SBC Laboratories 1 1 Mar-04 ©SBC Laboratories, Inc., 2004 The Management & Interfacing Role of the Element Management System for BPON Technology March 1, 2004 Dr. L. F. Garbanati

SBC Laboratories 2 1 Mar-04 ©SBC Laboratories, Inc., 2004Outline Who is SBC? Why is FTTH desirable? What is the BPON Network Architecture? Where is SBC deploying BPON? What are the responsibilities of the EMS? How will ITU-T Recommendations Q be used?

SBC Laboratories 3 1 Mar-04 ©SBC Laboratories, Inc., 2004 SBC Service Area Serve 13 states 55 million subscriber lines 260 billion MOUs annually 3 million DSL subscribers 9.8 million long distance lines 23 million wireless customers (Cingular) $43 billion US operating revenues 173,000 employees 1757 voice switching systems SBC Regional States

SBC Laboratories 4 1 Mar-04 ©SBC Laboratories, Inc., 2004 SBC Core Transport Network Houston Kansas City Cleveland Dallas Richardson Washington, D.C. Seattle Santa Clara Pleasanton San Francisco Anaheim Irvine Los Angeles Chicago Denver Atlanta Tampa Minneapolis Phoenix Boston Detroit San Antonio Austin Corpus ChristiMiami Core Routes SBC Regional States Backbone POPs Mini-POPs

SBC Laboratories 5 1 Mar-04 ©SBC Laboratories, Inc., 2004 SBC’S Interest in BPON Only “future-proof architecture” – one network for all services –Voice –High–Speed Data –Video (HDTV, Video-on-Demand, etc.) Effective service life of fiber vs copper Falling technology costs –Cost-effective solution in new construction –Overbuild is still a challenge Increased reliability –No outside plant electronics Home builders demand fiber SBC competitors are providing full-service solutions

SBC Laboratories 6 1 Mar-04 ©SBC Laboratories, Inc., 2004 OLT 1310 nm 1490 nm 1555 nm V- OLT 1:N distributed Splitters can be collocated or distributed SFU ONT Passive Optical Network (PON) Optical Distribution Network (ODN) 1555 nm 1310 nm 1490 nm 1310 nm 1490 nm Video RF 10/100BaseT Video RF 24 POTS Lines Data {DSL or 10/100BaseT} MDU ONT Broadcast Programming EMSs ATM Network TDM/PSTN Network Intranet Narrowcast Video Intranet Network Management Service Sub-Network End User NetworkAccess Sub-Network IP Network Voice Gateway Telephony POTS Lines Data Video BPON Network Architecture

SBC Laboratories 7 1 Mar-04 ©SBC Laboratories, Inc., 2004 Mission Bay – Aerial View

SBC Laboratories 8 1 Mar-04 ©SBC Laboratories, Inc., 2004 BPON Central Office Lineup

SBC Laboratories 9 1 Mar-04 ©SBC Laboratories, Inc., 2004 Passive Optical Coupler (1 x 32)

SBC Laboratories 10 1 Mar-04 ©SBC Laboratories, Inc., 2004 Single Family Unit ONT - Access

SBC Laboratories 11 1 Mar-04 ©SBC Laboratories, Inc., 2004 Required Properties of the EMS for SBC – Not just a gateway Fully functional management system, capable of managing the NEs within its jurisdiction. Not just a gateway. Greater reliability than any single NE. Highly available. Tightly synchronized with NE configuration data and NE state and status conditions. Reliable event channels high throughput and processing capabilities. Able to store at least one week’s worth of logged information including alarm log records, user task logs, performance statistics. Maintains relationship between Service Instance Id and supporting network resources. Supporting sub-network management and abstraction. Possessing GUI design optimizing user efficiency and minimizing training.

SBC Laboratories 12 1 Mar-04 ©SBC Laboratories, Inc., 2004 Initially specified by operator with future migration under control of operator. EMS presents services to the NMS, more sophisticated services than database manipulations. To the greatest extent possible, these interface objects should be “technology neutral”, so that the interface and system behavior of EMS and NMS doesn’t churn as new technologies are introduced. Adequate exception raising. Session Layer protocol mechanisms. Standards-based if appropriate standards exist. EMS Interfaces

SBC Laboratories 13 1 Mar-04 ©SBC Laboratories, Inc., 2004 Genesis of ITU-T Recommendation Q Full Services Access Network (FSAN) consortium launched in 1995 with purpose of driving costs out of FTTH equipment and implementations –Fully committed to standards –Conceived by operators –SG 15 G.983 series defines the technology FSAN OAM WG started in 1997 –Developed functional requirements –Developed management information model (Q &.2) –Developed UML description of protocol-independent EMS – NMS interface requirements (Q.834.3) –Developed CORBA IDL interface specification (Q.834.4)

SBC Laboratories 14 1 Mar-04 ©SBC Laboratories, Inc., 2004 Independent of technology Dependent on technology Q834AcessControl Q834ControlArchive Q834SoftwareDownload Q834EventPublisher Q834MIBTransfer Q834PerformanceManager Q834ProfileManager Q834Scheduler Q834Synchroniser Q834FileTransfer Q834Common Q834Test Q834Build Q834Registrar Q834ServiceProvisioning Q834ResourceAllocation Traditional ITU-T Recommendation Q.834.4

SBC Laboratories 15 1 Mar-04 ©SBC Laboratories, Inc., 2004 Another View of SBC Centralized Operations?

SBC Laboratories 16 1 Mar-04 ©SBC Laboratories, Inc., 2004 Independent of technology Dependent on technology Q834AcessControl Q834ControlArchive Q834SoftwareDownload Q834EventPublisher Q834MIBTransfer Q834PerformanceManager Q834ProfileManager Q834Scheduler Q834Synchroniser Q834FileTransfer Q834Common Q834Test Q834Build Q834Registrar Q834ServiceProvisioning Q834ResourceAllocation Traditional ITU-T Recommendation Q First Use

SBC Laboratories 17 1 Mar-04 ©SBC Laboratories, Inc., 2004 EMSs and Installation OLT Premises ONT Router/Hub Ethernet EOC LOOP Fiber Inventory/Design System EMS(s) PLANNER DCN links Autodiscovery (Q834EventPublisher) NMS C&E Equipment Inventory & Assignment ; Capacity Mgmt & Planning Network Provisioning (Q834Build, Q834Registrar, Q834FileTransfer, Q834ProfileManager) VG NE Installation OLT ATM-SW

SBC Laboratories 18 1 Mar-04 ©SBC Laboratories, Inc., 2004 EMSs and Service Provisioning OLT Premises ONT Router/Hub Ethernet EOC LOOP Fiber Inventory/Design System EMS(s) SERVICE REP DCN links Autodiscovery (Q834EventPublisher) NMS Equipment Inventory & Assignment ; Capacity Mgmt & Planning ; Service Activation Network Provisioning (Q834ServiceProvisio ning, Q834Build, Q834ProfileManager) VG NE Installation OLT ATM-SW

SBC Laboratories 19 1 Mar-04 ©SBC Laboratories, Inc., 2004 EMSs and Maintenance OLT Premises ONT Router/Hub Ethernet EOC LOOP Fiber Inventory/Design System EMS(s) MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN DCN links Alarm notifications (Q834EventPublisher) NMS Testing System ; Alarm Surveillance ; Trouble Ticket & Dispatch; Data Warehouse Testing requests; PM Statistics Collection (Q834Test, Q834FileTransfer) VG NE Installation OLT ATM-SW Customer Complaint

SBC Laboratories 20 1 Mar-04 ©SBC Laboratories, Inc., 2004 Viable implementation of new telecommunications technology in US environment depends on equipment standardization to achieve cost targets, regulatory level playing field, agile NMSs, standardized EMS – NMS interfaces, strong EMSs, and manageable NEs ITU-T Q.834 Recommendation series is a success story Conclusions