Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH)

What is FTTH?
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Definition
a telecommunications architecture in which a
communications path is provided over optical
fiber cables extending from the operator’s
switching equipment to (at least) the
boundary of the home living space or business
office space
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All-Copper Network

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Note: network may be aerial or underground combination.

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All-Copper & Fiber/Copper Hybrid Network

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Note: network may be aerial or underground combination.

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All-Copper & Fiber/Copper Hybrid Network

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Old networks, optimized for voice 24 kbps - 1.5 Mbps

Note: network may be aerial or underground combination.

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Network Evolution From All-Copper to All-Fiber

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Old networks, optimized for voice 24 kbps - 1.5 Mbps

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Optical networks, optimized for voice, video and data 19 Mbps - 1 Gbps +

Note: network may be aerial or underground combination.

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Typical Fiber Optic Cable Network
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FTTH Passive Optical Network Architecture
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Wavelength Allocation
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OLT
1490 nm (data)
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1310 nm (voice) //

1550 nm (video)
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Fiber Optic Cable Cross Section
Len Ray

245 μm 125 μm 8 - 62.5 μm

Core

Carries the light signals

Silica and a dopant

Cladding

Keeps the light in the core

CORE
Pure Silica CLADDING

Coating COATING

Protects the glass

Acrylate (plastic)
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Comparison Copper vs Fiber

A single copper pair is capable

of carrying 6 phone calls
A single fiber pair is capable of
carrying over 2.5 million
simultaneous phone calls
(64 channels at 2.5 Gb/s)

A fiber optic cable with the same

information-carrying capacity
(bandwidth) as a comparable copper
cable is less than 1% of both the
size and weight
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Comparison Copper vs Fiber

Fiber Copper
Uses Light Uses Electricity
Transparent Opaque
Dielectric Material – non-conductive Electrically Conductive Material
- EMI Immune - Susceptible to EMI
Low Thermal Expansion High Thermal Expansion
Brittle, Rigid Material Ductile Material
Chemically Stable Subject to Corrosion & Galvanic Reactions
Recyclable
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Physical Media Comparison

DSL Cable Modem Fiber

Copper lines are
“Always-on” feature
more susceptible to standards ensures
Security makes subscribers
eavesdropping, modem security.
vulnerable to hacking
crosstalk, etc.

As the number of
Data rates can be
DSL Line speeds subscribers increases,
10/100 Ethernet
Speed / Data Rate reduces as span the bandwidth available
scalable to Gigabit
length increases. to each subscriber
Ethernet or higher.
decreases.
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Physical Media Comparison

DSL Cable Modem Fiber

PON and PTP

Max. Distance – 18
Max. Distance is up to network distances
Distance km. (ADSL) from the
6 km. generally do not
central office.
require amplification.

Requires new Expensive to Countless upgrade

Upgradeability
technology. continuously upgrade. possibilities.

Services Offered
Voice, Data Data, Video Data, Voice, Video
(optimized for)
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Service Delivery Comparison

Downstream Upstream Reach

Data Rate, Mbps Data Rate, MBPS (K feet)

Satellite 0.400 0.028 – 0.056 -

Cable Modem (HFC) 1 - 10 0.1 - 1 1-6
ADSL (voice, data) 1.5 – 6.1 0.176 – 0.640 12 - 18
VDSL (voice, data, video) 13 - 52 0.64 - 3 1-6
Wi-Fi 11 1 >1
FTTH – PON 622 >155 60
FTTH - PtP 1000 1000 15 - 30
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Optical Network Components

OAN Optical Access Network

ONT Optical Network Terminal

OLT Optical Line Termination

OAN
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OLT ONT

Note: network may be aerial or underground combination.

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Fiber to the Home Unit

2 – RJ11 Connectors for Voice

1 - RJ45 Connector for Broadband Internet (data)

1 – 75 Ohm type F Connector for Video

Cables with Connectors at ONT Box

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Fiber to the Home Unit

220-volt Power Supply & Grounding at ONT Box

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Fiber to the Home Unit

Voice (Telephone)

Data (Internet)

Video (SDTV, HDTV, Video-on-Demand)

Triple Play
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Fiber to the Home Unit - Home Automation

Features of Home Automation

•Video Surveillance
•Lighting (including scene lighting)
•Heating and Air Conditioning
•Home Audio
•Home Video
•Pool Equipment and Water Features

Control your home from anywhere:

•Graphical touch screens
•Any Phone
•Any Computer

Quadruple Play
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FTTH as a New Product / Technology

8%

19%

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FTTH as a New Product for the Building Industry

From the previous

slide, which category
do you think you
belongs to?
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Thank You.