Delivering Gigabit Rates

over Standard Copper Lines

Kourosh Amiri
Vice President, Marketing

Overview

The Race to Gigabit Broadband

G.fast vs. FTTH
Practical Consideration for G.fast Deployment
Ikanos Neos: a Holistic Approach to G.fast

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The Need for Speed

Smarter

Greater
Larger
More Bandwidth.

Hyper

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Carriers Rising to the Challenge

Nice thing about Standards.
So many to choose from!
The Google Factor!

G.fast

Topeka
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Telcos Path to Gigabit: FTTH vs. FTTdp

FTTH

Cost

FTTN

FTTx

FTTdp

VDSL2/ ADSL2+

Vectored VDSL2

G.fast

10Mbps

100Mbps

1Gbps

G.fast: Gigabit Broadband, at Much Lower Cost!

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Challenges for FTTH Deployment

Final access to the premise is the most expensive
(up to 50% of FTTH cost in last 100m)
Customers refuse intrusion (yard, wall, building)
Historic buildings pose a challenge

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Practical Considerations for G.fast Deployment

Reverse power feed is a requirement for the
majority of deployments
Fiber penetration deeper into the network is
a major pre-requisite for G.fast deployment

Power Source

Deeper Fiber
Power
Pole

Feeder Fiber

PON OLT

PON or Ethernet
Pedestal
Unit

G.Fast /VDSL2

Power

VDSL fallback and

coexistence is necessary for
large scale deployment

Migration

OpEx
CPE self-install and zero-touch DPU provisioning
are key carrier concerns

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Migration from VDSL2 to G.fast

Scenario #1

VDSL2 Fallback
Not Required
Higher CapEx

Scenario #2

VDSL2 Fallback
Required
RPF Not Required

Scenario #3

VDSL2 Fallback
Required
RPF Required

G.fast Spec Drafted to Allow for Co-existence with VDSL

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VDSL Fallback: When is it Required?

VDSL2 MDU/DPU gets replaced with G.fast capable MDU/DPU

Required

Serve customers who are beyond G.fast reach

Required

Phasing out copper network

Required

Offloading VDSL2 from cabinet to DPU

Required

Customer moves to a G.fast location with his legacy CPE

Required

VDSL2 (still) offered from cabinet

Fallback is Almost Always Required!

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Not Required

The Power Challenge

Power available at DP for RPF
determined by distance from CPE
Power ceiling for DPU determined by power
dissipation rating of sealed enclosure

Feeder Fiber

PON OLT

PON or Ethernet
Pedestal
Unit

G.Fast /VDSL2

Power

Power management required in the DP to optimize

power consumption and ensure fair power sharing

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Ikanos Enablement of G.fast

Ikanos NEOS: a holistic approach to G.fast!

Patented low power analog design
Architected for reverse power feed

Lowest
Power

No compromise VDSL fallback

Concurrent G.fast & VDSL vectoring

VDSL
Fallback
VDSL

Smart
Provisioning
CPE self-install
MDU smart provisioning

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G.fast
VDSL

inSIGHT BXM: Advanced Diagnostics & Analytics

Wiring Analysis
Noise Analysis

Self-Install &
Self-Diagnostic

DPU

inSIGHT
BXM
at CPE

inSIGHT
Cloud

x
Ikanos
G.fast
Gateway

inSIGHT BXM
at DPU
x

Running on CPE Higher Reliability & Accuracy

Advance Noise Detection & Profiling
Suitable for Vectoring Environment

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Dashboard & Analytics

InSIGHT BXM advantage for G.fast

Qualification

Installation

In-Service
Diagnostics

Single-ended Loop Survey

(DPU or CPE)

Survey Home Environment

Real-time Proactive
Diagnostics

Determine G.fast Readiness

or Actions Required

Reduce install time

Self-service Models

Assess Remote Power

Requirements

Enable Customer Self-install

Traffic Analysis

Prepare

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Enhance

Reducing Cost: Self-Install and Smart Provisioning

G.fast
Modem

Reverse
Powering

G.fast
DPU

Node

Self-Install

Smart Provisioning

Locally Assess Wiring Topology/Issues

Determine Powering Needs Prior to Customer Install

Locally Assess Noise Issues

Optimize Performance for all Subs on a per-line basis

Determine Attainable Performance & Optimal Config

Remote Management & Configuration

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Addressing VDSL fallback

Designed from Ground up No compromise in
performance or power

New
G.fast / VDSL
MDU / DPU
G.Fast CPE
Legacy CPE

Full support for Concurrent vectoring for both

G.fast and VDSL

Legacy
VDSL MDU

Legacy CPE

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Common hardware and software to support

either G.fast or VDSL simultaneously

VDSL fallback and G.fast support is on-demand,

based on customer modem/ requirement

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The Power Challenge : Ikanos Advantage

Modular
Power available
chip & system
at DP for
level
RPF
power design
Ability
determined
to scale
by distance
power requirements
from CPE
Low
Power
power
ceiling
system
for DPU
level
determined
design by power
Efficient
dissipation
chip
rating
architecture
of sealedtoenclosure
minimize leakage

Feeder Fiber

PON OLT

PON or Ethernet
Pedestal
Unit

G.Fast /VDSL2

Power

Optimized
Power management
power consumption
required
based
in theon
DP
performance
to optimize
inSIGHT
poweranalytics
consumption
to establish
and ensure
fair power
fair power
sharing
sharing

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Summary
G.fast gaining momentum with telcos

Scalable & commercially viable deployments require a holistic approach

Ikanos Neos architected with that holistic view

The Gigabit Race is On!!

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