optical home backbone network

Optical Fiber Backbone to serve

Multiservice Home Network

Requirements

OMB WorkshopBenoît CHARBONNIER, Philippe GUIGNARD, Joffray GUILLORY, Anna PIZZINAT, Laurent GUILLO and Philippe CHANCLOU

Orange Labs, France

Monday 22nd March 2010, OFC 2010

2 Groupe France TélécomUsing FTTH for Mobile

Presentation outline

part 1 Services and Home Network Requirements

part 2 Plastic Optical Fiber introduction for Home Networking

part 3 Evolution of Optical Home Area Networks


Present and Future Services and Applications

� Basic Basic Basic Basic TelecommunicationTelecommunicationTelecommunicationTelecommunication

– Mail, ToIP, SMS

� Internet Internet Internet Internet basedbasedbasedbased ServicesServicesServicesServices

– Browsing, Streaming, P2P…

� VideoVideoVideoVideo BasedBasedBasedBased ServicesServicesServicesServices

– IPTV, VoD, Streaming, Innovative Video

Formats…

� Online Virtual Online Virtual Online Virtual Online Virtual EnvironmentsEnvironmentsEnvironmentsEnvironments

– Games, Social,...

� RemoteRemoteRemoteRemote TechnicalTechnicalTechnicalTechnical ServicesServicesServicesServices

– Thin Client, Storage, Home monitoring…

� eeee----HealthHealthHealthHealth

– Electrocardiogram, hysterogram…

See deliverable D1.1p on ALPHA website (www.ict-alpha.eu)


Focus: Online Virtual Environments (and Gaming)

� The most stringent requirements

in terms of DelayDelayDelayDelay (& Jitter)

– < 100 ms

– < 50 ms in the future

� Network Latency is only the tip

of the iceberg

PlayerMotion Tracker Network

Game ServerComputingRendering

Network Renderer Eye

~50 ms


Applications requirements classification

Delay, ms

Bandwidth, Mbps

2

10

1000

100

150 900

email, SMS

Internet BrowsingPeer to Peer

Music stream, radioTVoIP

DVB VoD

Video Conf

300

ToIPGamingVirtual Reality

Data Back-up

E-Health HomeMonitoring

Thin Clients

UHD Video Stream

HD Video Stream

Video Conf

Video Conf

3D TV

GamingVirtual Reality

ATAWAD


RJ45 TVRJ45 TVRJ45 TVRJ45 TV

RJ45 RJ45 RJ45 RJ45 EthEthEthEth

LiveBoxLiveBoxLiveBoxLiveBox

POF Media POF Media POF Media POF Media

converterconverterconverterconverter

Power Power Power Power

SupplySupplySupplySupply

Power Power Power Power

SupplySupplySupplySupply

Set top boxSet top boxSet top boxSet top box

POF Media POF Media POF Media POF Media

converterconverterconverterconverter

Home Fiber Connexions today

Fast Ethernet, Point to point


Home fibre connections tomorrow

GbE, structured cabling, integrated POF interfaces

MC

OptolockOptolockOptolockOptolock

RJ45RJ45RJ45RJ45

Active star topology


How to manage the services heterogeneity in the home?

� Heterogeneity of services implies heterogeneity of signals

– IP related Applications can be aggregated together and managed

– BUT those cannot:

– TV Spectrum (Analog or Digital, Terrestrial or Satellite)

– Radio signals for future wireless distributed local connectivity

Unification of the Home Network infrastructure is a must !

Diversification of the end-connections is unavoidable

Is it mandatory to use several parallel infrastructures? …

How do we manage ATAWAD services?


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distributes the services to local terminals which act as """"remote extendersremote extendersremote extendersremote extenders"""" ( )

� The different services aggregated at the MS are all made available on their native interfacenative interfacenative interfacenative interface at

each extender

Ext

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Towards a unique multiservice home network

Electrical multiplex optically distributed

� Exploits the large bandwidth of optical fiber optical fiber optical fiber optical fiber such as Silica fiber

� Applications are electrically multiplexedelectrically multiplexedelectrically multiplexedelectrically multiplexed and distributed over fiber

Presented at ECOC 2009


Conclusions

� Network speed will increase and delay will reduce

– in the region of 1 Gbps within five years

– Below 10 ms within five years

� Need to provide a unified infrastructure for the home network

– Many services in parallel which shall be made available

anywhere

– All IP aggregation may not be the best solution

� Optical fiber as a backbone

– Semi transparent distribution of the aggregated services

– Long life span

Thank You

This work was supported by the European project ALPHA

www.ict-alpha.eu


Rationale: Growth of Home Networks

Today's Situation

� 100 Mbps is amply sufficient

� Today, WiFi (11a/b/g) + CAT cables or WiFi (11n) are suitable

� But what is going to be needed in 2015?

Downlink Uplink

Bandwidth Requirements

On-line Games

(HD)TVoIP


Strategy Analytics 2008


Verizon's view (2008)


WirelessHD; wireless high

definition at 60 GHz

"Strategy Analytics believes that wire replacement alone is a sufficient demand factor to create momentum

behind both these wireless standards (WDHI and WIrelessHD) over the near to medium term." (9 Oct 2008)


WHDI, wireless high definition in the 5GHz band

Sony / Sharp / BELKIN Solution

"Strategy Analytics believes that wire replacement alone is a sufficient demand factor to create momentum

behind both these wireless standards (WDHI and WIrelessHD) over the near to medium term." (9 Oct 2008)

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Technology

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