Network Engineering
Meeting the growing demand on network engineers
Subscriber demands are putting pressure on the network while network engineers continue to grapple with complexity and security. Broadband service providers can take a fresh approach to these mounting issues.
Your challenges
Challenges facing broadband network engineers today
The growing demand for faster and more reliable network services and the emergence of new technologies puts pressure on network engineers to ensure networks can handle increased traffic, maintain high performance, and scale efficiently to accommodate future needs.
In today's fast-paced and technology-driven world, managing modern networks has become increasingly complex. It involves dealing with complex architectures, integration, and management of diverse systems while maintaining optimal performance and reliability.
Network security remains a critical challenge. With cyber threats increasing in complexity, engineers must continually update and secure network infrastructure against various forms of attacks, such as ransomware, DDoS attacks, phishing, and other evolving security threats.
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Solutions
Solutions to improve your network
GPON delivers fiber to the home and business
Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) is the leading fiber access technology for delivering gigabit Internet services to residential and business subscribers. An all-fiber technology, GPON is used to build Fiber to the Premises (FTTP)—also known as Fiber to the Home (FTTH)—networks that connect subscribers to the local ISP serving office.
Network security for your perimeter and everything in-between
Communications service providers need to develop and execute a comprehensive, end-to-end security strategy with policies to secure all layers of the network. It is imperative to protect the network and subscribers from things like Distributed Denial of Service attacks (DDoS), Trojan horses, botnets, computer worms, adware, spyware, malware threats, and other types of malicious threats.
Eliminate your FCC performance testing compliance risk
Regulatory bodies such as the FCC have mandated that service providers using certain funding sources put all the necessary equipment, systems, and procedures in place to enable performance testing and start reporting their results on a regular basis.
Active ethernet can help you simplify your operations
Active Ethernet (AE) is a point-to-point fiber access technology for delivering Internet services to residential and business subscribers. As the name implies, point-to-point offers a dedicated fiber connection to subscribers with Fiber to the Home (FTTH) or Fiber to the Business (FTTB) services.
5G opportunities for broadband service providers
The proliferation of 5G small cells has the undesirable consequence of significantly increasing the transport costs of the Radio Access Network (RAN). As the number of radios increases, RAN transport costs grow and soon far exceed the cost of the mobile network radios. Broadband network operators leveraging XGS-PON solutions can enable cost-efficient 5G transport using the same field-proven techniques that have made fiber to the home (FTTH) networks globally successful.
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Capabilities from Calix
Operations Cloud
Transform broadband operations into a subscriber experience differentiator with insights, predictive analytics, and automation.
AXOS E9-2 Intelligent Access System
Bring 100G, high density OLT, aggregation and subscriber management together to help you transform and simplify your existing or new access network.
AXOS E7-2 Intelligent Modular System
Deploy the bandwidth you need now, with the flexibility to easily keep pace with accelerating change.
AXOS E5 Business Solutions
Provide Carrier Ethernet business and mobile backhaul services with operational efficiency and service assurance.
AXOS E3-2 Intelligent PON Node
Eliminate deployment complexity and simplify your business with this multi-faceted FTTH network expansion solution.
Network Innovation OS
Dramatically simplify your operations through a fully abstracted service layer, hardware independence, common service models and workflows, as well as an always-on environment.
Diagnostics Toolbox
Shorten resolution times for addressing network or service-related problems with the AXOS Diagnostics Toolbox.
Services Management Connectors
Simplify your service provisioning experience and network management capabilities.
Integration and Testing Sandbox
Dramatically improve the economics of new services introduction with this virtual environment.
AXOS Software Modules
Building blocks designed to ensure a simplified network, whether building a new network or transforming an existing one.
GigaSpire Systems
The Calix platform and expansive GigaSpire portfolio enable you to deliver amazing subscriber experiences and expand your business into new markets—quickly.
GigaPro Systems
A hardened outdoor tri-band Wi-Fi 6E gateway bringing uparalleled connectivity, speed and wireless coverage to some of the most challenging environments.
Engagement Cloud
Make every interaction with subscribers count with insights that enable you to deliver the experiences they want while growing brand value.
Service Cloud
Simplify support and improve operational efficiency to deliver an exceptional subscriber experience with service excellence.
SmartTown
Your subscribers SmartLife doesn’t end at the front door. Reimagine community Wi-Fi as a ubiquitous, secure, managed experience across your footprint by making your town a SmartTown.
SmartBiz
SmartBiz meets the needs of the small business with an all-in-one managed service that increases staff productivity, secures critical business systems, and drives customer loyalty.
SmartHome
Give your subscribers the tools to enhance, operate and secure their connected lifestyle through a growing portfolio of SmartHome managed services.
SmartMDU
SmartMDU is a purpose-built managed service for any broadband service provider to service multi-dwelling units, both inside and outside their current footprint.
Smart Start for Managed Services
Plan, launch, support, and grow managed services like Bark, Arlo Secure, SmartTown and SmartBiz—with confidence.
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