EXTON, PA – The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) said Monday it is developing a landmark suite of technical industry standards to support wider use of optical fibre in the cable plant.
Focused on a technology called RF over Glass, the standards will enable cable systems to benefit from the expanded use of optical fibre while continuing to deliver a complete array of current cable services and technologies, including DOCSIS.
The RF over Glass work program was approved by the SCTE Standards Program last fall and the SCTE Interface Practices Subcommittee (IPS) has been assigned the task of developing the industry standards.
Once developed and approved as standards, RF over Glass will broaden the SCTE Standards Program’s footprint concerning optical fibre.
SCTE currently has two approved standards in this area: ANSI/SCTE 122 (approved in 2006) for recommended optical fibre cable types for outside plant drop applications and ANSI/SCTE 86 (approved in 2005) for recommended optical fibre cable types for outside plant trunk and distribution applications.
