Corinex Communications

Connecting the World by Powerline Technology

Connecting the World by Powerline Technology

PON BPL H b id S l ti
PON‐BPL Hybrid Solution
PLC Asia 2008
Sam Morovati
VP, Strategic Sales
Sam.morovati@corinex.com

Nov 2008 V0.3
Next‐Generation Services
Next‐Generation Services
The Challenge Until Today 2008 2010/11

Entertainment ((IPTV))
(broadcast TV, VoD)
• Standard-definition TV - 2-4 Mbps 2-4 Mbps
• High-definition TV - - 8-12 Mbps

Information (Internet)
• Browsing & emailing 1 - 2 Mbps 5 Mbps 5 Mbps
• Personal content / P2P < 1 Mbps < 1 Mbps 5 Mbps
• Instant messaging < 1 Mbps < 1 Mbps < 1 Mbps
• E-government etc. - - < 1 Mbps
• Web-radio / podcast - < 0.5 Mbps < 0.5 Mbps
• Interactive gaming - 2 Mbps 2 Mbps
• Home monitoring - - 2 Mbps

Communications
• VoIP - < 1 Mbps < 1 Mbps
• Video conferencing - - 2 Mbps

Total: 1 - 4 Mbps 8 - 12 Mbps > 50 Mbps

Optical Access Topology
Optical Access Topology
Desktop Home Building ODN LO/CO
Fiber
FTTD ONT MSAN
< 10Gbps

Copper TP
Ethernet Fiber
FTTH ONT MSAN
< 1Gbps

Copper TP Copper
Eth
Ethernet
t VDSL2 / BPL Fiber
FTTB Modem ONT MSAN
< 100Mbps ~ 100m
Copper TP Copper
Ethernet VDSL2 / BPL Fiber
FTTC Modem ONT MSAN
< 50Mbps ~ 400m
Copper TP Copper
ADSL2+
Ethernet Fiber
FTT(N) Modem DSLAM
< 16Mbps ~ 3-5km
FTTH: Cost Breakdown
Network planning
and documentation 5%
Project
GPON 30% Management 10%

IP + others
10% OSP Material 30% OS Installation of cables
OSP 60% P and accessories 25%

Civil works 30%

A typical FTTH project:

Outside Plant represents 60% of the entire CapEx.
L i Fib i th M i Ch ll
Laying Fibre is the Main Challenge (60% cost)
(60% t)
The Business Case of FTTx Outside Plant (OSP)
Low-cost scenario High-cost scenario
Real experience with FTTx All ducts and fibres must be
Ducts already available
laid out from scratch
5% Fibre already laid in street Aerial fibre not allowed
10%
Aerial fibre can be used No sharing with other utilities
10%
Mostly large MDUs, already Mostly largely dispersed
60%
15% connected SDUs

Ducts can be shared Disruption fees must be paid

Low-cost labour available High labour costs

Network and optical infrastructure Easy digging conditions (no
Difficult digging conditions
Customer connection hard rocks)

Customer premises equipment No insurance issues (damage High obligatory insurance

to others) costs
Home installation
Subsidies and grants No government or other
Customer acquisition, relationship available subsidies
with “syndics”, service provisioning
Final cost per household: Final cost per household:

* For a 10% penetration rate

$300 $7,000

* Source: Heavy Reading FTTH study 2006

Th A
The Access Technology Dilemma
T h l Dil
What Should be the Technology of Choice?
Technology selection criteria:
gy

GPON BPL – Target applications and desired 

bandwidth range

– Market segment (residential / 
corporate) and desired services
?
WiMAX Ethernet – Selected area and given user density 
g y
at the area

– Available fibre infrastructure and the 
required flexibility
required flexibility
xDSL
– Partnership type
 End‐to‐End
End to End Broadband Access Solution
Broadband Access
Access area
Solution
M t area
Metro
NBA
Carrier switches
POTS/
ISDN
S
Ethernet

PON
BPL CPE
High
Speed
Internet L2
xDSL Aggregation
gg g
IPTV,
VoD

Radio access network

2G/3G/BWA

PON/BPL
PON-BPL
NBA Narrow Band Access gateway
t
PON Passive Optical Network
DSL Digital Subscriber Line OLT

BPL MDU
 GPON‐BPL
GPON BPL  Architecture
Architecture
Corinex MDU Gateway
within a building
200Mbps per floor Passive Optical Splitter
Splitting Ratio: 16/32/64/128
ONT

GPON
Corinex
(2.5G downstream,
(2 5G downstream
CPE 1.25G upstream)
BPL to the Home

Corinex PON-BPL OLT

CPE to feed the street
Integrated ONT
OLT: Optical Line Termination
ONU: Optical Network Unit
CPE ONT : (Optical) Network Termination
Corinex PON-BPL BPL: Broadband Powerline
to feed base stations

Low Voltage Powerlines OLT-ONT Distance

< 1KM Up to 20KM

BPL-PON technology
gy enlarges
g the broadband distance and save fibre costs
 PON‐BPL – Basic Broadband Architecture
PON‐BPL – Basic Broadband Architecture
Highlights:
Low bandwidth profile
• Using Medium-Voltage
Medium Voltage (MV) BPL gateways
(1 - 4 Mb
Mbps per user))
• Each gateway serves 50-200 households
• 600 Mbps (3 x 200 Mbps) are shared
among 50-200 users
• GPON ONT and BPL gateway are
integrated into a single box solution
• Useful for entry-level broadband services

Corinex PON
PON-BPL
BPL
Optical
MV Gateway
splitter
OLT
Corinex MDU Solution
(P
(Powerline
li and
d Coax)
C ) Fiber optic
Fib ti
Power line
PON BPL Triple Play Architecture
PON‐BPL – Triple Play Architecture
Highlights:
High
Hi hb bandwidth
d idth profile
fil • Using cost
cost-effective
effective Low
Low-Voltage
Voltage (LV)
BPL gateways
(10 - 40 Mbps per home)
• GPON ONT and BPL gateway are
integrated into a single box solution
Corinex
C i • Each gateway serves 5-6 households
AV200
CPE • 200 Mbps are shared among 5-6 users
• Main savings on drop and distribution

Corinex PON
PON-BPL
BPL
Optical
LV Gateway
splitter
OLT
Fiber optic
Power line
 Corinex GPON‐BPL Gateway

GPON Interface Power

Ethernet Interface BPL Interface

Coax BPL Interface

1st Industrial Grade BPL Product in the Market

 Broadband & Utility VLAN Architecture
y

Triple play PON-BPL Gateway

Corinex
CPE to feed the Homes
10GE

MPLS Core

BPL to the Home

Corinex OLT
CXP-LVA-GPON
Carrier VLAN
Utility VLAN

Corinex BPL Meter Utility Carrier

CXM-AV200-SI
Services Services

There are VLANs from the Operator

Operator,
Utility and Subscriber
I t lli t G id d AMI
Intelligent Grid and AMI
Corinex BPL solutions provides the 
communications backbone for:
– AMI
– Outage Management
– Distribution Automation
Distribution Automation
– Transformer Evaluation and Monitoring
– Power Quality Monitoring 
– Remote Control Load Balancing to maximize 
Remote Control Load Balancing to maximize
efficiency
– Asset Management
– SCADA
– Advanced Network Management with GIS & 
mapping
– Fault Detection
– Surveillance & Security
S ill &S it
 GPON/HFP a Dual Use Technology
GPON/HFP a Dual Use Technology

Utility Broadband
apps services
i

•Internet Access
•Outage notification/mgmt
•VoIP
•Advanced metering
•Muni Wifi
•Preventive maintenance
•Video Surveillance
•Asset Mgmt/Optimization
•Traffic Monitoring
•Load Mgmt/Control
•Air Quality Monitoring

Using IP technology to create
g gy Using the grid to create a better IP 
g g
a better grid network
GPON BPL Scaling:
GPON-BPL S li

Hybrid GPON/BPL cost:

$70 - $260
per home passed
including CPE cost
based on the density.
 PON BPL Scaling
PON‐BPL –
20 k
km

~ 2,500 Homes
Passed
~ 16 PON-BPL
Gateways
 PON BPL Scaling
PON‐BPL –
20 20
km km

~ 150,000 Homes
Passed
 GPON/BPL Hybrid ‐ Key Benefits:
GPON/BPL Hybrid  Key Benefits:

y Cost‐effective
– Networks of this nature can not only be deployed quickly but also at a fraction of the cost of FTTH and 
Networks of this nature can not only be deployed quickly but also at a fraction of the cost of FTTH and
GPON/DSL.
y Innovative
– Fiber to the Node (FTTN) solution for high speed broadband services with a possible migration to FTTH in the 
future GPON/BPL and Standard GPON ONTs can coexist on the same splitter
future. GPON/BPL and Standard GPON ONTs can coexist on the same splitter.
y Simple Design
– Uniquely integrated GPON/BPL Solution that minimizes network complexity and the number of network 
elements.
y Full service coverage
– Networks can be planned to support basic broadband connectivity plus upgrade to deliver tripleplay services.
y Fast Time to Revenue
– By not having to provide traditional copper or coax access connections to the premise allows for simple, fast 
By not having to provide traditional copper or coax access connections to the premise allows for simple fast
and automated service provisioning and a reduction in customer acquisition costs.
PON‐BPL Utility and Carrier Partnership  
A real fibre partnership example* 

The telecom operator will: The energy distributor (ED) will:

Own the GPON equipment Own the fibre

Own the BPL injectors and CPEs Own the meters

Supply the fibre Install and maintain the fibre

Install and maintain the splitters &
I t ll the
Install th BPL iinjectors
j t and
d couplers
l
splices
Provide a VPN for the ED for meter Utilize the fibre to extend ED SCADA
reading network
Deliver an aggregated VPN Charge the operator for maintenance of
connection to the ED fibre and BPL equipment
Provide network management feeds
to the ED
 C
Case Study
St d
Tier‐1 CLEC in APAC
• Background
– A multinational tier‐1 CLEC
– Established residential & business operations
– ULL costs around $18 (very expensive)
ULL costs around $18 (very expensive)
– Solution: team up with a utility, eliminate ULL
• The business case
– For 300,000 subscribers: 
For 300 000 subscribers:
– xDSL: $100,000,000 spent only in ULL fees
– GPON/PLC: 1 year ROI; ultimate target size 4 
million home passed
p
• Migration strategy
– Use deep fiber strategy to deliver high 
bandwidth today; pure FTTH within 4‐6 years
– Spread out CapEx, be ready to migrate to 10G 
PON in the future
NSN – Performance of BPL-PON

‰“The Corinex MV Gateway is fitted also with a Corning

FlexNAP solution so the customer just has to connect the
coupler/isolator to Powerline, connect 240VAC, and click in
the single fibre Corning to deliver the service.
‰The Gateway is up and running within 30 minutes ‐ very
nice for a million home deployment With the ONT delivering
about 120Mbit/s,
120Mbit/s the Gateway was delivering about
80Mbit/s, we had 28Mbit/s throughput into the home CPE ‐
Triple play here we come…”

Perry Pöhlmann
Sales Director BBA for ANZ
Nokia Siemens Networks