Automating the Design of FTTH Networks ESRI Europe Madrid ― 27 October 2011ESRI Europe Madrid ― 27 October 2011

Laurie Spiegel

Telcordia Product Marketing

lspiegel@telcordia.com

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Copyright ©2011 Telcordia Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved.

FTTH Leading Countries vs. Europe

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Access Network Timeline

1850 1900 1950 2000 Today

First copper telephone line – 1877

Pair gain introduced – 1950’sPair gain introduced – 1950’s

Fiber optics introduced in access– early 1980s

DSL introduced – 1988

FTTx introduced – 1998

Nearly 150-year old copper access network now being

replaced by fiber at significantly faster pace

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CopperFiber

significantly faster paceWide-scale deployment of FTTx –projects ranging from 3 – 5 years

Fiber Rollouts Bring Big Challenges

� “Can I handle the new scale and complexity that FTTH imposes?”

� “Can I deliver in the aggressive timeframes demanded?”

� “Can I avoid massive hiring that may only be temporary?”

� “How can I build the best network with such a tight budget?”

� “How do I ensure Right-First-Time?”

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� “How do I ensure Right-First-Time?”

Service providers can’t afford NOT to automate.

How One CSP is Solving the Problem

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Exchange

Multi-Tenant Building

Multi-faceted Physical Network Components

Serving Terminal

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Sheer Volume of Work for FTTH ProjectsA Fiber Serving Area is the area you want

to serve through a single access point

200 - 300 homes / SMBs

passed

20 kmof fiber cable

Typical FSA Characteristics

passed

300 pieces of

equipment

3000+ connections

What this means for each 1 million homes passed:

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What this means for each 1 million homes passed:

5,000 Work Packages• workprints, schematics, wire runs, BOM

100,000 Km Fiber• fiber type, size, routing, splice points

1,500,000 Equipment• equipment type, unit size, location

15,000,000 Connections• splicing and cross-connects

Using GIS Technology to Solve the Problem

Automating the design of civil infrastructure, cable runs,

equipment configuration, and fiber connectivity.

Design Assistant

Telcordia®

Network Engineer

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Enforces industry-standard and company-specific

engineering design rules automatically – every time.

ESRI ArcGIS®

The Four-Step Engineering Process

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Create Rules

• Define planning policy

• Replicate wizard sets for

Design

• Apply wizards

• System aggregates demand,

How Design Automation Works

Rule Sets Wizards

• Replicate wizard sets for each scenario, technology, demographic

• System aggregates demand, finds optimal route, places features, makes connections

Stop & AssessValidate Logical StopsTrace Tool

Administrator Designer

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• Make changes/corrections

• Modify demand, change equipment location, modify path data, perform what-ifs

• Run end-to-end trace to insure design viability

DesignerDesigner

The Benefit of Automation

FTTH Design

Existing Network

FTTH Design

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A design that is standardized, optimized, and fully connected ─ with minimal work …

… saving €2-4M for every 100K homes passed

Realizing the Potential of Automation

Design AutomationFSA design time accelerated by 40%

─ from 120 hours to 70 hours

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Positive Change to Many Organizations

Planning & Planning &

MarketingMarketing

•• Capital spend Capital spend

predictabilitypredictability

•• Faster customer Faster customer

Provisioning Provisioning

& Installation& Installation

•• Simplified Simplified

provisioningprovisioning

•• Repeatable Repeatable

Service Service

ManagementManagement

•• Faster trouble Faster trouble

isolationisolation

•• Shorter mean Shorter mean

Financial Financial

ManagementManagement

•• Efficient capital Efficient capital

asset trackingasset tracking

•• Accurate Accurate

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•• Faster customer Faster customer

qualificationqualification

•• Repeatable Repeatable

processesprocesses

•• Shorter mean Shorter mean

time to repairtime to repair

•• Accurate Accurate

reportingreporting

¡Gracias!

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¡Gracias!