Presentation on Esri European User Conference by Laurie Spiegel from Telcordia.

1. Automating the Design of FTTH Networks
ESRI Europe Madrid ― 27 October 2011
Laurie Spiegel
Telcordia Product Marketing
lspiegel@telcordia.com
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Copyright ©2011 Telcordia Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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2. FTTH Leading Countries vs. Europe
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3. Access Network Timeline
1850 1900 1950 2000 Today
First copper telephone line – 1877
Pair gain introduced – 1950’s
Fiber optics introduced in access
– early 1980s
DSL introduced – 1988
Nearly 150-year old copper
access network now being
FTTx introduced – 1998
replaced by fiber at
significantly faster pace Wide-scale deployment of FTTx –
projects ranging from 3 – 5 years
Copper
Fiber
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4. Fiber Rollouts Bring Big Challenges
“Can I handle the new scale and
complexity that FTTH imposes?”
“Can I deliver in the aggressive
timeframes demanded?”
“Can I avoid massive hiring that may
only be temporary?”
“How can I build the best network
with such a tight budget?”
“How do I ensure Right-First-Time?”
Service providers can’t afford NOT to automate.
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5. How One CSP is Solving the Problem
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6. Multi-faceted Physical Network Components
Exchange
Multi-Tenant Building
Serving Terminal
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7. Sheer Volume of Work for FTTH Projects
A Fiber Serving Area is the area you want Typical FSA Characteristics
to serve through a single access point
200 - 300
20 km
homes /
of fiber
SMBs
cable
passed
300 pieces
3000+
of
connections
equipment
What this means for each 1 million homes passed:
5,000 Work Packages 100,000 Km Fiber
• workprints, schematics, wire runs, BOM • fiber type, size, routing, splice points
1,500,000 Equipment 15,000,000 Connections
• equipment type, unit size, location • splicing and cross-connects
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8. Using GIS Technology to Solve the Problem
Automating the design of civil infrastructure, cable runs,
equipment configuration, and fiber connectivity.
Design
Assistant
Telcordia®
Network
Engineer
ESRI ArcGIS®
Enforces industry-standard and company-specific
engineering design rules automatically – every time.
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9. The Four-Step Engineering Process
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10. How Design Automation Works
Create Rules Rule Sets Design Wizards
• Define planning policy • Apply wizards
• Replicate wizard sets for • System aggregates demand,
each scenario, technology, finds optimal route, places
demographic features, makes connections
Administrator Designer
Validate Trace Tool Stop & Assess Logical Stops
• Run end-to-end trace to • Make changes/corrections
insure design viability • Modify demand, change
equipment location, modify
path data, perform what-ifs
Designer Designer
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11. The Benefit of Automation
FTTH Design
Existing Network
A design that is standardized, optimized, and fully
connected ─ with minimal work …
… saving €2-4M for every 100K homes passed
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12. Realizing the Potential of Automation
FSA design time accelerated by 40%
Design Automation
─ from 120 hours to 70 hours
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13. Positive Change to Many Organizations
Planning & Provisioning Service Financial
Marketing & Installation Management Management
• Capital spend • Simplified • Faster trouble • Efficient capital
predictability provisioning isolation asset tracking
• Faster customer • Repeatable • Shorter mean • Accurate
qualification processes time to repair reporting
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14. ¡Gracias!
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