FTTO: Building an All-Optical Network Foundation for Smart Education
Today’s Smart campus network is built on a foundation of connectivity that aims to improve productivity, efficiency, learning, and safety. FTTO (Fiber-to-the-Office) powered by F5G (Fifth Generation of the Fixed Network) technology revolutionizes Smart education with its all-optical network (AON) infrastructure foundation and high bandwidth, security, and energy efficiency. This article addresses the benefits of FTTO in the Smart education application. What is FTTO? FTTO is a cost-effective cabling and future-proof networking infrastructure solution for office environments. Based on the passive optical LAN (POL) technology, the FTTO solution uses a fiber optic network to carry all services in multiple scenarios, including fiber to room, classroom, desktop, camera, and Wi-Fi 6/7 AP (Access Point) access, reducing horizontal cabling and saving energy. In addition, the passive optical distribution network (ODN) achieves higher reliability and supports future-oriented capacity expansi...