Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: Information Gatekeepers Inc
Published: October 2009
Product Code: R403-117Description Information Gatekeepers has recognized the Advanced Access Architecture thrusts of the major US carriers as one of the most important events in telecommunications history. As such, IGI has been periodically issuing major reports on the FTTP/FTTn activities of the RBOCs since it began in 2003. Earlier this year we issued “Advanced Access Architectures — 2008 — AT&T, Verizon, and Qwest Plans and Forecasts,” the most comprehensive of our reports on this subject. In recognition of the wide interest and deep importance of the FTTP/FTTN phenomena, we are now issuing a series of reports that focus on narrower aspects of Advanced Access Architectures. Specifically, this report focuses on the bandwidth needed in the access area and on ways to get that bandwidth. The report is a companion to:
- “Advanced Access Architectures 2008: AT&T, Verizon, and Qwest Plans and Forecasts”
- “Cost Analysis of RBOCs' Advanced Access Architectures: FTTP, FTTN, FTTC”
- “FTTP/ FTTN - The RBOCs' Advanced Access Architectures: Equipment and Fiber Requirements.”
- The first report above “Advanced Access Architectures — 2008...” is a very comprehensive report on the subject. The others focus narrowly on particular aspects of the broader area. This report focuses on how much bandwidth is needed in the local loop and on alternatives to achieve it.
This report provides the following:
- A basis for forecasting access network bandwidth needs;
- Specific forecasts for that bandwidth;
- Description of the components of that needed bandwidth;
- The basic drivers of bandwidth requirements;
- A review of the loop architecture options for achieving the bandwidth;
- Options that may be available to those architectures that are deficient.
Table of Contents - Table of Contents
- Table of Figures
- The Lightwave Network Series of Reports
- The Lightwave Network
- The Lightwave Series of Reports
- General Reports on the Network
- General Market Reports
- Specific Systems Reports
- Introduction
- How Much Bandwidth Is Enough?
- What are the Bandwidth Needs?
- Drivers of Bandwidth Requirements
- Bandwidth Requirement 2010 Scenario
- Meeting the Bandwidth Needs
- The Current Options
- FIOS - FTTP Bandwidth Capacity
- Uverse
- Alternatives to Achieve the Required Bandwidth
- Pair Bonding
- Reduce the Distance
- Hybrid FTTN - FTTC
- AT&T’s New Plans for BellSouth - a Hybrid FTTC/FTTN
- Compression
- NGPONs - Advanced Options - 10-GPON and WDM-PON
- 10-GPON
- WDM-PONs
- Vendors of WDM-PON
- Other WDM-PON Activities
- Vendors of WDM - Listing and Summary of Status
- ADC
- ADVA
- Alcatel-Lucent
- Ericsson
- LG Electronics
- Nortel
- Novera
- Pirelli
- Tellabs
- Vendors Listing
- Summary of Vendors
- Detailed Listing of Vendors
- Acterna (acquired by JDSU)
- ADC
- Adtran
- Advanced Fibre Communications Inc. (AFCI) (Now Tellabs)
- Alcatel-Lucent
- Alloptic Inc
- Amino Technologies plc
- AOC Technologies
- Avanex Corporation
- Broadlight
- Calix
- Cisco
- Conexant
- Corrigent
- Entrisphere Inc. (Acquired by Ericsson)
- Ericsson
- Fiberxon (Now Source Photonics combined with Luminent)
- Finisar Corporation
- FlexLight Networks (Defunct)
- Fujitsu
- Genone3 Technologies Inc.
- Hitachi Communication Technologies Ltd.
- Humax USA Inc.
- Iamba Networks
- JDS Uniphase
- Kreatel Communications AB (Acquired by Motorola)
- LG Electronics
- LightComm Technology
- Marconi
- Microsoft
- Motorola
- NeoPhotonics
- Nortel
- Novera Optics (owned by Nortel / LG JV)
- OFS
- O-Net Communications Ltd
- Oplink Communications, Inc.
- Optiviva Inc.
- Optical Solutions (Acquired by Calix)
- Osaki Electric Co. Ltd.
- Paceon (Mitsubishi)
- Passavé (Acquired by PMC-Sierra)
- PMC-Sierra
- Quantum Bridge Communications (Acquired by Motorola)
- Salira Optical Network Systems
- Scientific-Atlanta (Cisco)
- Siemens
- Source Photonics (Combined with Fiberxon and Luminent)
- Tandberg Ltd. (Ericsson)
- Tellabs
- Terawave (Acquired by Occam Networks)
- Tut Systems (Acquired by Motorola)
- Vinci Systems, Inc. (Acquired by Tellabs)
- Wave7 Optics
- Worldwide Packets, Inc. (Acquired by Ciena)
- Zhone Technologies
- Appendix I - Access Architecture
- Various Approaches for Fiber-based Access Architecture
- Fiber to the "X"
- xDSL Versions
- Design Details for Current Plans
- Fiber to the Neighborhood (FTTN)
- AT&T's Fiber to the node (FTTN)
- BellSouth's Fiber to the Curb (FTTC)
- The RFP — PONs Will Set Us Free
- What Are PONs?
- The PON Design
- Status of PON
- Advantage and Disadvantages of PON
- Types of PONs
- BPON
- EPON
- GPON
- The PON in the First RFP
- GPONs
- Architectures to Meet the Needs
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- Table of Figures
- Figure 1, Lightwave Network
- Figure 2: Bandwidth Needs — Forecast Through 2010
- Figure 3, Drivers of Access Bandwidth Requirements
- Figure 4, Usage Scenario - 2010
- Figure 5, 2010 Bandwidth Requirements
- Figure 6, Forecast Access Bandwidth Requirements 2010
- Figure 7, Comparison of Internet Access Speed Offered
- Figure 8, PONs' Bandwidth Capacity
- Figure 9, VDSL2 Bandwidth vs. Distance
- Figure 10, AT&T - BellSouth Hybrid FTTC
- Figure 11, Fiber Required Upgrading to Hybrid FTTC
- Figure 12, Summary of Vendors
- Figure 13, Fiber to the 'X' Varieties
- Figure 14, Chart of Various xDSL Technologies
- Figure 15: Fiber to the Neighborhood
- Figure 16: Fiber to the node
- Figure 17: Fiber to the Curb
- Figure 18: PON Basic Arrangement
- Figure 19: RFP PON — Central Office Portion
- Figure 20: RFP PON — Outside Plant Portion
- Figure 21: RFP PON Service Assignments
- Figure 22: BPON/GPON Comparison
- Figure 23: Typical GPON
- Figure 24: Bandwidth Needs vs. Capabilities
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