The Avidia Advantage Series
Owners and managers of multi-tenant or multi-dwelling units (MTU/MDU) look for ways to
increase the value of their property. An easy solution is to attract new tenants who are willing
to pay premium rent prices for amenities that include the convenience and speed of DSL
services. These tenants can move in and immediately set up their home or office. They don’t
have to wait for truck rolls or wait on a list to get service. And they can immediately have access
to a high-speed Internet connection, a corporate LAN extension, and limitless other services.
As the provider of these services, you benefit by delivering to the MTU/MDU high bandwidth
services at competitive prices, helping to counter the ever-increasing competition from cable
operators. The services could include multimedia, streaming audio and video, online gaming,
video conferencing, and telecommuting enhancements. Also, you can greatly increase your
customer base by infiltrating these densely populated units. And it’s simple to deploy these
services using ADC’s Avidia systems solution.
What Avidia Offers
Avidia systems offer:
• flexible product structure where you can provide multiple DSL services from one platform
• high bandwidth DSL services with varying rates and reaches, including standards-based ADSL
and G.shdsl, SDSL (frame and cell), and IDSL
• aggregation of bandwidth from all tenant traffic to a large pipe, such as DS3 or OC3/STM-1,
back to the Central Office (CO) or service provider
• IMA (Inverse Multiplexing Architecture) feature for T1/E1 infrastructure that allows
aggregation of T1/E1 lines to provide larger bandwidths to accommodate tenants’ network
traffic and QoS requirements
• ease of installation and configuration using a robust Avidia interface or StarGazer (ADC’s
SNMP-based EMS for Avidia and Campus)
• full solution including the CO and MTU/MDU systems, and modems for the tenants’ sites
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modem.
For both the SDSL cell and IDSL services, ADC recommends modems that are tested and compatible with
the Avidia system.
MTU/MDU Application Examples
Examples of MTUs/MDUs that are ideal for this solution are:
• commercial campuses such as business parks, office building, hospitals, universities, hotels,
shopping malls, and so forth.
• residential campuses such as hotels, dormitories, apartments, and so forth.
How Does the AV3000 Benefit You for MDU/MTU Applications?
• Creates cost effective deployment through the ability to be subtended by other Avidia systems.
• Brings high-speed DSL to MTU/MDU tenants, extending services that will help increase the value of
your property.
• Increases the volume of your customer base through densely populated MTU/MDUs.
• Deploys in a small space due to the small footprint, making it ideal for installing into MTU/MDU
environments.
• Provides a upstream bandwidth as large as an OC3, allowing you to accommodate the QoS needs
of your tenants.
• Delivers services such as full-rate ADSL (up to 7.5 Mbps) to your tenants, expanding your services
to a broader customer base and providing a high-speed ADSL for which you can bill higher rates.
• Provides the selection for either full-rate ADSL service or G.lite ADSL service (limits transmission
rate and power consumption).
• Reduces operation costs of setting up the Avidia system, whether subtended or not, using the
intuitive Avidia interfaces, making the training of personnel an easy task.
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