The demands put on information infrastructures are increasing with added financial pressures. Therefore, long-term economic solutions with higher scalability become evermore important for airport operators. Choosing the right network architecture is the essential building block for a long-term competitive IT infrastructure with operational efficiency. FTTO easily bridges the high distances of large airports with horizontal fiber optic wiring, while saving valuable space for wiring closets and cable trunks, ensuring flexibility in terms of cabling length limitations and delivered bandwidth, thus reducing overall cost for installation, operation, network expansion and future maintenance.

Achieving planning reliability and reducing follow on costs

The Fiber To The Office concept offers the best of two worlds by using the technological advantages of fiber optics for the floor wiring in a building, e.g. hardly any length restrictions, interference resistance, future- proofing and long-term reliability. But in contrast to pure fiber optic concepts, FTTO uses the flexibility of twisted pair and brings it via the state-of-the-art concept of the MICROSENS Micro Switch close to the end user. A future change in technology would necessitate only the easy exchange of components to be modernised the fiber optic wiring itself would remain in its entirety. Thus, the FTTO concept combines the investment protection of fiber optic cabling with the ease of use of twisted pair wiring.