Fiber optic connections are the most fragile part of the fiber optic network, and monitoring critical infrastructures has never been as important as it is today. With cybercrime, sabotage, vandalism and even terrorist acts on the rise, operators face new challenges over how to run and secure their networks. As part of our maintenance-free sensor family, our maintenance hole sensor (MHS) offers invaluable support with detecting and locating those threats. It empowers operations teams to react quickly and effectively, mitigating financial and reputational damages by minimizing network downtime.
All products in our maintenance-free sensor family are completely passive and are an extension of our ALM fiber monitoring product solution set. With a completely passive design, our MHS is cost-effective and simple to operate. It has no internal electronics and zero maintenance requirements, reducing opex to a minimum. When the lid of the maintenance hole is closed, the MHS reflects light back to the remotely located ALM monitoring device, enabling it to confirm that the MHS is closed. Whenever the monitored maintenance hole lid is opened, the reflection disappears and the ALM can identify the location of the maintenance hole that was opened, and alert operations. Multiple sensors can be
“daisy-chained” together supporting links up to 100km on one fiber link, further simplifying installation, monitoring and operations. The event information provided by the ALM can be viewed on a network management system, such as Adtran’s Ensemble FIber Director or a number of third-party NMS/GIS systems.
Benefits
All products in our maintenance-free sensor family are completely passive and are an extension of our ALM fiber monitoring product solution set. With a completely passive design, our MHS is cost-effective and simple to operate. It has no internal electronics and zero maintenance requirements, reducing opex to a minimum. When the lid of the maintenance hole is closed, the MHS reflects light back to the remotely located ALM monitoring device, enabling it to confirm that the MHS is closed. Whenever the monitored maintenance hole lid is opened, the reflection disappears and the ALM can identify the location of the maintenance hole that was opened, and alert operations. Multiple sensors can be
“daisy-chained” together supporting links up to 100km on one fiber link, further simplifying installation, monitoring and operations. The event information provided by the ALM can be viewed on a network management system, such as Adtran’s Ensemble FIber Director or a number of third-party NMS/GIS systems.
Benefits
- Passive device
No power supply required, sensor is operated passively
- Robust design
No moving parts on the outside, design is water and dust proof (IP68-compliant)
- Simplified integration
No wireless or protocol dependencies or setup needed
- Improved security
Passive design eliminates opportunity to “jam” monitoring operations
- Wide network coverage
Cascaded sensors supported in links up to 100km, providing end-to-end network coverage
- Management visibility
24x7 location monitoring including email and SMS notification support via Adtran’s Ensemble Fiber Director
