Gigabit Copper 2015 David Baum Keynote Speech
Transcript of Gigabit Copper 2015 David Baum Keynote Speech
ULTRA BROADBAND FOR THE MASSES
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HOW DO WE MAKE G.FAST REALThe Best Practices for Deploying G.fast
David BaumCo-founder and CEO, Sckipio Technologies
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7 SECRETS TO SUCCEEDING
IN G.FAST DEPLOYMENTS
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SECRET #1: MODEL THE
BUSINESS
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WHAT’S THE BIG
G.FAST IDEA?Leverage your existing
copper wiring to deliver ultra
broadband to the masses
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PROBLEM OF SUBSCRIBER DROP
•Trenching on premises
• Installation scheduling & cost
•Right of way issues
•Roll-out delays due to capacity of installers
•Very expensive overall
Average 1.8km
Average 500m
Average 100m
$$$
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Central Office
VDSL2
800-1,000 meters
Less than 140Mbps
G.fast Distribution Point
30-400 meters
Up to 1Gbps
Fiber to the Home
Over 1 Kilometer
Over 1Gbps
Fiber
Twisted Pair
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G.FAST IS VERY FAST!
700
Mbps
100 meters
500Mbps
200 meters
350Mbps
300 meters
270Mbps
400 meters
150Mbps
500 meters
Numbers are aggregate
upstream/downstream
16 lines with crosstalk
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NEW ≠ MORE EXPENSIVE
Cost per
port
FTTH
Cost per
port
VDSL VECTORING
Cost per
port
G.FAST
G.FAST
Lowest cost
per port
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SECRET #2: FOCUS ON
POWER
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IMPORTANCE OF POWER
• G.fast leverages reverse
power
• Everything driven from
power budget– Distance it can go
– Size of unit
– Overall cost
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Cost vs. Power ConsumptionImpact of power consumption on the equipment housing cost
• Reference: Adtran ITU-T contribution 2012-02-4A-058R1, a case study done in 2012
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WHAT DRIVES POWER CHOICES
• Discontinuous operation
• Vectoring
• Training times and low power states
• G.int and network management
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POWER COMPARED TO VDSL
• Time Division Duplexing • Frequency Division Duplexing
• Fast retraining • Slow retraining
• Low power default • Default: Always broadcasting
• Power down each port • All ports active
• Fast vector pairing • Slow vector pairing
VDSL
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SECRET #3: UNDERSTANDING
VECTORING
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CROSSTALK IS BANDWIDTH KILLER
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-70Channel and FEXT for BT 100m line
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10dB
Received signal FEXT sum
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G.FAST = VECTORING
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DYNAMIC VECTORING IS KEY
• Real time
• Must respond in time
• Built-in vectoring critical
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SECRET #4: UNDERSTAND
THE TRANSITION FROM VDSL
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HOW G.FAST DIFFERS FROM VDSL
Parameter VDSL G.FAST
Frequency Range Up to 30MHz (30a) 2-106MHz, 2-212MHz (future)
Max Rate Up to 250Mbps (30a) and
150Mbps (17a) for short loops,
real-world is 30-80Mbps
1Gbps over short loops,
exceeding 500 Mbps over real
100m lines
Modulation OFDM OFDM
Number of carriers 4K (8K for future V+) 2K (for 106MHz profile)
Multiplexing scheme FDD TDD, synchronized among the
different copper pairs
Symbol time ~250 μsec (17MHz profile) ~20 μsec
Vectoring Via G.993.5 Supported, with adaptations
needed for higher frequency
Tx power Varies by profile, 14.5dBm 4dBm
FEC RS + Trellis code RS + Trellis code
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HOW G.FAST DIFFERS FROM VDSL
Parameter VDSL G.FAST
Downstream/Upstream ratio Fixed Configurable: 90:10 to 30:70
Customer self-install Questionable. i.e. rates become
marginally low
Yes
xDSL Spectral compatibility Issues with 17M/30M mix
Issues with CAB/DP Mix
Yes, fresh start with new
frequency band
Retrain time Very long (30-90 second range) Very short – few seconds
Rate adaptation Very slow, 128 carriers at a time,
SOS not robust
Very fast, quick and robust
adaptation – within few msec
Low power mechanisms Under definition, expected
savings up to 50%, very slow
wake up time
Specified from day one,
discontinuous operation, scales
with traffic rate
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CO-EXISTENCE WITH VDSL
• VDSL and G.fast can
co-exist
• Separate by frequency
VDSL
G.FAST
Up to 17Mhz
20-106Mhz
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VDSL & G.FAST ARE USUALLY NOT
CO-LOCATED
•Most operators install VDSL far from the DP
•When deploying G.FAST, legacy VDSL service will continue
without interferences
•The service can be gradually upgraded to G.FAST
Average 500m
Average 100m
VDSLG.FAST
20-106MHz
17MHz
Co-Existence
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APPROACH MOST ARE TAKING
• Bring fiber to the DPU
• Keep infrastructure as is (ADSL/VDSL)
• Using diplexer in the DPU to merge the lines
• Migrate gradually to G.fast over time without truck roll
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VDSL FALLBACK• Not required by ITU or Broadband Forum
• Most service providers won’t deploy
• Don’t want to double pay for existing VDSL customers – They already have VDSL running, no need to pay again
• Cross-technology vectoring is challenging– If integrated into a single chip – extremely complex and inefficient
• If needed, can be implemented with two-chip solution
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SECRET #5: FIND THE SWEET
SPOT
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DEPLOYMENT OPTIONS
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MDU IS KEY USE-CASE
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DPU IN THE BASEMENT
• Smaller buildings
• Fiber to the DPU
• DPU in basement
• 1:16 today to CPE
• 24 feasible now, 48 future
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DPU ON EACH FLOOR
• FTTF (Fiber to the Floor)
• Larger buildings
• Fiber to riser (WDM-PON, GPON)
• DPU on each floor
• 1:16 for each floor
• 24 feasible now, 48 future
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OUTDOOR PLANT
• Row housing
• Fiber down street
(WDM-PON, GPON)
• DPU to each building or
section of building
• Reverse power feed
from CPE to power
DPU
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SECRET #6: STAY DYNAMIC
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PROBLEMS TO SOLVE
• The high G.fast frequencies increase the risk of changes
in the channel– Lower noise floor on the high band with vectoring implies exposure to various noise
sources
– Higher cross-talk cancellation levels (as FEXT is very high) implies higher sensitivity
– Neighboring lines
• Lessons learned from VDSL– You cannot avoid changes on the line, you can only:
• Adapt quickly and reliably to avoid retrains
• If retrain still occurs, shorten the retrain time to keep good user experience
• Higher performance– Increasing the noise margin to improve stability is not a good strategy!
– Noise margin is never high enough, need to use it only when we have to (for a short
time)
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FAST OLR -
Online Reconfiguration
Use of noise margin
Slow adaptations
Fast and robust
adaptation
Old paradigm New paradigm
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FAST RETRAINING
• Critical to success
• Responsive to dynamic line conditions
• Target - limited to just few seconds
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SECRET #7: CHALLENGE
YOUR ASSUMPTIONS
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G.FAST GOING FURTHER
700
Mbps
100 meters
500Mbps
200 meters
350Mbps
300 meters
270Mbps
400 meters
150Mbps
500 meters
Numbers are aggregate
upstream/downstream
16 lines with crosstalk
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CHALLENGES TO OVERCOME
• Bad environments– Untwisted pairs
– Quad pairs
– Power lines running in parallel
– Ham radio interferences
• Dynamic response works
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FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES
• Bonding
• Mobile backhaul
• Wider bandwidth
• New applications
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7 SECRETS TO SUCCEEDING
IN G.FAST DEPLOYMENTS
1. Model the business
2. Focus on power
3. Understand vectoring
4. Understand the transition from VDSL
5. Find the sweet spot
6. Stay dynamic
7. Challenge your assumptions
ULTRA BROADBAND FOR THE MASSES