This presentation was used during our webinar on FTTx planning and design with FiberPlanIT. We show how to increase the profit of your FTTx project by making the right choices during the planning and design process for various types of fiber networks (different options for the "x" in FTTx) using the FiberPlanIT tools. Whereas many of our demos focus on FTTH, this time we focus on all other variations of FTTx like FTTNode, FTTAntenna, FTTCabinet and talk about migration scenarios that bring fiber closer to the customer but reusing the last part of the existing copper or coax networks in combination with technologies such as VDSL, G.Fast and DOCSIS. We show how FiberPlanIT allows to make accurate cost estimations in a short time, compare a variety of technical scenarios and optimise the business case by making the right choices on how to bring the fiber closer to the customers in a gradual way. If you want to receive the recording of the webinar and see the software in action visit www.fiberplanit.com/contact and contact us!

1. THE X IN FTTX
FIBERPLANIT: MORE THAN FTTH
PLANNING
Welcome

2. Raf Meersman
CEO
Comsof
Jonas Verstuyft
Business Development Engineer
FiberPlanIT
WEBINAR PRESENTERS
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3. Introduction:
 FiberPlanIT by Comsof
 Planning & Design
Planning for FTTx
 FTTx: Options for the x
 Example 1: FTTC + VDSL/G.Fast
 Example 2: FTTN + DOCSIS
 Example 3: FTTA
Questions and Answers
WELCOME
Demo
FiberPlanIT
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4. Duration: 45 mins.
Ask questions via GoToWebinar Q&A window.
Questions will be treated at the end.
After the webinar, a short survey.
Look out for our email later this week with a link to the
recording of this session.
WEBINAR DETAILS
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5. Turning Planning into Profit
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6. FIBERPLANIT
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Costs
BOM
Map
GIS
Rule
s

7. > 50M Homes
Planned
> 120 Projects
> 35 Countries
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8. PLANNING AND DESIGN
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Strategi
c
Plannin
g
GO
Initial
Design
Field
Survey
Finetun
e
Design
Detailed
Design
Network
Build
Network
Inventory
TO BUILD
AS BUILT

9. Powered By FiberPlanIT
Powered By Integration with
Engineering/Inventory tools
PLANNING AND DESIGN
Strategi
c
Plannin
g
GO
Initial
Design
Field
Survey
Finetun
e
Design
Detailed
Design
Network
Build
Network
Inventory
TO BUILD
AS BUILT
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10. 10
GIS
Rules
Design
Automatic
Pre-processing
Finetuni
ng
Inventory
Management
Tool
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11. Evaluate alternative options:
- Break the rule?
- Desktop survey to check feasibility (e.g. CO location)
- But keep quality
- Insight: Instant view on cost impact
- Optimisation: Design non-fixed parts
- Uniformity: Check rule compliance
KEEP CONTROL OVER THE DESIGN
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12. PLANNING AND DESIGN
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Strateg
ic
Plannin
g
Initial
Design
Finetun
e
Design
Cost? How?
Where? ROI?
FiberPlanIT
SIMULATOR
FiberPlanIT
DESIGNER

13. Past Webinar
Recording available
Past Webinar
Recording available
PLANNING AND DESIGN OF FTTH
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Strateg
ic
Plannin
g
Initial
Design
Finetun
e
Design
FiberPlanIT
SIMULATOR
FiberPlanIT
DESIGNER

14. EVALUATING OPTIONS FOR X IN
FTTX WITH FIBERPLANIT
Planning for FTTx

15. FTTX: OPTIONS FOR X
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16. Planning FTTx rollout: long term vision needed
Need ACCURATE answers FAST
 What is the end point? FTTH?
 Migration path to FTTH?
Reuse existing infrastructure: Copper, Coax, ...
Include different target connections:
Antenna, Business, Residentials, ...
Gradual upgrade or total overbuild?
Planning ahead will save a lot of money!
STRATEGIC PLANNING
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17. Case by case: influencing factors
Existing infrastructure
Competition
CAPEX/OPEX
Required Broadband speeds
Small cells: fiber backhaul
...
Phased Approach?
FTTN+FTTA+FTTO > FTTH
FTTC+FTTA > FTTH
WHAT IS YOUR STRATEGY FOR X?
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18. THREE EXAMPLES

19. Existing copper network with FTTCab / VDSL2
Copper lengths from current street cabinets:
 between 10 and 1000m
 Up to 2000m in rural area
Typical offered speed: 30Mbps
Objective: reduce copper length to increase speed
EX 1: DSL OPERATOR
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20. FIBER TO THE X
Source: Alcatel-Lucent
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21. Existing copper network with FTTCab / VDSL2
Copper lengths from current street cabinets:
 between 10 and 2000m
Offered speeds: 30Mbps
Objective: reduce copper length to increase speed
Evaluate options for FTTDp/FTTC:
 Scenario 1: FTTC / VDSL2+ with max copper length = 400m
 Scenario 2: FTTDp / G.Fast with max copper length = 100m
Extra parameter: min #homes per Fiber Node
 Economically Viable
EX 1: DSL OPERATOR
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22. Existing HFC network with FTTN / DOCSIS 3.0
Average of 500 homes per Fiber Node
Typically 2 to 3 Amplifiers on Coax
Offered speeds:
 up to 300 Mbps download
 Shared medium between 500 users: Mbps in peak time?
Objective: reduce number of customers on shared Coax section
to increase speeds
Evaluate options for FTTNode/FTTHome:
 Scenario 1: FTTN / DOCSIS 3.0 with 64 homes per Fiber Node
 Scenario 2: FTTN / DOCSIS 3.0 with 32 homes per Fiber Node
 Scenario 3: FTTH
EX 2: HFC OPERATOR
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23. Existing 4G network
Increasing data volumes
Increasing amount of antennas
Objective: introduce fiber backhaul to ensure maximal mobile
data user experience
Evaluate options for FTTAntenna:
 Scenario 1: Reusing Existing Ducts
 Scenario 2: Greenfield
 Scenario 3: With redundancy
EX 3: 4G MOBILE OPERATOR
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24. FTTX PLANNING WITH FIBERPLANIT Three Examples

25. COMPARING FTTX SCENARIOS
Note: this is for a specific area (relatively sparse)
Results for other areas may be completely different.
COST
HOMES PASSED
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26. Accurate Cost for FTTx project within minutes
For FTTC, FTTN, FTTS, ...: includes automated identification of Fiber
Node location
Evaluate scenarios
Move Fiber closer to the Customer
Migration Approach
Existing network as input:
Inventory or auto-generated
CONCLUSIONS
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27. TURNING PLANNING INTO PROFIT
What our
Customers
say about
FiberPlanIT

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The FiberPlanIT team
demonstrated a high level of
professionalism in
determining appropriate
parameters for a further
optimization of our FTTx
Projects.
B. Corlùy - Head of FTTx
Strategy
Belgacom, Belgium
Thanks to the FiberPlanIT
modelling software, we were
able to quickly determine
optimal Cabinet and Central
Office sizes for the areas of
interest.J. Humm - GM FTTH
Investments
Enable Networks, New Zealand
Before FiberPlanIT, we
generated Masterplans by
hand: this was time-
consuming and error-prone.
But most of all: it was a
complex job. The
introduction of FiberPlanIT
changed this process for the
better: we generate
Masterplans much faster and
more accurate than before.
The automation and
efficiency of the software
really increased our job
satisfaction, enabling us to
focus only on problem-areas
while the software takes
control of the rest.
C. Tschurtschenthaler, CEO
IN.GE.NA, Italy
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29. Support in Strategic Planning with FiberPlanIT:
Available as Software and/or Consultancy
Also Supporting Network Design for FTTx in FiberPlanIT
Designer
Move Fiber Nodes, Change Customer Clusters, ...
Interested? Request a demo.
FINAL REMARKS
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30. Contact us for any further information
or to discuss your own project
raf.meersman@fiberplanit.com
www.fiberplanit.com/contact
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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31. www.fiberplanit.com
THANK
YOU!
Turning Planning into
Profit