Advantages of Optical AN

Residential area with dense subscribers :

New sub
ONU

Fiber ONU

Cable duct
OLT
LE
LE

New sub Optical Integrated Services AN

• Large capacity by optical cable
Present • Rapid and economical expansion
New subscribers can not be connected • Easy maintenance of fiber
because of the occupied copper cable duct • Outdoor cabinet application
 Advantages of Optical AN

Rural Demands :

ONU

Urban area Village

Urban area
Village

LE OLT ONU
LE

Resort
Resort
ONU

Remote area
Remote area

Optical Integrated Services AN

Present • Long distance by optical transmission
There is no economical way of accommodating • Economical integrated configuration
scattered demands in wide area. • Remote control and supervision from OLT
 Advantages of Optical AN

Business center with high reliability :

ONU

SDH RING

L
DCS
E

LE DCS OLT

DCS: Data Communication System

Present
• New subscribers and new services can’t be
connected rapidly due to new installation of
copper cables, duct, repeater, etc.
• Non-voice services (data, image, etc) need
separate networks
Optical Integrated Services AN
• New subscribers and new services are easy
to be connected rapidly via fiber and ONUs
• Integrated services access platform
• Reliability improved using SDH ring
• Service coverage expanded
 Advantages of Optical AN
Extension of service Area :
Service area
ONU

LE Service area

OLT LE
LE

R: 30~50 km
R 5km
ONU
LE

ONU
LE

New Sub
Present Optical Integrated Services AN
It requires high cost to introduce new exchanges • Expansion of exiting exchange service area
to accommodate new subscribers. • Rapid and economical expansion
 Advantages of Optical AN

Space Saving :

ONU

Outdoor
Cabinet

LE LE OLT

ONU
Present Optical Integrated Services AN
Exchange needs large space with air conditioned No need of air conditioned environment
environment ( machine room) . and large space machine room.
 Advantages of Fiber Integrated Service AN
Reduce Costs:
Investment (K$)

4500
Traditional Access
Fiber Access

Item
•Metal Cables •Fiber Cables Equipment Machine Total
•Duct •Installation (Including SDH) room
•Installation
10,000 Subscribers, 15Km service radius (Source: NTT Journal)
 Trend of Access Network

New Line Installation Trend in World Wide :

49.0 76.0 137.0 [M line]
1%
100%
3% 7% ADSL
8%
10% Radio
12%
16% FTTB
22% FTTC
Copper
51%

67%
65%

29%

8%
0%
1994 1998 2003
Source: Data Quest
 Optical Access Network After Implementation

Ago: Now:
Level 1 Level 1

Toll Toll

Level 2 Level 2

Tandem Tandem

Level 3 Level 3

LE
LE/Tandem
Level 4 AN

LE

Level 5
 Pilot trials in 1996, 350,000 lines in 1997,
5,000,000 lines in 1998, more than 7,000,000 lines in 1999
End Users  Widely used to implement FTTC, FTTB, FTTV
 Providing multi services for users, even
broadband services
Access Network
Definition Of Access Network
Limitation Of Traditional Network
AN Position And Advantages
V5 Interface
Services Access Capability
Transmission & Networking
Management & Maintenance
AN Comparison with RDLU/DSU
AN Driving Forces
Smooth Evolution
 Introduction of V5 Interface

PSTN/ A
ISDN N

V5

 Standard and open interface between LE and AN

 What Can V5 Bring for Operators

 Introduce Competition
Break the monopoly of switch manufactures
 Protect Investment
Separate service and access
 Reduce O&M Cost
Integrated and centralized management and maintenance
 Improved Quality
Higher service quality, lower network failures
 AN: V5 interface
ISDN Terminal
V U T
ET LT NT TE1
S
Line Terminal TA TE2
Exchange Terminal
Network Terminal Terminal Adaptor Non-ISDN Terminal

E1 link #1

E1 link #2
LE AN
E1 link #3

Transparent Digital Transmission Channel

V5.2 LE V5.2 AN

■ V5.2: 1 to 16 E1 links, Max Concentration 1:16

■ ITU-T G.964/G.965, ETSI 300-324/300/347
 AN: V5.1 & V5.2

Comparisons between V5.1 & V5.2

V5.1 (ITU-T G.964) V5.2 (ITU-T G.965)

1 E1 link only 1 to 16 E1 links

Without concentration Supporting concentration function.

E1 time slots are directly mapped E1 BCC is dynamically distributed
into end-users’ terminals. to end-users’ terminals.

Without ISDN-PRA access Supporting ISDN-PRA Access

No fault-links switchover protection With fault-link switchover protection

Link management is only for With the capability of managing

Mono link Multi links.
 AN: V5 Application Modes

▼V5 Centralized Processing Mode ▼V5 Distributed Processing Mode

L inks
E1
V5, 4
E 1 L inks
V5, 4
16 E1 Links
V5, 4 E1 Links
V5
V5, 4 E
1 Links

■ Few V5 interface, to save the ■ More V5 interfaces. Low efficiency

investment on LE V5 resources. ■ Increasing cost on LE V5 resources

■ Any end-user of any ONU can ■ End-user can only select the TS

enjoy the TS within the 16 E1 links. within the 4 E1 links for the
Certain ONU.

V5 Convergence: Necessary & Beneficial

 If V5 is not available…

CCS7/R2
LE
V5.2
CCS7/R2 Mode A:
LE STE STE
R R

NMS AN-NMS

TE TE
Mode B:
LE V5 V5-TE V5 LE V5 TE

■ STE: Signaling Transformation Equipment

■ V5 TE: V5 Tandem Exchange
■ Converting CCS7/R2 to V5