The core of every network is the central office, headend, or mobile switch centre (CO/HE/MSC). You may ask, what is a central office, headend, or mobile switch centre? They are above-ground locations where active electronics live. The active electronics transmit and receive communication signals to provide services to end users. These services include voice, text, data, etc. As the number of connected devices grows exponentially, optical communication networks are required to evolve to support demand and advancements, such as 5G. As the central office enables all devices across communication networks, these facilities will remain a critical component of all networks and must not be overlooked.
Faced with the significant challenges of meeting increased bandwidth demands and providing enhanced services, network operators are re-evaluating their inside plant strategy. Ourfibre optic hardwareandcable assemblysolutions simplify the design and deployment of yourcentral office,headend, ormobile switch centre.Our versatile product families offer industry-leading density and flexibility and provide the lowest total cost of ownership.
While central offices, headends, and mobile switch centre sites are focused on solutions located at the beginning of communications networks near the active electronics, Corning also offers solutions for the outside plant. For fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) solutions surroundingsingle-family units (SFU),multidwelling units (MDU), andbroadband communities, check out thefibre-to-the-premisesite. For information about MSO solutions, go to thehybrid Fibre Coax (HFC)site.