The Importance of the

Management Plane for

FTTP

A Perspective of a USA Service

Provider
The Telecom Industry is
Changing
Last Year Marked a significant Change in the
Telecommunications Industry in the USA
Traditional Wireline companies saw a loss in
overall access lines, despite an overall gain in
Homes Passed
The oldest telecommunications company in
the world, left telecom as a technology and
evolved to merge with Cable as a transport
Users appetite for bandwidth is accelerating
MOBILITY HAS BECOME THE PARADIGM
 A USA Perspective
160 Million Americans have Mobile
Phones
24 Million have 1st Generation
Broadband connection
Wireless Networks are allowing
Broadband on the Go
Picture/Camera Phones outsold every
other phone type in the USA
Broadband + Mobility

=
Transformation
 Goal in the Industry
Goal is to deliver 100Mbs capacity to
the customer, no matter where they are,
at home, at work, or on the go.
Where do we get there
from here?
 Reinventing our networks around
broadband, packet and Voice over IP
technologies

 Vision is of an integrated Multi-megabit

network that will fuel the growth of high-
technology industry
 Some Statistics
46 Million of our telephone lines are equipped
for DSL
More than 36 Million people each day use
Verizon Wireless
Serve over 7 Million Small Businesses and
over 80% of the Fortune 1000
Over 100 Million people uses Verizon
Networks every day
Currently support over 2 Billion Peer-to-Peer
connections every day
 Key to survival in a
transitioning market
Deploy leading edge technology
High on the bandwidth chain
Good Service
Great Value Proposition
 What is FTTP?
Fiber To The “x” (FTTx, with x being the
“C” for the Curb, or “P” for to the
premises) is an important, emerging
technology that will provide customers
with new feature-rich services and
improved quality of current services.
 Is FTTP the answer?

Why FTTP?
Why Now?
 Why FTTP?
Consumers will require additional bandwidth to
the home in the near future
Competition is beginning to offer a “triple-play”
(i.e., voice, video, and data) bundle
FTTP provides SPs with the ability to provide
“cutting edge” technology and “best-in-class”
services
Deploying a fiber optic cable to each premises
will provide an extraordinary amount of bandwidth
for future services
An FTTP based network will result in less
operational expenses
 Why FTTP? (Cont’d)
100M
12 - 50M
Access
Bandwidth 12 – 25M
Growth
1.5M – 3M
FTTP has the
necessary bandwidth
256K – 1.5M
to support near term
and long term services
144K

2.4 – 56K

DDS ISDN ADSL Cable Modem ADSL2(+) VDSL FTTP

1970’s 2004

Today's applications are continuing to drive demand for

increased bandwidth
Historically, unforeseen applications have quickly
consumed available bandwidth and driven the
development of higher speed platforms
 Why Now? (Cont’d)
SPs are losing access lines
 Bundling with the triple-play should reduce the churn
Competition with cable providers is forcing action
 Cable Modems currently have over 60% of the HSD market
share and the gap is expected to increase
 Cable companies are beginning to offer voice over cable
 A number of IP telephony trials are currently underway:
 Time Warner in Portland, ME
 Comcast in Coatesville, PA
 Cablevision in LI / NJ
 Experience suggests that cable will be very successful, absent
an effective competitive response.
 Matching Application and Network
Requirements
Data Application Typical bandwidth (downstream)

High Speed Internet Access (browsing, IM, Up to 3 Mb/s

Chat, FTP, VPN, access, etc)
E-Mail As above
Live TV on PC 300 to 750 kb/s
Internet Video on Demand 300 to 750 kb/s
Video Conferencing 300 to 750 kb/s
Voice telephony 5 to 128 kb/s
Interactive Games 10 to 750 kb/s
Broadcast TV – (e.g., MPEG2) 2 to 6 Mb/s
High definition TV – HDTV 12 to 19 Mb/s
Pay Per View and NVOD (e.g., MPEG2) 2 to 6 Mb/s
 Deployment of FTTH
Plan is to reach 1 Million Homes by end
of 2004 in the 20Mb to 30Mb rate
Double that rate as we move into 2005
Reach 100Mb by 2007
 Picture Messaging
Voice
Data
Video Conferencing

Common Protocol
Common Infrastructure
Video Service Voice over IP

Gaming
Virtual Private Network
 FTTP Basics
Full Service Access Network (FSAN) – Primary source of
PON standards. Created by service providers in order to
facilitate suitable standards.
FSAN Standards – ITU-T G.983
Passive Optical Network (PON) – a point-to-multipoint local
access Network.
Optical Line Terminal (OLT) – active component typically
located in the central office.
Passive Optical Splitter – distributes optical signal from a
single fiber to multiple fibers, merges signals from all fibers,
& connects them to the OLT receiver.
Optical Network Terminal (ONT) – housed in a network
interface device enclosure.
 FTTP Lingo
PON – Passive Optical Network
OLT – Optical Line Terminal
ONT – Optical Network Terminal
FTTP – Fiber to the Premises
APON – ATM PON
BPON – Broadband PON
GPON – Gigabit PON
 PON Architecture
FSAN Standard ITU G.983
EDFA
(Erbium Doped
Fiber Amplifier)
Video
1550 nm
Voice & Data Voice/Data & Video
Downstream 1490nm/1310nm, 1550nm
1490 nm
OLT Optical
Couplers
ONT
(Optical (WDM) (Optical Network
Line Upstream Terminal)
Terminal) 1310 nm 1x32
Optical
Splitter
Video Data POTS
(l) (AAL5) (AAL2)

Bandwidths & Services

Upstream Downstream
1310 nm 1490 nm 1550 nm
Voice and Data Voice and Data Video
@ 155 to 622 Mbps @ 622 Mbps
42 MHz 550 MHz 860 MHz

Analog TV Digital TV HD/VOD

 FSAN PON Solution
How Does an APON/BPON Work?

CO, Feeder: OLT Outside Plant: Optical Distribution Network Customer Premise: ONT
(Optical Line Termination) (Optical Network Termination)

Downstream: 622 Mbps @ 1490nm

ATM switch, Services to user:
PSTN, POTS,
Internet Internet Access
Passive Optical Splitter

Upstream: 155 Mbps @ 1310nm

Downstream: Time Division Multiplex Upstream: Time Division Multiple Access

ONT A ONT A A

A B C + GRANT
A B C + GRANT
ONT B ONT B

ONT C ONT C
Current Standards
 Current Standards
FCC 76.605 - Multichannel Video and Cable
Television Service Requirements, Technical
Standards. Code of Federal Regulations, Title
47, Volume 4, Part 76, Subpart K, Section
76.605 (47CFR76.605).
ITU-T Recommendation G.983.1 - Broadband
optical access systems based on Passive
Optical Networks (PON).
 Current Standards
ITU-T Recommendation G.983.1amd1 -
Broadband optical access systems
based on Passive Optical Networks
(PON) amendment 1.
ITU-T Recommendation G.983.1amd2
- Broadband optical access systems
based on Passive Optical Networks
(PON) amendment 2
 Current Standards
ITU-T Recommendation G.983.2 - The ONT
management interface specification for B-
PON.
ITU-T Recommendation G.983.3 amd1 - A
Broadband optical access systems with
increased service capability by wavelength
allocation amendment1.
ITU-T Recommendation G.983.4 - A
Broadband optical access system with
increased service capability using dynamic
bandwidth assignment.
 Current Standards
ITU-T Recommendation G.983.5 - A
Broadband optical access system with
increased survivability
ITU-T Recommendation G.983.6 - ONT
management and control management
interface specification with protection features
ITU-T Recommendation G.983.7 - ONT
management and control management
interface specification for DBA B-PON
systems
 Current Standards
Telcordia technologies GR909 - Generic
Criteria for Fiber in the Loop systems.
TR-TSY-000008 - Digital Interface
Between the SLC-96 Digital Loop
Carrier System and a Local Digital
Switch, Issue 2, 8/87, Revision 1, 10/94
 Current Standards
GR-303-CORE - Integrated Digital Loop
Carrier Generic Requirements, Objectives
and Interface, Issue 4, 12/2000
GR-57-CORE - Telcordia – Functional Criteria
for Digital Loop Carrier Systems, Issue 1,
10/01
TSGR, FR-440 - Telcordia (Bellcore)
Transmission System Generic Requirements
 SO, What is missing?
No Standards currently exist for the
Service Management or Network
Management of Co-merged networks
 What is Needed?
Requirements for Service Management
Common Protocol-neutral models of
these interfaces
Common agreed upon Protocols to
support the Service and Network
Management Interfaces
Standards will drive the speed
with which newer technologies
can be delivered
Voice Picture Messaging

Video Conferencing Data

Common Protocol
Common Infrastructure
Video Service Voice over IP

Virtual Private Network Gaming

So what areas do
these new standards
need to cover?
A brief look at a
Verizon answer to that
Question

Iobi and Verizon-one

How do we create this new
set of Service
Management Standards?
Rethink the applicability of our current B2B
models for SP to SP operations
Begin aggressively the development of C2B
interfaces by
 Focusing on requirements
 Evaluate the applicability of current standards
Understand the Value Proposition of
standards in this area
 Additional Considerations

Home Network Selection is currently ill

defined in terms of a practical solution to
support all data types
Current Home Gateways do not offer the
security needed to support the multi-SAP
models
QoS models and requirements are not
defined for all Home Networks or Gateways