Network Infrastructures
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Network Infrastructures
Network Infrastructures A.A. 2014-2015 Prof. Francesca Cuomo Towards Fiber to the X (FTTX): Passive Optical Networks Francesco Matera Responsabile Area Tecnologie Reti di Nuova Generazione [email protected] ; +39 06 5480 2215 Network Infrastructures – a.a. 2008-2009 Lecture 0 pag. 1 Outline • • • • Why FTTx How FTTx: PON Principles of Optical Fibre Systems PON characteristics (APON, BPON, EPON, GPON) • Future: WDM PON • Application • Market (cost, unbundling) Main source: Project EU E-Photon/One+, Lessons from Prof. A. Pattavina, G. Maier, Politecnico di Milano Access/backhoul 10 Gbps Fiber 1 Gbps Optical Wireless 100 Mbps Microwave 10 Mbps LMDS 1 Mbps xDSL 50 m 200 m Network Infrastructures – a.a. 2008-2009 Lecture 0 500 m 1 km 5 km 15 km+ pag. 2 PSTN access-network Physical architecture Primary network • High sharing • Cost minimization Distribution point (box) Distribution cabinet Primary cable Secondary network • Flexibility • Branching Dedicated / leased line Twisted pair Central office Cables Secondary cable • Primary 2400-2000 pairs In duct or pipe • Secondary Feeder / primary network Distribution / secondary network Home network 100-10 pairs Trenched or aerial Cascading more stages of cabinets is possible but rare Telecom access networks Network Infrastructures – a.a. 2008-2009 Lecture 0 pag. 3 Optical Fiber: Attenuation Single Mode Fiber (SMF) to achieve large distances • ITU G.652 SMF (STD) • ITU G652c/d SMF (ZWP) “water peak” attenuation renders the 1360nm–1480nm spectrum unusable for data transmission “zero-water peak” 3.0 First Window ATTENUATION (dB/km) 2.5 STD SMF Second Window ZWP SMF 1310nm Third Window 2.0 1.5 850nm 1.0 1550nm 0.5 800 900 1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 1600 1700 WAVELENGTH (nm) Optical Fiber: Chromatic Dispersion Causes signal pulse broadening Single-mode optical fiber Shorter Wavelengths Longer Wavelengths Dispersion Material Dispersion Total Dispersion + 1200 Zero at 1310 nm 1400 1600 Wavelength [nm] Waveguide Dispersion Network Infrastructures – a.a. 2008-2009 Lecture 0 pag. 4 Lasers Diodes (LD) Simple FP + Fabry-Perot (FP) gain • Cheap • Noisy mirror - cleave Sensitive to chromatic dispersion • Used on 1310 nm DFB + Distributed Feedback (DFB) • More expensive • Narrow spectral width gain mirror - AR coating Less sensitive to chromatic dispersion • Used on 1550 nm (or 1310 nm) Passive Splitters 1xN Splitter 1x2 Splitter • The basic element consists of two fibers fused together • Every time the signal is split two ways, the signal is reduced by 10log(0.5)=3dB • Loss ~3dB x log2(#ONUs) Splitter 1x2 Network Infrastructures – a.a. 2008-2009 Lecture 0 Conventional Low-loss 3.7dB 3.4dB pag. 5 Photodiodes (PD) PIN Photodiodes • Good optical sensitivity (-22 dBm) • Silicon for shorter ’s (eg 850nm) • InGaAs for longer ’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 Transceiver Assumptions TX Power RX Sensitivity ONU (FP+PIN) 0 dBm -22 dBm OLT (DFB+APD) 1 dBm -30 dBm Upstream (@1310nm) Power Budget = 30 dB Downstream (@1490nm) Power Budget = 22 dB Network Infrastructures – a.a. 2008-2009 Lecture 0 pag. 6 Fiber installation La microtrincea come semplice ed economica soluzione per la diffusione della fibra ottica nella rete di accesso (from HighBand) 30-40 K €/km per microtrincea Soffiaggio della fibra (ERICSSON) 500-1000 m 100-300 m 50-200 m Centrale Cavo Primo Armadio DSLAM Secondo Armadio a) Best cuurent architecture Primo Armadio Switch/ Fibra ottica Router Secondo Armadio DSLAM b) Fiber to the cabinet Network Infrastructures – a.a. 2008-2009 Lecture 0 pag. 7 Primo Armadio Switch/ Fibra ottica router Secondo Armadio DSLAM c) Fiber to the curb Primo Armadio Switch/ Fibra ottica router Secondo Armadio D d) Fiber to the building Primo Armadio Switch/ Fibra ottica router Secondo Armadio e) Fiber to the home Network Infrastructures – a.a. 2008-2009 Lecture 0 pag. 8 a) b) c) Central office Central office Curb switch PON Central office Splitter ottico Access capacities Network Infrastructures – a.a. 2008-2009 Lecture 0 pag. 9 GbE based: FASTWEB Daisy chain architecture Core First case in Europe:Fastweb 2000 FTTH: Accesso Residenziale FTTB: Accesso Business Uplink Fibra LAN HAG Technical room Verso la Backbone IP switch PABX Router Verso la Backbone Network Infrastructures – a.a. 2008-2009 Lecture 0 pag. 10 FTTx = Fiber-to-the-x FTTH - Home FTTC - Curb FTTN - Node or Neighborhood FTTP - Premise FTTB - Building or Business FTTU - User FTTZ - Zone FTTO - Office FTTD - Desk Basic PON operations The optical line terminal (OLT) broadcasts data downstream on 1,510 nm and the ONTs burst data back upstream on 1,310 nm in their assigned time slots. Network Infrastructures – a.a. 2008-2009 Lecture 0 pag. 11 Photonics Evolution Optical Packet switching FTTH Optical burst switching WDM 2015 2010 FTTH VDSL2 FTTB VDSL/2 2008 L1 Conversione lunghezza d’onda Provider backbone transpoort T-MPLS GbE FTTP ADSL2+ 10 m 100 m VPLS MPLS 1 km 10 km 100 km Distanze OTN L2 SDH L3 1000 km e oltre Time 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 Network Infrastructures – a.a. 2008-2009 Lecture 0 WDMA Wavelength Division Multiple Access pag. 12 PON Overview TDM-PONs • • • • Standardized • Traffic distribution Use few wavelengths (typically 2 or 3) Low cost and mature devices (splitters, lasers, etc.) Limited power budget • Maximum distances 20km, Split ratios 64 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… Downstream Traffic Scheduling • OLT schedules traffic inside timeslots -Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) scheme • Time slots can vary from s to ms A A B C B A OLT B C B B Passive Splitter C Network Infrastructures – a.a. 2008-2009 Lecture 0 pag. 13 Upstream Traffic • All ONUs share the same upstream channel ONUs cannot exchange data directly Collisions may occur at the splitter/combiner ONU ONU OLT Passive Splitter ONU Upstream Traffic Scheduling 2/4 • In general, PON standards propose Time Division Multiplexing Access (TDMA) schemes Upstream time slicing and assignment ONU A B C B B OLT B ONU Passive Splitter ONU Network Infrastructures – a.a. 2008-2009 Lecture 0 pag. 14 Upstream Frame Reception • The OLT receives frames with different powers Much difficult to recover synchronism (clock and data recovery) Burst Mode Receiver (complex) @ OLT • Sets 0-1 threshold on a burst basis A Automatic Gain Control to adjust 0-1 threshold at the beginning of each received burst 7 km B OLT B A B 3 km Passive Splitter 1 km C Evolution of the standards 10 GB EPON Network Infrastructures – a.a. 2008-2009 Lecture 0 pag. 15 Fiber in the loop PON standardization: a brief history ATM PON (A-PON) • • • • • • Traffic is carried using ATM raw-cell format and framing 1982: idea of PON (British Telecom) 1987 – 1999: PON testbeds by BT, Deutsche Telekom (Eastern Germany), NTT (Japan), BellSouth (Atlanta, USA) 1995: 622 Mbit/s APON testbed (RACE BAF project) 1996: beginning of Full Service Access Network (FSAN) works 1997-’98: ACTS BONAPARTE and EXPERT/VIKING projects Broadband PON (B-PON) • • • • APON system is standardized by ITU-T with a new name to indicate that the PON can offer full broadband service and not just ATM Line rates: 155 Mbit/s symmetrical or 622/155 Mbit/s down/upstream; ONU/OLT max distance: 20 km; max. # ONUs: 64 1998-’00: ITU-T G.983.1 (physical aspects) and G.983.2 (ONT management and control) 2001-’02: other ITU-T G.983.x and Q.834.x, e.g. G.983.4/.7: Dynamic Bandwidth Assignment (DBA), providing statistical multiplexing ( more users per ONU) and Quality of Service (QoS) enforcement G.983.3: adoption of WDM to increase capacity or to carry video signals Fiber in the loop PON standardization: a brief history Ethernet PON (EPON) • • • • • Traffic is carried using Ethernet framing Cheaper user equipment then BPON Ethernet much more widespread than ATM Higher subscriber rates (up to 1.25 GbE symmetrical), 16 ONU (power budget) 2001: IEEE 802.3ah Study Group “Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM)” First documents in Sept. 2003) 2004: final approval of Standard IEEE 802.3ah Gigabit-capable PON (G-PON) • • • • Traffic is carried by using different possible framings: ATM (G.983 base) or via G-PON Encapsulation Method (GEM), which can interface SDH (G.707 base) or Ethernet (IEEE802.3 base). Various line rates, up to 2.4 Gbit/s symmetrical, ONU/OLT max distance: 20 km; max. # ONUs: 64-128 2001: activity initiated by the FSAN group 2003: ITU-T G.984.x Network Infrastructures – a.a. 2008-2009 Lecture 0 pag. 16 Ethernet Standards in EPONs • EPON started to be standardized by IEEE 802.3ah EFM since 2001, it was ratified in 2004 IEEE802.2 logical link control IEEE802.1 bridging IEEE802.3 Ethernet MAC layer IEEE802.4 Token bus MAC layer Physical layer Physical layer 10Mb/s IEEE802.5 Token ring MAC layer Physical layer 100Mb/s 1Gb/s Layer 2: data link layer IEEE802.6 MAN MAC layer IEEE802.11 wireless MAC layer Physical layer Physical layer 10Gb/s Layer 1: physical layer 802.3ah EFM Ethernet PONs (EPONs) All packets carried in EPON are encapsulated in Ethernet frames • Support for variable size packets Similar wavelength plan to BPON Maximum bit rate is 1Gbps MAC-MAC (1.25 Gbps at the physical layer with 8b/10b line coding) Minimum number of splits is 16 Maximum reach is • • 10 km (FP-LD @ ONUs, limited by dispersion in downstrea for G.652) 20 km (DFB-LD @ ONUs) Different configurations are allowed Network Infrastructures – a.a. 2008-2009 Lecture 0 pag. 17 EPON Configurations ONU OLT ONU ONU OLT ONU ONU ONU 1) Tree Topology ONU (2) Ring Topology OLT ONU ONU ONU ONU OLT ONU ONU ONU (3) Tree with Redundant Trunk (4) Bus Topology EPON Downstream Traffic Similar to a shared medium network Packets are broadcasted by the OLT and selected by their destination ONU 1 1 ONU 1 1 3 1 2 1 OLT 3 1 2 Payload Network Infrastructures – a.a. 2008-2009 Lecture 0 FCS 2 ONU 2 802.3 frame Header USER 1 USER 2 3 ONU 3 USER 3 pag. 18 EPON Upstream Traffic ONUs synchronized to a common time reference Centralized arbitration scheme OLT based OLT grants access to ONU for a timeslot • Frames Buffer 1 Several Ethernet packets 1 1 3 2 3 3 1 ONU 1 USER 1 2 2 ONU 2 USER 2 OLT Time slot 802.3 frame 3 3 3 ONU 3 Header Payload USER 3 FCS The Multi-Point Control Protocol (MPCP) Original Ethernet MAC protocol cannot operate properly in the upstream channel (no collision detection) since each ONU cannot hear other ONUs MPCP (Multi-Point Control Protocol) is a new function of the MAC control sublayer. It is developed to support dynamic capacity allocation but the algorithms are an equipment vendors choice (Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation - DBA) • In-band signalling • Messages (64 bytes) GATE REGISTER REGISTER_REQUEST REGISTER_ACK REPORT Octets Octets within frame transmitted topto-bottom Destination Address 6 Source Address 6 Length/Type 88-08 2 Opcode 2 Timestamp 4 Data/Reserved/Pad 40 FCS 4 LSB MSB b0 b7 Bits within frame transmitted left-to-right Network Infrastructures – a.a. 2008-2009 Lecture 0 pag. 19 Autodiscovery mode 3 control messages: • Register, start message sent by OLT; • Register_Request, answer message from not registered yet; ONU • Register_Ack, message by OLT that allows ONU registration. GPON Standardization ITU-T Outline Adoption G.984.1 G-PON service requirements (General characteristics) Mar. 2003 G.984.2 G-PON Physical Layer spec. (Physical Media Dependent (PMD) layer specification) Mar. 2003 G.984.3 G-PON TC layer spec. (Transmission convergence layer specification) Feb. 2004 Network Infrastructures – a.a. 2008-2009 Lecture 0 pag. 20 G.984.1 Service Requirements Item Target Bit rates 1.25Gbit/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 – 1500nm Upstream: 1260 – 1360nm Downstream video wavelength (1550 – 1560nm) may be overlaid GPON Encapsulation Mode (GEM) GEM provides a Generic Frame where to carry both TDM and packet traffic over fixed data-rate channels • Similar Generic SDH/SONET Framing Procedure (GFP) used in A Generic Frame consists of: • a core header • a payload header • an optional extension header • a payload • an optional frame check sequence (FCS). Network Infrastructures – a.a. 2008-2009 Lecture 0 pag. 21 Downstream Frame Structure 1/3 It consists of • a Physical Control Block Downstream (PCBD) • the ATM partition (N×53 bytes) • the GEM partition PCBd n Payload n PCBd n+1 Payload n+1 PCBd n+2 TP-Frame = 125 µs “Pure” ATM cells TDM & Data Fragments Section over GEM Section N * 53 bytes GPON Header Network Infrastructures – a.a. 2008-2009 Lecture 0 pag. 22 Technical Standards Comparison Technology Standard APON/BPON (ATM PON/ Broadband PON) ITU-T G.983.x GPON (Gigabit PON) ITU-T G.984 EPON IEEE 802.3ah (Ethernet PON)* 10GEPON (10 Gigabit Ethernet PON) IEEE 802.3av (Working Task Force) Downstream/ Upstream Bandwidth 155, 622 or 1244 Mbit/s down 155 or 622 Mbit/s up 1.2 or 2.4 Gbit/s down # ONT served Limited by power budget and ONU addressing limits: 16 to 32 splitter Lambda 1310 nm Up 1490 nm Down Up to 64(physical) 1310 nm Up Up to 128 (logical) (1550 nm Down for RF video) Symmetric 1.25 Gbit/s Up to 16 (symmetric 10 Gbit/s in the future?) Distance ATM 20 km GEM: G-PON Encapsulation Method (supports Ethernet), ATM 10/20 km (up to 60 km ) Ethernet 10/20 km Ethernet 20 km 1490 nm Down (1550 nm Down for RF video ) 155, 622, 1.2 or 2.4 Gbit/s up 10 Gbit/s down 1 Gbit/s up Framing/ Protocol 1550 nm Down 1310 nm Up 1480-1500 nm Down ? 32 (maybe more?) 1260-1360 nm Up ? 1550-1560 Video overlay ? Transmission Efficiency 1400 1200 scheduling OH : frame delineation 1000 scheduling OH : PHY burst OH scheduling OH : control messages Mb/s 800 payload encapulation OH 600 line coding 400 payload 200 0 EPON Network Infrastructures – a.a. 2008-2009 Lecture 0 GPON BPON pag. 23 Header’s Comparison 24 bits min. 4 bits BPON typ. 12 bits EPON costs about ~10% the cost of BPON/G typ. 8 bits Guard Preamble Delimiter Data min. 76.8 ns min. typ. typ. 25.6 ns 35.2 ns 16.0ns GPON Guard Preamble Delimiter EPON Data max. 400 ns max. 400 ns Laser turn on time AGC, CDR setting time max. 400ns Data Laser turn off time Data AGC: Automatic Gain Control; CDR: Clock and Data Recovery Laser turn on time overlaps the laser turn off time of the previous burst Simple WDM-PON Number of ONUs limited by wavelengths Point-to-point topology Long-reach (almost point-to-point reach) OLT ONUs WDM Modulated Source WDM Receiver Receiver λ1 λ1, λ2….λn λN+1 AWG Transmitter . λN+1, λN+2….λ2N 1xN λN . λ2N Receiver Array/Optical Demux Filter as Optical router Receiver Transmitter Central Office (CO) Network Infrastructures – a.a. 2008-2009 Lecture 0 pag. 24 Protection Mechanisms OLT TR TR TR ONU-1 TR ONU-2 ・ ・ TR ONU-n B type 1+1 protection of OLT Cost-effective Redundant feeder Redundant OLT transceivers TR OLT TR TR ONU-1 TR TR ONU-2 TR ・ ・ TR ONU-n TR C type 1+1 protection of PON Most secure and expensive Redundant feeder and drops Redundant transceivers Carrier Ethernet for PON (EPON) Carrier Ethernet: Processing from level 3 to 2 Specific path for QoS c) Network Central office PON VLANTAG, VPLS, Q-in-Q, MAC in MAC, PBT Network Infrastructures – a.a. 2008-2009 Lecture 0 pag. 25 Elements of a PON Centrale Rete Primaria Rete Secondaria Edificio Sede d’Utente Cabinet VDSL NT Nodo ATM coppia inrame VB5.1 VB5.2 F.O. Diramatore 1:N Rete CDN V5.1 V5.2 STB VDSL F.O. PSTN/ISDN Curb ONU OLT F.O. NT Rete Domestica coppia inrame Building VDSL ONU NT coppia inrame OLT: Optical Line VDSL: Very high bitrate Subscriber Loop ONU: Optical Network Unit NT : Network Termination STB: Set Top Box International development overview China • GPON and EPON are being tested in China : future PON growth mainly depends on Chinese market evolution • Beijing, Wuhan, Shanghai e Guangzhou are the cities with the greatest FTTX deployment Japan • The number of xDSL users has decreased for the first time at the end of 2006, while FTTH users have grown by 10% in 2006 last trimester. South Korea • In July 2007, 500.000 FTTH users • • At the end of 2006, out of 26 million Broadband lines, FTTH accounted for 30% of the total amount. Almost 4 million FTTB “apartment LANs” Network Infrastructures – a.a. 2008-2009 Lecture 0 pag. 26 International development overview USA • Large average cable-length • Large investments form cable operators, that account for a relevant share of the broadband market • No unbundling required for new fiber infrastructures. Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, Chile • Less than 300.000 FTTH users Australia, New Zeeland, Kuwait, Russia, United Arab Emirates, Pakistan • Less than 2 million FTTH users Ref: EXFO, may 2007 International development overview • Mostly in Northern Europe, local administrations are building the infrastructure, with equal access conditions for service providers • The leading incumbents are deploying extended FTTCab/VDSL infrastructure plans. • • • • • Sweden: more than 500.000 FTTH users France, UK: more than 600.000 FTTH users Italy : more than 250.000 FTTH users Denmark: more than 400.000 FTTH users Holland : more than 500.000 FTTH users Network Infrastructures – a.a. 2008-2009 Lecture 0 pag. 27 FTTx costs FUB study on NGN economics • 1400 Mega Euro for digital Divide end (connection of central office to babckbone) • FTTC/B/H for all? No 2 Mb/s for all but 20 Mb/s for almost all and >50 Mb/s for many • 10 million of users based on FTTB: total cost 15000 Mega Euro! • Unbundling problems: – For OLO no PON, yes Point-to-point – We say yes PON since: » with logical unbundling now and WDM later! » Too cost to include devices in central office and fibres in current ducts » With PON we can shift OLO location from central office to l t b kb Network Infrastructures – a.a. 2008-2009 Lecture 0 pag. 28 FUB Experiments on EPON Roma – Pomezia Anello Ottico 50 Km single mode 1550 nm Optical link 50 m multi mode 850 nm EPON UP 1310 nm DOWN 1490 nm ATM DSLAM NAS 3640 C1 Video Server Doppino telefonico (ADSL) ATM DSLAM J1 Alcatel ESS 7450 xDSL Access J3 IP DSLAM J4 Cisco 3640 FiberHome OLT e ONU Line Simulator C2 Anello ottico sperimentale Roma - Pomezia, distanze variabili tra 50 e 350 Km Juniper M10 e M10i Alcatel ESS 7450 Line Simulator xDSL Access J2 Fast Ethernet Cisco 3845 Switch ATM (SHDSL) Line Simulator C3 OLT xDSL Access ALCATEL IPDSLAM 7324 (VDSL) ONU2 ASAM 1000 e 7300 IP DSLAM ONU1 ONU4 ONU3 FTTx Access (EPON) Line Simulator xDSL Access (ADSL2+) Logical network by means of VPLS&VLAN Tagging Un generatore traffico permette congestionamento PE2 e OLT di un tra Ethernet PON FiberHome Network Infrastructures – a.a. 2008-2009 Lecture 0 pag. 29 Throughput in downstream Congestione tra PE2 e OLT Conclusions • FTTx necessary for NGN • PON is the best current solution • Problems for investments and network properties Network Infrastructures – a.a. 2008-2009 Lecture 0 pag. 30