide® fiber raceway systems deliver fiber
                                                                    plant networks.                                     throughout the MTDC facility, protecting the fiber
                                                                                                                        and maintaining correct bend radius management.

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Chapter 2: MTDCs geared for speed

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MTDCs geared for speed
                                                                                                   Global device and connection growth
Demand for increased infrastructure capacity and
density is driving transformation and innovation in
DC architectures and technologies. Rapid growth
of the hyperscale cloud market has enabled a
                                                                       10% CAGR
new wave of enterprises to seek alternatives to
traditional DC real estate assets. In this shifting
                                                                       2018-2023
landscape, MTDCs are essential to the delivery of                      Billions of
new technologies.                                                      Devices
                                                                                                                                          * Figures (n) refer to 2018,
IDC forecasts that the worldwide spend on cloud                                                                                             2023 device share

services is expected to exceed US$1 trillion by
2024. Alongside cloud computing, the enterprise
                                                                 Figure 2: Growth of M2M traffic in the data center
and automotive IoT market was expected to hit                    Source: CISCO Annual Internet Report, 2018-2023

5.8 billion endpoints in 2020—a 21 percent
increase from 2019, according to Gartner.
                                                                 To keep up with the exponential growth in             EDCs will supplement large, centralized DCs.
IoT deployments in industries such as                            demand for data capacity and higher computing         By 2025, 75 percent of data will be created
manufacturing and transportation, as well as                     speeds, deploying many smaller distributed DCs        and processed outside a centralized DC or
large-scale smart city projects, will generate much              has been considered the most viable solution.         cloud, according to Gartner. Further, Bell Labs
larger quantities of data for real-time processing               These facilities are often called edge data           predicted that 60 percent of servers will be
and analyses in DCs (See Figure 2). Additionally,                centers (EDCs).                                       placed in an EDC by 2025.
big data analytics, machine learning, telemedicine
and AI are creating demand for high-performance                  An EDC’s scale can range from a few racks to
computing infrastructure and for DC space.                       150 kilowatts of capacity. Multiple EDCs may
                                                                 interconnect to boost capacity, mitigate failure
As co-location becomes an obvious vehicle for                    and migrate workload within the local area. The
connecting enterprises, service providers and public             Asia-Pacific MTDC market expects an increase
cloud platforms, new needs for time-sensitive                    in the deployment of EDCs post-2022 due
applications are pushing requirements further                    to growing use of connected IoT devices among
toward the edge, according to 451 Research.                      businesses and consumers.

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Macro-view snapshot
     An architecture that introduces many
     thousands more EDCs will need to
     find ways to optimize capital costs,
     operational complexity and speed
     to market—and, most importantly,
     minimize the environmental impact of
     EDCs. TIA EDC Working Group

An MTDC’s physical location has often been chosen
by the latency requirements of its customers and                   Figure 3: Bringing low-latency edge computing to enterprises.
                                                                   Source: AT&T
access to other utilities such as power, water, and
internet connections. Application requirements
and the location of end users typically define the                The service area has tended to reach out about                   and the importance they place on this evolving
expansion of the network “edge” (See Figure                       150 miles or more. With the potential for                        business opportunity.
3). Edge service providers will choose a location                 smaller service areas defined by lower latency
                                                                                                                                   MTDCs have to satisfy a variety of customer
that provides optimum support for the capacity,                   requirements reducing the coverage (number
                                                                                                                                   configurations to fully capitalize on their location
resiliency and latency needed to drive the services               of customers served), the traditional business
                                                                                                                                   at the network edge. Customers’ plans for a
they, in turn, supply their customers.                            models will be challenged.
                                                                                                                                   smooth migration to the MTDC and for flexible
MTDC operators may seek to situate edge                           Deployments of 5G and IoT are ramping up.                        expansion opportunities must be addressed to
operations and services at a prime service area                   Some new applications will require ultra-reliable                ensure their DC needs can be met today and in
where their customers can host services and                       low-latency (URLL) performance. This raises the                  the future.
connect efficiently to other enterprises. A lucrative             need to evaluate the business case for smaller
service area is where an MTDC can service enough                  DCs with a reduced service area offering lower
customer demand to provide an adequate return                     latency and higher-value services. For this same
on operational costs.                                             reason, MTDCs need to re-evaluate their role

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Edge-to-core connectivity

                                       Multi-Access Edge Compute                                    Network Edge Compute

                                              Application Server                           Application Server       Application Server

 Edge
 locations and                                                                                                                                               Application Server
 functions

                                 Device/Smart machine                 Premises        Radio Network             Central Office/MTDC/Co-Lo        Core      Application Server

                                                     Latency < 10ms

                                                     Latency < 20ms

                                                     Latency > = 40ms

                                                                      While different types of data traffic between the                  and management solutions will be needed at

     Macro-view snapshot                                              edge and core DCs have minimal effect on existing
                                                                      software and control systems, edge-to-core traffic
                                                                                                                                         the network edge and core to accommodate the
                                                                                                                                         exponential increase in fiber core counts.
     Keep building out edge-based resources                           will drive the need for higher-bandwidth, Ethernet-
                                                                                                                                         However, there is a practical limit on how many
     to process more data locally. The aim is                         based optics.
                                                                                                                                         fibers can be deployed cost-effectively—especially
     to not only deliver the URLL performance
                                                                      Advances in optical network technologies now                       as distances increase. The drive for more capacity
     but also set an effective strategy for
                                                                      employ cost-effective, high-speed Ethernet                         leads service providers and MTDC operators to
     conserving backhaul bandwidth and
                                                                      options that enable enterprises to easily transition               consider alternative methods of adding bandwidth,
     operational costs.
                                                                      to service provider facilities driving demand                      such as wavelength division multiplexing, where
                                                                      for additional fiber-optic cabling in the service                  several streams (wavelengths) of data are added
                                                                      provider’s networks. High-density fiber cables                     together and share the same physical fiber.

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Higher capacity, optimal fiber                                                                                                   Further reduction of cable diameters
Compact and designed for flexible routing                          can build cables that contain as many as 3,456                With growing demand for more fiber connectivity,
                                                                   fibers while keeping the diameter of the cable                cable designs have reached practical limits of
New technologies are helping MTDCs deploy more
                                                                   small enough to fit into one two-inch-diameter                diameter reduction with the standard 250-micron
fiber capacity. Rollable ribbon fiber can reduce
                                                                   duct. The conduits and cable pathways now have                diameter. However, smaller-diameter fibers allow
the overall diameter of an optical cable by up to
                                                                   twice the density compared to using conventional              more fibers to occupy the same cable diameter. Fibers
50 percent—essentially doubling the number of
                                                                   fiber cables. This construction is much more                  with 200-micron diameter are now being used in
cables that can be added to a duct. By using this
                                                                   flexible. Reducing the cable bend radius makes                rollable ribbon and microduct cable.
new cable type, MTDCs can support additional
                                                                   these cables easier to work with inside the tighter
revenue-generating customer circuits in existing                                                                                 The outside buffer coating is the only part of the
                                                                   confines of the DC.
cable pathways and facility duct routes.                                                                                         glass fiber that is altered. The 200-micron fibers
                                                                   A gel-free design further reduces the time                    retain the 125-micron core/cladding diameter of
Rollable ribbon fiber cable contains fibers that are
                                                                   required to prepare cables for splicing, therefore            conventional fibers for compatibility in splicing
attached intermittently to form a loose web (see
                                                                   reducing labor costs. The intermittent bonding                operations (see Figure 6). Once the buffer coating is
Figure 5). Fibers are free to “roll” together and
                                                                   maintains the fiber alignment required for typical            stripped, the fusion splice procedure for 200-micron
form a smaller, more flexible cable. Manufacturers
                                                                   mass fusion ribbon splicing.                                  fiber is the same as for its 250-micron counterpart.

                                                                                         250µm                                                  200µm
                                                                                         coating                                                coating

                                                                                         Cladding

                                                                                                                                             125µm
                                                                                                                                             coating

                                                                                For optical performance
                                                                                and splice compatibility,
                                                                                200-micron fiber features
                                                                                the same 125-micron
                                                                                core/cladding as the
                                                                                250-micron alternative.     250 Micron Fiber                              200 Micron Fiber

Figure 5: Rollable ribbon fiber is bonded at intermittent points                Figure 6. Splice compatibility for 200-micron and 250-micron fiber
Source: ISE Magazine                                                            Source: ISE Magazine

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Keeping fiber count in check
Engineers have more options than ever to design and deliver
increased capacity in fiber installations. Applications within
the customer networks (as well as the MTDC’s own backbone)
take advantage of key advancements in transmission
protocols incorporating the latest optic transceivers.

In short-reach enterprise networks, enhancements in
technologies like vertical cavity surface emitting lasers
(VCSELs) and pulse amplitude modulation-4 level (PAM4)
encoding are increasing optical channel transmission to
56 Gbps over multimode fiber (MMF)—with 400G
transmission enabled at 50 Gbps.

Existing MMF networks can now support much higher speeds
while extending the life of the MMF cable. Also, they take
advantage of lower-cost transceivers and reduced power
requirements that VCSEL technology will deliver for many
years to come.

OM5 the data of OM4 longer reach
                 supports 4X                            for 50 percent

A new high-bandwidth MMF addition, OM5 multimode
optical fiber, is designed to support transceivers that use
shortwave division multiplexing (SWDM). As mentioned
earlier, this technology provides much higher capacity for
each fiber deployed. OM5 supports four times the data of
OM4—for 50 percent longer reach (based on the 802.3 cm
standard for 400G over MMF).

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Chapter 3: MTDCs designed to boost ROI

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MTDCs designed to boost ROI
The ability to quickly establish and turn up
services for a new tenant helps MTDC
operators improve customer experience,
accelerate the time to revenue and boost ROI.

MTDCs need a flexible, robust and efficient
infrastructure that can be upgraded or adapted
to speedily meet customers’ diverse and dynamic
requirements. CommScope solutions allow
operators to minimize not only the errors or
delays that impact customer experience, but
also the risk of service-level agreement fines.

These solutions can be shipped and installed
quickly to improve critical time to service and
revenues. Further, modular physical layer
solutions let MTDCs scale up as gradually or as
quickly as their customers’ circumstances dictate.

CommScope’s High Speed Migration platform—
built on modular, ultra low-loss (ULL) connectivity—
enables network planners and operators to
seamlessly migrate their physical infrastructure
designs from duplex transmission protocols to
parallel ones (and back again to duplex) as higher
data-rate technologies mature and migrate
between connector interfaces themselves.

                                                                          ULL Connectivity   ULL EHD Fiber Panels   OM5 Multimode

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AIM—imVision                                      Category 6A

                                                                                                        MMR—ODFs                                 FiberGuide

 CommScope’s SYSTIMAX ULL solutions feature                      of switches and servers on schedule to require        Flexibility via structured cabling
 embedded intelligence that leverages iPatch        ®
                                                                 400G and 800G connections—meaning the
                                                                                                                       The recommended architecture for flexibility
 intelligent cabling to monitor and manage the                   MTDC must keep an eye on the next generation
                                                                                                                       within the customer cage is a leaf-and-spine
 physical layer in real time, down to the port level.            of speed for their own backbone cabling. One
                                                                                                                       network connected by structured cabling.
 Having such visibility is essential to a customer               critical step for MTDC operators supporting
                                                                                                                       Structured cabling enables the network to
 choosing to deploy off-premises disaster recovery               ongoing in-cage transitions from 400G to 800G
                                                                                                                       continually expand and migrate to higher
 in an MTDC located in a different part of the                   and beyond is to look at physical layer cabling
                                                                                                                       speeds easily.
 country or region.                                              options connecting service provider and campus
                                                                 circuits to customer cages.                           When using high-fiber-count trunk cables, like
 Server-switch-connectivity speed                                Still, a fast-changing technological landscape is
                                                                                                                       24-fiber MPO, the backbone cabling between the
                                                                                                                       leaf-and-spine switches can remain fixed. Instead
 Meanwhile, technological developments in                        only half the challenge. Timing is equally critical
                                                                                                                       of ripping and replacing trunk cabling as optical
 servers, switches and connectivity are each                     with refresh cycles now running every two to
                                                                                                                       networking technologies change, simply change
 pushing the other to be faster and more cost                    three years. Grappling with the many moving
                                                                                                                       the MPO module and optical fiber presentation
 effective.                                                      pieces, MTDC operators must make difficult but
                                                                                                                       entering or exiting the spine or the leaf cabinet.
                                                                 necessary strategic infrastructure transitions now.
 MTDC providers are now focused on enabling
                                                                 Failing to get it right now will be costly later.     Once the leaf-and-spine architecture is in place,
 100 GbE connectivity, with future generations
                                                                                                                       a consistent and structured approach to physical
                                                                                                                       layer cabling enhances the ability to expand the

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network fabric by simply adding and altering
                                                              The ODF-revenue connection
server cabinets and their components as
customers demand additional performance.
                                                                   In a typical MTDC configuration, the service     In a tiered-ODF design, a single customer
High-density ODFs                                                  provider network terminates at a dedicated       cage can cross-connect to multiple service

These ODFs aggregate many fibers into an                           ODF in the meet-me room, ready for               providers via a simple patch. For MTDC
organized and easy-to-manage fiber fabric.                         presentation out to the other suites.            operators that bill for the activity of making
While ODF applications and environments vary                                                                        a cross-connection between a customer
                                                                   One strategy many MTDCs are employing
throughout the MTDC, using a portfolio based                                                                        and a service provider at the cross-connect,
                                                                   is to use additional ODFs as intermediate
around a common footprint of connectors,                                                                            the faster those connections can be made,
cassettes, modules and frames enables greater                      distribution points dedicated to serving the
                                                                                                                    the higher the potential revenue.
design flexibility and faster build-out in response                customer cages on each floor. This enables
to customers’ changing requirements.                               MTDCs to independently add capacity for          The connection between customer and
                                                                   new or expanding service providers as well       service provider often generates monthly
ODFs for cross-connecting and interconnecting
applications, such as the FACT® and FlexFrame                      as customers. The final connections can be       recurring revenue. Having the ability to
ODFs, are modular and specifically designed                        made quickly using shorter runs or even          easily hook up customers to more service
to support rapid installation of customer                          patch cords.                                     providers makes this a rewarding strategy.
connections, turn-ups and easy maintenance.

Simple building blocks
Preterminated fiber and copper cabling design                 EHD panels provide up to 72 duplex LC or MPO ports
allows quick installation and connection to                   per rack unit—singlemode or multimode—allowing             Macro-view snapshot
switches and routers—guaranteeing optical and                 migration from 10G serial to 100/400G parallel
electrical factory-level performances. Scalable,                                                                         Preterminated MPO modules and MPO
                                                              transmission without expanding equipment footprint.
modular and flexible high-density (HD), ultra                                                                            adapter panels provide plug-and-play
                                                              Further relieving cable congestion are CommScope’s         fiber connectivity to improve the time to
high-density (UHD), and enhanced high-density
                                                              MPO modules and MPO adapter panels. By                     turn up service for a new customer and
(EHD) fiber patch and splice panels enable
                                                              combining micro-cable, cable spooling and MPO              reduce the cost of adding and connecting
MTDCs to support increasing fiber counts
                                                              connector technology in a single panel, they not           those customers.
while keeping the fibers secure and accessible.
                                                              only simplify moves, adds and changes within the

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cage or cabinet but also speed up ordering and                       Plan, design and deploy quickly
inventory of equipment.
                                                                     CommScope’s Fiber Performance Calculator (FPC)—
The interchangeable 8-, 12- and 24-fiber MPO                         an automated design planning and link
modules optimize fiber configurations. Moving                        confirmation tool—enables engineers to model
up to 400G and beyond, new optical connectors                        a variety of channel and link scenarios using
like the MPO-16 will become popular. It is critical                  CommScope’s fiber solutions.
to select a cabling system that considers this
                                                                     The tool comprises a link loss calculator and a      important benefit—especially given the typical
important connector as a part of a migration
                                                                     database of fiber performance specifications         12-week window for ordering and deploying the
strategy.
                                                                     based on current industry standards as well as       cabling infrastructure.
                                                                     performance specifications for SYSTIMAX fiber

                          Supports QSFPs
                                                                     and fiber connector types. It enables designers      Conclusion
                          ∙ For multimode and singlemode
                                                                     to confirm the guaranteed support of optic
                                                                                                                          Enterprises, cloud providers and hyperscale
                            transceivers and breakouts               applications while also specifying the maximum
            MPO-8
                          ∙ Lowest panel density                     attenuation performance
                                                                                                                          customers are locating more capacity and
                                                                                                                          processing power closer to end users, with an
                                                                     of each link.
                          Large installed base                                                                            increasing edge-first deployment mentality.
                          ∙ Existing multimode and
                            singlemode preterm deployments
                                                                     Model the future, confirm next-generation
                                                                                                                          They look to MTDC operators to provide fiber-
                                                                     performance, and ensure your cabling is delivering
         MPO-12           ∙ Familiar interface and trunks            the optimized and guaranteed performance with
                                                                                                                          dense backbone and flexible connectivity to
                                                                                                                          keep up with ongoing technological change
                          MPO16 is the connector of choice           the FPC tool set.
                          for new octal based 50G and
                                                                                                                          as well as support for applications requiring
                          100G PAM4 transceivers offering                                                                 URLL performance.
                          the maximizing the number of               Fiber raceway system
                          connected edge devices switches
         MPO-16                                                                                                           To this end, MTDCs are challenged to retool DC
                          can now support.                           Complementing the structured cabling solutions
                                                                                                                          operations to turn up customers faster, speed
                          Future ready                               are the FiberGuide fiber raceway system that
                                                                                                                          up customer build-outs, and accelerate revenue.
                          ∙ Lowest cost duplex support for
                            multimode applications
                                                                     ensures fibers do not exceed their maximum bend
                                                                                                                          An efficient, flexible and simplified cabling
                                                                     radius and are safely protected as they transition
         MPO-24           ∙ Highest panel density                    throughout the MTDC.
                                                                                                                          infrastructure is essential. CommScope’s modular
                                                                                                                          cabling and connectivity solutions are geared for
                                                                     FiberGuide is supported by a software tool that      this purpose while delivering consistently high-
                                                                     helps planners quickly and efficiently create a      performance throughput from the core to the
                                                                     raceway design. Fast, tool-less installation is an   farthest edges of the network.

19   Preparing MTDC infrastructure for faster networks, high-speed edge
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