JDSU has introduced Passive Optical Network (PON) test system, a new centralised remote system that tests point-to-multi-point networks from the central office (CO) using a web browser.
The new test system is expected to support service providers migrating to PON by delivering a new method of turning up and restoring IPTV and other broadband services.
The company said that the new test system is a complementary system to JDSU Optical Network Management System (ONMS) that includes point-to-point fibre monitoring and GIS-based outside plant documentation.
The company claims that the ONMS centralised remote PON test system enables a technician in the field to troubleshoot any point of the PON by accessing an optical time domain reflectometer (OTDR) in the CO through a mobile phone or web browser.
The JDSU ONMS also enables network operations centre (NOC) personnel to check the current status of a fibre without any training to use an OTDR.
