cOS™ Pier Optical Line Terminal
cOS™ Pier Optical Line Terminal
Pier is a compact, powerful connectivity device for enabling fiber-to-the-x (FTTx) broadband services across extended distances.
The Pier optical line termination (OLT) shelf is part of the industry-leading Harmonic cOS™ virtualized broadband platform. The device strengthens the versatile cOS portfolio of edge devices with the ability to streamline network layout and design. With Pier, operators can scale quickly and efficiently to deliver high-speed internet in historically hard-to-reach communities.
The temperature-hardened, one-rack-unit Pier is designed to serve thousands of FTTx subscribers from data centers and remote outdoor cabinets. When utilized in conjunction with Distributed Access Architecture Switches (DAAS), including the Harmonic Wharf and the Harmonic Jetty, operators can span vast mid-mile links with fewer points of presence hosting telecommunication infrastructure.
Pier supports leading FTTx standards, including XGS-PON, Combo PON and GPON, making it the ideal platform to address both greenfield growth and brownfield upgrades. Optional high-power XGS-PON optics extend last-mile reach to 60km from each device. For highdensity regions, Pier offers dual-density optics that power two PON networks simultaneously from a single physical port, resulting in reduced need for equipment, power and space.
The Pier OLT’s modular, and stackable design is a cost-effective solution for deployments ranging from apartment buildings or small sites, to centralized hubs with hundreds of active PON ports.
Harmonic’s virtualized cOS core software enables centralized management, monitoring and routing. The solution provides an overall superior economic solution with low power consumption, unparalleled scalability and native quality-of-service capability. The Emmy Award-winning virtualized cOS core provides support for Pier alongside Harmonic’s node-based OLT modules and Remote PHY devices, giving broadband service providers the ability to deploy high-speed broadband services anywhere, across an array of network types with minimal operational overhead. Support for third-party optical network terminals (ONT) and optical network units (ONU) ensures operators have access to the latest consumer premise equipment and best-in-class gateways.
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