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 What is the optimal solution?
LAT's ‘microduct’ is laid directly into a slot cut into existing asphalt, concrete, modular or block paved or soft infrastructure. Depending on microduct configuration and strand count requirement, either a 12mm or 17mm wide slot is necessary for ease of deployment.
Depth of deployment may also vary depending on pre-defined municipal standards. However a recommendation of no less than 150 mm depth of cover in hard deployments, and no less than 250mm depth of cover in soft infrastructure, has proven typical.
Telco approved access chambers are then either installed along a designed route or the network can be engineered to incorporate existing handholes and/or manholes thus allowing for network interfaces and/or breakouts for new network connections. For in-building requirements, LAT’s suite of plenum rated products can be connected at demarcation sites including Server and Telco rooms creating a continuous point to point network whereby no fibre splicing is necessary.
Once installation and reinstatement is complete, up to 72 strands of Industry compliant fibre can be blown from end to end in a matter of minutes.
 Fibre Options
• Single mode 2-96 core Industry compliant fibre - most commonly used for metro fibre networks.
• Multimode - up to 72 core Industry compliant fibre - for shorter point-to-point connections whereby distance/bandwidth restrictions apply.
• Both Single and Multimode can be deployed together.
Network Architecture
• Microduct Networks can be deployed in a ring configuration providing resilience.
• Point-to-Point connectivity can also be accommodated providing either redundancy for existing communication needs or as a dedicated network for high speed requirements.
• Microduct networks have no distance limitations. Polyethylene tubes can be connected using specially designed connectors providing water and air tight connections. Using mid-point blow sites, fibre can then be blown entire distances eliminating any issues, i.e. attenuation loss, associated with splicing.
 Network Breakout and Building Connection
• Traditional, non-proprietary access chambers are installed at regular intervals during construction. Chambers can be used for mid-point blow sites, accommodate LAT tube distribution closures or for future breakout locations.
• LAT’s internal distribution chambers can be used to connect microduct to internal plenum rated products for in-building requirements. Using specially designed connectors, fibre can then be blown from end to end without the need for splicing.
Network Interfacing
• Industry standard interfacing to core/backbone networks and traditional ducted deployments using LAT’s Interface Kits.
• LAT’s fibre solution has been designed to integrate easily with any and all types of technology.
A unique patent-pending microduct technology
 LAT’s unique patent-pending microduct technology has made end-to-end fibre connectivity a viable, cost effective and risk free bandwidth solution for organizations across the globe. The key reasons include:
• It is extremely fast to deploy - up to 5 times faster than traditional ducted methods.
• It is substantially lower in cost - generally less than half the cost of traditional deployment methods.
• There is minimal disruption to existing infrastructure - resulting in continued traffic and pedestrian flow.
• It allows seamless reinstatement – use of common non-proprietary materials dramatically reduces the risk of environmental impact.
• Non-intrusive, non-disruptive and environmentally friendly.
• It is very flexible - ring or point-to-point - Single or Multimode.
• It opens up new market opportunities.
• LAT's "MicroDuct" solution is future-proof - additional fibre can be "blown" at any time enabling our clients to have complete control of future growth demands.
New Microduct Designs
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