GPON Multicast Solution

19th Nov 2007

Jack Zhu www.huawei.com

Senior Product manager

HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES Co., Ltd.

 Multicast Principle

Backhaul

Switch Card
Query Multicast Table

Port 1 Port 2 Port 3

Group A Yes No Yes

Group B No Yes Yes

Line Card
Join Leave

• IGMP: Internet Group Management Protocol

• System maintain the Multicast table through IGMP Snooping/Proxy
• System duplicate the Multicast flow base on Multicast table

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 Multicast in GPON Solution

IGMP Snooping
CP_A
Join
IGMP Proxy STB
ONT CP_B
Group VLAN A STB
Line
Card
CP_A
CP_A Leave
CP_B Line GEM_Port_4095 STB
X
ONT CP_B
Card
Group VLAN B STB

Duplicate to Card Duplicate to Port Duplicate to Port

• Define Multicast Group VLAN for each CP users (virtual VLAN)

• Multicast flow map to GEM_Port 4095 and broadcast to all ONT in that fibre.
• ONT pick up the right channel based on multicast table.
• IGMP Proxy in OLT and IGMP Snooping in ONT to maintain multicast table.

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 GPON Multicast Solution

Maintain table
through OMCI
OMCI CP_A
Join
IGMP Proxy STB
ONT CP_B
Group VLAN A STB
Line
Card
CP_A
CP_A Leave
CP_B Line GEM_Port_4095 STB
X
ONT CP_B
Card
Group VLAN B STB

Duplicate to Card Duplicate to Port Duplicate to Port

• Maintain ONT Multicast table through OMCI.

• Reduce the ONT performance requirement and save the cost.
• Easy to achieve the controllable Multicast

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 Controllable Multicast
OSS

Controllable multicast NMS

Ch1
Ch2
Through Headend and STB security Ch3
IP Core
system Multicast Server
Through access equipment control
Ch1
Multicast user authentication Ch2
Ch3
Channel profile binding with ONT port or
Meet customized
MAC/IP requirements
to prevent illegal access
MA5600T
Avoid revenue loss

Ch h1
Ch1

Ch 2
C

3
Ch2
Profile “Standard”: IP group 1 So interesting, IGMP packet for
IP group 2
I want to join in. joining group 3
Profile “Premium”: IP group 1 IGMP packet for
IP group 2 joining group 3
IP group 3
Multicast stream
IGMP report
Ch1Ch2Ch3 IP group: 1, 2, 3 Before subscription, Port binding with profile Port binding with profile
user could preview “Standard”, not permit “Premium”,
channel this port to join group 3 permit this port to join group 3

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 Multicast Experience

OLT

Group VLAN A
Line
Card
CP_A
CP_A
CP_B Join
Line GEM_Port_4095 hub STB
Card ONT CP_B Leave
Group VLAN B STB

• Performance: Need high capability in processing IGMP packets to

reduce the zipping time.
• Need distinguish and record MAC address for IGMP Join/Leave
process in case 2 STB connect to one interface.
• Some case need handle IGMP over PPPoE

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Thank You !