hybrid integration of semiconductor opto-electronic devices on silica-based planar lightwave circuit (PLC) has become the mainstream platform for small form factor, low-cost and high volume integrated transceiver modules.  One of the main benefits of hybrid integration is the wafer-scale process, which greatly reduces chip/module size and assembly cost.  This paper reviews the development of this technology, and as an example, presents a hybrid integrated transmitter with four wavelengths on silica PLC chip for LX4 and 10GbE applications.

This document showcases a presentation deck discussing the advantages of Tunable Laser and Waveguide Grating Router (WGR) technology. The slides are each filled with in-depth technical specifications of this technology, allowing the reader or viewer to fully understand and comprehend what this technology has to offer.

The Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) requires one to provide for lawful intercept (LI) of telephone traffic and data packets related to Internet Traffic. This paper demonstrates how both are easily collected through the use of certain elements in Enablence’s Passive Optical Networks (PONs).

Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) ONTs (Optical Network Terminals), put on the side of homes need to be grounded. While there is no section of the current National Electric code (NEC) that covers FTTH ONTs, it is reasonable to assume that they fall under rules similar to those of cable TV systems so far as grounding is concerned. This paper discusses grounding practices reflecting the requirements of the NEC.

This note presents recommendations for wiring homes for video, voice, and data connection from fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) Optical Network Terminals (ONTs). The material generally follows the terminology and recommendations of the National Electric Code, the Telephone Industries Associations (TIA), and BICSI.

The demand for video is increasing and is a must-have service for any fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) operator. It is also vastly more complex than the other basic services of voice and data. This paper provides a brief introduction to the technology behind video, both broadcast and IPTV. Starting from a review on the way pictures are scanned and converted into analog and digital video, this paper takes us right through to how video is finally transmitted to the subscriber in FTTH systems.

Increasingly people have been discussing the delivery of video on Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) systems. This paper provides a comprehensive look at the features and issues that relate to video transmission today – including a look at quality, bandwidth, and high definition – and outlines the advantages and disadvantages of each system so you can sort out which video option is best for you.

This paper is a comparative analysis of three physical architectures used for Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP): passive optical networks (PONs), Active Ethernet, and its close cousin, point-to-point (P2P) Ethernet. In discussing the technical features of all three constructs, this paper will discuss how, of the three, PONs provides the best cost model and performance- making it, by far, the most popular FTTP architecture in the world.

This paper is a comparative technical analysis of two passive Optical Passive Network (PON) standards that are currently at center stage: the IEEE’s EPON standard and the ITU’s GPON standard.

Although FCC Rules pertaining to operators of Fibre-to-the-Home have not yet been formally outlined, this paper outlines how to meet the existing technical requirements that systems are to meet as outlined in S. 76.601 of the Rules and Regulations, Federal Communications Commission, using Enablence devices.

RF return enables competitive services in broadcast video distribution -- such as pay-per view, video on demand, interactive gaming --  available to cable TV set top boxes (STBs). This paper outlines how RF return is used in Enablence's solution to support all standard RF return systems, SCTE 55-1 (Motorola), SCTE 55-2 (Scientific-Atlanta) and DOCIS (For DOCSIS set top gateway).

There are two ways to implement RF return: the first technique digitizes the appropriate upstream spectrum then sends the digitized signal to the headend as part of the normal data communications.  The second uses an analog modulated return transmitter to send the entire upstream band to the headend.  This paper contrasts the two ways of providing RF return, taking a look at the different features and the advantages and disadvantages of each.