Progress on Super Fast Fibre Access

NICC Open Forum

23rd November 2009

George WilliamsonDirector, Strategic Network DesignOpenreach

Overview

Openreach and the UK supply chain

Meeting the challenges of volume deployment - Active Line Access and the Mixed Economy strategy

Generic Ethernet Access and the enabling architectures

Conclusions – Working with NICC

Openreach and the UK Supply Chain

Deliver Next Generation Access Capability to Communications Providers at lowest practical economical point- Equal access to all Communications Providers- Open Network- Enable CP Innovation- Enable Excellent Customer Experience

• Quality of Service• Fulfilment, Assurance and CP Migration

Common Presentation to CPs- Ethernet Bitstream- Option for Physical Media Independence

Enable Voice and Broadband (Data) applications

The UK Supply Chain

and/or Retailer

and/or Solutions Provider

Communication Provider

Customer (End User)

Openreach

Equivalence of Input

Super-fast fibre access plans

Chelmsford

St. Albans

Watford

Hemel Hempstead

Luton

Chingford

Edmonton

Enfield

Highams park

Tottenham

Woolwich Canonbury

Bury

Didsbury Failsworth

Heaton Moor

Oldham

Rusholme

Balmoral

DeanEdinburgh

Belfast

Manchester

Glasgow

Halfway

Western

Cardiff

Taffs Well

London

Halifax

Pudsey

WestYorkshire

Calder Valley

• Fibre to the Premise (FTTP) – Sept 2008: first end-users connected at

Ebbsfleet Valley, Kent

Subject to appropriate regulatory environment & customer demand

Foxhall

Leagrave

Whitchurch

Muswell Hill Ebbsfleet

Thamesmead

• Fibre to the Cabinet (FTTC) – January 2009; Technical trial begins in Foxhall,

Ipswich– July 2009: Operational pilot begins in Muswell

Hill, London & Whitchurch, Cardiff– Up to 30,000 premises passed

• Accelerated market deployment of FTTC March 2010

– Up to 1m premises passed– Further locations to be announced in the

summer 2009

• Early market deployment of FTTC early 2010– Up to 500,000 premises passed, including

urban and rural locations

• Opportunity to work with RDA’s that have obtained EU funding

Cornwall

Northern Ireland

We are investing £1.5bn to rollout fibre to 10m homes and businesses, some 40% of the UK, by 2012

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Ethernet 100Mbit/s1Gbit/s

Point to Point Ethernet

DSLAM

DSLAM

MDUDSLAM

Remote VDSL2 DSLAMs

Pt-Pt or PON fed DSLAMs

Ethernet 10/100Mbit/s

~32 way split Ethernet 10/100Mbit/s

GPON Shared Bandwidth

2.4 Gbit/s Downstream 1.2 Gbit/s Upstream

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Ethernet 10/100Mbit/s

Product - why Ethernet?

Established and very competitive equipment market

Common interface across many different physical media (e.g. PONs, Pt-Pt, xDSL copper, Wi-Fi, …)

Includes Ethernet OAM functions which allows:- Clear demarcation between downstream & upstream providers

- Testing & diagnostics can be performed by downstream & upstream providers independently (key for consistent & good customer service)

Allows ‘downstream’ providers to innovate in IP services unhindered by details of ‘upstream’ technology

Multi-service: - E.g. VoIP, Video, Broadband, IP VPNs on the same physical interface

- Multi downstream providers on the same physical interface

NGA GEA product alignment

Product

DownstreamPeak

Downstream Prioritised

Downstream Hard Fault

C – DSL Line Rate

Upstream Upstream Hard Fault

C - DSL Line Rate

GEA-FTTP 40Mb/s 20Mb/s 20Mb/s 2Mb/s 2Mb/s

GEA-FTTC ≤40Mb/s ≤20Mb/s 15Mb/s 2Mb/s 250kb/s

GEA-FTTP 40Mb/s 20Mb/s 20Mb/s 10Mb/s 10Mb/s

GEA-FTTC ≤40Mb/s ≤20Mb/s 15Mb/s ≤10Mb/s 2Mb/s

GEA-FTTP Premium 100Mb/s 20Mb/s 100Mb/s 10Mb/s 10Mb/s

• GEA-FTTC peak rates reflect the innate uncertainty in a DSL delivered service over variable copper loops. GEA-FTTC selects lines to deliver assured 15Mb/s downstream DSL line rate.

• FTTP platform uses dynamic bandwidth allocation to offer peak rates above the committed rate. There is the opportunity for further product bandwidth enhancements e.g. the current generation of ONTs is capable of supporting a 1Gbit/s peak rate service.

Voice over NGA

• VoNGA provides CPs with a WLR like product and consumption model (Wholesale Calls, CPS, IA).

• Ensures continuity as close as possible to existing CP interfaces.

• Enables USO and PATS commitments to be met over NGA (FTTP).

• VoNGA is provided as an equivalent product to all CPs.

• Internal Technical Trials Q2/Q3 2010/11.

• CP Trial engagement post Nov 2010.

Following consultation, also considering CP controlled ATA –• CPs’ own call server• CPs’ own product set

GEA

Battery PSU

Fibre

ONTPATS Analogue Voice Port

ATA

GEA - FTTC architecture- Brownfield overlay

Voice and Legacy services supplied from the exchange.

Premium Broadband product provided as GEA over FTTCab

Demand led deployment model

D-Side Copper

Head EndHOCP1

CPn

Direct fibre

Hand-Over Node

Multiple GigE links

VDSL2 modem

End User Premises

GEA Data PortNTE 5 & SSFP

Baseband Voice & Legacy Services

Existing Copper E-side Network from DLE

240Vac

PCPVDSL2DSLAM

GEA Product

FTTC Access infrastructure

External network

28dB max

Shared bandwidth

End user

32 way split GPONOLT

End userinterface -10Mbit/s100Mbit/s1000Mbit/sEthernet

GPONOLT 32 way split

Openreach GEA product variants• GEA data product• GEA voice enablement product• GEA CP GigE port product (includes fibre connectivity)

ONT 1

ONT 32

Port 1

Port 4

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Port 4

NGA hand-overnode

Existingproducts

BES

ONBS

Optical interfaces -1 Gbit/s or 10 Gbit/s

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FTTP Access infrastructure - Brownfield

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Ubiquitous Ethernet interface across different platforms

• Accessible by up to 10 million homes by 2012• Range of speeds up to 100Mbit/s • Basis for nationwide rollout led by demand and commercial viability

FTTCWhere -• Brownfield overlayBenefit –• Enhanced product portfolio• Address competitive threat• Rapid deploymentWhen –• Operational Trial – Dec 2008• Market Trial – July 2009• Early Market Deployment – Jan 2010

FTTPWhere -• Greenfield Newsites• Brownfield low CapexBenefit –• Enhanced product portfolio• Reduced Capex• Reduced OpexWhen -• Brownfield Tech’ Trial – Dec 2009• Brownfield Pilot – April 2010• Greenfield – Predicated on Strategic

Voice Solution

Pt-Pt• Major Business Sites• Business As UsualInvestment depends on a successful negotiation of a range of CP

and regulatory issues which are the subject of ongoing discussion.

ConclusionsGEA FTTC Brownfield Opportunity – an assured product to meet demand for higher speeds

GEA FTTP Brownfield Opportunity – where FTTP Capex is close to FTTC – and Opex benefits can be delivered

Clear opportunity for GEA FTTP to serve Greenfield sites once acceptable Voice solutions are available

Most Global NGA solutions are delivered by Vertically Integrated Providers who link new application revenues to infrastructure investment

NGA with Functional Separation (Horizontal Segmentation) requires:- Regulatory certainty- Effective Commercial and Business Models which match long term infrastructure

investments to shorter term Retail cases- An industry consensus on the demand and the approach- Effective Wholesale Access Products- Well-Developed Downstream Retail Products

Volume and Scale are critical for all in the industry.

Expect a mixed-economy model for a considerable time.

Any Questions?