21107 - SCTE Broadband Nov2020 COMPLETE v1

88 Vol. 42 No. 4 - November 2020 Issue Finding More Capacity in OSP Fibre those that are near or have already reached capacity. The need to provide a new closure as capacity is added to a fibre route represents a significant investment in terms of time, placement and splicing costs. Expanding fibre capacity Amphenol Broadband Solutions has expanded the capacity of fibre with a DWDM solution, the new OSP-AOM (Advanced Optical Module), which has been designed to handle high channel counts in a package which exploits and expands the capacity of many of the most popular OSP closures. “By virtue of its port density and form factor, and utilising previously unused space within the closure, the OSP- AOM devices might very well save the cost of placement of additional closures,” the SCTE corporate member told Broadband Journal. The Amphenol OSP-AOM joins the previously introduced HiDT xWDM packaging to offer solutions from 4 to 40 channels within a single form factor. The smaller HiDT is used in applications with channel counts of eight or less, while the OSP-AOM will provide for channel counts that are higher than eight, all the way up through to 48. Both packages are designed to provide stable optical performance across the wide operating temperature range necessary for OSP deployment. products With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, MSO distribution networks have been severely stressed due to increased demand from office workers, students and others working from home. Where it is deployed, fibre capacity may be readily boosted through solutions such as Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM) without the need to place additional fibre, saving both time and money as well as providing more responsive service to new and existing customers. The distribution networkmay be limited, however, by the capacity available in its outside plant (OSP) splice closures, particularly