ALM PON monitoring

Proactive monitoring is key to ensuring uninterrupted service, helping providers stay ahead of potential issues, protect customer experience and build lasting trust. However, monitoring passive optical networks (PON) has historically been challenging due to reliance on passive demarcation reflectors, which add operational complexity and costs. Our ALM in-service fiber monitoring solution changes that. With the Adtran ALM, operators can gain complete visibility into PON networks without reflectors. Equipped with advanced deep PON assurance technology, ALM enables precise, real-time event detection throughout the network beyond the splitter, facilitating cost-effective in-service fiber monitoring all the way to individual optical network terminals (ONTs).

Service providers need complete visibility into the health of their fiber networks to deliver superior performance and control operational costs. When issues arise, it’s essential to quickly and accurately guide field teams to the exact location of a fault. Our ALM is an in-service monitoring solution that provides precise, real-time information about fiber events such as breaks, degradation or tapping attempts. With this simple, compact solution, service providers can avoid long repair times and prevent outages. When an incident occurs, NOC and operations teams receive immediate notifications with the exact fault type and location, enabling fast, effective response to minimize downtime and enhance customer experience.

Our ALM is designed for simplicity and versatility, enabling operators to monitor PON networks with minimal additions to existing infrastructure. It doesn’t interfere with user traffic and is fully vendor- and technology-agnostic, monitoring any generation of PON and speed from OLTs to ONTs beyond the splitter, all without the need for demarcation reflectors or service disruption. This also ensures smooth upgrades without requiring updates to the ALM when end systems change. Its compact design allows a single ALM device to monitor up to 64 fibers or scale to 800 fibers with port extenders. Moreover, ALM requires minimal maintenance and offers flexible deployment options. The ALM-T variant features an extended temperature range, making it suitable for street cabinets and ideal for extending PON networks into remote areas. With ALM, service providers have a powerful and effective monitoring solution that simplifies operations, reduces costs and ensures reliable service delivery across any PON deployment.