point-to-multipoint deep fiber access

GPON with ericsson eda 1500 fiber solutions

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Today’s digital life is expanding into all possible areas of

society, looking to connect everybody and everything.

This Networked Society enables people to collaborate,

innovate, sustain, learn, care and participate in ways we

never thought possible just a few years ago. One of the

most important things in a networked society is to get the

data into the ground as quickly as possible and make the

data as smart as possible. To realize the infinite potential

of networked society, operators need simple, smart and

scalable solutions to design flexible and future-proof

networks.

FTTH deployment optimized with GPONConsumer demand for IPTV and other advanced services

is creating today the need for a converged high-capacity

all-IP based fiber network. The promise of the all-optical IP

network includes dramatic efficiencies and cost savings,

and significantly more bandwidth. It shouldn’t be surprising

that a majority of carriers have selected Gigabit Passive

Optical Network (GPON) point-to-multipoint systems that

share one fiber connection between multiple users with

no requirement for active equipment in the outside plant.

GPON, an Ethernet and ITU based standard, offers a cost-

effective solution that offers high data rate and enhanced

functionality. Passive components in the outside plant do

not require power to operate. As multiple users share part

of the distribution network, less rack space is needed in the

Central Office for active interfaces and optical distribution

frames. GPON provides the migration path to an all-IP

network and offers the bandwidth required to deliver the

new advanced voice, video, and data services.

The networked society enables people to collaborate, innovate, sustain, learn, care and participate in ways we never thought possible

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of ONTs and ONUs enable operators to use the same

simple GPON topology to cater to different types of users

in different density areas. For example, the T7xxG GPON-

fed modular ONU series provides flexibility for operators

delivering ADSL2+, VDSL2, POTS, E1 and Ethernet services

to both business and residential users. It also enables

operators to support dense areas with different service

requirements without rewiring buildings.

Fiber to the home network terminationEricsson’s EDA 1500 GPON platform offers a fiber based,

next-generation solution that enables true IP-convergence in

the access network, allowing carriers to packetize all voice,

data, and video services. The GPON solution is comprised

of our industry’s highest-density, highest-capacity EDA 1500

OLT and an extensive range of single family, multi-dwelling,

home gateway, mobile backhaul and business ONTs, and

carrier-grade EntriView EMS.

Broadband history clearly tells us that Nielsen’s law of

bandwidth is quite accurate and the demand for high

speeds is continuously growing. However, it is just not about

high bandwidth. The main advantage of a fiber network is

creating a future proof intelligent network that can provide

the required flexibility operators need to offer dynamic

packages to end users.

Simple to install and reduce Opex For successful mass deployment of a GPON network, it is

extremely important for operators to have a GPON platform

that is easy to install and operate. EDA 1500 is a dedicated

GPON platform. The EntriView Element Management System

streamlines provisioning and management of the OLT, ONTs

and delivery of services with unparalleled ease. Features like

speed click provisioning and advanced monitoring functions

lowers the total cost of ownership significantly. Wide range

Ericsson’s EDA 1500 GPON platform offers a fiber based, next-generation solution that enables true ip-convergence in the access network

SFU ONT

Fiber To The Home

32-64 ONTs

Ethernet MDU

8, 16, 24 ports

VoIP IPTV HSIA

VoIP IPTV HSIA

STB

STB Fiber

Distribution Hub

FiberDistribution

Hub

GPON OLT

MHL Multi Service Transport

IP MPLS BACKBONE

Packet Optical Transport

METRO TRANSPORT IP EDGE

Multi-Service Edge Router

Video Encoder

Video Server

Middle ware

DRM

Satellite Receiver

E2E IPTV

Fiber To The Building-LAN

Ribonnet Micronet

Ribonnet Micronet

RG

RG

RG

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Smart Architecture enables current and next-generation services The Networked society is seeing unprecedented media

consumption over a multitude of devices. Providing single,

best-effort internet access pipes to the subscribers is not

enough. The GPON network needs to be aware of devices,

content, location, users and flow. The superior EDA 1500

architecture provides various tools to enable current and

next-generation services. The distributed EDA multicasting

architecture with advanced IPTV bandwidth control features

ensure guaranteed instant channel changes while reducing

backplane bandwidth by up to 210 times and IGMP

signaling up to 14,000 times. Dedicated traffic managers

per PON board enable operators to offer flexible packages

to end users by utilizing the zero-contention system in an

efficient manner. EDA 1500 is also a converged platform

for packet and TDM services across fixed enterprise and

mobile applications. The Integrated TDM Gateway (ITG)

board terminates and aggregates E1 services across

multiple GPON ports at the OLT for STM-1 connectivity to

existing TDM networks. This wide range of smart features is

extremely necessary to improve an operator’s total cost of

ownership.

Scalable to reduce the time-to-market To ensure higher total value of ownership and a quick

payback period, it is extremely important for operators to

achieve a high take-up rate on their fiber networks. For

this they need to make sure they are leaders, not followers

and have the capability to launch exciting services in quick

time before the competition. Bandwidth explosion and fast

growth in subscribers, devices and sessions resulted in a

need for operators to have solutions that are scalable and

flexible. Ericsson has set a new benchmark in GPON port

density for its EDA 1500 platform.

The unprecedented 16-port GPON OLT board enables

broadband services to more than 14,000 FTTH GPON

subscribers in a single EDA 1500 chassis. This density

provides significant total cost of ownership savings for

operators by reducing central office space, average port

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costs, and the power profile per line. As a result, operators

can easily scale their network while maintaining a high

quality of experience for HDTV and 3DTV services. EDA

1500 platform features a 3.2 Tbps backplane that can be

configured with any board in any slot, enabling operators

to deploy a truly scalable, non-blocking, and no-contention

GPON system. The 320 Gbps switching capacity, both

under normal conditions and after failover, features a dual

star architecture with dedicated 20 Gbps data traces

between each FABX/Y control card slot and all application

slots. This architecture provides complete flexibility and the

future-proof GPON platform is capable of hosting the next-

generation 10 Gig GPON cards in the same chassis.

Making investments in fiber network requires a future-

proof technology like that of EDA 1500, which is optimized

in terms of capacity, quality and flexibility. Ericsson Deep

Fiber Access is a complete end-to-end solution of passive

fiber, outside plant components and active equipment along

with a comprehensive service offering. The EDA broadband

access equipment portfolio provides simple, smart and

scalable solutions for high-speed, multimedia rich, next

generation IP-based networks. The world’s leading operators

have selected Ericsson’s innovative Deep Fiber Access,

deploying the GPON, P2P, WDM PON and DSL solutions

in more than 150 FTTX and 110 copper-based networks

around the globe.

EDA 1500 OLT in compact chassis

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Ericsson AB

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