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Broadband Facts, Fiction, and Broadband Facts, Fiction, and Urban Myths Urban Myths Rod Tucker Rod Tucker National Broadband Network National Broadband Network Wireless Passive Optical Network (PON) Point of Interconnect Splitter
Telephone Exchange Fibre
National Broadband Network National Broadband Network
- 100 Mb/s to ~ 93% of Australia (fibre)
- 12 Mb/s to remainder (wireless and satellite)
- Fibre upgrade path to >1 Gb/s (PON) and >10 Gb/s (PtP)
Splitter Passive Optical Network (PON) Point to Point Fibre (PtP) Point of Interconnect NBN Backhaul Competitive Backhaul Wireless
Summary Summary 93% 93% Fibre Fibre Coverage Coverage
Source: NBNCo
Summary Summary
- Access technologies
- Fibre
- Copper
- Hybrid Fibre Coax
- Wireless
- Telecommunications 101
- The electromagnetic spectrum
- Shared media and contention
- Debunking some urban myths
Splitter
Fiber to the Premises (FTTP)
Cabinet
Fiber to the Node (FTTN)
Cu Fiber
Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFC)
Coaxial Cable
RF Amp
Wireless
Fiber
Splitter
Access Network Technologies Access Network Technologies
Telephone Exchange
Micro-cell
Electromagnetic Spectrum Electromagnetic Spectrum
10 m 1 m 10 cm 1 cm 100 μm 1 mm 10 μm 1 μm 10 nm 1 nm 1017 1016 1015 1014 1013 1012 109 108 1011 107 106
Radio TV Cell
FM UHF 100 MHz 1 MHz 1 GHz 10 MHz AM Wireless Internet
Micro- waves Infra- red Visible Ultra- violet
Fibre (shared or dedicated) 150 THz 250 THz Wavelength Frequency (Hz) 100,000 GHz 1010 100 nm HF Wireless (shared) Copper pair (dedicated) 0 MHz ~20 MHz (strongly length-dependent) 100 m Coaxial cable (shared)
A single fibre has about 10,000 times the capacity of the entire radio frequency spectrum
Sharing the Wireless Spectrum Sharing the Wireless Spectrum
Source: Bell Labs, 1984 Cell
Shared Wireless Spectrum Shared Wireless Spectrum
3G Towers, 2010
Some Urban Myths Some Urban Myths
- No-one will ever use 100 Mb/s to the home
- Wireless can provide 100 Mb/s to the home
- Future advances in wireless will make FTTP obsolete
- Advanced DSL will provide 100 Mb/s to the home
- FTTH is environmentally unfriendly
- Australia is taking a risk in going to FTTP before the rest of the world
Backhaul Progress over 125 Years Backhaul Progress over 125 Years
2010
Copper and Microwaves Optical Fibre
20% p.a. 30% p.a.
50% p.a. (kb/s) Historical trends continue Broadband demand stops
Source: NBNCo
No No-
- one will ever
- ne will ever…
…. .
"The Americans have need of the telephone, but we do not. We have plenty of messenger boys.“
- - Sir William Preece, chief engineer of the British Post Office, 1876
"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers."
- - Thomas Watson, Chairman of IBM, 1943
"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."
- - Ken Olson, president and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977
"But what...is it good for?“
- - Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968,
commenting on the microchip
Some Urban Myths Some Urban Myths
- No-one will ever use 100 Mb/s to the home
- Wireless can provide 100 Mb/s to the home
- Future advances in wireless will make FTTP obsolete
- Advanced DSL will provide 100 Mb/s to the home
- FTTH is environmentally unfriendly
- Australia is taking a risk in going to FTTP before the rest of the world
100 Mb/s FTTP with Micro 100 Mb/s FTTP with Micro-
- Cells
Cells
100 Mb/s Wireless Broadband 100 Mb/s Wireless Broadband
Each tower is fed by a fibre Beware the fine print!
Some Urban Myths Some Urban Myths
- No-one will ever use 100 Mb/s to the home
- Wireless can provide 100 Mb/s to the home
- Future advances in wireless will make FTTH obsolete
- Advanced DSL will provide 100 Mb/s to the home
- FTTH is environmentally unfriendly
- Australia is taking a risk in going to FTTH before the rest of the world
Wireless is nearing its fundamental limits. It is ideal for providing mobility, but its capacity is severely limited. Beware the fine print!
Some Urban Myths Some Urban Myths
- No-one will ever use 100 Mb/s to the home
- Wireless can provide 100 Mb/s to the home
- Future advances in wireless will make FTTH obsolete
- Advanced DSL will provide 100 Mb/s to the home
- FTTH is environmentally unfriendly
- Australia is taking a risk in going to FTTH before the rest of the world
DSL Downstream Bitrate vs. Distance DSL Downstream Bitrate vs. Distance
20 40 60 80 100 120 1 2 3 4 5
Distance, km Theoretical Speed Mb/s
ADSL2+ VDSL2
X
100 Mb/s VDSL2 range limited to ~ 50 m, at best Requires active nodes in the field
Some Urban Myths Some Urban Myths
- No-one will ever use 100 Mb/s to the home
- Wireless can provide 100 Mb/s to the home
- Future advances in wireless will make FTTH obsolete
- Advanced DSL will provide 100 Mb/s to the home
- FTTH is environmentally unfriendly
- Australia is taking a risk in going to FTTH before the rest of the world
30 Peak Access Rate (Mb/s) Power Per User (W) 1 1000 FTTP 100 20 10 10
32 Customers M = 1
Power Consumption in Access Networks Power Consumption in Access Networks
M = 1
FTTP is “greenest” FTTN
M= 1 Wireless M= 10 20 users per sector M = 1
HFC
M= Oversubscription
PtP
M = 1
Some Urban Myths Some Urban Myths
- No-one will ever use 100 Mb/s to the home
- Wireless can provide 100 Mb/s to the home
- Future advances in wireless will make FTTH obsolete
- Advanced DSL will provide 100 Mb/s to the home
- FTTH is environmentally unfriendly
- Australia is taking a risk in going to FTTH before the rest of the world
Fibre Penetration by Country Fibre Penetration by Country
Penetration
Source: FTTH Council AP, 2010
Broadband Deployment in Japan Broadband Deployment in Japan
Source: Japan Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication, 2010
Time to Fibre Time to Fibre “ “Maturity Maturity” ”
Institute for a Institute for a Broadband Enabled Society Broadband Enabled Society
– Education and Learning – Health and Wellbeing – Network Deployment and Economics – Social Infrastructure and Communities – Service and Business Transformation
IBES Research Themes IBES Research Themes
- Fully-functional FTTP test-bed, including core infrastructure
- Equipment donated by industry
- Interconnected (nationally and internationally) through AARNet
- Research &Development tool
- For researchers: Technology and application development and testing
- For industry: Configure, test, optimize and customize applications
- For SMEs: Incubator facilities
- Integration and interoperability testing for higher layer technologies
- Configuration of applications vertically through the technology stack
(> Layer 2)
- Input to industry standards relating to broadband applications and services
IBES IBES Testbed Testbed lab lab
Using the Internet for Travel Replacement Using the Internet for Travel Replacement
Source: CISCO, 2008
Video Conferencing
Travel Replacement Travel Replacement – – Greenhouse Impact Greenhouse Impact
~200 kg/person return 2 X 0.1 Gb/s for 8 hours = 1 TB ~2 kg/person Air Travel Video Conferencing
Melbourne Sydney Business Meeting
Platinum Sponsors Gold Sponsors Sponsors Test-Bed Partner Connectivity Partner
Enabling industry and academia to align interests and work more closely to drive innovation
IBES Industry Partner Program IBES Industry Partner Program
Green Internet
www.greentouch.org
- IBES is a founding member of the GreenTouchTM
initiative
- Global consortium, launched January 12
- Bell Labs (Alcatel Lucent), Telifonica, Huawei, AT&T, China Mobile, Freescale
Semiconductor, University of Melbourne (IBES), MIT, Stanford
- Aim: To deliver the architecture, specifications, roadmap, and key
components needed to dramatically reduce energy consumption of telecommunications networks.
- Outcomes:
– Reinvention of today’s communications networks – Reductions in carbon footprint and operating cost – Opportunities to bring innovative new ideas, products and solutions to market