Carrier Ethernet Access Technology Shoot-Out

Copper PDH vs. Active Fiber vs. PON

Panelists:
Ralph Santitoro
Chair, MEF Web Marketing Committee Director of Carrier Ethernet Solutions RSantitoro@TurinNetworks.com

Wolfgang Fischer
Senior Manager, Business Development wfischer@cisco.com

Dr. Michael Ritter

Vice President Business Management

Gerlinde Bed
Head of Broadband Access Marketing Gerlinde.bedoe@nsn.com
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Ethernet Access MRitter@advaoptical.com

Access Shoot Out Introduction

Panel Moderator:
Greg Poggi
Vice President of Sales gpoggi@omnitron-systems.com

Carrier Ethernet in the Access, Metro & Global Networks Carrier Ethernet Services operate independently of the physical networks they run across making expansion to new technologies easy

Creates a single service connection from Enterprise or business office, in a single person office, or home or on the road. In the Metro and First Mile, Ethernet is becoming the network of choice with migration from Frame Services
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Ethernet over Different Access Network Technologies

10/100BT GigE

GBE or 100FX (Standard or WDM) Service Provider Network (Hybrid of Ethernet and TDM) EoPDH
10/100BT

GBE or 100FX (Standard or WDM) HFC: Hybrid Fiber and Coax WiFi / WiMax

10/100BT

Carrier Ethernet Scope and Reach

Internet information & Software apps HD TV, TVoD, VoD, Content Providers Host applications, Consolidated Servers Gaming, DR, ERP Voice/Video Telephony

Video Source

Carrier Ethernet
Carrier Ethernet wire-line and mobile backhaul with copper, fiber , cable, wireless access network delivery

Enterprise Clients

Small/Medium Business

SoHo & Residential Triple-Play

Mobile data/video

Carrier Ethernet in Access Networks

Active areas in Carrier Ethernet development
Ethernet Access for Mobile Backhaul

Ethernet over Active Fiber

Ethernet over Passive Fiber (PON) Ethernet over Copper PDH (E1/DS1)

Ethernet over Copper DSL

Ethernet over Hybrid Fiber Coax (HFC)

Converged Ethernet/IP Services over Copper PDH Access Networks

Ralph Santitoro
Chair, MEF Web Marketing Committee Director of Carrier Ethernet Solutions RSantitoro@TurinNetworks.com
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Delivering Ubiquitous Ethernet Services

- The Access Network Challenge Ethernet over Fiber (EoF) access networks
The optimal technology for delivery of Ethernet services

Unfortunately, not all Enterprise sites have fiber access However, they all have access to copper/PDH circuits
Fiber Fiber

Fiber

Ethernet Service Provider

Fiber

How does a service provider deliver Ethernet services to all Enterprise locations?
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What is Ethernet over PDH (EoPDH)?

Technology that enables delivery of Ethernet services over PDH (E1/DS1, E3/DS3) access networks Service Bandwidth Granularity
N x 2Mbps (N bonded E1s), N x 1.5Mbps (N bonded DS1s) N x 32Mbps (N bonded E3s), N x 45Mbps (N bonded DS3s) Example: 5 bonded E1s provide a 10Mbps Ethernet service

Supports same MEF service attributes as EoF services

Ethernet UNI to subscriber Granular bandwidth and QoS per service Fault Management and Performance Management for SLAs

EoPDH enables a common Ethernet service offering and SLA over both copper and fiber access networks
PDH (Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy): Term to collectively refer to E1/E3 and DS1/DS3 copper access network circuits
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How does EoPDH work?

Ethernet Frame at UNI Bonded E1s Channelized STM-1 S-VLAN Tagged Ethernet Frame (EVC)

Enterprise Subscriber

EoPDH CLE IP ETH IP ETH GFP

Copper PDH Access Network IP ETH GFP

EoPDH Aggregator IP ETH

Ethernet Transport Network

Ethernet Frames enter UNI on EoPDH CLE and encapsulated in GFP Access Network multiplexes E1s into channelized STM-1 circuits E1s in STM-1 circuits terminated on EoPDH Aggregator GFP terminated, Ethernet frames reconstructed EoPDH Aggregator adds S-VLAN tag (QinQ) and passes Ethernet Service Frames to Ethernet Transport Network
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Ethernet L2 Services and Ethernet Access to IP Services over E1s PDH circuits: PMO
Customer Premise

CE

EoPDH CLE

PDH/SDH Access Network

Ethernet over E1s Ethernet over E1s in Channelized STM-1s

SDH ADM

Ethernet handoff to customer

Local Switching Office (LSO)

SDH

TDM

IP Service Edge

PE Router

L2 switch

PDH Aggregation Router

DCS

SDH ADM

Ethernet

Ethernet

Ethernet over E1s in Channelized STM-1s

TDM PDH circuits from Customer Premise to IP Service Edge

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FMO Step 1 in Network Evolution to Carrier Ethernet

TDM
Customer Premise

CE

EoPDH CLE

PDH/SDH Access Network

Ethernet over E1s Ethernet over E1s in Channelized STM-1s

EoPDH Aggregator

SDH ADM

Ethernet handoff to customer

Local Switching Office (LSO)

Carrier Ethernet

Ethernet

SDH

Ethernet over SDH

IP Service Edge

IP Service Edge

PE Router

L2 switch

PDH Aggregation Router

PE Router
DCS

L2 switch

SDH ADM

Ethernet

Ethernet

Ethernet over E1s in Channelized STM-1s

Ethernet

EoPDH aggregator terminates PDH circuits and provides Ethernet to backhaul network resulting in improved bandwidth utilization DCS and PDH Aggregation Router eliminated at IP Service Edge since PDH circuits terminated at LSO
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FMO Step 2 in Network Evolution to Carrier Ethernet

TDM
Customer Premise

CE

Managed EoPDH CLE CLE

PDH/SDH Access Network

Ethernet over E1s Ethernet over E1s in Channelized STM-1s

EoPDH Aggregator

SDH ADM

Ethernet handoff to customer

Local Switching Office (LSO)

Carrier Ethernet

Ethernet

SDH

Converged Services
Ethernet L2 VPNs MEF E-Line, E-LAN Internet Access VoIP IP VPN

Ethernet

Ethernet over SDH

IP Service Edge

PE Router

L2 switch

SDH ADM

Ethernet

SDH ADMs / Transport replaced by Ethernet Transport Shortest possible Ethernet over E1 (PDH) loops CLE at customer premise enables converged Ethernet and IP services

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Ethernet over PDH Benefits

Simplifies Enterprise subscribers WAN connectivity
Provides IT friendly Ethernet (UNI) instead of E1 TDM circuit

Simplifies Providers Access/Aggregation Network

Terminates TDM PDH circuits as close to subscriber as possible Media conversion (EthernetTDMEthernet) performed between EoPDH CLE and Aggregation Device Improves backhaul bandwidth utilization

EoPDH enables ubiquitous, global Ethernet services over existing copper PDH access network facilities

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Ethernet Point-to-Point

Wolfgang Fischer
Senior Manager, Business Development wfischer@cisco.com

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A technology fairy tale

Once upon a time in the last century...
- Fiber was expensive and had to be shared - Optical transceivers were expensive and had to be shared - Few 10s of Mbit/s were considered more than enough to satisfy everybodys bandwidth appetite ITU-T and IEEE developed various flavours of PON

In the world as we know it today...

- Fiber is cheap - Optical transceivers for FE and GE are cheap - Typical access bitrates grow 50% YoY reaching 100Mbit/s before the end of this decade and 1Gbit/s before the end of the next decade Compelling reason for PON?

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What is Ethernet Point-to-Point?

IP/MPLS Edge/core Ethernet/MPLS Aggregation PE-AGG Access Network Switch

FTTx Access Network E-FTTH

N-PE

STB

Direct star connectivity between POP and subscriber

topology similar to telephone access network

Using standard Ethernet technology (FE, GE, ...) over single strand of single-mode fiber

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Benefits of Ethernet point-to-point

Simplicity Virtually unlimited bitrate per subscriber Fiber is neutral with respect to transmission technology Migration to higher speeds or new technologies on a per-customer basis Pay as you grow Open Access to fiber inherently embedded in the architecture Flexible, Future Proof
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What about fiber management / space?

ODF for 2304 fiber terminations Rack for 1502 active fiber interfaces 50% take rate up to 100% take rate achievable with second switch rack

Source: Huber & Suhner

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What about OPEX?

Issue
Resource planning in access / engineering rules

Point-to-Point
Simple: dedicated fiber

PON
Complex: shared medium, subscribers mutually dependent, # of customers on tree varies Complex: location of failure behind splitter difficult to identify Required

Fiber troubleshooting

Simple: failure uniquely located through reflection measurements Not needed

Encryption key management Bandwidth / technology upgrade

Simple: can be done on a per- Complex: replacement of all customer basis active equipment at once or wavelength overlay

Connecting a new subscriber

Patch at ODF and config of switch, compensated by initial capex savings

Longer in the feeder part (more fibers to splice), shorter in the drop part (easier diagnostics)

Config of OLT

Outage after cable break

Shorter in the feeder part (less fibers to splice), longer in the drop part (difficult diagnostics)
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But I want to share fiber!

Most natural way of sharing a fiber is in wavelength-domain DWDM-PON
technology available economically viable within 2 years

Ethernet Point-to-Point per wavelength Combines best of both worlds

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Ethernet over WDM-PON

Dr. Michael Ritter

Vice President Business Management

Ethernet Access
MRitter@advaoptical.com

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WDM PON network architecture

l1 l2
VDSL

FTTC

Central Office

l1 . . . ln
Passive Remote Node

l3

Ethernet FTTC

ln
FTTB

FTTH

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Benefits of WDM PON technology

Scalability through bitrate and protocol independency Upgrade path on a per service level High degree of security and privacy Simple and straightforward network planning Geographical flexibility with long reach capability Architecture supporting open access networking Standard Ethernet technology and inter-working

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WDM PON options

Power splitters vs. filters in remote node Lambda grid options DWDM, CWDM, Bit rate per wavelength 1G, 2G5, 4G3, 10G Colored or colorless ONU design Underlying TDM scheme for high fan out Protection options for highest availability Optional amplification for extended reach

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Optical access applications

residential services access

business services access

infrastructure backhaul

FTTH

FTTC

FTTB

FTTO

FTTB

FTTN

active Ethernet

E/GPON

optical backhaul

optical backhaul

active Ethernet

passive WDM

optical backhaul

optical backhaul

all access technologies need efficient high-capacity backhaul

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Eliminating active equipment and freeing up real estate

CP FTTC/VDSL
2550 Mbps per user

Curb

LO

CO

VDSL DSLAM

aggregation switch

aggregation switch

optical transport

FTTB/H GPON
<100 Mbps per user
passive optical splitter

OLT

aggregation switch

aggregation switch

optical transport

FTTB Passive WDM

1++ Gbps per user
passive WDM

optical transport

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Smart service termination

Optojack - loop, plug, device

Potential demarcation layers

fiber availability optical performance coding integrity protocol statistics Ethernet virtual circuit statistics
OJ - Plug OJ - Loop

Application
SFP

Application
SFP

Loop: passive pilot tone Plug: active intelligent transceiver Device: active demarcation unit

OJ - Device
SFP SFP

Application
SFP

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Summary
Simple, open and dedicated point-to-point connectivity Efficient and future-proof transport architecture optimized for access networks Utilized leading edge technology to reduce both capital and operational cost

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Ethernet over PON

Gerlinde Bed
Head of Broadband Access Marketing Gerlinde.bedoe@nsn.com

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There is no doubt: World goes fiber

The results [of the research evaluating the sustainability and environmental impact of fiber networks] clearly demonstrate the overall service and environmental benefits of FTTH. The findings stand as testament that fiber is a sustainable and future-proof technology for the 21st century. Joeri Van Bogaert, president FTTH Council, 2008

Fiber right now is not just a means to get bits to the subscriber, it is also a potentially effective marketing tool. Telecom Strategy Partners, 2008

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But which technology fulfills best all requirements?

Which technology addresses better IPTV and VoIP? What about legacy & TDM? Bandwidth availability & flexibility, capacity upgrade possibilities Maintenance & fault isolation Interoperability & multi-vendor networks SLA assurance, service protection, and their associated costs How to maximize the use of existing infrastructure? The access network and future applications: network dimension & bandwidth simulation

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PON is becoming a leading fibre technology

Because GE-PON is currently the technology of choice in Japan, it will dominate overall global FTTH deployments over next few years.
FTTH Worldwide technology update & market forecast

GPON will dominate in the US, since it is now certain to be used by both the major ILECs and many independent telcos. Active Ethernet has some limited support in the US, but it will remain a minority technology, taking declining share in the overall market
FTTH Worldwide technology update & market forecast

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All over the world operators go for PON PON subscribers will dominate ptp subscribers

Subscribers (000)

60.000 50.000 40.000 30.000 20.000 10.000 -

Worldwide fiber deployments

PON P2P

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Source: Broadbandtrends, 10/2007

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What is PON?
FTTH Carrier Network

ONT SFU

Passive Optical splitter

Passive Optical splitter

2.5Gbps DS 1.25Gbps US

Metro MPLS / VPLS

1:16 Optical splitter

TDM Network

Multi-Dwelling Unit

FTTB

Created by the FSAN organization (driven by service providers & operators); Standardized by ITU-T (A/BPON, GPON) or IEEE (EPON) Bandwidth >100Mbit/s per subscriber through DBA PON optimized for multicast and downstream intensive traffic Cost-optimized support of multiple (legacy and new) services through various subscriber interfaces: VoIP (SIP, H.248), video (IPTV, cable TV), data Support of all types on in-house cabling: copper TP, CAT5, fiber Real multi-service platform: in the 1st mile and in the CO Easy upgrade to more subscribers and higher bandwidth Clear migration path to NG-PON PON is a green technology

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PON is the ideal solution to backhaul mobile traffic

SDH
RNC Node-B/BTS

STM 1/4
1/10 GE

E1/TDM

E1/TDM

Mobile core

Ethernet

TDMoIP

GPON is the ideal platform to backhaul mobile traffic (from 2G to LTE)

- Through built in synchronization capabilities in OLT - Support of all relevant BTS interfaces: E1, Ethernet - Sufficient bandwidth for LTE traffic

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The TCO advantage of GPON

Realistic deployment 5000 subscribers connected to CO PON splitting ratio 1:32 Fibre terminations per ODF rack: 1,440 (10 shelves holding 144 fibres) Power consumption figures and ports per cage based on real product specs
Point-to-point Ethernet
Cisco Catalyst 4510R Cisco Catalyst 4510R Cisco Catalyst 4510R Cisco Catalyst 4510R Cisco Catalyst 4510R Cisco Catalyst 4510R Cisco Catalyst 4510R

GPON
Nokia Siemens Networks Nokia OLT Siemens hiX5750 Networks OLT hiX5750 Nokia Siemens Nokia Networks Siemens OLT Networks hiX5750 OLT hiX5750 Nokia Siemens Nokia Networks Siemens OLT Networks hiX5750 OLT hiX5750

Cisco Catalyst 4510R

Cisco Catalyst 4510R

Cisco Catalyst 4510R

Cisco Catalyst 4510R

Cisco Catalyst 4510R

Cisco Catalyst 4510R

Cisco Catalyst 4510R

144 Fibers 144 Fibers 144 Fibers 144 Fibers 144 Fibers 144 Fibers 144 Fibers 144 Fibers 144 Fibers 144 Fibers

144 Fibers 144 Fibers 144 Fibers 144 Fibers 144 Fibers 144 Fibers 144 Fibers 144 Fibers 144 Fibers 144 Fibers

144 Fibers 144 Fibers 144 Fibers 144 Fibers 144 Fibers 144 Fibers 144 Fibers 144 Fibers 144 Fibers 144 Fibers

144 Fibers 144 Fibers 144 Fibers 144 Fibers 144 Fibers

144 Fibers Fibers 144144 Fibers

Incl.Fibers 45% spare fibers 144
Incl. 45% spare fibers

+ 18 Splitter Cabinets + 18 Splitter in Cabinets the Field in the Field

19.6 5000 38 x 3.6 10 Power [kW] 2.9 CO Space [M2] x 6.7 x 31.8 Ethernet 157 Patch cords GPON

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Active Ethernet vs. GPON FTTx

Technical Requirement ETTx GPON Comments
VoIP/POTS, video, multicast

Residential services handle

OAM tools Bandwidth availability Bandwidth flexibility

Both provide same possibilities Important for business services

Support of existing infra.

QoS & SLA guarantee Service protection

Including existing building infra.

Natural support of Ethernet rings

TDM and legacy support

Cost CapEx OpEx Total evaluation

Ethernet support through CES

Integrated with Ethernet rings

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Greg Poggi
Vice President of Sales gpoggi@omnitron-systems.com

Q and A Shootout

Ralph Santitoro
Chair, MEF Web Marketing Committee Director of Carrier Ethernet Solutions RSantitoro@TurinNetworks.com

Wolfgang Fischer
Senior Manager, Business Development wfischer@cisco.com

Dr. Michael Ritter

Vice President Business Management

Gerlinde Bed
Head of Broadband Access Marketing Gerlinde.bedoe@nsn.com
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Ethernet Access MRitter@advaoptical.com