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- 1. Broadband is morethan just bandwidth Pieter Nooren May 2012
- 2. 2 In this presentation Broadband is more than just bandwidth Coverage Quality Open access Consumers get two flavors of broadband over a single connection Open Internet Managed services
- 3. 3 Comparing supply anddemand for bandwidth: FttH en HFC (“cable”) can both meet the growing demand in the Netherlands
- 4. 4 Broadband is morethan just bandwidth
- 5. 5 Broadband is expectedto contribute to efficiency and new opportunities in sectors of high societal relevance smart grids e-education e-security e-health e-collaboration
- 6. 6 Broadband networks must cater for a broad set of markets outside the traditional telecom domain broad set of markets triple play market
- 7. 7 Broadband is more than just bandwidth Coverage Open access and • parts of population competition • choice between providers on • geographical regions a given infrastructure? • timing of migration • competing infrastructures? Bandwidth Quality guarantees • peak, sustained • ping, jitter, … • (a)symmetry • reliability (uptime) economical and societal value of broadband
- 8. 8 Interviews point at other factors than bandwidth as inhibitors for new services (1) Assessment by providers whether the current broadband networks are functionally suitable for the delivery of their services Bandwidth Quality Availability Security (“uptime”) Medical Alert Service X (“lifeline”) Smart living services X X including two-way video Medical monitoring ? Smart meters X Burglar/fire alarm X Virtual Class X Remote examination X Source: TNO interviews with five providers on desired characteristics of broadband connections
- 9. 9 Quality connections neededbetween providers and consumers service providers Security firm B Video conferencing Health care provider C provider A Between providers Between providers and consumers consumers Between consumers
- 10. 10 Consumers get twoflavors of broadband over a single connection
- 11. 11 Consumers get twoflavors of broadband over a single connection: open Internet and managed services open Internet managed services VoIP telephony IPTV … … customer can choose from service customer can choose from services providers on global Internet offered by his own ISP service provider can reach customers external service provider can all over the world (usually) not reach customers best effort, no quality guarantees with quality guarantees
- 12. 12 Open Internet: discussionon net neutrality open Internet net neutrality?
- 13. 13 Managed services: can other sectors also benefit from the quality guarantees in the managed service lane? managed services lane managed services lane VoIP VoIP telephony IPTV telephony distance … … learning e-health … IPTV
- 14. 14 Managed services: can other sectors also benefit from the quality guarantees in the managed service lane? triple play healthcare provider school provider Managed connection managed services with guaranteed quality VoIP in parallel to existing managed telephony IPTV distance services (IPTV, VoIP telephony) learning e-health … home
- 15. 15 Managed connections forservices outside triple play are available in some FttH areas in the Netherlands Regional/national network Local FttH network
- 16. 16 Broker/VPN by Reggefiber Wholesale is an example of a managed connection for non-triple play services healthcare school provider Broker/VPN Capacity 10 Mbit/s symmetric per home Shared with other services on Broker/VPN Costs IPTV around 5 Eur/month per service (assuming there is already a subscription to another service: Internet, TV) home
- 17. 17 Managed connections are technically feasible in DSL, cable and fiber networks Hybrid Fiber Coax (HFC, “cable”) Fiber Coax Secondary Optical DSL over copper fiber ring node Hub Hub ADSL2 Primary ADSL2plus < 6km copper fiber ring Group End amplifier amplifier Regional FttCAB VDSL2 head end < 1km copper Hub Hybrid G.f ast FttH Curb FttH Full Basement FttH (C) TNO Meter closet core network Fiber to the Home (FttH) Access Router Optische Ethernet Switch 2 fibers 2 fibers fiber (up/down) access network 2 km (Multi Mode) 15 km (Single Mode)
- 18. 18 Thank your foryour attention! Questions or suggestions? pieter.nooren@tno.nl