Link core
link core
Description
link core
Key Value Proposition
1
Eliminates the capital investment risk of the metro network model.
2
No heavy upfront capital or operating costs to lease Dark Fibre in the metro core.
3
Distance is no longer a factor in the ‘Price’ to the end user.
4
Scalable to access demand.
5
No impact on Layer-3 and other Over The Top (OTT) revenues to the Service Provider
link core
Technical Parameters
Demarcation
Demarcated by the Inside Plant Fibre Distribution Point (FDP) connector in the Link Africa Core network aggregation POP at each end of the link.
Client Interface
Fibre splice / Connector specification: as defined by the Customer (Default: LC or SC PC.APC)
Specification
ITU-T G.652.D or G657a2
Monitoring
Fibre cable will be monitored across the Link Africa Core Network and any connected Access Ring. Isolated Island networks may not be monitored.
Service Naming
Link A-B xxxx where ‘A’ and ‘B’ are the codes of each end of the link and xxx is a numeric code.