MaxLinear G.hn Technology Powers ZTE’s New Family of FTTH Fiber Extenders
June 25 2019 - 8:35AM
Business Wire
- G.hn technology allows ZTE’s new FTTH fiber extenders to
leverage either legacy twisted pair or coaxial cable, giving
service providers unprecedented flexibility
- The new solution will enable FTTH service providers to deploy
symmetric gigabit broadband services, even in locations where fiber
cannot be easily installed
MaxLinear, Inc. (NYSE: MXL), a leading provider of radio
frequency (RF), analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits for the
connected home, wired and wireless infrastructure, and industrial
and multimarket applications, today announced that ZTE Strawcom
Telecommunications Co., Ltd, a subsidiary of ZTE Corporation, has
selected MaxLinear’s G.hn Wave-2 chipset to develop a new family of
fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) fiber extenders designed to help service
providers reduce the cost of deploying symmetric gigabit services
to residential and business users by leveraging existing copper
wires, including twisted pair and coaxial cables.
“As a leader in the broadband industry, we have shipped more
than 330 million CPEs to carriers in more than 100 different
countries. Our FTTH customers are often faced with the challenge of
reaching potential broadband subscribers who live in homes or
apartment buildings where installing fiber is not feasible or
economical. Due to either cost, lack of space for fiber, or lack of
permissions from building owners, sometimes installing a new fiber
to the customer’s premises is not feasible. Our new generation of
fiber extenders are designed to address this challenge, which
affects up to 30% of target FTTH subscribers in certain regions,”
said Haiwei Li, Sales Director at ZTE. “By reusing the existing
copper infrastructure, carriers can now reach those difficult
locations to deliver the same quality of service and speed as
traditional fiber deployments.”
The new solution is composed of two devices, the ZXHN H182G
single-port DPU (distribution point unit) and the ZXHN H581 CPE
(customer premises equipment), that work together to provide a
symmetric gigabit connection over existing twisted pair or coaxial
cables.
- The H182G single-port DPU provides an optical uplink
(compatible with both EPON and GPON), a copper-based downlink
(compatible with ITU-T Recommendations G.9960/G.9961) with options
for coaxial or twisted pair, and two Gigabit Ethernet ports. The
H182G can be either locally powered or reverse powered from
customer premises, following the ETSI TS 101 548 standard. Options
for both indoor and outdoor installations are available.
- The H581 CPE provides a copper-based uplink (compatible with
ITU-T Recommendations G.9960/G.9961) with options for coaxial or
twisted pair and one Gigabit Ethernet port. Service providers can
deploy the H581 CPE either as a standalone network termination
device or in combination with ZTE’s portfolio of wireless home
routers such as the ZXHN H159Q. This high-performance router
provides 4x4 802.11ac at 5GHz plus a 3x3 802.11n at 2.4GHz for the
best Wi-Fi experience.
The ZTE fiber-extender solution integrates several features
designed to provide the best user performance in the most
challenging conditions:
- Line rates up to 2Gbps with adaptive modulation and state of
the art LDPC (low-density parity check) forward error correction
ensure error-free operation over any type of wire, including old
telephone lines that may be subject to ingress noise.
- Advanced crosstalk management capabilities deal with both NEXT
(near-end crosstalk) and FEXT (far-end crosstalk) in scenarios
where multiple fiber extenders are deployed in the same apartment
building. The solution, based on MaxLinear’s cloud-based
VectorBoost™ architecture, can scale from single-port deployments
to hundreds of lines in high-density MDUs.
- Flexible bandwidth allocation capabilities support fixed
upstream/downstream ratios or Collective Dynamic Time Allocation
(cDTA) configurations.
- AES-128 encryption to ensure maximum user privacy.
“With the increased demand for faster and more reliable
broadband connections, it is critical to ensure that everyone can
get access to gigabit-class broadband services regardless of where
they live. For years, FTTH service providers have been unable to
reach a significant percentage of users because bringing fiber to
their homes was too expensive or impractical. Based on our G.hn
technology, ZTE’s new fiber-extender solution will enable service
providers worldwide to finally address 100% of their target
customer base,” said Will Torgerson, Vice President & General
Manager of the Broadband Group at MaxLinear.
For more information about MaxLinear G.hn Wave-2 products for
broadband access, please visit
https://www.maxlinear.com/products/infrastructure/wired-infrastructure/last-mile-access/g-hn-access.
About MaxLinear, Inc.
MaxLinear, Inc. (NYSE: MXL) is a leading provider of radio
frequency (RF), analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits for the
connected home, wired and wireless infrastructure, and industrial
and multimarket applications. MaxLinear is headquartered in
Carlsbad, California. For more information, please visit
www.maxlinear.com.
MxL and the MaxLinear logo are trademarks of MaxLinear, Inc.
Other trademarks appearing herein are the property of their
respective owners.
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MaxLinear’s G.hn Wave-2 chipset and ZTE’s products, including but
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MaxLinear Inc. Press Contact: Debbie Brandenburg Sr.
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MaxLinear Inc. Corporate Contact: Will Torgerson Vice
President & General Manager of the Broadband Group Tel: +1
760-692-0711 wtorgerson@maxlinear.com
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