GCI Deploys CommScope Remote MACPHY Device for DAA
October 06 2021 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
RD2322 RMD deployed in NC4000 fiber nodes for
Remote MACPHY network upgrade
With support from CommScope, GCI, Alaska’s largest
telecommunications provider, is the first company to successfully
deploy the CommScope RD2322 RxD as a Remote MACPHY Device (RMD)
into a service-providing network. With the upcoming launch of the
service in 19 Alaska communities, GCI will be among the nation’s
leaders in 2 gig internet deployment.
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The RD2322, which CommScope first announced in May, can be
deployed as either a Remote PHY Device (RPD) or a RMD based on its
software image. GCI deployed the RMD in its existing CommScope
NC4000 fiber nodes by swapping the node lid, bringing a host of key
advantages to the GCI network including a simplified, distributed
access architecture (DAA), lower latency, greater headend
efficiencies, and higher throughput.
“GCI is now among the first to deploy Remote MACPHY in its
broadband network, and we credit our longstanding partnership with
CommScope for our successful launch,” said Victor Esposito, vice
president, Engineering, GCI. “The deployment of RMDs paves the way
for GCI’s launch of 2 gig internet in the coming months and our
journey to 10G in the next five years. RMD technology also allows
us to move internet distribution from the centralized headend out
into neighborhood nodes, enabling GCI to provide more reliable,
better quality, and higher performance service to our customers. We
look forward to working with CommScope to deploy RMDs throughout
our network in Alaska.”
“CommScope deeply understands the imperative to transition
networks to DAA,” said Ric Johnsen, senior vice president and
segment leader, Broadband Networks, CommScope. “We designed the
RD2322 platform to cater to the broad needs of our operator
customers—whether they’re going directly to Remote MACPHY, like
GCI, or are choosing to start with Remote PHY. The RMD leverages
over 20 years of field-hardened software as well as seamless
integration with legacy back-office infrastructure to make this
high-profile transition simple and reliable.”
CommScope’s end-to-end solution for Remote MACPHY includes the
RMD, fiber nodes, video delivery, fiber, cables, and connectors, as
well as back-office software to orchestrate, onboard, manage, and
scale deployments. The RMD provides an evolutionary path for
operators to transition from I-CCAP and Remote PHY to Remote
MACPHY—an architecture with a clear path to DOCSIS 4.0 Extended
Spectrum DOCSIS. To find out more about CommScope’s solutions for
Remote MACPHY, please visit the CommScope website.
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About GCI
Headquartered in Alaska, GCI provides data, mobile, video, voice
and managed services to consumer, business, government, and carrier
customers throughout Alaska, serving more than 200 communities. The
company has invested more than $3 billion in its Alaska network and
facilities over the past 40 years and recently launched true
standards-based 5G NR service in Anchorage, now the nation’s
northernmost 5G service area. Learn more about GCI at www.gci.com.
GCI is a wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty Broadband Corporation
(Nasdaq: LBRDA, LBRDK, LBRDP). Learn more about Liberty Broadband
at http://www.libertybroadband.com.
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based on information currently available to management,
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concerning future events. Forward-looking statements are not a
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News Media Contact: Jocelyn Penque, CommScope +44 7970
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Heather Handyside, GCI +1-907-301-3481 or hhandyside@gci.com
Financial Contact: Michael McCloskey, CommScope
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