Broadband Basics September 17, 2013 Larry Fausett, P .E. Vice - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Lights, Camera, Action! Broadband Basics September 17, 2013 Larry Fausett, P .E. Vice President Communications – Missouri Division fecinc.com

Basic Terminology Upload and Download  What’s the difference? – Upload is sending newly created information (files, data, pictures, video, gaming commands) and making it available for use on the internet network. Linked In • DropBox • • Face Book – Download is pulling stored information or purchased media (music, books, pictures, VIDEO) from sources over the internet for your use. Netflix • • YouTube • iTunes fecinc.com

Basic Terminology Bits and Bytes  A terminology for digital information transfer rates (bits) and storage (Bytes) – bit = 0 or 1 – Nibble = 4 bits – Byte = 8 bits – KiloByte (KB) = 1024 Bytes – MegaByte (MB) = 1024 KB – GigaByte (GB) = 1024 MB – TeraByte (TB) = 1024 GB – PetaByte (PB) = 1024 TB – ExaByte (EB) = 1024 PB http://lifehacker.com/the-difference-between-bits-and-bytes- and-why-it-matte-510705022 fecinc.com

Perspective on Size Average Sizes of some common residential items:  A picture taken with my Android Device = 1.4 MB  A photo taken with a typical digital camera = 4.0 MB  A song download from iTunes = 5.0 MB  A CD worth of data = 560 MB  A HD movie on Netflix (varies) but today = 3.8 GB – Future Sony 4K HD Movie = 50 GB (uncompressed) fecinc.com

Perspective on Size Sizes of a large business file:  Digital Lidar file flown by a fixed wing aircraft for a 50 mile segment of new transmission line imaging 800’ in width @ 6 data points per square meter: = 500 GB file fecinc.com

Perspective on Size  If my vacation picture (1.4 MB) taken on my Android device was the size of a golf ball… (Surface Area of a Sphere) Dia. = 1.68” fecinc.com

Perspective on Size  Then a 50MB GIS database has the surface area equivalent to a men’s basketball.  Diameter = 10” fecinc.com

Perspective on Size  Then the new 4K HD Sony movie = 50 GB would require 2.6 of the largest beach balls I could find. (D = 10’)  Diameter = 26.75’ fecinc.com

Perspective on Size  The Finley 500 GB Lidar file would require a football field  Diameter = 84.6’ (28.2 yards) fecinc.com

Perspective on Size  A 1 TeraByte file…..Surface Area of a sphere near the diameter of the halo of the space needle. Dia =138’  Diameter = 121.16’ fecinc.com

How Much Bandwidth is Enough? FCC National Broadband Plan Goals  Current – 4 Mbps down / 1 Mbps up actual data rates to all homes  2015 – 50 Mbps down / 20 Mbps up actual data rates to 100 million homes  2020 – 100 Mbps down / 50 Mbps up actual data rates to 100 million homes fecinc.com

How Much Bandwidth is Enough? The average broadband package today is • approximately 7.0 Mbps • “Fast” broadband is typically advertised as being over 30 Mbps CATV & FTTP companies are rolling out 50 -100 Mbps • services, promising 150 Mbps and 300 Mbps services FTTP can deliver over 1 Gbps services and is • currently rolled out to over 40 cities 12 fecinc.com

Future Bandwidth Requirements • Many experts envision 100 Mbs to the customer within the next 5 years: • As HDTV becomes the normal TV medium • As 20-50 Mbps High Speed Internet becomes the norm to support: • Multimedia Applications (i.e.. Online Gaming) • Streaming Video (i.e. YouTube, Netflix, Apple TV) • The Cloud increases the need for higher upload speeds • Symmetrical bandwidth becomes more important  Gigabit Speeds for future applications fecinc.com

What’s Next for Video? Quad HD Video-2160p-4K UHDTV • • It has a resolution of 3840 x 2160. • Product introduction started in the 2012 • 55” Sony 4K Ultra HD TV run $ 5,000 at Best Buy • It requires 4 times the bandwidth of a HD signal • Large screen sizes work against higher compression levels • 8K UHDTV • has a resolution of 7680 × 4320 • It requires 16 times the bandwidth of a HD signal fecinc.com

Over The Top Video – A disruptive force in video content distribution – The customer purchases content directly from the Content Provider not from a CATV, Satellite or IPTV Service Provider – Content is downloaded over system to the customer’s device Service Provider provides a pipe only – Family TV Family time has been redefined with everyone watching their show on their own device Multi-Screen Viewing and supplemental content – • Watching and Tweeting or posting to Facebook fecinc.com

Network Recommendations Below are the internet speed requirements and recommendations for playing movies and TV shows on the Netflix website. • 1.5 Mbps- Recommended broadband connection speed • 3.0 Mbps- Recommended for DVD quality • 5.0 Mbps- Recommended for HD quality • 7.0 Mbps- Recommended for Super HD quality • 12.0 Mbps- Recommended for 3D quality fecinc.com

Today’s Network Performance http://ispspeedindex.netflix.com/ fecinc.com

Wireless Broadband – Benefits • Lower startup costs • Serve low density areas • Use as an “edge out” platform – Challenges • Bandwidth limitations • Spectrum – Licensed 700 MHz (Future 600MHz) – Non Licensed 900 MHz, 2.4 GHz, 5.8 GHz – “Registered” 3.65 GHz fecinc.com

DOCSIS  Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification  Allows for transport of Ethernet over coax and fiber cable using CMTS (RF modems)  DOCSIS 3.0 support 300 Mbps downstream speeds  DOCSIS 3.1 – 10 Gigabit downstream / 1 Gigabit Upstream – Planned Equipment availability in 2015 fecinc.com

DSL over twisted pair  Digital Subscriber Line common deployment from traditional broadband providers.  Many “flavors” of DSL deployed over time  Most Common ADSL2+ or now VDSL  Bandwidth (down and up) vary with distance of copper loop. fecinc.com

DSL over twisted pair 49.00 VDSL Down Stream 45.26 44.00 39.00 34.00 32.40 29.41 AD VDSL TU (DN) 29.00 27.40 AD VDSL TP (DN) 24.00 19.00 17.08 14.90 14.00 11.62 10.80 9.00 4.59 4.00 4200 6500 9300 11000 14787 FEET fecinc.com

Standard Fiber Systems  Active Optical Network – Dedicated bandwidth to each subscriber. • 1 Gigabit downstream • 1 Gigabit upstream – Dedicated fiber facility to each subscriber. • Point to Point System. – Larger fiber sizing required. fecinc.com

Standard Fiber Systems  Active Optical Network is defined as an optical network where the Active Ethernet component is directly sent to a single user.  No Splitters in the network.  OLT: Optical Line Terminal – Active optical to electrical unit at the C.O.  ONT: Optical Network Terminal – Active optical to electrical unit at the premise Premise 1 Voice OLT Single Fiber (Each Premise) Data ONT Network Voice, Data, Video Video Central Office Premise 2 fecinc.com

Standard Fiber Systems  Gigabit Passive Optical Network (G-PON) – Shared bandwidth by subscribers connected to the same equipment port. • 2.4 Gigabit downstream • 1.2 Gigabit upstream • Equipment “dynamically divides” bandwidth to each subscriber. – Shared fiber to Fiber Distribution Hut (FDH). • Optical splitters “divide” light between subscribers. • 1x32 (1 input fiber and 32 output fibers) fecinc.com

Standard Fiber Systems  PON: Passive Optical Network is defined as an optical network where the active components are split and shared among users.  Splitter: Optical device that divides (downstream) and combines (upstream) a single optical source to multiple destinations. In FTTP networks, this device is passive in that it does not require power.  OLT: Optical Line Terminal – Optical to electrical unit at the CO  ONT: Optical Network Terminal – Active optical to electrical unit at the premise Premise 1 Combiner Fiber Voice OLT Distribution Hut Single Fiber Data ONT Voice, Data, Video Network Video Central Office Premise 32 fecinc.com

Fiber Pictures  Aerial fecinc.com

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Are You Ready??  Understand your market area  Develop your business model based on your data and research  Engage your local Community – Economic Development – Focus Groups  Google is using brand power and strength  FCC initiative “one in every state”  Funding Sources fecinc.com

Finley Contact Info. Larry Fausett l.fausett @fecinc.com 417-682-5531 fecinc.com