Joint ITU-T/IEEE Workshop on

Next Generation Optical

Access Systems
Requirements for Next
Generation PON
1

Junichi Kani1 and Russell Davey2

NTT Access Network Service Systems Labs, NTT
2 BT

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Outline
Introduction
Evolution scenario

NG-PON1 and NG-PON2

Requirements for NG-PON1

Architecture/infrastructure
Power saving
Operational functions

Perspective for NG-PON2

Summary
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PON evolution
Bit rate
(bps)
NG-PON
10G

10GE-PON
G-PON
GE-PON

1G

B-PON
100M

10M

Standardization

Deployment

ITU-T Recommendation

STM
PON

IEEE standard
2000

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Current PON deployment

Typically enabled services
High-speed Internet access (e.g. via Fast Ethernet)
TV services
RF video overlay or IP-TV: depends on the business case

Telephony
POTS emulation or VoIP: depends on the business case

Preparedness for future upgrade

Reuse installed ODN as much as possible
Upgrade individual customers without loss of service to
other customers
Minimize manual intervention in ODN
G.984.5 recommends to pre-install Wavelength
Blocking Filter (WBF) in G-PON ONU.
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WBF in G.984.5
G-PON ONU

IFPON

Laser

Elec.

Rec

WBF

WDM-N
G-PON downstream
Video overlay
Next-gen PON downstream

Transmittance

G.984.5 describes wavelength-blocking characteristics of GPON ONU assuming to employ WBF

0dB
-7dB

(Optional)

(Mandatory)

-22dB
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1450

1480

1530
1500

1539

Wavelength (nm)
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Wavelength bands in G.984.5

G.983.3

1200

1260

Upstream

1300

1360

G.984.5
Upstream
Regular: 1260-1360 nm
Reduced: 1290-1330 nm
Narrow: 1300-1320 nm
1360
1260 1300
1200

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Future band

1400

Enhancement
band (EB)
DownFuture band
stream
1480
1500

1600 (nm)

EB2
EB1
(Informative) Down- 1530-1580(or 1625) nm
EB3:
1400-1450 nm stream
1550-1560 nm
1400

1480
1500

1600 (nm)
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Expectations for NG-PON

Broader bandwidth for enabling
new services
Smooth migration from the
present PONs
Advanced functionalities for issues
extracted from the massive PON
deployment
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Evolution scenario

Capacity

Component R&D to enable NG-PON2

Co-existence
arrows mean to
allow gradual
migration in the
same ODN.

G-PON

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Co

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GE-PON C

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NG-PON1 incl.
long-reach option
WDM option to

NG-PON2
E.g. Higher-rate TDM
DWDM
Elect. CDM
OFDM,Etc.
t

m en n
p
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u
Eq mmo
o
be c uch as
as m sible
p os

enable to overlay
multiple G/XGPONs

XG-PON

(Up: 2.5G to 10G,

Down: 10G)

Splitter for NGA2

(power splitter or
something new)

Power splitter deployed for Giga PON

(no replacement / no addition)

Now
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NG-PON1 options
Capacity higher than G-PON
Use foreseeable cost-effective technologies
XG-PON

Downstream 10G
Upstream 2.5 to 10G TBD

Overlay G/XG-PON

Multiple G/XG-PON in one fiber via WDM

Options for co-existence with G-PON

Full Enhancement-Band (EB) approach

Partial EB approach
Non-EB approach

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Overlay G-PON with full EB

approach
ONU

ONU

GPON
OLT

ONU

15xx/15yy nm
WDM1

ONU
ONU
ONU

ONU

GPON
OLT

e.g. 32-way split GPON gives each

customer sustained bandwidth
80/40 Mbit/s

ONU

Key
ONU

e.g. upgrade 4 customers to

overlay GPONs giving them 622/155
Mbit/s each
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GPON
OLT

1490nm/1310 nm
GPON

ONU

GPON
OLT

Overlay GPON
(15xx/15yy nm )

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Examples of NG-PON1 services

No.
1
2
3
4

Service
Telephony

5
6

Leased line
High speed
Internet access
timing-related
services

TV (real time)

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VoIP
POTS emulation
ISDN emulation
IP-TV
digital TV
broadcasting
T1/E1
GbE UNI
clock delivery
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NG-PON1 general requirements

on architecture/infrastracture
Common system for FTTH, FTTBulding,
FTTCabinet/Curb, etc.
Common system for single-stage and
multi-stage splitter ODNs.
Class C as baseline and Class C++ as
amplified option for ODN budget
Protection option that does not impact
the fixed cost of unprotected PON
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Power saving
As for the XG-PON, it is mandatory to
employ enhanced energy efficient function
in its TC and above layer(s).
Lifeline service with minimum power
consumption
e.g. 4 to 8 hour sustainability with battery

10G as the turbo mode

10G PON LSI is estimated as consuming 4 to 8
times power compared with Giga PON LSI.
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Power saving function for XGPON (example)

ONU
Power saving
mode
(1G or lower?)
10G mode

OLT
Control
Management
A rapid control channel is required
PLOAM (rapid PON-layer OAM)
Ether OAM
etc.

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Transceiver options for ONU

Parallel 1G/10G TRx
Single TRx for 1G/10G

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Operational requirements

Keeping ONT conditions under

control to comply with SLA
Offering an access to UNI to other
service providers in some cases
Concepts and approaches for GPON OMCI should be reused.
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Evolution scenario

Capacity

Component R&D to enable NG-PON2

Co-existence
arrows mean to
allow gradual
migration in the
same ODN.

G-PON

-e
Co

o-e
GE-PON C

nce
e
t
xis

ce
ten
s
i
x

NG-PON1 incl.
long-reach option
WDM option to

NG-PON2
E.g. Higher-rate TDM
DWDM
Elect. CDM
OFDM,Etc.
t

m en n
p
i
u
Eq mmo
o
be c uch as
as m sible
p os

enable to overlay
multiple G/XGPONs

XG-PON

(Up: 2.5G to 10G,

Down: 10G)

Splitter for NGA2

(power splitter or
something new)

Power splitter deployed for Giga PON

(no replacement / no addition)

Now
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NG-PON2
Longer-term solution.
Significantly higher capacity than GPON, GEPON
E.g. ~ 1 Gbit/s sustained per customer
Component R&D needs to start now
E.g. tunable transmitters and receivers etc.
Cost reduction
Co-existence requirement could be relaxed as
long as cost-effective upgrade strategy from
earlier generations is identified.
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Bitrate per wavelength (Gbps)

Technical Direction

Higher-speed TDMA technologies

incl. long-reach/high-split technologies

100

-Low-cost optics
(direct mod, EDC, FEC)
-Burst-mode receivers

10

NG-PON1
G-PON
GE-PON

B-PON
0.1

Video
overlay

NG-PON2
WDM technologies
-Colorless optics
(tunable lasers & filters, )
-Wavelength OA&M

16

Number of wavelengths

32
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Example of architecture:
hybrid WDM/TDMA

Plural
PluralTDMA-PONs
TDMA-PONscan
canbe
beoverlaid
overlaidon
onan
anODN
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ofseveral
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ONUs
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ONU A

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ONU B

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Access line
Power
splitter

ONU D

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2
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time

OLT

1
C

ONU C

TDMA

IFs

2
Terminal
cards

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Note: illustration for downstream is omitted.

Wavelength-tunable
DWDM-SFP

OpticalPower
power [dBm]
Optical
[dBm]

Colorless ONU with wavelengthtunable DWDM-SFP

20

3 nm

10

CH1

CH8

50 GHz
spacing

-10
-20

Tunable ONU
W
DWDM
D
-SFP TF M

-30
1590

1591

1592
1593
W avelength [nm ]

1594

1595

-4

10

Bit rate: 1.25 Gbit/s

-5

10

Loss budget: 36.6 dB

-6

H. Suzuki, et al, Wavelength-Tunable

DWDM-SFP Transceiver with a Signal
Monitoring Interface and Its Application to
Coexistence-Type Colorless WDM-PON,
ECOC 2007, PD-3.4.

BER

10

-7

10

-8

10

-9

10

-10

10

-11

10
-12
10

-40

CH1
CH2
CH3
CH4
CH5
CH6
CH7
CH8

-35

Tunable ONU OUT:

+4.5 dBm
WDM-OSU IN:
-32.1 dBm

-30
Optical Power [dBm]

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European project on NG-PON:

MUSE SP E (2006-2007)
Hybrid TDM / WDM - PON with higher bitrate, extended split factors and reach

Bypassing conventional local exchange and centralising the

functionality
Contributors: Nokia Siemens Networks, Siemens,
British Telecommunications, Telekomunikacja Polska

Prototype system with real traffic

TC-layer implemented

10Gbit/s downstream
2.5Gbit/s upstream
1:512 splitting ratio
100km total reach

30km in ODN

Same color ONTs

Burst-mode transponder for 2.5Gbit/s

upstream

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EU FP6 PIEMAN
100km reach
Split up to 512
10 Gbps symmetric
32 TDM PONs:
32 Downstream
32 Upstream
ONU=Optical Networking Unit

Wavelength Plan

1525

1530

1535

C-Band
50 GHz channel spacing
no Video overlay

Downstream

Upstream

1540

1545

1550

1555

1560

1565

1570

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Summary
NG-PON1 requirements
Smooth migration from gigabit PONs
is the essential requirement.
Advanced functionalities such as
power saving are also important.

NG-PON2 perspective
Technical directions include higherspeed TDMA and full WDM.
Component R&D should be started
now.
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