FTTH solutions – General overview

Hector Mazzochi
Product Marketing Manager
Prysmian Cavi e Sistemi Telecom srl
Viale Sarca 222 – Milano – Italy
E-mail : hector.mazzochi@prysmian.com

FTTx Solutions
 FTTH Impacts our Lives

Web 2.0
eLearning

eHealth

eEntertainment
Teleworking

Societal
eBusiness

eHome

Environmental
eGovernment

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 Typical Telecom Architecture

BACKBONE METROPOLITAN RING ACCESS NETWORK

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 Product Range Evolution

• SM
Optical Fibres • NZD
• MM

• Underground
• Aerial (incl. OPGW)
Optical Cables • Premises
• Blown Fibre

• Outside Plant
Connectivity - Accessories • Exchange
• Customer End

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 Product Range Evolution

• Bend Insensitive
Optical Fibres INNOVATION
• Reduced Size

• Micromodule
Optical Cables INNOVATION • ESFU
• Mini Blown

• Small Size
Connectivity - Accessories INNOVATION • High Density
• Low Cost

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 Product Range Evolution

• Bend Insensitive
INNOVATION
• Reduced Size

• Micromodule
INNOVATION • ESFU System
System
• Mini Blown Approach
Approach

• Small Size
INNOVATION • High Density
• Low Cost

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 Macrobending Loss : FTTH

Today access applications such as

FTTH put severe demands on
macrobending performance:

bending around corners

network terminations
fibre storage

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 FIRST : the right FIBRE!

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 MDU Solutions

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MDU dwellings

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 The Cable system

…just fibers into a duct!

The main user cable can contain

several ESFUs (Easy Strippable Fiber
Units), each of which may contain 1
to 12 optical fibers. Fibers are then
routed from the Riser Cable, through
a breakout window, when a
customer connection is required to
be made.

The fibre units are protected by a

flame retardant LSOH outer sheath.

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 Three steps to get the fiber

1 The Stripping Tool safely cuts a breakout

window in the riser cable, providing access
to the fibres.

2 The selected fibre unit (ESFU) can be

extracted and cut. This operation is
performed some floors above the floor
where the customer is to be connected (up
to 25 m).

3 At the floor where the fibre connection is

requested, the ESFU that was cut on the
higher floor can now be easily extracted.

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 Extraction Cable Principle
Cable distribution
(2)
system

n fo microsheath module are extracted

from the riser cable through a small
window protected by a closure (1). closure x
meters

some meters downstream on the riser

cable, a second window is open to cut
the microsheath module selected for the
floor.

(1)

Riser cable
n fo microsheath

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VertiCasa™ Breakout Units

 Used to spur off fibres from a Verticasa cable and route them to an
alternative tube.
 Ports available for plugging in 4 and 5 mm drop tubes.

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 Riser installation

The Netherland

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 Riser installation

Hungary
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 Horizontal installation

Barhein

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 Horizontal installation

Barhein

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 Multiple MDU

C.S.I.
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Verticasa – FTTX Example Installation Sites
Riffa Views Int. School, Bahrain
FREE, France
Hungary Telecom, Hungary
STA, Andorra
Telecom Italia, Italy
Telefonica, Spain
Numericable, France
Intelligent networking, France
Reggefiber, The Netherlands
Pipe Networks, Australia
Lattelecom, Latvia
Dasvyasz, CSI
China UNICOM, China

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 Blown Fiber UG Solution

SDU & MDU

dwellings

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 Sirocco®– Installation Process

Blown Fibre Principle

Air Input
Drive
Wheels

Air Input

Drive
wheels
Viscous air drag

Blown Fibre Tube

Blown Fibre Unit
Blown Fibre Unit Fibre Tube
Blown

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 Sirocco® Blown Fibre System – EPFU

2 fibre unit

Surface
Modification
Coloured
Optical Fibre
Low Modulus
Acrylate

Rip Cord
High Modulus (2f only)
Acrylate

4 fibre unit 6 fibre unit 8 fibre unit 12 fibre unit

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 Sirocco® Blown Fibre System – Tube Cables

• Up to 24 tubes, each accommodating up to a 12 fibre unit

• Small diameter, low friction tubes
• Standard tube size; 5mm OD, 3.5mm ID
• Note 3mm OD Size not generally recommended due to ease of tube kinking

• Comprehensive range of jointing accessories

• Available as;
• External – Direct Install, Direct Burial,
Steel Armour, plus specials
• Internal – LSOH flame-retardant & UL Riser rated

• Optimum blowing distance achieved through system approach

• Compatibility between EPFU, Tube & Installation Equipment achieves best
field performance

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 Sirocco® Blown Fibre System – Connectivity

• Suitable for 25, 32 & 40mm diameter duct / cable

Blown Fibre Tube Management
• Suitable for 1 day build and retro-fit
Outside Plant Applications
• 90o Tee, Y / H Branch, In-Line Enclosures

T Piece Y Branch (Swept T Piece) H Branch

Size: (h)350 x (w)250 x (d)100 Size: (h)260 x (w)200 x (d)100 Size: (h)400 x (w)190 x (d)100
Apps: Customer connects Apps: Customer connects Apps: Customer connects
Duct diverse routing Duct diverse routing
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 Sirocco® Blown Fibre System – Installation Equipment

Blowing Head Compressors STILT

Tools & Kits Installation Essentials Coiler

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 Preconnectorized UG Solution

SDU & MDU

dwellings

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 Preconnectorized UG Solution

QuickDr@w – CLJ
Customer Lead-In Joint

Customer access termination that allows the fast and

incremental activation of customer services utilizing
simple practices.

Allows the plug in connection of up to 8 individual

customer leads-in cables at the time of service activation.

Designed to be cascaded on a single distribution cable

for optimized network design.

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 Preconnectorized UG Solution

SM@RTCORD®
Lead-In Assembly
Installation

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 Preconnectorized UG Solution

SM@RTCORD®
Lead-In Assembly
QUICKDR@W Pulling Shroud
20mm

100mm
QUICKDR@W Lead-in Seal

Installation Example

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 Hybrid NRG+TLC cable solution

3x16mm2 + 2 Optical Fibers

G657A

A cable whose conductor

contains 2 optical fibers.

It is able to bring energy

and unlimited broadband to
the home at the same time.

High speed internet,

CCTV, TV and satelite TV
Now, there is channels, video-conference
a whole world are really closer than ever.
within the
electrical
cable!!!

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 In the basement

Hybrid Cable
from apartments
to MDU boxes

The fibres are routed through the

white pipe to the MDU optical boxes.
The electrical cables are
terminated in the cabinet
after segregating the fibres

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 In the apartment

leaving the right

3 length of cable to
reach the TC
panel with the
CTB box
installing the hybrid cable
from the apartment to
the basement

1
general view of the in-house
electrical panel and Telecom
panel where the CTB box is placed

2
removing the insulation to separate
4 the fibers from the conductor
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 In the apartment

separating the fibers

from the conductor

fiber length will be enough to reach

the CTB box
2

once fibers are duly segregated,

copper is cut for ground connection
3
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 In the apartment

preparing the fibers, cable and conductor with

heat shrinkable terminations
1 heating the shrinkable
terminations
2

segregation of the fibers

from the cable to allow the taking the fibers duly
electrical connection to protected to the TC box
ground point 3

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 In the apartment

preparing the CTB

splicing fibers

finishing the installation

in the apartment
3

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 Thanks for your attention !!

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