FTTx Triple Play Technologies and Applications

IP Video Service VoIP Service Internet Data Service

Regional Networks Metro Networks Access Networks
Enterprise Environment Carrier Environment Service
Provider ISP Gateway Customer Premises
ISP/Internet Core IP Phone xTU-R
EAR POTS
10GE CO Access DSLAM Residential Modem
CO 10GE DSLAM Splitter
10GE 10GE Metro Gateway ATM, Cu Loop
1GE OLT Ethernet ATM, ATM,
Frame Relay,
MM traffic Frame Relay, PSTN Frame Relay, OLT xDSL
10GE CO 1GE or IP
Router or IP or IP Edge Media
L2 SW Toll End POTS
Router Gateway Office Office
Video Broadband FTTx Customer Premises FTTx
Headend VHO VSO CO Remote Access FTTx
Server

PON Standards FTTx Topologies Triple Play Building Blocks Acronyms and Abbreviations
B-PON G-PON E-PON
Span 20 km 60 km max, 20 km differential 10 km today, 20 km planned 8VSB 8-level Vestigial Sideband
2 8 TRIPLE PLAY
Maximum insertion loss 20/25/30 dB 15/20/25 dB 15/20 dB Data (Ethernet) ADSL Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
Maximum number of branches 32 64 16 Voice 1310nm ADSL2+ Higher Speed Version of ADSL
Bit rate (Mbps) Down: 155, 622, 1244 Down: 1244, 2488 Down: 1244 Fiber to the Home VOICE DATA VIDEO
2 OLT 4 4 ASI Asynchronous Serial Interface Standard DVB Interface for Transport
Up: 155, 622 Up: 155, 622, 1244, 2488 Up: 1244 (G)-Ethernet/ATM POTS (RJ) Fiber to the Building

Splitter
Data Video
Wavelengths Down: 1480-1500 nm Down: 1480-1500 nm Down: 1490 nm ONT/RG Stream

Coupler
Data PSTN VoIP
Video at 1550 nm Video at 1550 nm Up: 1300 nm 5 Internet Service IP RF ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode
Up: 1260-1360 nm Up: 1260-1360 nm
2 1490nm 7 8 9 ATSC Advanced Television S ystems Committee
Traffic mode ATM ATM, Ethernet, TDM Ethernet ACCESS NETWORK
Architecture Asymmetric or Symmetric Asymmetric or Symmetric Ethernet VOD Video (BNC=RF Video) ATV Advanced Television-North American Standard for Digital Broadcasting
Video overlay Yes Yes No Fiber B-PON Broadband Passive Optical Network
Applicable standard ITU-T G.983.x ITU-T G.984.x IEEE 802.11 CATV xDSL Cable
Chipset support Available First prototypes First prototypes Data (Ethernet) OLT BRAS Broadband Remote Access Server
Video 4 CATV Community Antenna TV (sometimes thought to be Cable Television).
Upstream burst time Fixed 56 bytes (ATM) Guard: 25.6 ns Laser turn on/off: 512 ns (max) 3 (G)-Ethernet/ATM

Splitter
1550nm Fiber to the Home PON Plant
Preamble: 35.2 ns (typical) AGC setting and CDR look: 400 ns
POTS (RJ) The distribution of multiple TV channels to subscribers via a
Delimiter: 16.9 ns ONT/RG Fiber to the Building ONU
5
(FTTx) Coax CATV cable network
ONT VDSL ADSL2+
7 (FTTP)
Coax Coaxial Cable
ADSL2+ VDSL CO Central Office
Video (IP Video=Ethernet) CU Loop Copper Loop
In-house Network DSLAM Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer
1
(G)-Ethernet/ATM 4 VDSL DVB Digital Video Broadcasting. European consortium that has standardized
Splitter
Fiber to the Curb digital TV broadcasting
PON Frame IP Video
2
3 5
ONU
7
ADSL2+ 7
Triple Play Access Networks Speeds EAR Edge Aggregation Router
2 RG EO End Office
1310nm 4 (G)-Ethernet 4 Type of Service Max Download Typical Service E-PON Ethernet Passive Optical Network
Data ADSL2+/VDSL Fiber to the Curb (Typical)
FTTB Fiber-to-the-Business
Downstream Data Flow ONT-A A ONU ADSL1 8 Mbps 3 Mbps
C

2 OLT 5 Point to Point FTTC Fiber-to-the-Curb

7
B

1490nm ADSL S=1/2 12 Mbps 6 Mbps

Subscribers Voice 7 FTTCab Fiber-to-the-Cabinet
A

RG ADSL2+ 24 Mbps 6-8 Mbps

A BC 4
ADSL2+ bonded (2) 48 Mbps 12 Mbps FTTH Fiber-to-the-Home
(G)-Ethernet/ATM 4 ADSL2+/VDSL VDSL1 52 Mbps 20 Mbps
FTTP Fiber-to-the-Premises
Splitter

OLT ONT-B B ONU Fiber to the Cabinet VDSL2 100 Mbps 30-40 Mbps
A BC BPON 622 Mbps Shared by 32 FTTx Fiber-to-the-x where x=(H)ome, (C)urb, (B)usiness, or a DSL technology
2 5 7 7 EPON 1 Gbps Shared by 32 GE Gigabit Ethernet
CO/POP 2 RG G-PON Gigabit Passive Optical Network
A

IP Video IAD/RG Integrated Access Device/Residential Gateway

3
xDSL Maximum Downstream Speed
B

2 4 (G)-Ethernet 4 ADSL2+/VDSL
Fiber to the Node
C

Broadcast: ONT-C C IP Internet Protocol

DSLAM Point to Point
All endpoints (ONT) receive all data L2 ISO International Standardization Organization
Data
2 L3
2 5
6 7 RG
7 as a Function of Copper Loop Length ISP
L2
Internet Service Provider
Layer 2 (Data Link Layer)
Voice Switch Central Office Optical Fiber Plant Copper Plant L2 SW Layer 2 Switch
100
1 MG Media Gateway
Access Networks
MM Multimedia
Upstream Data Flow ONT-A A OLT Optical Line Terminal/Termination
A

Service Assurance Optical Fiber Management ONT Optical Network Terminal/Termination

Subscribers
ONU Optical Network Unit
A BC

Max. Downstream Speed (Mbps)

B 1 QT-600
QT-600 DSL Test Head

T-BERD/MTS 6 QT-200
QT-200 DSL Test Head
50 POTS Plain Old Telephone Service
OLT ONT-B B 45 VDSL2 PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network
IP Ethernet, multi-service (data, voice, video) Optical fiber loss/event loss, xDSL service and copper loop
Reflectance/ORL (optical return loss), 40 VDSL QPSK Quadrature Phase Shift Keying. Type of modulation for digital signals
CO/POP OTDR/distance to event 7 HST-3000
35
ADSL2+ used in satellite transmission (DVB-S)
2 FST-2802 30
ADSL2
TO Toll Office
Ethernet and IP services OFI-2000 Copper, DSL, Triple Play services
TDM: C
25 VDSL Very High-bit Rate Digital Subscriber Line
C

ONT-C 5 Bidirectional insertion loss,

Controlled by PON protocol 8
20
VDSL2 Higher Speed Version of VDSL
3 DTS-200 DTS-200 MPEG Test System
SELECT ENTER

ORL (optical return loss)/Length delay, PSAM 15

optical power FTTx data services, digital video,
VOD Video on Demand
DVB turn-up testing, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 analysis, 10
QAM, QPSK, GbE, SPI and ASI Interfaces and analog video VHO Video Hub Office
5
SMART Class OLx VSO Video Serving Office
9 0
4 Insertion loss, CLI-950 xDSL Generic Digital Subscriber Line
OLP-57 power, ORL (optical return loss)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Cable leakage meter xTU-R All Different Transceiver Units-remote
Optical power measurements Loop Length (k ft)

Note: Specifications, terms and conditions are subject to change without notice.

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