Bob whitman

Consolidated Passive Optical

Networks in the MDU

Bob Whitman

VP Market Development

2 Corning Telecommunications

Network convergence is inevitable

• Bandwidth demand: Fixed and mobile is stressing access networks

• Mobile data growth and consumer behavior is pushing radio heads

closer to the user

• Mobile/wireless networks complementary to fixed fiber networks

• Networks are converging to provide services over any device

• Network construction is sometimes complex, particularly inside the

building; avoid doing it twice

• Consolidated passive infrastructure can save 16% to 27% of

network deployment costs


Bandwidth demand growth is stressing access

networks

• Internet Video is 50% of total

consumer demand at YE12

• Video drives exponential growth

• Measurements of bandwidth will go

from petabytes to zettabytes by

2016

• In 2013, mobile devices exceed

earth’s population (1.0 per capita);

by 2017, 1.4 mobile devices per

capita

• Mobile video traffic >50% in 2012

• Mobile network speeds more than

doubled in 2012

Global Mobile Data Traffic Global Fixed Internet Traffic

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/collateral/ns341/ns525/ns537/ns705/ns827/white_paper_c11-520862.pdf

Source: Cisco





Consumer behavior drives more connected

devices

• Multiscreen – 70% of consumers use a tablet while watching TV

– 68% of consumers use a smartphone while watching TV

• Broadband in the post PC World – Average home has approximately two connected devices

(mobile or fixed) per person

– In 2020 the average connected devices per person will be six

• Tablets breakout in 2012 – Mobile-connected tablet devises increased 2.5-fold to 36

million, and each tablet generated 2.4 times more traffic than

the average smartphone.

Source: Nielsen, Sandvine, Cisco


Quick survey

How many Internet ready devices are in your home?

• Smartphones

• Internet-ready music devices

• Game consoles

• Handheld games

• Tablets/Netbooks

• Desktop/laptop computers

• Internet ready/Smart TVs

• Internet video service devices

Who needs a killer app?


A wireless network requires optical fiber backhaul;

carriers must get off the air and onto fiber

46% of total mobile data traffic will be offloaded by 2017

Carriers are struggling to keep

up with mobile data demand

• Driving fiber to top of cell

towers and into buildings

Networks are already merging

• Users don’t know or care

about the difference

between 3G/4G and Wi-Fi

Home and office networks are

ideal for mobile offload


Demand is pushing the radio (small cells) closer to the

user, providing extra throughput in dense urban areas

Macrocell

(kms)

Small cells

(25-200 m)

80% mobile traffic generated indoors


Network Convergence

Services will be supported by one network

• Carriers support multiple networks that have been built in

silos based on service offerings

• Network efficiency requires planning for all services

Source: Qualcomm


A first step in consolidating networks: Leverage FTTH

and avoid entering and constructing in building twice

+ = + =

Wireline Wireless Consolidated Antennas

Cable Fiber &

Composite

Connectors

Hardware

MDU Wireless Supports

• Wi-Fi in the apartment

• Public Wi-Fi in the common areas

• Cellular services

• Public safety


MDU Case Study #1

Large MDU (144 Living Units, 12 Floors) – Mid-span access

Component Level of “Wireless Ready”

%

Wireless

Ready

Hardware 1. Place FTTH hardware

with capacity for

• fiber terminations at

wireless headend (96

for MIMO, in this case)

• 1U hardware per floor

(8 fibers, 8 fuses each)

6%

Riser

cabling

2. Place 96 additional fibers

in the riser

14%

Horizontal

cabling

3. Place composite cables

in the horizontal (two 4-fiber

4-conductor) per floor

19%

Connectivity 4. Or, place composite

assemblies in the horizontal

(two 4-fiber 4-conductor)

per floor

100%


MDU Case Study #1

Large MDU (144 Living Units, 12 Floors)

Wireline Wireless Ready

up to riser

Wireless Ready

all cabling

100% Wireless Ready Wireless Ready

Later

2 Separate

Networks

Consolidated

Includes Wireless

Hardware Capacity

+ Fiber in Riser + Fiber in Riser

+ Composite Cable in

Horizontal

+ Fiber in Riser

+ Composite Cable

Assemblies in

Horizontal

Materials 13,784$ 14,128$ 30,298$ 46,206$ 47,797$ 61,581$ 59,990$

Labor* 9,484$ 9,484$ 11,427$ 11,039$ 39,100$ 48,584$ 20,522$

Total 23,268$ 23,612$ 41,725$ 57,245$ 86,897$ 110,165$ 80,512$

Savings:

3% materials + 58% labor

27% overall

*Labor costs are estimates only and may vary from project to project.


Large MDU, High Rise (432

Living Units, 36 Floors) Small MDU (12 Living Units,

3 Floors)

Savings:


16% overall

Savings:


23% overall

Additional Case Studies for Large and Small MDUs

Opportunity for consolidation of FTTH, small cell, Wi-Fi and IDAS

networks could mean lower total cost and better service

Bob whitman

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