Infrastructure Construction

Waves

1994
2001

Increase Long Haul Capacity via Fiber Deployments

Inter-connect Central Offices and Headends with Fiber
Convert Central Offices to DSL
Convert Cable Headends to Support Data Services &
Telephone

2000
2005 Extend the Reach of DSL into Neighborhoods

Install Wi-Fi into Muni Areas that can Benefit from Wireless
2004

Extend Fiber into Neighborhoods

2010 Upgrade Central Offices & Headends to Serve True
Broadband
Convert Central Offices to Handle Voice over IP
Install Fiber to the Home in All New Developments
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Alcatel
FTTU 1 Existing Edge
7340
Retrofit
Network Infrastructure to Fiber to

Implications - Economic Development and

Growth
Businesses Seeking Sites Cant Consider
Locations Without High Speed Services at
Competitive Rates.
Knowledge Workers Demand Connectivity.
Businesses w/ Knowledge Workers Want Them
to Telecommute.
Rural Communities can Compete Better w/
Urban Centers. Networks can Provide Access
to Education, Healthcare & Jobs.
Community Service Organizations Often cant
Access or Afford Broadband Services. New
Business Models Can Provide It.
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Todays Network

Voice Service

Standard Voice Services

Cable TV Services
Internet Dial-Up at 56K
Some DSL Services
Some Cable Modem Services
Some Wireless

Video Service

Food Mart

Internet

The existing infrastructure has value, but is limited

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The Emerging
Network

Voice Service

Video Service

Today's Network

Internet

Food
Mart

Internet

Converged Voice & Data

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Fiber to the User Technologies

PON - Passive Optical Networks
C.O

C.O

+
+
+
+
+
+

High Bandwidth
Standardized ITU G.983.3
Passive and flexible cable plant
Low Operations cost
All services over one fiber
Low fiber plant cost

Point to Point
+ Hi Bandwidth
- High Fiber Plant cost because of point to
point configuration of fiber pairs.

Active Star
C.O

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+ High bandwidth
- High Operations and maintenance cost
- High cost of outside plant electronics

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What are PONs, BPONs, and GPONs?

Passive Optical Networks (PONs) Attributes
Fiber Access Technology with no active elements (i.e. electronic
elements that require no power) in the outside plant.
Uses Passive optical splitters to distribute traffic to the customers.
Consists of an Optical Line Terminator (OLT) located at the CO and many
Optical Network Terminals (ONTs) located at the customers premise.

Broadband PON (BPON) Attributes

Based on mature ITU-T G.983 series standards
Provides up to 1.2Gbps Downstream and 622 Mbps Upstream capacities
Provides a separate wavelength for downstream video transmission

Gigabit Capable PON (GPON) Attributes

Based on ITU-T G.984 series standards that are in progress
Provides up to 2.5 Gbps capacities for both Downstream and Upstream
Provides more efficient transport for data traffic

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PON standards
FSAN - Full Service Access Network is an organization
for standardizing APON, BPON, and GPON in ITU-T
G.983.x
FSAN composed of major telco operators worldwide
Standards have been written and are mature
Enhancements continue to be made
Standardized products have begun to enter market
IEEE - Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM) study group is
currently working on standardizing EPON
Standards work is ongoing
Initial draft planned by end of 2003
Comprised primarily of vendors with some operator
participation

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ONT Triplexer Module - Key BPON Enabling

Technology
G983.3 Optical System
1480-1550 nm - 622 Mb/s
down
1310 nm -155 Mb/s up
1550 nm RF Video Overlay
Primary Thin film WDM
46-870 MHz Video Rx
Low Form Factor: < 2 X 3

1550-1560 nm
Analog PIN

Reflect/pass 1550-1560 nm
block 1480-1500 nm
Transmit/pass 1480-1500
block 1550-1560 nm
Transmit /pass 1260-1360 nm

Power Consumption: < 1W

Digital PIN-TIA
(622 /155 Mb/s)

Single mode
Pigtail

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1310 nm Laser LD
Secondary Thin film WDM
Reflect/pass 1480-1500 nm
block 1550-1560 nm
Transmit /pass 1260-1360
nm

What is BPON FTTU capability?

This is
1260 nm

Upstream

1360 nm

Broadband!
Downstream

1480 nm

Voice and
Data @155 Mbps

4-6+GBps

1500 nm

Voice and Data

at 622 Mbps

1550 nm

Reserve
42 MHz

1560 nm

Video
550 MHz

Analog TV
Services

Digital TV
Services

860 MHz

HDTV
VOD

1000Mbps

56kbps

1 - 1.5Mbps

Dial-Up
Modem

DSL/Cable
Modem

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26Mbps

VDSL

155 Mbps
Upstream
(10 times
DOCSIS 2.0)

100Mbps

100BaseT
Ethernet

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Gigabit
Ethernet

BPON FTTH

7340 Fiber to the User (BPON)

Internet

Central Office or
Remote
Terminal
AMS

Fiber
Distributio
n (12.4 mi.)
up to 20 km

Passive
Outside Plant
FTTH

IP / ATM

G6 Voice
IP / ATM
Gateway

7340
Ethern P-OLT
1,490 nm
et/ATM
1,310 nm

GR303
TR08
T1 CAS
MGCP
PSTN

Splitters

622 Mb/s
FTTH

155 Mb/s
FTTB

1,550 nm

7340
V-OLT

7340
H-ONT

Video

7340
Voice, Data and Video (bi-directional) for 32 subscribers over a single fiber per
B-ONT
G983.3
Coarse WDM supports three wavelengths
1,490 nm Downstream Voice and Data at 622 Mb/s
1,310 nm Upstream Voice and Data at 155 Mb/s
1,550 nm - Dedicated wavelength for RF Digital/Analog video
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Alcatel 7340 FTTU System Key Points

7340 Optical line terminator (P-OLT)
Common elements with 7300 ASAM

Alarm and Control Unit (ACU)

Redundant Network Interface
OC-3 ATM network interface
OC-12 ATM network interface (future)
1000baseT GigE LT (future)
HCL PON PLT2-H (future)
OC3-LT 4 Port (future)
IP Services Module (future)

18 PON Line Interface Modules

2 PONs/Slot
1152 subs per shelf
Greater than 10 Gb/s backplane
NEBS 3 compliant
Up to 3 P-OLTs per 7- foot rack
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7340 P-OLT

Alcatel 7340 FTTU System Key Points

7340 Optical network terminator (HONT)
optimized for residential service
Full Service (4 POTS, Ethernet,
HPNA and Video)
environmentally hardened
13 x 13 x 5
Separate customer and telco
access areas
Mounts to the outside of the home
UL and FCC compliant
locally powered with battery
backup
Uninterruptible power source
120 VAC input
12 VDC output - low voltage
eight hour battery backup

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Enabling New Services Today and Tomorrow

Supports bundled services voice, data, video
up to four POTS systems with lifeline support
very high speed data (10/100Base-T or HPNA
interfaces)
video (CATV initially, DBS or baseband as
alternatives)
Flexible bandwidth use
more than 20 Mb/s available per subscriber on
average
higher bursting rates possible
supports service level agreements (SLAs)
efficiently carries IP and MPEG payloads
Supports service requirements of tomorrow
easily accommodates emerging services
ONT ready at initial deployment; flexibility via
software
ONTs planned for several niche applications
SOHO, MDU, MSE, MTU
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POTS
POTS
POTS
POTS
HPNA

ONT
10/100Base-T

CATV
or DBS

UPS

RJ-11
RJ-45
Coax

General Bandwidth G6 Voice Gateway

Global Carrier Class Architecture
Voice over broadband gateway and ATM
switch
Fully Redundant; NEBS and ETSI Compliant
Pooled System Resources
IP Routing (future)

Scalability
High Bandwidth Backplane
5 Gig Switch Fabric
3,360 simultaneous calls with typical over
subscription of 4 to 1

Standards Support
AAL2 BLES Broadband Loop Emulation Service
ATM Forum and DSL Forum standard for
Class 5 derived VoDSL using ATM
MGCP/H.248/SIP (future)
Service Providers are planning to migrate
their network to support advanced protocols
in an IP environment
G6 supports the NGN architecture
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Chelan Installation

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GPON and Fiber Standards Evolution

06/2003
Fiber
03/2002
and
2002
quantity for
BPON with full
06/2002
06/2002
01/2002
11/2001
rate
11/2001
11/2001
03/2001
BPON
2000
specification
10/1998
and TC
1996
rate
1995
starts
1980s~1995
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RBOC Consortium (JPC) Selects BPON as the technology for

To The Premises (FTTP)
G.983.1 Amendment 2 - BPON for 1.244 Mbps Downstream
Security Enhancements
G.983.1 Standards based BPON deployments in large
data services, Introduction of G.983.3 compliant
triple play services.
G.983.6 - OMCI for Survivability features
G.983.2 Version 2 - Expanded and Revised OMCI features
G.983.5 - Survivability Enhancements
G.983.1 Amendment 1 - BPON with 622 Mbps Upstream
G.983.7 - OMCI for Dynamic Bandwidth Assignment
G.983.4 - Dynamic Bandwidth Assignment Enhancements
G.983.3 - WDM enhancements to allow RF video overlay on
G.983.2 - ONT management and control interface(OMCI)
G.983.1 - ATM based BPON, basic architecture, physical
layer
G.982 - STM PON to support services upto ISDN primary
speeds
FSAN Group is formed and work on PON standardization
Proprietary PON system based on TDM technology.
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GPON and Fiber Standards Evolution

(Contd.)
GPON is the Ultimate Target

2006~2010
2004
04/2004
10/2003
specification
03/2003
03/2003
1998~2002
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Migration of BPON/EPONs to GPONs

Standards compliant GPON field trials
G.984.4 - GPON ONT Managemetn and Control Interface
(OMCI)specification
G.984.3 - GPON Transmission Convergence layer
G.984.2 - GPON Physical layer specifications
G.984.1 - General Characteristics of Gigabit-Capable PON
BPON Technology Standardization and Deployment.
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GPON Benefits
Supports Gigabit or above data rates on the PON
Optimizes the physical layer for
Higher data rates for BW intensive applications (e.g. IP Video)
Greater Distance - reach more customers from the CO
More Splits - Reach more customers from a single PON

Offers a more bandwidth efficient protocol for data centric

services
Has the capability to support multiple services in their
native formats.
ATM
Packet (e.g. Ethernet)
TDM

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Why Not GPON Now?

GPON expected to take another 2-3 years before reaching
BPON comparable maturity. BPON is a Mature Technology
Standard with functionalities available in robust silicone
components.
The capacity offered by BPON is adequate for the
foreseeable future
GPON has significant overlap with BPON - ensuring easier
migration when the time is right
No change in video overlay network
Same wavelength allocation
Same fiber distribution network architecture
Similar TDM/TDMA technique, Dynamic Bandwidth
Assignment

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BPON to GPON - How Alcatels FTTU Platform

evolves
Alcatel fully supports a migration from the current PON standard
( 622/155 BPON) to GPON
GPON will enhance and totally support future very high bandwidth
service delivery models
GPON technology validation (protocol chips and optics) underway
along with reference design Alcatel Research and Innovation (R&I)
organization in Antwerp, Belgium is presently involved in the
development of this technology.
Alcatels strategy for PON data rates is to implement ITU-T G984
technology supporting the higher data rates of 1.25G and 2.5G in
the downstream and 155M, 622M, 1.5G and 2.5G in the upstream.
The 7340 OLT will support multiple line interface types and a mix of
BPON and GPON interface cards.
From preliminary work, cost and complexity to build a GPON system
is marginal compared to a BPON system.
Current schedule is to introduce proof of concept in late 2004 with
an initial product offering in 2005
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