Kees de Waard, Board Member
FTTH Council Europe
Optical Fibre Communications in the context of FTTH/B
Photonics Integration Conference
2 October 2018, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
• Introduction
• FTTH/B Global and European Market
• FTTH/B Architecture and Layered Model
• FTTH/B Solutions with Optical Fibre
Communications
• Summary
Overview
FTTH Global Panorama – Sept 2017
FUTURE-PROOF
1Gbps today, 10Gbps and more
tomorrow using the same fibre
network
ENABLER
Digital society – Smart Cities 5G backhaul
Legacy evolution
COMPETITIVE
Unbeatable 1G service offer
Premium customer experience, marketing
& branding Low OPEX (less maintenance
cost)
ECO-FRIENDLY
Lowest power consumption per megabit per
second Source: FTTH Global Alliance, February 2018
FTTH/B figures – September 2017
FTTH/B Figures, September 2017 – Close to 51.6 million FTTH/B subscribers
and more than 148 million FTTH/B Homes Passed in EU39
Source: IDATE for FTTH Council Europe, Sept 2017
FTTH/B European Ranking – Sep 2017
(blue) Fibre-to-the-Home subscribers
(orange) Fibre-to-the-Building subscribers
Household Penetration of countries* with more than
1% household penetration
*Economies with at least 200,000 households
ex. Iceland
Source: IDATE for FTTH Council Europe,
February 2018
% % % % % % % % % %
50,6%
43,4%
42,6%
37,9%
37,1%
35%
34,9%
33,9%
33,7%
29,1%
28%
25,9%
25,1%
21,4%
19,1%
17,9%
17,7%
17,4%
15,1%
16%
14,9%
13,9%
10,9%
10,8%
10,3%
8%
3,9%
%
3,7%
2,3%
2,3%
1,9%
1,7%
1,4%
1,1%
FTTx Architecture
Source: FTTH Handbook, Edition 8, Feb 2018
FTTH – The Layered Model
Source: FTTH Handbook, Edition 8, Feb 2018
FTTH Topology – Passive Infrastructure
Source: FTTH Handbook, Edition 8, Feb 2018
FTTH Technology – Active Infrastructure
Source: FTTH Handbook, Edition 8, Feb 2018
FTTH Technology - Standardisation
It started in the 90’s…
It started in the 70’s…
The standard of the 90’s The standard of 2004
EFM (Ethernet in the First Mile) IEEE 100BASE-BX (FE)
1000BASE-BX (GE)
10GBASE-BX (10GE)
The standard of 2005
The standard of 2010
N2 FSAN – ITU APON BPON G.983
GPON G.984
XG-PON1 G.987
NG-PO
IEEE EPON IEEE 802.3ah
10G-EPON IEEE 802.3av
The standard of 2015
Source: FTTH Handbook, Edition 8, Feb 2018
FTTH Solution based on Ethernet
Source: FTTH Handbook, Edition 8, Feb 2018
FTTH Solution based on PON
Source: FTTH Handbook, Edition 8, Feb 2018
FTTH Solution based on NG-PON2
Source: FTTH Handbook, Edition 8, Feb 2018
FTTH Solution based on NG-PON2
NG-PON2 (ITU-T G.989) will support multiple 10G wavelengths
• Optical Network Unit has tunable upstream laser as well as a tunable receiver
• 4 wavelengths (10G/2.5G per wavelength, total 40G/10G) in the downstream,
with an option of up to 8
• Up to 4 wavelengths in the upstream
• Possible symmetric configuration: 40G/40G or 10G/10G
• RF overlay at 1550nm is not affected by NG-PON2
Source: FTTH Handbook, Edition 8, Feb 2018
• Dedicated wavelength per user
• Typically 32 users
• Requires 32/64 colours
• No real standards
WDM filter
32 wavelength
channels
Each user receives
one channel
“Real” WDM PON
• 4-8 channels, each carrying a “normal” PON
• Users subscribed to one of the channels
• Requires extra filters, add complexity
• Wavelength per operator
Optical filters
at user
Splitter
NG-PON2 (TWDM PON)
4-8 wavelength
channels
PON Evolution
Source: FTTH Handbook, Edition 8, Feb 2018
Service Provider’s regard the CPE as demarcation point for their services and termination of the FTTH line
•2 major types of CPE approaches, depending on the service offering
•ONT (Optical Network Termination)
Terminates incoming fibre and provides Ethernet Interface(s) towards the
subscriber
•Residential Services Gateway
Combined ONT and Service termination
• Mostly Voice/Data combinations
• Routing
• Wireless LAN (Wi-Fi)
• Security and firewall
• Integrated VoIP and
• Quality of service capabilities
Customer Premises Equipment (CPE)
Source: FTTH Handbook, Edition 8, Feb 2018
New FTTH Technologies – Seamless Transition
Source: FTTH Handbook, Edition 8, Feb 2018
Summary
• Fibre to the Home is the future-proof architecture in the Next Generation
Access (NGA) networks, as a key enabler for Gigabit Society.
• More than 280 Million subscribers have FTTH/B access over the world, which
will significantly increase in next 5-10 years.
• Different FTTH technologies are based on optical fibre communications.
• Both active and passive infrastructure of FTTH benefits from photonic
technologies.
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Background Slides
FTTH/B Global Ranking – Sep 2017
(blue) Fibre-to-the-Home subscribers
(orange) Fibre-to-the-Building subscribers
Household Penetration of countries* with more than
1% household penetration
*Economies with at least 200,000 households
Source: IDATE for FTTH Council Europe,
February 2018
% % % % % % % % % % %
94,3% 90,4%
90,3%
81,6%
69,1%
61,6% 55,1,8%
51,9% 50,6%
46,5%
43,4% 42,6%
37,9% 37,5%
35%
34,9%
75,6%
33,7%
29,8%
29,1%
25,9% 25,7%
25,1%
21,4%
19,1% 18,5%
17,9 % 17,7% 17,4%
16,6% 16%
15,1%
14,9%
14,2%
14,7% 14,5%
13,9% 13,9%
13,8% 10,9% 10,8%
10,3% 8%
6,3%
6%
5,9% 4,9%
4,2%
3,9% 3,7%
3,6% 3,3%
2,9%
2,8% 2,3%
2,3%
2,3% 1,9%
1,7% 1,4%
1,2%
1,1%
33,9%
37,1%
28%
1. UAE
2. Quatar
3. Singapore
4. South Korea
5. Hong Kong
6. Japan
• Standardisation enables wide adoption of FTTH
• Transmission, Components
• PON
• Ethernet
• Services, Provisioning, Interoperability
• Broadband Forum
• Service delivery
• Automatic CPE provisioning
• OLT ONT/ONU interoperability
TR-101/TR-177
TR-69
TR-247
• Metro Ethernet Forum
• Ethernet Services, Transport Services
Service Delivery and Interoperability