Disaggregation in PON networks - Part 2 GPON network virtualization using Opensource Software ONF based SEBA solution

1. DISAGGREGATION IN PON
NETWORKS - Part 2
Ravi Sharma

2. PON SOLUTIONS IN MARKET
White box PON MAC
Open OLT Adaptor
VOLTHA
CONTROLLER
X86 COTS
White BOX ONT
Disaggegated
Open Interface
Open Interface
NEM
Open Interface
SDNIsed
Vendor Proprietary
Can be virtualised
Vendor ONT
Vendor OLT
Proprietary
Standard i.e. NETCONF
Proprietary Implementation
CONTROLLER APPS
Domain Orchestrator
X86 COTS
Traditional
CONTROLPLANE
DATA
PLANE
EMS
OLT
Control and
Data Plane
Vendor ONT
Proprietary
Standard i.e. SNMP
Proprietary Implementation
Vertical Integration Horizontal Integration

3. Services View
White box PON MAC
Open OLT Adaptor
VOLTHA
CONTROLLER
X86 COTS
White BOX ONT
NEM
APPS
CONTROL PLANE
DATA PLANE
DCN
Or Local
White box PON MAC
White box Agg SW
N
CORE
Internet
Data Packets
Control Packets
OSS / BSS / Orchestration
N
• PON L2 Control Plane - PPPoE,IPoE Relay, Multicast Etc
• Fabric Control Plane - IP MPLS , Segment Routing
• BNG Control Plane - Billing accounting Diameter Interface
• FACPS
• Integration with Operator OSS/BSS/Orch
• Workflow & Automation

4. Software Centric - DIY
Owned by
Operator
Web Scale/
Cloud Native
Automation
CI/CD
Microservices
Based
Container
K8 Managed
Hardware
Agnostic
Based on open source softwares- ONF , ONAP, Linux Foundation etc
Open Interface defined by Communities -Open OMCI, gRPC, NETCONF
Scalable SW Architecture, inbuilt High Availability and Reliability
PON Hardware, Technology and Vendor Agnostic
Vision to co-exist with ORAN based RAN Disaggregated Solution
CI/CD based Software development and deployment
Zero Vendor Lock Ins
Zero touch life cycle management
Automation like Cloud provides

5. Use Cases
Network Edge
vBNG
vCDN
New Services as offered on
5G with Edge cloud
Convergence
AnyhaulBroadband
MVNO
Triple Play
Multiple Access Tech -
GPON, XGSPON, NGPON
2 , xDSL, Cable on Single
Software Platform
5G Fronthaul
5G Midhaul
Backhaul
1 2 3

6. Deployment - Network View Only
10G
10/40G
AGG DC
OLT
OLT
OLT
OLT
IP Core
DWDM
MESH
10/100G
400G
AGG
DWDM
DC
PON
MAC
IP Core
DWDM
MESH
Edge DC Regional DC
PON
MAC
PON
MAC
PON
MAC
Current
Vision
Orchestration layer
Domain Controller Domain ControllerDomain Controller Edge Management
CFM Management
Infra Management

7. Deployment - Olt & Edge
PON MAC
OS
BAL/Chipset Vendor Layer
ONU
OLT Agent
OS
OMCI SW
Fabric Switch
OS
Edge Stack
I.e.
Akraino
OLT Adaptor
VOLTHA
VOLT VONU
ONOS
PPoE MCAST
cBNG TRELLIS
TRELLIS Fabric Management
dBNG
Edge management &
Orchestration
NEM
OS
Chipset Vendor layer
P4
OMCI FLOW

8. Edge Blue Print - Linux Foundation

9. –Winston Churchill
“Success is not final
failure is not fatal
It is the courage to continue
that matters.”