FTTR Networking: True Gigabit in Every Room

There are many smart devices at home, and you want your smart home to run perfectly? The network speed limits the demand for extremely fast download and upload? You have upgraded to Gigabit broadband, but you cannot enjoy Gigabit network because you don’t understand the device update?

FTTR: I am sincere to you, I am your solution, your only solution!

FTTR comes with a networking solution that covers the whole house, is high-speed and stable, and supports 10G network. From now on, every corner of the house can have stable Gigabit Internet access, and watching 8K videos in the future will be stress-free, and upgrading to 10G network will be easy.

01. Why is FTTR so good?

FTTR (Fiber to The Room) technology refers to using optical fiber instead of network cables, laying optical fiber to every room, and interconnecting with the home gateway by deploying optical networking terminals, combined with dual-band Wi-Fi, to ensure the network coverage of the whole house.

At present, most families use the FTTH networking solution. FTTH (Fiber to The HOME) technology refers to installing the optical network module (ONU) at the user's home.

Compare and understand FTTH and FTTR

A typical FTTH network consists of four types of equipment: optical fiber, optical network unit, router, and network cable.

Optical fiber: connects to OLT upward and provides interfaces to connect to user optical network devices downward.

Optical network unit: converts optical signals into electrical signals according to relevant protocols and interfaces, and connects to routers and wired networks downward.

Router: reads the address in the data packet and determines the transmission path, and plays a network management role in the network. Routers can connect to multiple network devices.

Network cable: connects network devices. Common network cables include twisted pair and coaxial thin cable. Coaxial thin cable is simple to connect but troublesome to maintain, while twisted pair is simple to maintain but expensive.

Schematic diagram of FTTH network:

FTTR network consists of five types of equipment: master optical modem, slave optical modem, splitter, optical fiber, and optical fiber panel. The master optical modem and slave optical modem are all-in-one machines with Wi-Fi6 routing function.

Main optical modem: connects to OLT via XG (S)-PON or 10G EPON, accepts Gigabit/10G fiber-to-home, and provides interfaces for optical routing.

Slave optical modem: connects to the main optical modem via indoor optical fiber, and provides Internet access services to terminals.

Optical splitter: realizes coupling, branching and distribution of optical signals.

Optical fiber: realizes long-distance optical signal transmission. PS: When upgrading FTTR with the original network cable, the house access broadband is required to use Category 5e or Category 6 cable. If Category 5 network cable is used, 8 cores are required.

Optical fiber panel: completes the access and port output of dual-core optical fiber, meets the requirements of optical fiber bending radius, and provides safe protection for the fiber core.

FTTR network diagram:

02. FTTR: stable, high-speed, beautiful, full coverage

If you are currently renting a house alone or have few terminal devices at home, you may say that I don't need FTTR networking yet.

So does FTTR networking still have advantages over other mainstream networking methods with larger spaces?

Here we compare AC+AP networking, Mesh networking, and FTTR networking from five dimensions.

AC+AP networking

AC (Wireless Access Point Controller) is a wireless controller that connects the wireless LAN to the control device and manages all wireless APs in the wireless network. AP management includes: parameter configuration, wireless user authentication, broadband access, etc.

AP (Wireless Access Point) is a wireless access point that connects the wireless network and the client.

Enterprises mostly use AC+AP networking. With the development of Wi-Fi technology, AC+AP networking can also be used to achieve home network coverage. AC+AP networking diagram:

Mesh networking

Use a hybrid networking with a router that supports Mesh to extend the signal to where it is needed.

Mesh networking is often used in medium-sized houses and houses with no reserved network cables. Mesh networking diagram:

Networking solution

Network stability

Coverage capability

Other features

AC+AP networking

Affected by electrical appliances, the network is unstable.

Panel APs usually have low power and small coverage.

Support user access management and cloud management.

Mesh networking

Affected by spatial interference, the network is unstable.

Affected by walls, interference and other environments, the coverage capability is average.

Too many nodes will affect broadband capacity.

FTTR networking

Not easily affected by the environment, the network stability is good.

Free deployment from optical modems in the early stage, Wi-Fi6 coverage throughout the house.

Support 10G network.

FTTR networking uses the characteristics of large optical fiber transmission bandwidth, no signal attenuation, and strong anti-interference ability to break through the network speed bottleneck of the original network cable, so that every room and every corner can achieve stable "true Gigabit", and there is no need to replace the line when upgrading to 10G network in the future.

If you want to upgrade from the current network to FTTR networking, you don't need to worry about the most troublesome network cable laying in traditional networking. Optical fiber can be installed invisible without damaging the original decoration and layout of the home, and other all-optical devices can be deployed as needed.

If you want to achieve a gigabit network in a new house, of course it couldn't be simpler. Upgrading packages, deploying optical fibers, and installing all-optical products are similar to the simple steps of typical FTTH networking, but using all-optical products can quickly enjoy a gigabit network. Solve the current Internet pain points with one click and achieve a high-speed and stable network in one step. FTTR networking has been connected to the future. Are you excited?