1×2 Remote PHY Device (RPD)

The Remote PHY Device (RPD) is a key component in CommScope’s Distributed Access Architecture (DAA) portfolio, which can provide significant operational benefits—including increased bandwidth capacity, improved fiber efficiencies (wavelengths and distance), simplified plant operations with digital optics, and decreased loads on facility space and power systems—by extending the digital portion of the headend or hub to the node and placing the digital/RF interface at the optical/coax boundary. The RPD works in conjunction with the CCAP Core to extend the PHY layer from the CCAP into an Opti Max™ OM6000™ HFC node. MAC processing, provisioning, and monitoring functions remain in the headend. The RPD provides full spectrum support for digital broadcast TV, VoD, and DOCSIS 3.0 and DOCSIS 3.1, as well as strategic alignment with future NFV/SDN/FTTx systems.