Creating converged networks for FTTH and 5G

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Creating Converged Networks for FTTH and 5G:
FTTX Design with 5G in Mind
Broadband Communities Economic Development Conference
Ontario, CA Oct 25, 2018
John George
Senior Director, Solutions and Professional Services
OFS
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Fiber Network Design with 5G in Mind
• What is 5G?
• Applications Driving Fiber and 5G
• FTTH and 5G forecasts
• Converged Fiber Network Architectures supporting FTTX and 5G
• Overcoming fiber deployment barriers to homes, business, and cell sites.
• Q&A

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• 130 year heritage including
Bell Labs, Lucent, Furukawa,
AT&T.
• Standards Leadership
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carriers and utilities worldwide

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4 production
locations and OFS
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• What is 5G?
• Q&A

What is 5G?
Higher data rates,
less delay, more devices,
more applications vs. 4G
* Source ITU “IMT-2020”

• What is 5G?
• Q&A

Why do we need 5G?

Future Applications Require High Bandwidth and Low Latency
(Delay)
Source: Verizon, Fiber is Sexy Again, Kyle Malady, SVP & Chief Network Officer, Fiber Connect
Conference 2017

Billions of new “things” will be connected over the next 5 years

Autonomous Vehicles Can Save $1.3T for U.S Economy – and
may utilize Gigabit 5G Connections
Intel CEO Brian Krzanich:
“The average autonomous car will create about 40
gigabytes of data each minute.”
up to 6 Gb/s upload real time!

• What is 5G?
• Q&A

FTTH best to meet growing residential and business bandwidth demands
Source:
FTTH future potential is >100X that of other technologies

FTTH Growing in the US and Globally
FTTH available to 35M Homes, must reach 90M additional homes for 90% availability in
U.S.

5G is short range so needs more cells to provide coverage.
Macro-Cell Site
Small Cells Fill the Bandwidth Gaps – Outdoors and Indoors
Source: Alcatel Lucent
5G will require Millions of New
Fiber Connected Small Cells over
time.
https://www.fiberbroadband.org/page/paving-the-road-to-
5g-with-fiber

Small Cell example in FLA
Antenna
COAX to
Antenna
Jumper from
Terminal to
Small Cell
Fiber Terminal
Fiber Feed
in duct
Radio

New approaches integrate small cell radio and antenna into light poles

1.4M Miles of fiber cable to fully cover
top 25 US Metropolitan Areas
• 10.4M small cells
• 750 foot diameter per cell
• 60 cells per square mile
• 8 miles of fiber per square mile
• Multi-Decade Buildout
5G is short range and needs more cells – and more fiber

5G is short range so needs more cells and much more fiber

Small cells forecasted to grow driven by 5G
Small Cell Deployment Forecast
2018 - 2025 (Ms)
Small Cell Forum, Nov 2017
Indoor 34.7
Outdoor 9.9
ROW 10.0
EU 6.3
NAM 4.9
APAC 23.4
“<50K outdoor small cells that have
been deployed (in the US) thus far”,
Wall Street analysts at Cowen and Company in
a report to investors Sept 2017

• What is 5G?
• Q&A

Converged Networks

SOURCE: Nokia_Light_Reading_Fixed_for_Mobile_Transport_White_Paper_EN
FTTP (Businesses), FTTH, Fiber to Cell Networks deployed in the same
space

.
Fronthaul projected requirements per cell
• 4G has converged on 10Gbps
• 5G with CPRI projected to need 236
Gbps
• 5G with eCPRI projected to need 25
Gbps per radio
From “LightCounting Note titled “Mobile
Fronthaul in the 5G Era” Oct 5, 2017
5G will need higher data rates to each cell – and more fiber!

5G Needs More Fibers per Cell Tower than 4G
vs.
4G 5G
Macro Cell
Sites
~1 mile grid
72 - 288 Fibers
2-8 Fibers
Backhaul
50-100
Fibers
Front haul
864 - 1728 Fibers
50 – 100 Fibers
Front haul per
Macro-Tower
8– 24 Fibers
per Small
Cell
Small Cells
~750 ft grid
BBU
C-
RAN
Carrier
Hotel
CO

• What is 5G?
• Overcoming fiber deployment barriers to homes, business, and cell
sites.
• Q&A

Solutions to small cell deployment barriers needed before 5G is
widespread
• Backhaul cost and
availability.
• Site acceptance.
• Monetizing the investment
(ROI)
Small Cell Forum. Small cells market status update Issue date: 14 February 2018 Version: 50-10-02

Converged high density FTTX/5G fiber solutions can help address pain
points
Pain Point Solution
Backhaul Cost.
Site acceptance.
Monetizing the
investment
(ROI)
• Compact cables, ½ size of
conventional, fitting in existing
spaces.
• Strand mountable terminals.
• Plug and Play terminals and end
points.
• Virtually invisible on/in buildings.
• Single versatile network for
residential, Business, and
Mobility/5G.

FTTx Networks can be built to support converged FTTH, FTTB, and 5G

FTTx Networks can be built to support converged FTTH, FTTB, and 5G
Versatile
Terminal
Homes
PON
1:32
5G Front haul or
Business
Direct
Connection
864 or 1728
Rollable
Ribbon Cable
IN OR ON THE TOWER
C-
RAN
1RU Shelf
Multifiber Drop Bundle
Indoor/Outdoor Cable
Cell Drop Assembly/Connectors
ADSS Cable MicroCable
IN THE HUT
TO THE HUT
LC
ST
MPO

Small Cell Solution example
Slimbox® Solution plug
and play factory tested
and terminated
EZ-Bend®
Ruggedized
Jumper
to radio
Slimbox®Drop
Terminal
C-
RAN
864 - 1728 6- 2472 - 288

Compact Cabling Can Reduce Total Installed Costs for FTTH and 5G
Networks
Conventional
Cabling
Double
Density
Cabling
Installed Cost Comparison example

0.0
1.0
2.0
3.0
4.0
5.0
6.0
7.0
8.0
Bend
Loss
(dB)
Wavelength (nm)
Std SMF
AllWave Fiber
AllWave + Fiber
AllWave One Fiber
OSP Optimized Fibers Can Lower Bending Loss to Fit Smaller Spaces
Bend Loss within 2 dB network
design margin
Bend Loss exceeds 2 dB network
design margin, can cause service
failure
Good
Only 2 half bends like this can cause
the bending loss shown in the chart
Splice tray in OSP Closure
1577
10G-
PON
FTTH
1550
RF-Video
CATV and
FTTH
1603
40G-
PON
FTTH
1490
G-PON
FTTH
1310
G-PON
FTTH
1530 to 1625
C/DWDM Metro LH
Current FTTN
and FTTH
Emerging
FTTH and
5G
Current Metro and
Long Haul
Legend
conventional
G.652.D SMF
conventional G.652.D SMF
Bend Loss with 2 half bends at 10 mm radius

Your Optical Fiber Solutions Partner® at www.ofsoptics.com
What is it?
• Periodic bonds between fibers in a ribbon
• Enables ribbon to be rolled into a cylinder
Benefits
• Enables 2x fiber vs flat ribbon in same OD
• Ribbon splicing functionality
• Gel free
Rollable Ribbon in Loose Tube design benefits
• Rugged – fibers protected
• Easy individual fiber and ribbon access
• Bend insensitive Zero-Water Peak fiber
Rollable Ribbon is a new technology that can
lower deployment cost by doubling fiber density

Rollable Ribbon in Loose Tube Cable Can Double the Fiber in the Same
Duct
Cable 1 “ 1.25” 2”
Rollable
Ribbon
864 1728 3456
Flat Ribbon 576 864 1728
Rollable Ribbon
864 in 1”
Flat Ribbon
864 in 1.25”

Microcable Helps Lower System Cost for Network Densification
Smallest – 5.7-6.3 mm
Midia® GX Micro-cable
144 fiber cable example
(Traditional cable = 15.7mm)
Smaller – 8.6 mm
Small – 9.7 mm
Micro-Trenching
• Less costly than digging up streets
• Duct placed and cable blown in
• Smaller cables enable faster, less expensive
installation.

New Self Supporting Cables Offer Significant Labor Savings
Aerial Dielectric Self Supporting cable (ADSS) installs faster, eases copper recovery
• Up to 30% lower installed cost and 30% faster vs. lashing
• 1 hr. time savings per terminal – no gel to clean
• Eases recovery of copper – not lashed to copper as are traditional cables
• Popular with Power Utilities (Fully Dielectric)
First to market gel
free ADSS cable

Faster, Easier Deployment to end points facilitated by connectorized systems

Faster, easier, virtually invisible fiber on and in buildings to residents and
small cells increases acceptance and lowers cost
Virtually invisible in-building ….. and now on-building fiber cabling
InvisiLight® MDU Solution InvisiLight® Façade Solution
4 – 16 fibers for risers and hallways 1 fiber - In Living Unit (ILU) 24 or 12 fiber indoor/outdoor
InvisiLight® ILU Solution

Converged high density FTTX/5G solutions can help address pain points
Pain Point Solution
Backhaul Cost.
Site acceptance.
Monetizing the
investment
(ROI)
• Compact cables, ½ size of
conventional, fitting in existing
spaces.
• Strand mountable terminals.
• Plug and Play terminals and end
points.
• Virtually invisible on/in buildings.
• Single versatile network for
residential, Business, and
Mobility/5G.

Thank You
http://www.ofsoptics.com/fttx-solution-offering.html
John George
Senior Director, Solutions and Professional Services
OFS
770-314-0778 johngeorge@ofsoptics.com

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