BROADBAND TECHNOLOGIES & SERVICES

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Broadband Technologies -Core Network

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BROADBAND
Broadband Signifies :
High Bandwidth

High Access speeds, 256 Kbps t o 100 Mbps

Huge Core bandwidth pipes, STM 16 (SDH), GigE (MEN) and 2.5 GigE
(DWDM / CWDM)

Multiple Converged Services

High Speed Data
Voice
Video

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BROADBAND SERVICES
Services Offered On Broadband :
Data Services
High Speed Internet Services

Point to Point and Point to Multi Point VPN Services

Web Hosting Applications
Walled garden (Internet on TV)

Voices Services
Audio Conference

Voice over IP (VoIP)

Video Services
Video Broadcast

Video on Demand
Video telephony
Online Gaming

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BROADBAND SERVICES
Services Offered on Broadband
Web
Hosting

Multimedia
Conference

Video/Audio
-On-Demand

Video on PC

Online
Gaming

Revenue
Value-added Applications
Value Add
applications to
boost revenues

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Basic Telecom Service

Voice
Internet

Time

BROADBAND COMPONENTS
User

Access

Core

Backend

Business
Voice over IP

IP VPN

video
communication

Residential
gaming

NMS Server

Access
&
Aggregation
Network

Core
Network

NMS Client

Radius Server

video

Video Server
Soft Switch

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BROADBAND NETWORK ELEMENTS

Network Elements Technology Options
User
The Access

Corporate / SME / SOHO

Residential

Wired Access ( DSL, Cable, FTTH)

Wireless ( BWA, Wifi )

The Media
Optical Fiber

The Core

The Technology
SDH
CWDM / DWDM
ATM
Ethernet

Backend

Authentication Server

Content Servers
Web Hosting Servers
Video Servers

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BROADBAND NETWORK COMPONENTS

Core Network

Access
FTTH 100M

STB

Backend
MPLS

M/C

2 Fiber SM
G.652

Internet

Dual Homed
Ring

GigE

GigE
GigE

DSLAM

Internet
Gateway Router

BBRAS

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DNS
DHCP
AAA
Voice Services
Server
Internet Data
Services Server
TV/Video
Services Servers

CORE NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES

BB Core Technologies:
Core Network:

Architecture
Ring
Single Homing
Dual Homing
Mesh
Technology
ATM / IP / Ethernet
SDH
SDH over CWDM / DWDM

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RING ARCHITECTURE
Advantage
Low Cost
Simple Architecture
Disadvantage
Hub Potential Single Point failure
Target Application
Towards Access and Low Capacity Core

Advantage
Highly Reliable
Disadvantage
High Cost Solution.
Target Application
High Capacity Core
2 Fiber SM
G.652

Aggregation
Ring

Collector
Ring

Core Switch

Dual Homed

Single Homed
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MESH ARCHITECTURE

Advantages
Extremely Reliable
Protection against Equipment / Fiber failure
Disadvantages
Very Complex and Costly to implement
Target Application
Highest Tier in Core

Dual-Homed Mesh

Core Ring

Mesh Network

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CORE TECHNOLOGIES
Technology Options on Core
1.
2.
3.

ATM Backbone
IP / Metro Ethernet
SDH / CWDM / DWDM.

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ATM BACKBONE
Traditional ATM Backbone Core
Benefits:
1. High deployment across the world
2. Stabilized Technology
3. Aggregation through multiple E1s or upto STM 16 rings.
4. Good for aggregating Higher bandwidths.
Drawbacks:
1. ATM pvc uses 10% overheads
2. Higher Provisioning time.

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ATM BACKBONE CORE

DSLAM for Residential Internet Access Traditional Way
xDSL

RFC 1483
Bridged Access

E
STM4/STM16

FTTH 100M

STM4/STM16

Metro Ethernet
LAN Switch

STM4/STM16

STM4/STM16

RFC 1483
Bridged Access

xDSL

ATM MESH

RFC 1483
Bridged Access

Broadband RAS

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Internet

METRO ETHERNET CORE

Metro Ethernet Core
Benefits:
1. Deployment has started in Huge way across the world
2. Aggregation through Fast Ethernet or Gigabit Ethernet.
3. Highly recommended for high bandwidths requirements.
Drawbacks:
1. Technology getting standardized
2. Limited support for VLANs.
3. Single broadcast domain.

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DSLAM for Residential Internet Access Next Generation

xDSL

FE/Gig
Ethernet Service
Connectivity Provider
FE/Gig
FE/Gig
FE/Gig

Internet

FE/Gig
Internet
Gateway Router

xDSL
IPDSLAM
Broadband RAS

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SDH / CWDM / DWDM CORE

Inter-City
Backbone
Network

Backbone
ATM

STM1/STM4
on ATM

2 Fiber SM
G.652

Metro Transport
and Aggregation
Network

SDH
STM1/STM4 on Sonet

Core Switch

Aggregation
Ring (CWDM/DWDM)

MPLS

GigE

GigE
GigE
DSLAM traffic going to the core
through Metro Ethernet

Ethernet UNI

Aggregation Node

Internet
Access Router

Internet
Gateway Router

BBRAS

SDHNetwork
STM1/4/16

xDSL
Ethernet UNI

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Internet
Voice Services
Server
Internet Data
Services Server
TV/Video
Services Servers

DNS
DHCP
AAA

BROADBAND SERVICES
Multiple Technology Options for Changing Needs
Need for multiple service offering
Focus on Centralized Management and Provisioning

THANK YOU

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