Cable's Fiber Outlook – DAA

and CIN Strategies

Thursday, February 4, 2021
 Today’s Speakers L I V E L E A R N I N G W E B I N A R S TM F O R P R O F E S S I O N A L S | 2

Alan Breznick
Cable/Video Practice Leader
Light Reading

Fernando Villarruel Jack Burton Robert Kuse John Dickinson Tom Williams
Chief Architect Principal Senior Director Access President CTO, Schurz
MSO Practice, Ciena Broadband Success Partners Engineering Just Digital Broadband Group
Cox Communications Transformation
CONFIDENTIAL
© 2020 Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers, Inc. All rights reserved. | scte.org
Agenda

• Light Reading—Cable Fiber Outlook Study Overview

• Ciena--DAA/CIN Section Highlights
• Broadband Success Partners—Competition and CIN
• Cox Communications—Fiber Experience & Strategies
• Just Digital Transformation—CIN OSP Fiber Technology Overview
• Schurz Broadband Group--Fiber Experience & Strategies
• Panel Discussion—Fiber Challenges & Solutions
• Audience Q&A
Fiber Outlook Study Overview
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SCTE Cable Fiber Outlook Survey Results
• More than one-half of survey respondents (nearly 54%) said their company
plans to deploy fiber deep networks over the next five years, eliminating all, or
nearly all, of the signal amplifiers in their HFC plant
• At the same time, over two-fifths of survey participants (44%) said their
company intends to build FTTH networks over the next five years
• Close to one-half (45%) of respondents rated a lack of “capacity for higher
upstream demand” as the biggest network upgrade challenge that operators
face because of COVID-19
• Nearly two-fifths of respondents (38%) identified a “lack of available fiber” and
almost as many (36%) named an “inability to install new fiber lines as fast” as
they would like
Types of Network Upgrades Planned
Drivers Behind FTTH Builds
New FTTH-Enabled Services Planned
Top Three Network Challenges Faced
Impact of COVID-19 on Broadband – US Cable Networks
DAA/CIN Section Findings
Fernando Villarruel
Chief Architect, MSO Practice
Ciena
 Virtualize / Centralize Disaggregation
Controllers
Video DOCSIS 512
VNFs
Analog Optics

Photonic Analog to
System Analog Node (AN) 512 Digital
Hybrid Fiber
Headend Hub Coax Access Digital Optics
400G l → 800G l Network

RPD / RMD Fiber Deep

Compute 60
Packet
Cores

RPD / RMD 60 Outdoor

Aggregation
10G Grey & Convergence

RPD / RMD

Cabinet,
Node,
Building
Universal
Aggregation

Converged Interconnect Network (CIN)

Converged Cable Access Platform (CCAP)
Remote PHY Device (RPD)
Remote MACPHY Device (RMD)
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COVID-19 Impact on DAA Plans
Plans to Converge Services over Common CIN
Best Field Aggregation Strategy
5G’s Contribution to DAA & CIN Strategies
How plan to include 10G PON in DAA strategy & rollout
How 5G contributes to DAA strategy and CIN rollout
Competition and CIN
Jack Burton
Principal
Broadband Success Partners
More M&A Activity
• Traditional Telco and MSO properties being bought and sold
• Largely expected and not unusual
• Non-traditional Local and Regional Fiber Providers also in play
• Government-affiliated
• Utility-affiliated
• Institutional
• Private Cable
• WISP + Fiber
• Everyone wants to cash in on
broadband explosion
More Competition
• With many new players, duopoly turns hyper-competitive
• New competition from RDOF winners
• Overbuilding incumbents along the way
• Traditional overbuilders expanding networks
• Incumbent MSOs expanding into adjacent territories
• Overbuilding neighboring communities

BOTTOM LINE:
Either operate a FTTH network, or have an HFC
network that’s ready to compete with one
FTTH or DAA? Answer: CIN
• Maintain an advantage over competitors that must build
everything new

• MSOs can leverage existing OSP fiber with DWDM

• Remote cabinets can contain mux equipment

• For DAA nodes
• For remote OLTs
• Remote OLTs themselves
 Broadband Experts
Networks Go-to-Market Operations Finance

Technology Vendors Service Providers Investors & Analysts

Thought Leadership | Business Planning | Service Creation | Strategic Advisory | Due Diligence
Research | Bus. Development | Network Planning | Technology Validation | Acquisition Analysis

Broadbandsuccess.com
Jack Burton
jburton@broadbandsuccess.com

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Robert Kuse
Senior Director Access Engineering
Cox Communications
DAA Architecture Highlights

February 4, 2020
 R-PHY: High Level Cox Distributed Access Architecture
ATTN

STS
0

40G
1 2

40G
3 4

40G
5 6

40G/100G
7 8

40G/100G
9 10

40G/100G
11 12

40G
13
BCN

14

40G
SUP

15
FAB

16

40G
17
IOM

18

40G/100G
19
PSU

20
FAN PWR MGMT

40G/100G
21 22

40G/100G
23 24

40G
25 26

40G
27 28

40G
29 30

40G/100G
31 32

40G/100G
33 34 35

40G/100G
Access Aggregation OSP Fiber Node Boundary Area
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35
ATTN

STS

40G 40G 40G 40G/100G 40G/100G 40G/100G 40G 40G 40G 40G/100G 40G/100G 40G/100G 40G 40G 40G 40G/100G 40G/100G 40G/100G

CCAP DPA
RP 0

PS 0 PS 1 PS 2 PS 3 PS 4 PS 5 PS 6 PS 7
RP 1
RPA OCML

LEAF
BCN SUP FAB IOM PSU FAN PWR MGMT

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35
ATTN

STS

40G 40G 40G 40G/100G 40G/100G 40G/100G 40G 40G 40G 40G/100G 40G/100G 40G/100G 40G 40G 40G 40G/100G 40G/100G 40G/100G

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35
ATTN

STS

40G 40G 40G 40G/100G 40G/100G 40G/100G 40G 40G 40G 40G/100G 40G/100G 40G/100G 40G 40G 40G 40G/100G 40G/100G 40G/100G

LEAF
Fiber Node Boundary
RP 0 RP 1

PS 0 PS 1 PS 2 PS 3 PS 4 PS 5 PS 6 PS 7

DPIC Aggregation R-PHY Aggregation

SPINE Fiber Deep Transport

Service Leaf
OCML MDM
• RPD Aggregation
• Commercial Point to Point
• Remote OLT

Fiber Deep Building Block

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Cox DAA Architecture Deployment Timeline

2017 2018 2019 2020

• DAA Planning • Field Trials early • Expanded DAA • Expanded DAA

• 6 RFPs launched Q1/Q2 network to West network across
• Device Selection: • Q3 Initial production & Southwest national network
• Digital Core DAA metro network Regions • Q3 First remote
• RPD Node launched • First commercial GPON remote OLT
• PTP • August 2018 1st network node on node commissioned
• CIN Network production RPD converged DAA on converged DAA
• Management online network network
• September 2018 First • Q4 first XGS-PON
DAA R-PHY N0 remote OLT on
production node converged DAA
online network

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Just Digital Section
John Dickinson
President
Just Digital Transformation
CIN OSP Fiber Topology Overviews

John Dickinson
Just Digital Transformations

Light Reading DAA & CIN Strategies

Feb 4th 2021
 CIN OSP Fiber Topology Overview
• Maximize existing Fiber strands and combine onto common fiber pairs using DWDM optics
• Fiber Routes with both Aera and Underground utilize same technologies
• Fiber splice points & connections on both Poles and in cabinets and pedestals
• Fully Passive outside plant fiber if optical budget allows
• Actives in the OSP fiber increases optical reach, but require power source
FTTH Wireless
Residential Tower DAA & COAX
Residential

Business

HE/CO Office
Node facility Park
Cabinet
DWDM Fiber Splitter / Splice
Routers Laterals Enclosure
Switches
In Node

Multiple
Dwelling
Corporate Unit
office
DAA & COAX Wireless
Residential Tower
 Passive Fiber CIN OSP Topology
• Fiber & OSP components are completely Passive
• No OSP power and battery backup required
• Fiber sharing via use of Tunable DWDM 10/100 pluggable optics
• Inexpensive tunable 10G/100G DWDM ZR optics have 80km reach
• Deploy DWDM Mux filers at the end point to minimize the use of OSP DWDM filters
• PON can be placed on the same fiber or use a dedicated fiber
Up to 80km

HE/CO with Equip & Optics Up to 20km

Biz Customer Site

10/100G SFP FTTH servicing Homes

DWDM 32 Chn Mux
Tunable Optic Filter 4/8 Chn Mux
Filter
DWDM MUX
32 Ch Filter

Edge

Fiber Term Shelf

DWDM Mux
8 Ch Filter
Router
Fiber Term Shelf

NID /CPE
NID
Passive 10G
PON Splitter Splice
OLT Enclosure
DWDM Mux 10G SFP
8 Ch Filter DWDM
Std PON Optics Tunable Optic
& Chans
DAA Node

DAA Node servicing Homes

 Active Fiber CIN OSP Topology
• Fiber & OSP has harden Ethernet switches, optics etc. deployed on strand or in cabinets
• Requires OSP power and battery backup
• Inexpensive tunable 10G/100G DWDM ZR optics have 80km reach
• Switches enable optical regeneration increasing optical range and budget
• No DWDM optics or Mux filters required at end points, use of low-cost wide band optics
• PON OLT is placed in the field, requiring power but increases optical reach
Up to 160km

HE/CO with Equip & Optics Up to 80km

Biz Customer building
FTTH servicing Homes
10/100G
SF/CFPP DWDM 32 Chn Mux
Tunable Optic Filter
10/100G
SFP/CFP DWDM
Tunable Optic
PON
DWDM MUX
32 Ch Filter

Edge

Fiber Term Shelf

OLT NID /CPE

32 Ch Filter

32 Ch Filter

32 Ch Filter
DWDM Mux

DWDM Mux

DWDM Mux
Router
Fiber Term Shelf

Ethernet Ethernet NID

Switch Switch 10G

Cabinet
Housing
with Power 10G SFP wide
10G SFP wide with Power
band Optic
band Optic
Hardened
32 Chn Mux
Filter
DAA Node

DAA Node servicing Homes

Thank You
Schurz Section
Tom Williams
CTO
Schurz Broadband Group
Panel Discussion
Panel Questions

• How has COVID-19 affected your company’s or clients’ fiber

buildout and DAA strategies?
• Will many cable operators go all-fiber rather than upgrade their
HFC plant to DOCSIS 4.0? Why or why not?

• What do you see as the biggest challenges for DAA and CIN now?
How can they be overcome?
• Which type of DAA approach will prevail in the industry? Remote
PHY or Remote MAC/PHY? Why?
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Alan Breznick
Cable/Video Practice Leader
Light Reading

Fernando Villarruel Jack Burton Robert Kuse John Dickinson Tom Williams
Chief Architect Principal Senior Director Access President CTO, Schurz
MSO Practice, Ciena Broadband Success Partners Engineering Just Digital Broadband Group
Cox Communications Transformation
CONFIDENTIAL
© 2020 Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers, Inc. All rights reserved. | scte.org
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