Cisco EoC

(Ethernet over Coax)

Apr 2, 2012

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Cisco EoC
 Cisco started to develop EoC products since yr 2007. Cisco
Shanghai R&D center has the largest HFC+EoC+CMTS lab in
Asia.
 Cisco is one of the largest EoC supplier in EoC industry, owns
more than 15% market share
 Product quality, functionality, performance rank 1st in EoC industry
 Major EoC solution provider to the largest MSO in Shanghai –
OCN.
 Deployed in other major operators, such as Yunnan province MSO,
Anhui Province MSO, Kunming city MSO and some tier 2 or 3 cities
 Deployed /trial in Philippines, Europe and North America.

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 Backbone+Metro+Access Network Overview
State IP Backbone Access Network Living Room
MDU

CRS-1 EMS/NMS BOSS System

CRS-1 EoC EP Splitter
IP
Router Router
IP Phone STB

Study Room Bed Room TAP

3T-NET
CATV Head End
PC HSD Cable STB
Phone
CRS-1 Backbone CRS-1
Router Router
Today Service Application

PSTN Phone
Cisco Terabit EoC AP TV
Router FDN Node Splitter
Radio Tower 3G Phone RFID Station STB

Home Gateway
7600 HSD Server PC
BRAS
Router
NAS
Catlyst-6500 OLT Optical Payment IP Phone
VoIP
Splitter Future Home Gateway
Metro Network VoD
Server
Villa

IP Over
7600 Cisco Gigbit 7600
Router Cable
Router Router
Surveillance
Cisco Call Manager
MCS7825 Small Business

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Cisco EoC Architecture
CATV
Head-end

TV
signal

CATV
Network

STB w/ IP return, Interactive service

Coax Data
VoIP
Ethernet
EoC EP
Network Node
Coax
Splitter

Cable STB
PC TV

MDU

Coax Network
EoC AP

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Build-in SFP ONU to Connect to EPON

Passive Optical
Network ONU
Passive Optical
Splitter
Optical Line Terminal
EoC AP
ONU

PSTN

Internet OLT Passive Optical

Splitter

Optical Network Unit

CATV

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Cisco EoC Product Family

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 Cisco EOC AP E230.2

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 Cisco EoC AP E230 – Pictures

E230 with Mains Powering E230 open

E230 with 1 module E230 with 2 modules

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Cisco EoC E230 AP Features

Feature of AP E230 -HPNA E230 .2- HomePlug AV

EoC Standard HPNA3.1(ITU-T/G.9954) HomePlug AV (IEEE1901）

Working Frequency 12～44 MHz 7.5～65 MHz
Modulation Type FDQAM OFDM
Max Throughput (MAC layer) 150 Mbps/module 320 Mbps/module
Max EP Number 61 per module 128 per module
EoC Modules 1～2 1～2

RF Input and Output 1～2 input / 1～2 output 1～2 input / 1～2 output
Module HPNA module II HomePlug AV module II
ONU SFP SFP
RJ45 Inputs 2 2
Yes (up to 8 members/group,
Supports Multicast Yes
max 32 groups)
VLAN/CoS IEEE802.1q / IEEE802.1p IEEE802.1q / IEEE802.1p
Housing IP68 IP68
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Cisco EoC EP Features
Features of EP E320.1 E330.2
Standard HPNA (ITU-T/G.9954) HomePlug AV (IEEE1901）
Working Frequency 12～44 MHz 7.5～65 MHz
Max Throughput (MAC layer) 100 Mbps 100 Mbps
RJ45 Outputs 2 4
PPPoE Supported Supported
Yes (up to 8 members/group, max
Supports Multicast Yes
32 groups)
MAC Address Limit Supported Supported
Supports 802.1p/QoS Yes Yes
Supports 802.1q /VLAN Yes Yes
CATV Bandwidth IEEE802.1q / IEEE802.1p IEEE802.1q / IEEE802.1p

Pictures

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 EoC Top Level Block Diagram

EoC

EoC

ONU

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 Cisco EoC Technologies
Item HPNA Home Plug AV
Type Low Frequency Low Frequency
Standard Home PNA 3.1(ITU-T G.9954) Home Plug AV(IEEE 1901)
Chip Set Family CG3210 Qualcom Atheros 7410
Work Frequency 12MHz-44MHz 7.5~65Mhz
Multiple Channel Yes, 2 channels:12-28/28-44 No
Type of Modulation FDQAM OFDM
Port number of EP LAN*2 LAN*4
Work model of MAC layer TDMA+CSMA/CA EOCSMA/CA
PHY Rate 224 Mbps 500 Mbps
Throughput 150 Mbps 320 Mbps
Link Loss 72 dB 85 dB
Yes (up to 8 members/group,
Support Multicast Yes
max 32 groups)
Support VLAN Yes Yes
Max EP number per AP Module 61 128
Network Management C/S and Web C/S and Web
Support SNMP Yes Yes
Support TR-069 Yes No
Support H/W Q in Q Yes No
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EoC Standard Overview
Home Plug AV Home Plug AV HiNoC
Item HPNA_3210 MoCA WiFi
(6400) (7410/7411) (1.0)

EoC Freq Low Frequency Low Frequency Low Frequency High Frequency High Frequency High Frequency

Home PNA 3.1

Standard Home Plug AV (IEEE P1901) SARFT MoCA WiFi
(ITU-T G.9954)

Work Frequency 12-44 MHz 7.5-30 MHz 7.5-67.5 MHz 750-1000 MHz 850-1500 MHz 960-1060 MHz

Work bands 2 1 2 Up to 16 4 2

Work Band 16 MHz/32 MHz 22.5 MHz 60 MHz 16 MHz 50 MHz 40MHz

Modulation FDQAM OFDM OFDM OFDM OFDM OFDM

Up Stream TDMA+CSMA/C
CSMA/CA CSMA/CA/TDMA TDMA CSMA/CA CSMA/CA
mechanism A

PHY throughput 244 Mbps 200 Mbps 500 Mbps 100 Mbps 270 Mbps 80 Mbps

MAC throughput 160 Mbps 100 Mbps > 300 Mbps 50 Mbps 100 Mbps 50 Mbps

MAC Link Loss 72dB > 85 dB > 85 dB 63 dB < 75 dB < 70 dB

Multicast Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes

VLAN Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

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 HPLUG EoC Protocol Architecture

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 HPLUG EoC Transmission Mechanism
(MAC Layer)

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 HPLUG EoC Frame Encapsulation
MSDU received from
convergence layer

HPLUG MAC frame

capsulation (extra 6
bytes）

Queuing MAC frames

according to upper
QoS requirements

Segmenting the whole

queue to
512bytes/SEG
128bit AES scrambling
Insert CRC, capsulated MSDU （MAC Service Data Unit）
to PHY block（extra SEG （Segment）
SOF （Start of Frame)
8bytes） FC （Frame Control）
PB （PHY Block）

Final Tx/Rx PHY

layer block format
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 EoC PHY/MAC Layer Performance
1 to 4 PHY Layer Rate:

1 to 4 MAC Layer Thoughput/Latency:

Downstream Downstream Upstream Upstream

Test Link FrameSize
Throughput Latency Throughput Latency
（bytes）
(Mbps) (ms) (Mbps) (ms)
64 35 9 16 6.8
E230.2+E330.2 512 293 12 102.5 7.3
(7.5~67.5MHz) 1024 325 12 203 7.7
1518 330 13 300 6.7

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 Throughput vs EP qty
Throughput v.s. EP qty
350

300
Throughput (Mbps)

250

200

150

100

50

EP Qty 0
1 4 16 32 64 96
Downstream 100 330 305 326 137 79
Upstream 100 305 304 330 150 10

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EoC CLI Example
Access to EoC AP via SSH
Show EoC AP/EP Online Devices

Show EoC EP Configuration

Set EoC Work Frequency

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 Business Provisioning System
Provisioning
BOSS System Procedures
Provisioning System
Features

 SNMP Standard
Provisioning EP
NMS
System Power Deli
BOSS  Layer 2 Configuration
on, ver
Report Athen
ticat Con  VLAN Segregates
MAC fig Multiple Services
to ion
File
EPON AP.  CoS priority
Network
 Rate limit for UL & DL
Access EoC  Enterprise Level
Network AP Database System
 Open Architecture to
Coaxial
Distribution
Support Cross-platform
EoC network EoC  Support Scalability
EP EP Deployment

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Cisco NMS Open Architecture
Open Standard Advanced Reliable Secure

GUI GUI
Present
呈现层 Plane Client Client

Process
处理层
Alarm
FM Performance
PM
CM
Layout/Config Software
SM System
OAM
Management Management 配置拓扑/操作
Management Management Management Data
Plane 故障管理 性能管理
维护管理
软件管理 系统管理 数据库
base

内部消息总线（分布式系统总线）
Internal Message Bus /Distributed System Bus

通信层 SNMP Probe SNMP Probe SNMP Probe

Communication
Plane Event OAM Event OAM
Event OAM
Command Counter Command Command
Counter Counter

设备层 Plane
Device

AP/EP AP/EP AP/EP

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Typical Deployment Scenario 1

10 HP

10 HP

EoC
AP
10 HP

10 HP

EoC AP

EoC EP

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 Typical Deployment Scenario 2

EoC AP

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Typical Deployment Scenario 3

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 Field Scenario 1（Before EoC Installation）

Equipment
Cabinet

CATV
Signal
Node

Field Condition:
Ports per node 4
Subscribers per node port 50～80
Amplifier Cascade 0
Linkloss From Node to User Room < 35 dB
Node Power Supply 60VAC
Services over Access Network VoD + HSD

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 Field Scenario 1（After EoC Installation）

Equipment
Cabinet

CATV
信号
Node

EoC AP

Field Condition:
Ports per node 4
Subscribers per node port 50～80
Amplifier Cascade 0
Linkloss From Node to User Room < 35 dB
Node Power Supply 60VAC
Services over Access Network VoD + HSD

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 Field Scenario 2（Before EoC Installation）

Equipment
220v~ Cabinet

Power Splitter Splitter

Supply

CATV port1
信号
Node CATV signal + 60V~

port2

Field Condition
Ports per node 2
Subscribers per node port 100~200
Amplifier cascade 1~3
Amplifier type 60VAC w/diplex
Linkloss From Node to User Room < 65 dB
Node Power Supply 220VAC/60VAC
Services over Access Network VoD + HSD

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 Field Scenario 2（After EoC Installation）

Equipment
220v~ Cabinet

Power Splitter Splitter

Supply

Port1
CATV
Signal
Node
Port2

Field Condition
Ports per node 2
Subscribers per node port 100~200
Amplifier cascade 1~3
Amplifier type 60VAC w/diplex
Linkloss From Node to User Room < 65 dB
Node Power Supply 220VAC/60VAC
Services over Access Network VoD + HSD

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Bad Cable Interfaces causes Ingress Noise

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EoC Application Scenario 1
IPTV Internet

vlan13 vlan12

NMS-vlan 100
c3750
trunk EoC ECEM
EPON NMS

OLT

NMS port transparent mode

LAN port

NMS-VLAN 100
EoC AP
Access Internet
2-way splitter
via PPPoE

vlan12 vlan13 IPTV STB

EP1 EP2
User PC
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 EoC Application Scenario 2

Broadband Surf CVLAN SVLAN VOD

Select VLAN &
Distribution
OLT

CVLAN SVLAN

Switch Outer VLAN ONU

Tag

EoC EoC
AP
SVLAN AP

Inner VLAN
Tag
EoC EP EoC EP

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 EoC Application Scenario 3

NMS Server
Vlan123
Metro
C3750 Vlan200 Network
Vlan100
Trunk

VoIP Server
AP
EoC NMS-Vlan 123
Network
Splitter

EP1 EP2 EP3

Vlan100 Vlan200 Vlan200 Vlan200

Vlan100
Vlan100

Internet
Phone1 Phone2 Phone3 Access PC3
Internet Internet
Access PC1 Access PC2

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 EoC Application Scenario 4
CDE 220 CDE 220 TV
TV Vault TV Streamer
172.16.1.112 STB
172.16.1.111 CDE 220 IPQAM
CDE 110 TV Cache
TV CDSM 172.16.1.12 EoC EP

172.16.1.101 EPON Network

HFC
ONU EoC
Switched AP
Network
OLT

172.16.1.11
EoC EP
PC
CDE 205
UCS Internet SR
Catalog/Portal 172.16.1.211
BackOffice/DHCP
Server
CDE 205 CDE 205
Internet CDSM Internet
172.16.1.201 Acquirer/Streamer Wireless AP
172.16.1.212

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 EoC design criteria
 In order to get the max. through put, the recommended link loss
is 50dB or less.
 5dB /100m cable length (RG6)
 8 way splitter – 11 dB loss
 16 way splitter – 14 dB loss
 Recommend to have less than 100HP per AP. Need to have
node size of 100HP/node, or put the AP after the amplifier which
has 100HP or less.
 Recommend to have less than 32 concurrent user per EoC
module in order to achieve max throughtput
 SNR>30dB
 Need to have good installation to avoid ingress noise

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SNR vs data rate
SNR vs US Rate
350

300

250
US Rate（Mbps)

200

150

100

50

0
SNR (dB) 31.5 31.6 31.6 31.6 27.6 23.7 18.6 13.1 7.8 3.7 3 3 0.7 0
US Rate 288 284 284 284 240 208 168 140 98 40 6 4 0 0

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 Pros and cons
Pros
• The throughput is very high. This is very helpful when the MSO asks
for IPTV or other services.
• The cost/Mbps is low.
• Two way HFC network upgrade is not required

Cons
• EoC is not a mature technology. EoC standard is still evolving
• QoS control and the management system are not as mature as
DOCSIS.
• There are several different standards, such as HPNA, Homeplug,
MoCA, WiFi, etc. There is compatibility issue even different vendors
are using same technology
• Need to purchase both AP and EP from the same vendor
• Need to start with very fibre deep installation up front – Small AP
serving homepass. High initial investment cost potentially

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 Q&A

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