Fiber to the home: the technology behind Heathrow

M Balmes, J Bourne, J Mar - IEEE LCS, 1990 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In July 1989, Southern Bell began deploying a fiber access system capable of carrying 54
cable television (CATV) channels, as well as plain old telephone service (POTS) and …

Bringing fiber to the home: What will it take?

RK Snelling, KW Kaplan, WB Holmes - Optical Fiber Communication …, 1985 - opg.optica.org
Southern Bell has begun a quest for the most economical method to serve the high-growth
information market's wide spectrum of services via an all-fiber network. Under current pursuit …

Digital video on fiber; the Heathrow system

AF GRAVES - Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 1990 - opg.optica.org
Over the last 50 years residential video has evolved spectacularly in terms of both displayed
signal quality and viewer choice. Fiber optic transmission, having brought the benefits of all …

Future fiber access needs and systems

RK Snelling, J Chernak… - IEEE Communications …, 1990 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
BellSouth's Superhome/Superoffice fiber optic concept is the focus of this discussion of
evolving communication needs and services. Existing and planned optical fiber deployment …

Emerging residential broadband telecommunications

DS Burpee, PW Shumate - Proceedings of the IEEE, 1994 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Although near-term benefits are driving both telephone companies and cable operators to
deliver residential services over optical fiber, in the longer term fiber enables new …

Southern Bell's fiber-to-the-home projects

RS BEROEN - Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 1988 - opg.optica.org
Abstract On 12 Nov. 1986 Southern Bell began its first all-fiber loop project at Hunters Creek,
a planned unit community south of Orlando, FI. This project consists of a multimode-based …

Fiber in the loop: an evolution in services and systems

CP Engineer - Fiber Optics in the Subscriber Loop, 1991 - spiedigitallibrary.org
This paper outlines Raynet's fiber-to-the-subscriber system and its evolution to a fiber-to-the-
home system. The Raynet system uses resource sharing to provide a full mix of concurrent …

Heathrow-experience and evolution

J Bourne, M Balmes, J Justice - IEEE International Conference …, 1990 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Through the installation of fiber to residential customers in the community of Heathrow,
Florida, Southern Bell, Northern Telecom, and BNR are working to evolve fiber loop …

Evolution of fiber in the residential loop plant

PW Shumate, RK Snelling - IEEE Communications Magazine, 1991 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The current status of fiber in the subscriber loop in the US is reviewed. Efforts to promote a
standardized approach are briefly examined. Issues involved in powering the distributed …

Fiber-to-the-Home

P Kaiser, P Schultz - Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 1989 - opg.optica.org
Abstract As in 1987, OFC'89 features an Evening Forum dealing with Fiber-to-the-Home.
The speakers of the Plenary Session, together with other experts and opinion leaders, lead …