FUTURE NETWORKS

S A R D A N A

Scalable Advanced Ring-based passive

Dense Access Network Architecture
SARDANA project aims at extending the limits of passive FTTH networks in terms of
scalability, resilience and minimum infrastructure requirements.

Main Objectives
At A Glance: Fibre-to-the-Home networks constitute a fundamental segment
SARDANA with the required potential to match the huge capacity of
transport networks with the new user communication
Scalable Advanced Ring-based demands, where deeper research is still to be performed.
passive Dense Access Network Network access infrastructure investments are driven by
Architecture increased number of users requiring broadband access to
services enabled by the Internet
infrastructure and applications. Fixed
access to homes, hotspots, base stations The intensive use
is best served digitally via fibre optic of optical
capacity that provides a fundamental transparency and
boost over the last mile copper solutions. the latest opto-
Dense FTTH Passive Optical Networks electronic
(PONs) is a cost efficient way to build technologies
fibre access and SARDANA is a way to enables to expand
demonstrate how the huge bandwidth the PON
Project Coordinator
available through the fibre access can be performances and
Josep Prat exploited in a cost efficient and reliable functionality while
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya manner. The key performances that minimizing the
(UPC) SARDANA project aims at radically infrastructure
improve are the scalability and the requirements at
Tel: +34 93 401 6455 robustness, since constitute pillars of both urban and
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Email: jprat@tsc.upc.edu o Scalability is reached by means of
Project website: www.ict-sardana.eu cascadable remote nodes in a new
hybrid architecture, allowing smoothest grow and
migration, and the new adoption of remotely-pumped
Partners: UPC (ES), FT/Orange (FR), amplification, WDM/TDM overlay, and cascadable remote
Tellabs (FI), IntraCOM (GR), IT (PT), nodes in a new hybrid architecture, while keeping the
ISCOM (IT), AIT (GR) passiveness of the PON and reducing civil work
investments.
Duration: 1/2008 – 12/2010 o The resulting network is able to serve more than 1000
users with symmetrical several hundred Mbit/s, spread
Total Cost: 4.16 M€ along distances up to 100 km, at 10Gbit/s, in a flexible
EC Contribution: 2.6 M€ way, also supporting multi-operator service.
o Robustness is achieved by means of the development of
Contract Number: INFSO-ICT- 217122 new monitoring and electronic compensation strategies
over the PON, as well as by the passive central-ring
protection.
The intensive use of the optical transparency and of the latest
opto-electronic technologies enables to expand the PON performances and functionality while minimizing the
infrastructure requirements at both urban and rural areas. SARDANA will set an evolutionary path for G/E-
PON and incorporate functionalities of metropolitan networks, envisaging access-metro convergence.
 Technical Approach In order to fulfil the multi-disciplinary tasks and to
reach the challenges, the SARDANA partners join
The pursued novel SARDANA network their expertises:
transparently combines the WDM (Wavelength o UPC: Coordination, subsystem design.
Division Multiplexing) and the TDM (Time Division
o FT: Architecture definition, ONU, Field-trial, Technical
Multiplexing) dimensions to reach the extra-large management, Techno-Economic studies.
user-density. The proposed completely passive o Tellabs: GPON equipment, MAC, lab-demonstration.
resilient FTTH network is based on a WDM ring
o IntraCOM: Management
for the transport of the &Control plane, Service
large amount of platform.
ONU
ON
downstream and upstream λ ,…, λ D
1
D
m
1:K
o IT: Monitoring system, non-
ON
ONU
information (up to 1.2Tbit/s RN2 linear transmission.
RN1 λ ,…, λ U
ON
ONU
U
if using 64 wavelengths for 1
TDM TREE
2N
o ISC: Remote nodes, non-linear
RNi
2000 users) and TDM Upstream Signals 1:K ONU
ON
amplification.
ONU
trees, transmitting several CO WDM RING ONU
ON
RSOA o AIT: Electronic PON impairment
wavelengths from RNj
compensation, Techno-
corresponding operators, Economic studies.
λ ,…, λ U
1
U
2N PIN/APD
1:K
sharing a common RNN Bidirectional Transmission Expected Impact
infrastructure. Passive RNN-1
ONU
ON

Remote Nodes (RN), which λ ,…, λ Downstream Signals

D
m+1
D
2N
The Objectives and expected
implement cascadable 2- Impact of SARDANA are:
to-1 fibre optical Add&Drop o One order-of-magnitude
functions distribute extension of current PON
different wavelengths to SARDANA PON performances, “aimed at
each of the access trees; overcoming the expected
SARDANA CO
remote amplification is Standard long term limitations of
Optical
introduced at the RN by 10G-GPON
OLT
Interface MUX
SARDANA ONT
current internet
Standard
means of Erbium Doped Standard PUMP
&
SARDANA
refl.optical
capabilities, architecture
Interface
10G-PON
SERVICE Optical PON ONT
Fibres (EDFs) to PLATFORM
10G-GPON
OLT
Interface
&
ROUT. and protocols”.
compensate add/drop Standard
&

losses; optical pump for the xPON

Optical
Interface
MONIT.
o Smooth and increased
OLT

remote amplification is scalability and backwards

CONTROL

provided by pumping (control&management, monitoring, compensation) compatibility migration

lasers located at the from currently deployed
Central Office (CO), also providing extra Raman PONs. Since operators face a high degree of
gain along the ring. Regarding the digital uncertainty at this level (take rates, user
terminals, the SARDANA project aims at reuse, as demands, etc) and the necessity of feasibly
much as possible, standard G/E-PON equipment deferring the investments, incremental
of current and next-generation 10G-versions, scalability has become a major objective, as
performing a quasi-transparent overlay between denoted in the FP7 Target Outcomes.
TDM and WDM layers. o Establishment of new intelligent monitoring
The work in SARDANA is organized into several and compensation strategies to combat
inter-related Work-Packages: impairment and faults for a trusted robust
PON.
1. WP-Mg: Project Management and Outcomes.
o Implementation of the MAC, the Control and
2. WP-Ar: Network Architecture. Management planes, to demonstrate basic
3. WP-Mc: MAC and Higher Layers resiliency, wavelength balancing and improved
4. WP-Tr: Transmission and modulation formats. service-aware traffic control.
5. WP-Sy: Network Subsystems. o Economic effectiveness of the extended PON
approach.
6. WP-Im: Monitoring and adaptive compensation
of PON Impairments. o Demonstration and field-trial of the SARDANA
network.
7. WP-Dm: Demonstrator and Field-trial.
o Recommendation for a technical solution of a
During the project live, a Sardana Network multi-operator shared infrastructure as an input
demonstrator will be built, engineered and multi- to European and National Regulatory bodies.
layer operated; its main features will be also
demonstrated in a field trial, delivering new o SARDANA will result with experience and IPR
generation bidirectional services to residential that helps European industry and research to
users. develop a competitive advantage.

SARDANA
March 2008