EXISTING NETWORK

The Co-ops have an established regional area network which is built on a fibre ring installed in the early 2000s. In 2013 this ring was upgraded to a BTI ROADM 40 channel DWDM network. This network connects to all the area telcos and several upstream providers.

This network has several established point of presence (POPs) in Huron County. The local telcos have built extensive fibre access networks which tie directly back into the Comcentric core.

Existing backbone components to be leveraged by this project include:

1) Internet backbone. The fibre-optic cables, DWDM and routers that connect Co-op networks to cities, making the Internet possible.
2) Aggregation site. Also known as a point of presence, this is the location where the local network is connected into the Internet backbone and the world wide web.
3) Fibre ring. A ring of fibre cables that encircle each FTTH project area to make it easy to branch service into any neighborhood.
4) Fibre hut/CO. Located along the fibre ring, these huts act as the main hubs for the FTTH network.

This network supports several different access architectures including:

• MEF3 compliant MPLS end to end transport
• 802.1 Q tunneling (Q in Q)
• VLAN support
• Bridge networks
• DWDM wavelength service
• Currently this network supports more than 16,000 broadband customers today.


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