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1 INTRODUCTION
2 VMDS CHARACTERISTICS
VMDS is small by design in order to minimize the
amount of excavation required. Unlike traditional sys-
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(b)
(b)
Fig. 2. Cross section of (a) single channel micro duct, (b) multiple
channel micro duct.
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the way from the FDT to each home. This approach can
be shown in Fig. 3. There are M spokes; each has N
homes, where the distance between the FDT and the first
drop is a. By and large, this can be a good option as it has
only one main distribution point for large number of
homes. Also, a separate dedicated 1.6 mm micro cable is
used to connect each individual home directly to the FDT,
resulting in high user independency. However, this design is expensive because large quantity of the micro cables is required. In addition, it is quite difficult to maintain a system with such long micro cable distances. These
drawbacks are avoided in the next approach.
4 CONCLUSION
We presented a passive FTTH network design using vertical micro ducting system (VMDS). The system demonstrated here is suitable for establishing an FTTH network
in well-constructed urban areas, where it eliminates the
damages in the existing civil infrastructure. We believe
that the proposed VMDS-based network design is the
most suitable solution for all FTTx applications (including
FTTH, FTTB, etc.) where it enables full deployment of
fiber optics in shorter time, minimal disruption and reasonable cost compared to conventional deployment
methodologies. Such quick deployment means that customers will no longer wait in order to get connected to
existing backbone telecom infrastructure.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The author thanks TeraSpan and Lite Access companies
for some information about their micro ducting technologies.
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Mousaab M. Nahas received a BSc degree from the University of
Jordan in 1999 and an MSc degree from Aston University in 2002.
His specialization is communications engineering. In 2003, he joined
the Photonics Research Group at Aston University and received a
PhD degree in optical fiber communications in 2007. He worked in
telecommunications industry from 2007 to 2009. In 2009, he joined
King Abdulaziz University in KSA and worked as Assistant Professor
in Electrical Engineering until 2014. Since 2015, he has been working in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at the
University of Jeddah in KSA. Dr. Nahass main research interests
are upgrading legacy WDM communication systems and monitoring
long-haul fiber links. He is also interested in the optimization of fiber
optic networks including FTTx systems.