Cisco Remote PHY Compact Shelf 6×12 Configured PID
Part Number: RPHYSHELF_6X12
Product description
The Cisco Smart PHY models 300 and 600 RPHY (Remote Phy) shelves enables service providers to deploy cBR-8 CCAP services to small-to-medium hubs in a cost effective manner while preparing their networks for future cloud CMTS. The extended operating temperature range enables deployment in outdoor cabinets.
An extension of the Modular Headend Architecture, MHAv2 splits CMTS functions so that CCAP core and physical-layer functions can run separately, in different locations. CCAP core routing can run out of larger hubs (or even cloud CMTS instances in a datacenter), while QAM and ODFM modulation are pushed out to Remote PHY shelves located in hubs near the subscribers.
Remote PHY is the product of cable operators asking the industry to help them overcome the limitations of analog fiber and break through the HFC bottleneck. In its most basic form, Remote PHY unlocks major bandwidth increases in existing access networks. But it also enables “fiber deep” architectures that push digital fiber out much closer to homes. Ultimately, Remote PHY helps cable operators deliver capacity and Gigabit service tiers on par with any pure-fiber competitor, at a fraction of the cost of ripping and replacing the existing HFC plant.
With Cisco Smart PHY shelves, you can deploy fewer sophisticated CCAP routing platforms, connected to many smaller-footprint, less expensive shelves and RPDs. You don’t have to run a large number of full-featured I-CMTS platforms at every hub, consuming huge amounts of space and power as you scale, and requiring advanced onsite expertise to deploy and maintain. You can consolidate CCAP core functions in headends or data centers and interconnect hubs with digital fiber.
The Cisco Smart PHY model 300 and 600 shelves have been integrated with the Cisco Smart PHY deployment automation software. Cisco Smart PHY deployment automation software is a micro-service based software tool that enables full automation for provisioning, configuration and maintenance of standards based RPDs, shelves and Cisco RPHY Cores.
