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• Optical Access Networks– Passive Optical Networks (PON)
• TDM-PON– Physical Layer and Devices– Traffic Distribution/Scheduling– Power Budget– Standards
• APON/BPON• EPON• GPON
• WDM-PONs– Proposed solutions
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sThe Broadband Connected Household
Energy
monitoring
Video- Conference
Alarm
Lock
Laundry
booking
Real Estate services
Ethernet
HDTVHome station
Set Top Box
100 Mb/sO/E IP
TV
Computers
Telephone
InteractiveGaming
2x20 Mb/s
TV-channels + VoD services
Triple Play
10-50 Mb/s
2x5 Mb/s
DVR
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• Both WR and B&S networks are technologies for the backbone and transport network (where large capacity flows exist)
• In the “last mile”, user flows are of smaller bit rates, with high burstiness. There is the need for specific access network technologies
Access Network
Hub
Remote node
Remote node
...NIU
NIU
NIU
NIU = Network Interface Unit
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Technologies for access network:• Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS)• Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Loop (ADSL)• Cable-modems using Cable-TV (CATV)
infrastructures • Power Line Communication – PLC• Wireless access technologies
– Local Multipoint Distribution Service (LMDS)– WiFi/WiMax– Cellular networks
• Optical access networks
Access Network
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sxDSL Solutions
• Largely deployed nowadays– Use of existing copper lines– Smooth migration/upgrade of current network
• Bandwidth and reach are limited!
1 Km 2 Km 3 Km 4 Km 5 Km 6 Km Length, Km
8
24
ADSL
ADSL2+
VDSL
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Data Rate, Mbps
ADSL2
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Shannon’s information theorem…(S/N-limited, here: crosstalk)
Source: Ericsson
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sADSL: User Devices
• Splitter– separates data from
voice signals
• Modem– (de)modudulates
signals at proper frequencies (e.g., in ADSL, from 25 KHz in upstream, and from 240 KHz in downstream)
Voice Data
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• CATV infrastructures are also called Hybrid Fiber Coax (HFC)
• They offer a unidirectional high speed downstream channel
HFC access network
Head end
Remote nodefiber
coax
amplifiers
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sFiber To The X (FTTx)
FTTC : Fiber To The CurbFTTCab: Fiber To The Cabinet
FTTH : Fiber To The HomeFTTB : Fiber To The Building
“Soon”
Service Node
ONU
FTTH
FTTB
FTTC
FTTCab
Optical Fiber
PON xDSL
OLTONU NT
NT
Internet
Leased Line
Frame/Cell
Relay
Telephone
Interactive
Video
Twisted Pair
ONT
ONT
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“Soon”
“Later”
“Later”
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sOptical Access Networks
• Low Attenuation, large distances
• Low power consumption• Large Bandwidth, many
broadband users
• Requires new fiber installation
• Outside plant costs are important!!
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sOptical Access Networks
• Point-to-Point links– Simple, standardized and mature technology– N fibers lines– 2N transceivers
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sOptical Access Networks
• Active Optical Network– Simple, standardized and mature technology– 1 fiber line– Curb Switch →
power in the field
– 2N+2 transcievers
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sOptical Access Networks
• Passive Optical Network (PON)– Simple, under standardization technology– 1 fiber line– N+1 transceivers– passive devices (splitters)
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Passive Devices
Downstrea
m Traffic
Upstream Traffic
ODN
PON Overview
OLT: Optical Line TerminatorONU: Optical Network UnitODN: Optical Distribution Network
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sTime vs. Spectrum Sharing
• Downstream →
point-to-multipoint network– The OLT manages the whole bandwidth
• Upstream →
multipoint-to-point network– ONUs transmit only towards the OLT– ONUs cannot detect other ONUs transmissions– Data transmitted by ONUs may collide
Need of a channel separation mechanism to fairly share bandwidth resources
TDMA Time Division Multiple Access
WDMA Wavelength Division Multiple Access
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sPON Evolution
• TDM-PONs– Standarized– Use few wavelengths (typically 2 or 3) – Low cost and mature devices (splitters, lasers, etc.)– Limited power budget
• Maximum distances ≤
20km, Split ratios ≤
64– Traffic distribution
• Broadcast scheme in downstream • TDMA techniques in upstream
– Examples: APON/BPON, EPON & GPON• WDM-PONs
– Proposed in literature and/or demonstrated– Introduce WDM techniques and devices (AWG)– Long-reach and bandwidth– Examples: CPON, LARNET, RITENET, Success-DWA, …
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TDM-PONs
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OLT
PON Physical Layer
PassiveSplitter
ONU
ONU
ONUODN
• Passive splitter/combiner(s)• Two separated channels
– Downstream (OLT → ONUs)
– Upstream (ONUs → OLT)
• A 3rd channel can be used for broadcasting video
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sOptical Fiber: Attenuation
• Single Mode Fiber (SMF) to achieve large distances– ITU G.652 SMF (STD)
• “water peak” attenuation renders the 1360nm–1480nm spectrum unusable for data transmission
– ITU G652c/d SMF (ZWP)• “zero-water peak”
800 900 1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 1600 1700
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sOptical Fiber: Chromatic Dispersion
• Causes signal pulse broadening
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sWavelengths
1310nmLow loss (∼0.5 dB/km)Zero chromatic dispersion
1490nm1550nm
Low loss (∼0.3 dB/km)Chromatic dispersion (∼10-17 ps/nm.km)Optically amplified by EDFAs (1550nm)
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sLasers Diodes (LD)
• Fabry-Perot (FP)– Cheap– Noisy
• Sensitive to chromatic dispersion
– Used on 1310 nm
• Distributed Feedback (DFB)– More expensive– Narrow spectral width
• Less sensitive to chromatic dispersion
– Used on 1550 nm (or 1310 nm)
Simple FP
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sPhotodiodes (PD)
• PIN Photodiodes – Good optical sensitivity (∼-22 dBm)– Silicon for shorter λ’s (eg 850nm)– InGaAs for longer λ’s (eg 1310/1550nm)
• Avalanche Photodiodes (APDs)– Higher sensitivity (∼-30 dBm)– Primarily for extended distances in Gb/s rates– Much higher cost than PIN diodes
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sTypical PON Configuration
• Wavelengths
• Transceivers
Dual Fiber 1310nm.
Single FiberUpstream on 1310nmDownstream on 1490nm
Upstream Downstream
ONU FP PIN
OLT APD DFB
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sDownstream Traffic
• Downstream traffic is broadcasted to all ONUs– Weak security
• ONUs filter data (frames) by destination address
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sDownstream Traffic Scheduling
• OLT schedules traffic inside timeslots– Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) scheme
• Time slots can vary from ∼μs to ∼ms
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sDownstream Frame Reception
• Each ONU receives all the frames with the same constant power– Simple receiver (low-cost) @ ONUs
• Frames have preambles/markers
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sUpstream Traffic
• All ONUs share the same upstream channel– ONUs cannot exchange data directly– Collisions may occur at the splitter/combiner
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sUpstream Traffic Scheduling 1/4
• Media access mechanisms– Contention-based (similar to CSMA/CD)
• ONUs cannot detect collisions due to directional properties of optical splitter/combiner
– Guaranteed (TDMA, OCDMA, etc.)
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sUpstream Traffic Scheduling 2/4
• In general, PON standards propose Time Division Multiplexing Access (TDMA) schemes– Upstream time slicing and assignment
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sUpstream Traffic Scheduling 3/4
• Typically, downstream traffic carries grants that schedule upstream traffic
• Grant distribution must take into account the different propagation times to reach each ONU
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sUpstream Traffic Scheduling 4/4
• PON standards define ranging mechanisms– the method of measuring the logical distance between each
ONU and the OLT and determining the transmission timing such that upstream cells sent from different ONUs do not collide
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sUpstream Frame Reception
• The OLT receives frames with different powers– Much difficult to recover synchronism– Burst Mode Receiver (complex) @ OLT
• Sets 0-1 threshold on a burst basis
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sPower Budget
• Maximum optical power loss in the ODN– Difference between the TX power and the
sensitivity of the RX
• Considers attenuation of fiber, connectors, splices, splitters, etc.
ODN Loss Model Assumptions
Connection
Conventional Low-loss
0.75 dB 0.15 dB
Splices 0.088 dB 0.067 dB
Fiber (1310nm) 0.5 dB/km 0.4 dB/km
Fiber (1490/1550nm) 0.3 dB/km 0.2 dB/km
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sPassive Splitters
• 1x2 Splitter • 1xN Splitter
• Every time the signal is split two ways, the signal is reduced by 10log(0.5)=3dB• Loss ∼3dB × log2 (#ONUs)
Conventional Low-loss
Splitter 1x2 3.7dB 3.4dB
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sSplitter/Couplers Configurations
4-stage 8x8 3-stage 8x8
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• Upstream (@1310nm) Power Budget = 30 dB• Downstream (@1490nm) Power Budget = 22 dB
Transceiver Assumptions
TX Power RX Sensitivity
ONU (FP+PIN) 0 dBm -22 dBm
OLT (DFB+APD) 1 dBm -30 dBm
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sVideo Distribution over PONs
• Video can be distributed in several ways
• RF video signal (overlay video)– Uses the same technology employed in cable TV
networks– Requires a dedicated wavelength and high-power– Supports both analog and digital channels
• IP video signal (integrated video)– Uses IP protocol to delivery video services– Can use the same wavelength as data and voice– Video head end can be shared among many
networks/platforms
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RF Video Signal
PassiveSplitter
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• A 3rd channel (1550nm) can be used for video• A high-power signal is required for video
– The video signal is amplified by an EDFA at the OLT
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sRF Video Issue: Brillouin Scattering
• All optical fibers have a physical limitation known as stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS)
• SBS occurs when a high power optical signal over relatively long length (>8km) fiber generates variations in the fiber’s optical properties and scatters optical signals in the reverse direction.
• As power levels increase, so does the effect, resulting in transmitter signal loss and noticeable video signal degradation on a subscriber’s TV
• In general, this results in a power budget of ∼21 dB (@1310nm)
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sConventional ODN Analysis
Coonventional ODN
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Low loss ODN
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sReach/Split Ratio Improvement
• Use of Forward Error Correction (FEC) techniques
• ITU-T G.795– Reed Solomon Code– Low frame processing delay (∼12μs)– ∼
6% overhead
– Up to ∼5.5dB gain• APD ∼
electrical gain (limited by shot noise)• PIN ∼
½ electrical gain (limited by thermal noise)
• Improvements– Increase 1:32 split @ 10km– Allow 1:16 split @ 20km
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sSummary
• TDM-PONs have limited reach/split performance
• Standards define– Physical Layer– Downstream and Upstream Frame Formats– Upstream Grant Distribution Mechanism
• Ranging Mechanism
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sPON Standards
Full Service Access Network (FSAN)
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Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM)
Alliance
International Telecommunication
Union (ITU-T)
Institute of Electrical & Electronics
Engineers (IEEE)
APON/BPON (G.983)
EPON (802.3ah)
GPON (G.984)
Propose standards
Ratify standards
Working Groups
StandardsBodies
Standards20042003
1998/2001
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sFSAN Members: Service Providers
FSAN Recommends Standards to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
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sEFM Alliance: Equipment Vendors
• Members– AllOptic, Cisco, Elastic Networks, Ericsson,
Extreme Networks, Infineon, Intel, NTT, Passave, Texas Instruments, …
• Position Ethernet in the First Mile as a key networking technology for the access network
• Support the Ethernet in the First Mile standards effort conducted in the IEEE P802.3ah Task Force
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sTechnical Standards Comparison
BPON EPON GPONStandard ITU G.983 IEEE802ah ITU G.984
Data Packet Cell Size 53 bytes 1518 bytes 53 to 1518 bytes
Maximum Speed Configurable1.2 Gb/s downstream;622 Mb/s upstream
Symmetric 1.25 Gb/s Configurable2.4 Gbps downstream2.4 Gbps upstream
Traffic Modes ATM Ethernet ATM, Ethernet or TDM
Voice ATM VoIP ATM, VoIP or TDM
Video 1550 nm overlay (RF) Either over RF or IP
ODN Power Budgets 20-30 dB 21-26 -dB 20-30 dB
Max PON Splits 32 16 or more 64
Reach 10-20 km 10-20 km 20 km
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sATM PONs (APONs)
• The first PON standard was based on ATM cells• It consists of:
– Downstream Channel @ 155 Mbps or 622 Mbps– Upstream Channel @ 155 Mbps
• It supported different services:– Digital Broadband Video (No Analog Video)– Multimedia Services– ATM Services
• Those were the ATM days!
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sAPON Physical Parameters
Fiber Type G.652 (STD SMF)
Power BudgetClass B: 10-25 dBClass C: 15-30 dB
Max Reach 20 km
Split Ratio 16 or 32
TransmissionSingle FiberDual Fiber
Single Fiber Dual Fiber
Upstream 1310 nm 1310 nm
Downstream 1550 nm 1310 nm
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sAPON Architecture (Single Fiber)
Downstream 1550 nm
Upstream 1310 nm
Voice, Video & Data
Optical Splitter
1x32 Or Cascade
Optical Coupler
Voice, Video and Data Voice, Video and Data
1310 nm 1550 nmDownstreamUpstream
Voice and Data Voice and Data
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Data (AAL5)
POTS (AAL1,2)
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sDownstream Frame Structure
• Based on STM-1 (155 Mbps) line rate• Each frame (∼150 μs) carries timeslots of 53B
– The frame is long – 56 slots (155 Mbps) → ∼3.6 μs timeslots– 224 slots (622Mbps) → ∼0.9 μs timeslots
• Each timeslot contains – a data cell (ATM)– or a Physical Layer Operation & Management cell
(PLOAM)– Every 28 slots a PLOAM cell is inserted.
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sDownstream PLOAM cell
• Downstream PLOAM cells are responsible for– allocating bandwidth (via grant fields), – frame synchronization, – error control,– ranging, – and maintenance.
• Payload of 48 bytes– Carries 27 grants– Each grant, schedules1 upstream ATM cell
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sDownstream ATM cell
• ONUs filter downstream ATM cells and receive only those that are addressed to them
• Each ATM cell has a 12-bit addressing field associated with a virtual circuit– At most 4096 ATM circuits are allowed per PON
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sUpstream Frame Structure
• Each frame (∼150 μs) carries 53 slots of 56 bytes– 53 bytes of ATM or PLOAM cell– 3 overhead bytes per ATM cell
• The 3 overhead bytes contain – at least 4 bits of guard time
• to prevent collisions with cells from other ONUs.
– a preamble field for bit synchronization and amplitude recovery.
– a delimiter field is used to indicate the start of an incoming cell.
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sUpstream PLOAM cell
• Upstream PLOAM cells carry– alarms, – alerts – ranging messages– receiver and
transmitter status
• Upstream PLOAM rate– Defined by the OLT for
each ONU– Minimum is 1 PLOAM
every 100 msUpstream PLOAM Cell
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sUpstream Traffic Scheduling
• Coupled downstream and upstream timing– Both frames have equal length (∼150 μs) – Synchronization is based on downstream frames
• The OLT, by means of the ranging process, aligns all ONUs upstream frames to an unique downstream frame
• The downstream frame carries grants for ONUs to allow upstream transmission
• One grant = One cell– Data Grant– PLOAM Grant– Divide_Slot Grant– …
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sUpstream Minislots
• An upstream slot can contain a divided_slot• The divided_slot fits into one upstream slot and contains a
number of minislots coming from a set of ONUs• The OLT assigns one divided_slot grant to this set of ONUs
for sending their minislots• Minislots are used to report status information of the ONUs
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sRanging Process
• The OLT must compute the RTT for each ONU, and sends an equalization delay time to each of them– PLOAM cells are used for this purpose
• ONUs implement the equalization delay to emulate an equidistant network
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sAPON Ranging
• OLT sends a Ranging Grant and waits for the ONU response
• Once, the OLT has received all responses, it calculates the equalization delays and communicates this information to the ONUs, who adjust their transmission
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sAPON Bandwidth Allocation
• Downstream Bandwidth– bandwidth can be dynamically allocated by the
OLT based on the ONU’s services
• Upstream Bandwidth– bandwidth is allocated statically through grants– minislots mechanism for reporting ONUs’ queues,
but no dynamic bandwidth allocation sheme defined
– No dynamic bandwidth allocation!
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sBroadband PONs (BPONs)
• BPONs are similar to APONs, but add extra functionalities
• Include APONs (G.983.1)• Defined in the ITU-T G.983.3 (2001)• Support higher rates
– Downstream (155, 622 & 1244 Mbps)– Upstream (155 & 622 Mbps)
• Defines– alternative wavelength plan including additional
wavelength band • for downstream video broadcast,
– dynamic upstream bandwidth allocation (G.983.4)– protection mechanisms
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sBPON Physical Parameters
Fiber Type G.652 (STD SMF)
Power BudgetClass A: 5 - 20 dBClass B: 10-25 dBClass C: 15-30 dB
Max Reach 20 km
Split Ratio 16 or 32
Transmission Single Fiber
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sBPON Wavelength Allocation
APON
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sBPON Architecture
Downstream 1490 nm
Upstream 1310 nm
Voice & Data
Optical Splitter
1x32 Or Cascade
Optical Coupler
Video 1550 nm
Voice and Data Voice and Data VideoVideo
1310 nm 1490 nmDownstreamUpstream
1550 nm
Digital TVAnalog TV HD/VOD550 MHz 860 MHz42 MHz
Voice and Data Voice and Data
EDFA
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Data (AAL5)
POTS (AAL1,2)
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sDynamic Bandwidth Allocation (DBA)
• DBA is the process by which ONUs dynamically request upstream bandwidth, and the method the OLT reassign bandwidth accordingly
• BPONs defines two DBA schemes– buffer status reporting (SR)– idle cell monitoring, or no status reporting (NSR)
OLT
ONU-A
ONU-B
ONU-C
ONU-D
Dynamic allocationof bandwidth
Shared bandwidth
Dedicated bandwidth
GRANTS
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sTransmission Containers (T-CONTs)
• Entity used for upstream bandwidth allocation– Responsible for requesting and receiving grants– Associated to a buffer and report its status
• A single T-CONT can carry ATM traffic with various service classes and virtual circuits
• A data grant/request is associated with one T-CONT• T-CONTs are essentially “pipes” that carry ATM circuits
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sNo Status Reporting (NSR)
• OLT inspects each incoming cell from a specific T-CONT in a predefined time frame– Remembers the ATM connections that are associated with a
specific T-CONT
• For example, the OLT calculates the utilization rate of the currently assigned bandwidth by monitoring the number of effective received cells from specific T-CONTs, and uses this value as the bandwidth request information– The bandwidth allocation reserved for a T-CONT is
INCREASED if the current allocation is largely utilized and DECREASED otherwise
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sStatus Reporting (SR) 1/3
• SR-ONUs explicitly report to its OLT PON interface• Since a number of ONUs and their T-CONTs may report
queue lengths of T-CONT buffers, it is imperative to balance the amount of information with the upstream bandwidth consumption of these reports
• Generally the OLT will generate divided_slot grants to request a queue length for the specified ONU according to the service requirements
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sStatus Reporting (SR) 2/3
• When an ONU recognizes a divided_slot grant, the ONU can transfer information in a minislot in the divided_slot
• This minislot contains the queue length for every T-CONT using non-linear coding and CRC-8
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sStatus Reporting (SR) 3/3
• SR-ONUs shall report the queue length of their T-CONTs when requested by their OLT
• The queue length is the sum of the total number of cells in all the class buffers that are connected to a T-CONT
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sFault Tolerance
• BPON defines different protection schemes– Based on Automatic Protection Switching (APS)– Duplication of transceivers (TR), splitters and
optical fiber sections
• Similar to metro/core networks
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B type1+1 protection of OLT
C type1+1 protection of PON
Protection Mechanisms
• Cost-effective• Redundant feeder• Redundant OLT
transceivers
• Most secure and expensive• Redundant feeder and
drops• Redundant transceivers
TR
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ONU-2
ONU-n
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Layer 1: physical layer
Layer 2: data link layer
10Mb/s 100Mb/s 1Gb/s 10Gb/s
IEEE802.2: logical link control
IEEE802.1: bridging
IEEE802.3Ethernet
MAC layer
IEEE802.4Token busMAC layer
802.3ah EFM
Physical layer
IEEE802.5Token ringMAC layer
IEEE802.6MAN
MAC layer
IEEE802.11wirelessMAC layer
Physical layer
Physical layer
Physical layer
Physical layer
• EPON started to be standardized by IEEE 802.3ah EFM since 2001, it was ratified in 2004
IEEE 802.3.ah
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sEthernet PONs (EPONs)
• All data packets carried in EPON are encapsulated in Ethernet frames– Support for variable size packets
• Use of Ethernet frames without modification makes it possible to use existing low-cost Ethernet parts
• Similar wavelength plan to BPON• Maximum bit rate is 1Gbps (1.25 Gbps 8B/10B)• Minimum number of splits is 16• Maximum reach is 10 km or 20km• Different configurations are allowed
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sEPON Configurations
(1) Tree Topology (2) Ring Topology
(3) Tree with Redundant Trunk (4) Bus Topology
OLT
ONU
ONU
ONU
ONU
OLT
ONU
ONU ONU
ONU
OLT
ONU ONU
ONU ONU
OLT
ONU
ONU
ONU
ONU
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sDownstream Traffic
• Similar to a shared medium network • Packets are broadcasted by the OLT and selected
by their destination ONU
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sUpstream Traffic
• ONUs synchronized to a common time reference• Centralized arbitration scheme• OLT grants access to ONU for a timeslot
– Several Ethernet packets
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sIEEE 802 Compliance
• IEEE 802 assumes all stations to be connected to a shared-medium (single access domain)
• Single-station domains connected by point-to- point links form a switched LAN
• Problem: IEEE 802 compliance – ONUs cannot communicate with one another due to
directivity of passive devices
• 1st Solution: Emulate a point-to-point topology– Loss of useful downstream broadcast nature
• 2nd Solution: Emulate a point-to-point topology but with a special broadcast feature
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sLogical Topology Emulation (LTE)
• PON devices implement a logical topology emulation (LTE) function– To preserve the existing Ethernet MAC operation,
LTE must reside below the MAC sublayer
• Emulation relies on tagging Ethernet frames– Logical Link Identification (LLID) – Replaces 2 bytes of 8 of the Ethernet preamble
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sEPON Ethernet Tagging
• Unicast LLID–Established between the OLT and each ONU–Point-to-point links–ONUs filter frames by their assigned LLID
• Universal LLID–Used to define a broadcast service–Received by all ONUs–Exploits downstream broadcast nature of PONs!
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sThe Muti-Point Control Protocol (MPCP)
• Original Ethernet MAC protocol cannot operate properly in the upstream channel (no collision detection)
• MPCP (Multi-Point Control Protocol) – In-band signalling– Messages (64 bytes)
• GATE • REGISTER• REGISTER_REQUEST• REGISTER_ACK• REPORT
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sMPCP Modes of Operation
• Auto Discovery Mode– Detects newly connected ONUs and learns the
round-trip delay and MAC address of that ONU– Messages: GATE, REGISTER, REGISTER_REQUEST,
REGISTER_ACK
• Bandwidth Assignment Mode – Assigns transmission opportunities to registered
ONUs– Messages: GATE, REPORT
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sAuto Discovery Summary
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sBandwidth Assignment Mode
• The OLT sends a GATE message (grant) and schedules upstream transmission for a specific time interval
• ONUs send REPORT messages with their queue status claiming grants
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s“Just-in-Time” Scheduling
• The GATE message is sent so that when the ONU receives the message it starts transmitting– Only time length of access interval is needed
• However, Ethernet frames cannot be preempted so collision may occur
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s“Start Time” Scheduling
• The GATE message carries– a Start Time,– and its length
• Requires a common timereference (16ns granularity)
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sMPCP Clock Synchronization
• Both the OLT and the ONU have 32-bit counters that increment every 16 ns– These counters provide a local timestamp
• MPCP messages contain a timestamp field
• When the ONU receives a MPCP message, it sets its counter according to the value in the timestamp of the received message– Local clock is then “synchronized” with the OLT
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sRanging
• When either device transmits a MPCP message, it maps its counter to the timestamp field– Useful for the ranging process
RTT = T2 - T1
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sREPORT Message
• REPORTs are generated at the ONU
• A REPORT message may contain queue reports (DBA)• REPORT messages can be used with timestamps only (Ranging)
• The OLT must – process REPORT messages– consider the REPORT when allocating bandwidth
• REPORTs must be issued periodically
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GPON
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sFrom BPON to Gigabit PON (GPON)
• BPON Issues– Shortage of bandwidth in connecting Gigabit
Ethernet – Inefficient allocation of packets due to AAL5– High cost of interface cards due to low penetration
of ATM– Relatively insignificant role played by ATM in the
core network
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sGPON Standardization
ITU-T Outline Adoption
G.984.1G-PON service requirements(General characteristics)
Mar. 2003
G.984.2G-PON Physical Layer spec.(Physical Media Dependent (PMD) layer specification)
Mar. 2003
G.984.3G-PON TC layer spec.(Transmission convergence layer specification)
Feb. 2004
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sGPON Requirements
Item Target
Services and QoSperformance
Full services(10/100/1000Base-T, voice, leased lines etc.)
Bit rates1.25 Gbit/s symmetric or higher (2.4 Gbit/s). Asymmetric with 155/622Mb/s upstream
Physical reach Max. 20 km or max. 10 km
Logical reach Max. 60 km
Branches Max. 64 in physical layer
Wavelength allocation
Downstream: 1480 – 1500nmUpstream: 1260 – 1360nm
Downstream video wavelength (1550 – 1560nm) may be overlaid
ODN classes Class A, B and C (same as requirements for ODN for BPON)
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sG.984.1 Service Requirements
Item Target
Bit rates1.25Gbit/s symmetric or higher (2.4 Gbit/s). Asymmetric with 155/622Mb/s upstream
Physical reach Max. 20 km or max. 10 km
Logical reach Max. 60 km
Branches Max. 64 in physical layer
Wavelength allocation
Downstream: 1480 – 1500nmUpstream: 1260 – 1360nm
Downstream video wavelength (1550 – 1560nm) may be overlaid
ODN classes Class A, B and C (As B-PON, G.982 is applied)
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sG.984.2 Physical Requierements
Item Spec.
Bit rates1.244Gbit/s and 2.488Gbit/s symmetricalAsymmetrical with 155.52/622.04 Mbit/s upstreamError rate: better than 1E-10
Correction of errors due to dispersion
Up to 10km: use of FP without FEC
Up to 20km: use of FP with FEC (FEC is not needed when using DFB)
Optical devices LD + PIN (APD may also be used)
Overhead in upstream signal
4Bytes (155.52Mbit/s), 8Bytes (622.08Mbit/s)12Bytes (1.244Gbit/s), 24Bytes (2.488Gbit/s)
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sG.984.3 Transmission Convergene (TC)
• ATM ATM services are carried by ATM frames• Other services are in principle carried by Generic frames• A mix of the two types of frame can be configured
ATM service Other services
Layer 2
Layer 3
Layer 4
Layer 5or higher
Layer 1
ATM frame
PON-PHY
TCP+UDP etc.
IP
Ethernet
Generic frame
T1/E1TDM
POTS VideoData
VoIP
G.983 base G.707 base
ATM
GPON TC (GTC) frame
AAL
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sMultiplexing Mechanisms
• T-CONT entity (as BPON): associated to ports and/or VP/VC
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sGPON Encapsulation Mode (GEM)
• GEM provides a Generic Frame where to carry both TDM and packet traffic over fixed data-rate channels– Similar Generic Framing Procedure (GFP) used in
SDH/SONET
• A Generic Frame consists of:– a core header– a payload header– an optional extension header– a payload– an optional frame check sequence (FCS).
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sMapping Modes
• Framed– Optimized for bandwidth efficiency at the expense
of latency– It encapsulates complete Ethernet (or other types
of) frames with a GEM header
• Transparent– Used for low latency transport of block-coded
client signals such as GbE, Fibre Channel, ESCON, FiCON, and Digital Video Broadcast (DVB)
– Small groups of 8B/10B symbols are transmitted rather than waiting for a complete frame of data
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sGPON-TC (GTC) Frames
• Fixed frame duration (125us)• Transports both ATM cells and GEM Frames• Used in both downstream (DS) & upstream (US)
– Use of Pointers to allocate upstream bandwidth
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sUpstream Scheduling
• Downstream frames indicate permitted locations for upstream traffic– Use of pointers (byte units)
• Minimum bandwidth allocation 64Kbps (1 byte @ 125us)
– Upstream frames synchronized with downstream ones
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sDownstream Frame Structure 1/3
• It consists of– a Physical Control Block Downstream (PCBD)– the ATM partition (N×53 bytes)– the GEM partition
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sDownstream Frame Structure 2/3
• The PBCD carries basically– Synchronization fields (used by ONUs)– Upstream Bandwidth grants (upstream access)
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sDownstream Frame Structure 3/3
• Each Access grants is composed of– an AllocId associated with the T-CONT– a Start Time and Stop Time expressed in bytes that indicate
when to access the usptream channel and when to release it
• As in BPONs, upstream access is effectively done delaying access for a specific equalization delay
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sDownstream Frame Structure
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sUpstream Frame Structure 1/3
• Each frame contains transmissions from one or more ONUs
• Four types of overheaders are present
– Physical Layer
– PLOAM
– Power Leveling
– Dynamic Bandwidth Report
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sUpstream Frame Structure 2/3
• A preamble and a delimiter are attached to each burst in order to recover the frame at the OLT
• Their values are absolute in time and variables in bits
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sUpstream Burst Lock-In Time
• BPON: stringent lock-in 3 bytes per cell timing
• GPON: more relaxed timing– 622 Mbps upstream: 8 bytes– 1.2 Gbps upstream: 12 bytes– 2.4 Gbps upstream: 24 bytes
• Results:– BPON = stringent timing = more expensive
components– GPON = more relaxed timing = cheaper
components– GPON = lowest cost path for higher bandwidth
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sUpstream Frame Structure 3/3
• The usptream frame payload can be used to carry– ATM cells,– GEM frames– or DBA reports
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sDBA Reports
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TDM-PON Summary
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sPON Technical Summary
Type of PONBPONBroadband-PON
GPONGigabit-PON
EPONGigabit Ether-PON
StandardizationFSAN / ITU-TG.983 series
FSAN/ITU-TG.984 series
EFM/IEEE
Transmission frame
ATMGEM(partly ATM)
Ethernet
Transmission speed(bit/s)
156M, 622M, 1.2G (downstream)
1.2G, 2.4G, 156M (upstream), 622M (upstream)
1.25G(1G after decoding)
Wavelength (μm) 1.3/1.5
Wavelength multiplexing of
videoPossible
Upstream bandwidth control
TDMA coupled to Downstream Decoupled TDMA
Services provided ATMFull services
(phone, IP, TDM)IP-based services
Year of introduction 2001 2003 2004
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sPON Reach/Split Comparison
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G(B)PONClass B
G(B)PON Class C
Assumptions for calculation・Optical splitter insertion loss
32-way split: 17dB16-way split: 14dB8-way split: 11dB4-way split: 8dB
・Fixed loss (conn., etc.): 4dB・Line loss:0.5dB/km
G(B)PON:Class AEPON:Class PX10 (note)
Difference between sending and receiving levels・G(B)PON
Class A: 5-20dBClass B: 10-25dBClass C: 15-30dB
・EPONClass PX10: 5-20dBClass PX20: 10-24dB
Note: Since Class PX10 assumes the use of FP-LD, its applicable distance is max. 10 km due to effects of mode dispersion. DFB-LD is used in other Classes.
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sPON Transmission Efficiency
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sscheduling OH : framedelineationscheduling OH : PHY burst OH
scheduling OH : controlmessagespayload encapulation OH
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sPON Header’s Comparison
Guard Preamble DelimiterGPON
EPON
min. 25.6 ns
typ. 35.2 ns
typ. 16.0ns
min. 76.8 ns
Data
Laser turn on time
AGC, CDRsetting time Data
max. 400 ns max. 400 ns
Guard Preamble DelimiterBPON
min. 4 bits
typ. 12 bits
typ. 8 bits
24 bits
Data
AGC: Automatic Gain Control; CDR: Clock and Data RecoveryLaser turn on time overlaps the laser turn off time of the previous burst
Laserturn off time
max. 400ns
Data
EPON costs about 10% the cost of BPON/GPON
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WDM-PONs
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sFiber
• Single Mode Fiber (SMF) to achieve large distances– ITU G.652 SMF (STD)
• “water peak” attenuation renders the 1360nm–1480nm spectrum unusable for data transmission.
– ITU G652c/d SMF (ZWP)• “zero-water peak”
800 900 1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 1600 1700
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sCoarse WDM (CWDM)
• Upto 18 channels (1271-1611nm, 20 nm spacing)• Cheap transmitters (no strict tuning, thus, no thermal
control needed)• Reach limited by the lowest wavelength
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sArrayed Waveguide Gratings (AWG)
• AWG has already been used in many long-haul WDM systems– mulitplexer/demultiplexers– add/drop multiplexer
• AWGs route each specific ingress wavelength to a unique output port
• AWG insertion loss is 4-5dB regardless of the number of channels– Thus, larger distances can be reached
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sWDM Techniques in PONs
• WPON: Broadcast and select PONs• WRPON: wavelength routed PONs
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sSimple WDM-PON
• Number of ONUs limited by wavelengths• Point-to-point topology• Long-reach (almost point-to-point reach)
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sComposite-PON (CPON)
• Downstream uses AWG (improves reach)• Upstream uses combiner
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sLARNET
• Downstream AWG routes wavelengths (reach)• Upstream AWG separates wavelengths (low cost
1310nm LD) and improves bandwidth
Wideband upstream signals are “sliced” by the AWG
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sRITENET
• Upstream transmitters in ONUs modulate a downstream-broadcatsed unmodulated carrier (no need of light sources at ONUs)
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sMultistage-PON
• AWG size is limited by fabrication technology limits →
multiple stages of AWGs
• Wavelengths are routedin groups at the 1st stage and individually at the 2nd
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sSuper-PON
• Extends reach (∼100km) and split ratio (∼2000)– Uses optical amplifiers on the feeder– Uses several wavelengths (DWDM)
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sSUCCESS-DWA PON
• Offers dynamic wavelength allocation (DWA) by adding tunable lasers at the OLT
OLT
ONUs
Filter