The growing increase in the needs and demands of hotel customers for internet, connectivity and multimedia services has made the updating and improvement of infrastructure of telecommunications networks in a fundamental and essential issue for this type of establishment. If you are reading this, it is because you are interested in knowing what the GPON fiber optic networks and what they can contribute to your hotel.
Why should we update? network infrastructure of our hotel? The intensification in the use of data makes it increasingly necessary to have a greater and better flow of data to be able to provide quality services that our guests currently demand: videoconferences, VoIP, e-Games, video streaming, social networks, IPTV, etc. To successfully achieve and guarantee the quality of these services, it is necessary implement a fiber optic network architecture.
GPON fiber optic installation for hotels
GPON and FTTH architecture – FTTR
GPON passive optical networks allow the deployment of fiber optics to a house: Fiber To The Home (FTTH) or hotel rooms: Fiber To The Room (FTTR), a concept that allows us to offer high quality integrated services data, TV, telephone and Wi-Fi.
La architecture of this type of network is:
- Main Distribution Area (MDF), which originates from a starting point: Optical Line Terminal (OLT).
- Intermediate Distribution Zone (IDF), composed by Splitters Passive Optics, which allow up to 64 fibers to be configured without the need for an electrical supply and with the ability to divide the light sources into several separate paths. Repeating this division multiplies the number of devices that can be connected to a single port.
- Bedrooms (guest room). to which a Optical Network Terminal (ONT), which provides connectivity for: high-speed Internet access, telephones, TV, mini-bar, door control, CCTV...
GPON networks vs conventional copper networks
When establishing a comparison between GPON networks and conventional copper networks, the advantages are very clearly in favor of the former, since fiber networks have higher bandwidth, which implies a high capacity to transport data, allowing links of many kilometers without signal problems and without losing power.
On the other hand, fiber outperforms copper in immunity to electrical interference, resistance to extreme temperatures and corrosion caused by humid environments, something to take into account if your hotel is located in a coastal area.
Also it is a solution more energy efficient, since it does not require electricity for the distribution points since, as has been mentioned, the copper network requires electronics with a useful life of several years compared to the optical network that operates with full guarantee without electricity consumption for a decade.
It is also interesting to note that, in the case of copper networks, each new data service (Television, Telephony, industrial control or Internet) must have its own wiring deployment, which exponentially multiplies the complexity of the network, the volume of cabling, pipes, network electronics, technical rooms...
With all this, they are estimated savings of over 30% in CAPEX by simplifying the installation, and up to 80% in OPEX, due to the reduction of maintenance costs, energy supply or air conditioning. In addition, fiber optics protects the technological investment in the long term, being able to incorporate new services in a faster and more scalable way.
Advantages of betting on the GPON fiber optic network in hotels
There are a large number of places and applications where this type of network can have a place, such as hospitals, nursing homes or educational centers. But there is no doubt that in the hotels They are, due to their characteristics, one of the spaces where you can make the most of their multiple advantages and functionalities.
- higher bandwidth. Fiber optics allows you to send a large amount of information at the same time, without losing an iota of efficiency by connecting several computers or devices at the same time.
- Avoid interference. Unlike wireless networks, GPON fiber does not suffer from electromagnetic interference due to activities that are so common in a hotel such as: interference from nearby networks that share the same radioelectric space, in the same way that each room can be served without the problem of a Wi-Fi network that by increasing the equipment on the floor generates a saturation that substantially degrades the service offered to the guest.
- High speed data transmission. The data transmission speed is much higher than if we use a wireless network or copper cable.
- Increased network security. The transmission of data is carried out through a beam of light through the core of the fiber optic, which makes it practically impossible to sabotage the signal by unauthorized persons.
- Maximum video and sound quality. Optical fiber allows to improve the quality of video and sound formats, so it is possible to hold videoconferences without interruptions and with excellent image and sound quality.
- Access to IPTV, Casting and other services. A GPON NETWORK infrastructure makes it easy for us to install high-value services in our hotel rooms. One of the most outstanding examples is the possibility of transforming the TV in the room into a communication portal with clients, with customization possibilities and feedback very interesting: welcome messages, international channels, content App: Netflix, HBO, social networks, room service, internal advertising, etc. We are talking about services such as IPTV or Casting, telephone, CCTV or sensorization.
- Greater financial savings. This system implies a notable reduction in electricity consumption, wiring, air conditioning... sum of all these factors supposes an optimization of costs in many games.
- Scalability. It simplifies installation and makes it easy to add new data services.
Cerium, experts in design, implementation and management of GPON fiber optic networks in hotels
At Cerium we are specialized in the design and installation of telecommunications networks in hotels and in their different technologies, one of our main strengths being the GPON optical fiber.
We offer value services for hotels such as: bandwidth advice and management, cybersecurity, network consulting, system maintenance or services focused on improving the collection of data from your guests or direct sales through ecommerce.
We are committed to connectivity with a vision of the future, which is why we are committed to technologies, such as FTTR, that allow us to create a scalable infrastructure that can adapt to new services and needs that, in the very near future, will also be essential.
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