Fibre Lab TourTour Guide- Key Topics

The Lounge• The fibre connection and the ONT installation

location

• Now using third generation ONT that includes Wi-Fi capability

• Great Wi-Fi to support mobile devices. Use fixed connection where possible.

• Lots of devices with examples: Tablets, phones, consoles, 4KTV’s, Lighting, Blinds, Security camera’s.

• Artificial Intelligence (AI) devices now entering mainstream- E.g.: Voice Assistants require fast, solid and reliable connection to the internet/ cloud

• Multiple TVs in the home streaming different things at the same time.

Data and Figures

• The Dashboard – Facts and Figures

• Connection Speed and Number of Connections

• Monthly Data Usage

• Chorus coverage and uptake

• Throughput and data

• Events such as RWC continuing to encourage uptake of fibre

Bandwidth Monitor• Many connected devices - more data

usage

• The internet does not operate at constant bit rate. Network traffic tends to burst.

• Speed test: Download, upload and response time

• Use a local server, non local servers increases the response time.

• The need for fast downloads

• Pause and restart streaming tV

• Why a Gig - Download Fortnite

• 10G-PON demo

The Fibre Story• Made of glass- Preform

• How fibre is made

• Size- demonstrate

• Fibre uses light pulses to transfer data

• The light travels through the core

• Light cannot bend, fibre enables light to bend

• Lasers from the exchange to the ONT

• Pulses of light through the core of the fibre

• Demonstrate with visual light source

• Visible at 2bits per second

• Lasers use infrared light at billions of flashes per second

• Fibre into Cables- show examples

How Cables are deployedBuild Deploy

Common Infrastructure Build areas made available to RSP’s

Resource Managed Land Connect on request

Completed and signed off before release Fixed fibre, blown fibre and percentage

Drop off for every dwelling in the area Overhead or underground

Ruggedised cable

• Underground Cabinet or FFP• FFP accommodate splitters which are important network

element• Splitters share the network traffic• Splitter capability allows GPON deployment to be economical• Air blown fibre demo• Fusion Splicer technology• Ruggedised cable (duct) has enabled simplified and therefore

economical deployment of fibre to peoples homes

POL/ Fibre to the desk (Optional)• All Ethernet devices connected with small piece

of cable by taking fibre to the desk instead of the building.

• Benefits: Less space being utilised, lower power and simple cost effective upgrade path.

• Replace the entire comms cabinet with small passive fibre box

The Exchange• Chorus has over 600 exchanges across the country that are

located close to where people live.

• The exchange is where network electronics that power the fibre network are located.

• The UFB fibre network is passive i.e. no power boosters between the OLT in the exchange and the ONT located at the customers premises.

• Most UFB connections are within 10 Km of an exchange. This means the response time for the fibre connection is very fast.

• The Optical Line Terminal (OLT) is where the optical lasers that power the network are located.

• Each OLT is then connected back to the RSP’s through the handover link (HOL).

• In the exchange the fibres are managed using a system called OFDF.

Edge Centre• With electronics in the exchange becoming more compact and

efficient alongside the old systems being removed there is a lot of free space available in the exchanges.

• This leaves opportunity to use the freed space for new services.

• As Data increases, it needs to be closer to the customer to provide a great experience especially as more services are moved into the cloud.

• Existing Colocation services provided only a physical footprint, power and air con facilities.

• This model supports the trend towards outsourcing business IT functions

• Reduce IT budget by redeploying staff for other business requirements

• Improve time to market and expand into new segments

• Faster access to new technologies