Easy-to-manage, faster network services for guests and facilities management Guests at hotels and resort properties have high expectations for secure, reliable access to communication services, both wired and wireless. Robust networks are also at the heart of hospitality operations, supporting critical resort and hotel management systems. Now there’s a great opportunity to improve guest service quality and simplify how the network operates with LAMBDA Passive Optical LAN. This fiber-based solution delivers dramatically faster, more efficient, sustainable, cost-effective and scalable networks versus traditional copper-based infrastructures.

The benefits of Optical LANs for hotels and resorts:

• Space savings
• Support for sustainability initiatives
• Convergence of all networks and services
• Graceful migration of networks and legacy services
• Proven performance

 

Optical LAN outperforms copper-based LANs When updating or building new hospitality properties, a fiber optic-based LAN solution is a better choice than copper-based LANs for the following reasons:

• Better bandwidth capacity
• Future-proof LAN infrastructure
• Greater reach
• Ideal for tropical properties
• Compact design requires less space
• Better Bandwidth Capacity — Fiber optical cabling, such as singlemode fiber (SMF), has no theoretical bandwidth limit. This cannot be said for copper cabling.

 

Today SMF has proven to support 101 Tbps, but that ceiling is only an artificial limit based on electronic transmission technology available today. LAMBDA Optical Fiber LAN delivers Gigabit-rate speeds for property operation management and guest communications access. Future-proof LAN infrastructure — Historically, copper cabling has not kept pace with the bandwidth demands of hospitality properties. Over the past decade, CATx copper cabling standards have changed from CAT3 all the way to CAT8, which is currently being defined. Over these five generations, hotels and resorts were expected to upgrade to the next generation, wasting money and disrupting operations, all in an effort to support data speeds . Greater reach —LAMBDA Optical Fiber LAN can reach 30 kilometers/18 miles across a passive network, which is a 300x greater distance than copper. This means that hotels and resorts can eliminate telecommunications closets and convert that space to revenue generating purposes, such as larger or additional guest rooms. Even large hotels and resorts only need one main data center to support the entire property.

Compact design requires less space —

The LAMBDA Optical fiber LAN solution reduces the space required to deploy and maintain the network in a number of ways. The architecture requires fewer active electronics and uses smaller equipment. That means less power is needed at the main data center. There’s also no longer a need for a large telecom room, so overall cooling costs for facilities are reduced. Fewer, smaller cables mean less weight burden on buildings. The lighter fiber cables also reduce the amount of plastic and the associated smoke load. Fiber networks also require fewer wall and floor penetrations, which translate to a lower fire hazard. One efficient network supports all services. Space previously dedicated to the physical network can now be repurposed for revenue generating purposes.

Space savings can impact the following:

• Cabling
• Telecom closets
• Main data center
• Networks and services convergence
• Ideal reach for large properties

Main data center-

One 11 RU OLT (main data center aggregation) can serve 8,000 Gigabit Ethernet endpoints within 20 km to 30 km. This means that hotels and resorts can serve more IP/Ethernet endpoints with fewer electronics, resulting in lower power need and less heat

Networks and services convergence —

LAMBDA Optical fiber LAN with fiber optic cabling converges all services on one network. This is inclusive for voice, video, data, wireless, building automation, building security and building environmental controls. Furthermore, analog voice (e.g., POTS) can be delivered on the same network as Voice-over-IP (VoIP) unified communications. RF video and IP video, which support entertainment, security or hotel/resort services, are also supported.

Operations Benefits-

• Ideal for state-of-the-art hotels, resorts, remote amenities, business centers, meeting rooms, conference centers, retail outlets, pool areas, cafés, bars, nightclubs, restaurants and gyms
• Security for improved PCI compliance for all point of sale credit card transactions
• Converges property management systems, voice/PBX, point of sale, automated billing, access control, door lock, security, surveillance, guest Internet, guest free TV, Video On Demand, video conferencing, catering systems, property wide audio, digital signage, self-serve kiosks, lighting, environmental, safety, fire detection systems, Wi-Fi and DAS across fiber