CurbPON Solution Overview

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Date 2021-02-20

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About This Document

Purpose
This document describes the CurbPON solution, its context, benefits, application scenarios,
and key components.

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This document is intended for:
 Network planning engineers
 Network technical service engineers

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Contents

About This Document ............................................................................................................... ii

1 FTTH Trends and Challenges ................................................................................................ 1
2 CurbPON Solution and Benefits............................................................................................ 2
3 CurbPON Solution................................................................................................................... 4
3.1 Original Site Upgrade ............................................................................................................................................ 4
3.1.1 Solution Overview .............................................................................................................................................. 4
3.1.2 Networking ........................................................................................................................................................ 5
3.2 OLT@Outdoor Site ............................................................................................................................................... 5
3.2.1 Solution Overview .............................................................................................................................................. 5
3.2.2 Networking ........................................................................................................................................................ 7

4 Key Products of the CurbPON Solution ............................................................................... 8

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CurbPON Solution Overview 1 FTTH Trends and Challenges

1 FTTH Trends and Challenges

FTTH Trend
Wired networks have entered the F5G era. Requirements for services such as online office,
online education, VR, and 4K/8K live broadcast increase sharply, posing higher requirements
on network bandwidth.
The average bandwidth of traditional copper line services is low and inversely proportional to
the transmission distance, which cannot meet the increasing service requirements. In this
context, global operators actively promote fiber to the home (FTTH) to upgrade the
bandwidth.

Challenges for New FTTH Construction

Operators face the following challenges when building new FTTH networks to improve the
bandwidth:
 Long construction period: The site application procedure is complex and difficult, and
it takes an average of six months to acquire a new site. The right-of-way (ROW)
acquisition and civil work also take a long time. On average, it takes 8 to 10 months to
build an optical distribution network (ODN).
 High construction costs: Civil work, duct deployment, and optical cable splicing are
complex, labor intensive, and time consuming.
 Difficult planning and evaluation: Traditionally, the material quantity and high-value
areas are manually evaluated, which has limitations in cost calculation and entire
network planning.
 Low O&M efficiency: Manual registration of device information is prone to human
errors, making device management less efficient. It takes a long time to locate an optical
path fault if the route topology is incomplete.

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2 CurbPON Solution and Benefits

Cable networks using coaxial cables have been developing for many years. In live networks,
there are massive copper site resources, bringing new opportunities for FTTH construction
and bandwidth upgrade.
Based on in-depth insight into business trends, Huawei launches the CurbPON solution to
help operators fully utilize existing site resources and quickly increase network bandwidth.

What Is CurbPON
CurbPON is a solution that reuses existing sites, optical cables, and power supply resources
on the live network to quickly deploy new devices and increase the network bandwidth. It has
two application modes, including Original Site Upgrade and OLT@Outdoor Site. Using this
solution, the bandwidth can be increased to 1 Gbit/s or higher.
 Original Site Upgrade: Deploy new multi-dwelling units (MDUs) at original copper sites
to improve the copper bandwidth, and use NCE for efficient network management to
increase the bandwidth to 300 Mbit/s.
 OLT@Outdoor Site: Add OLTs to the original copper sites and use the OLT+MPO+DQ
ODN+NCE suite to quickly increase the bandwidth to 1 Gbit/s or higher.
The following table lists the bandwidth improvement in Original Site Upgrade and
OLT@Outdoor Site modes.

Table 2-1 Bandwidth improvement in Original Site Upgrade and OLT@Outdoor Site modes

Applic Original Site Original Site OLT@Outdoo OLT@Outdoo

ation Upgrade Upgrade r Site r Site
Mode
Device MDU MDU (SuperVector) OLT+MDU OLT
configu (Vectoring)
ration
Bandwi 100 Mbit/s 300 Mbit/s 500 Mbit/s 1 Gbit/s
dth

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Benefits
 Short construction period: Sites are reused and no new site needs to be acquired,
shortening the construction period.
 Low construction cost: Copper lines are reused, and no trenches need to be dug to bury
cables, reducing construction costs.
 Easy planning and evaluation: Fast analysis and planning can be performed based on
the network usage of existing sites.
 High O&M efficiency: NCE simplifies network O&M.

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3.1 Original Site Upgrade

3.1.1 Solution Overview
In Original Site Upgrade mode, new mini-MDUs are deployed at original copper sites to
improve copper line bandwidth, and NCE is used for network management to improve the
performance of an existing fiber to the curb (FTTC) network.
Vectoring and SuperVector technologies can be used to significantly increase the copper line
rate to 300 Mbit/s, meeting high bandwidth access requirements in fiber to the building
(FTTB) and FTTC scenarios.

Figure 3-1 Original Site Upgrade

Features
 Fast deployment
− Sites are reused, and no sites needs to be acquired.
− Existing copper cables are reused in the downstream direction of cabinets, and there
is no need to dig trenches for burying cables.
− New MDUs are added, and no board needs to be replaced.
− The existing power supply resources are used, and no new mains supply needs to be
acquired.
 Easy maintenance
− NCE can manage old and new devices at the same time.

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− Supports remote software commissioning, remote fault location, fault rectification,

and batch upgrade.

Application Scenario
In actual applications, bandwidth requirements vary with areas and user groups. If the
bandwidth requirement is lower than 300 Mbit/s, Original Site Upgrade is an ideal choice.

3.1.2 Networking
The following figure shows the networking of the Original Site Upgrade mode.

Figure 3-2 Networking diagram of Original Site Upgrade

3.2 OLT@Outdoor Site

3.2.1 Solution Overview
In OLT@Outdoor Site mode, OLTs are added to the original copper sites, and the
OLT+MPO+DQ ODN+NCE suite is used to quickly increase the bandwidth.
OLT@Outdoor Site can be deployed in two ways:
 If an original copper-line cabinet has sufficient space, the OLT and MPO are directly
installed in the cabinet, and the DQ ODN is used for fiber connection in the downstream
direction.
 If an original copper-line cabinet is full, a side-mounted cabinet is installed at the outside
of the existing cabinet to house the OLT and MPO, and the DQ ODN is used for fiber
connection in the downstream direction.

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Figure 3-3 OLT@Outdoor Site

Features
 One-time reconstruction and long-term bandwidth evolution: OLTs support smooth
gigabit evolution.
 Precise planning
− The uNetBuilder intelligent planning tool is used to help customers analyze
reusable copper site resources, identify high-value areas, compare the TCOs of
different solutions, and select optimal network construction areas.
− Based on the map, user, and infrastructure information collected by the eSurvey
automatic survey tool, the SmartODN tool can automatically generate the ODN
network design solution using a customizable core algorithm.
 Fast network construction
− The M50 cabinet adopts one-stop site construction and requires no onsite assembly.
The MA5801 is small and light, and can be installed by only one person, enabling
fast site deployment.
− The DQ ODN solution supports network-wide pre-connection and uneven splitting
for fast network construction. Downstream fibers support plug-and-play without
splicing, and image scanning can be used for quick service provisioning.
− OLTs are automatically deployed in zero touch deployment (ZTD) mode, and
software commissioning engineers do not need to visit sites or perform remote
commissioning.
 Intelligent O&M
− Supports OLT ZTD, automatic device discovery, management channel
configuration, and device management by NCE to realize fast service provisioning.
− Supports cloud-based ONT authentication and automatic registration without
software commissioning to implement zero-touch provisioning (ZTP).
− Supports accurate ODN topology, visualized O&M, and fast ODN deployment.
− Supports AI analysis of big data, realizing precise fault locating and proactive O&M
and reducing user complaints.

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Application Scenario
For areas with high bandwidth requirements, the OLT@Outdoor Site mode can be used to
build an all-optical network and increase the bandwidth to over 1 Gbit/s.

3.2.2 Networking
The following figure shows the networking of the OLT@Outdoor Site mode.

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4 Key Products of the CurbPON Solution

The key products of the CurbPON solution include the MDU, OLT, cabinet, ODN, and NCE.

Table 4-1 Key products of the CurbPON solution

Typ Device Appearance Key Specifications Reference

e Name Document
OLT MA5801  Small-sized and MA5801
low-density box-shaped Datasheet
OLTs
 Two models:
MA5801-GP08 and
MA5801-CG04
 Number of service ports:
MA5801-GP08: 8 GPON
MA5801-CG04: 4
XG-PON & GPON Combo
or 8 GPON
MD MA5818  20 Gbit/s in upstream MA5818
U transmission Product
 Max. 96-channels of G.fast Documentation
(106 Mbit/s) access ports
 Max. 256 VDSL2 ports
 Max. 256 vectoring access
ports
Cabi F01M50  Small size and light weight; F01M50
net can be operated by only Cabinet
one person Datasheet
 IP55 protection level.
 Direct and flexible DC or
AC power supply
 Integrating components
such as the main
equipment, PDU, ODF, and
cables for one-stop

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Typ Device Appearance Key Specifications Reference

e Name Document
delivery; no secondary
integration onsite
OD X Box  E2E pre-connection, SSC2821-TM-4
N (SSC2821-T requiring no closure 8M Datasheet
M-48M) opening or fiber splicing
 Working with the MPO
module to implement
flexible port scheduling
 IP68 protection
 Digital management AI
image recognition and
long-term ODN resource
accuracy
 Cable inlet: 2 x 12-core
MPO rigid adapters (red) +
2 x 12-core MPO rigid
adapters (blue, for capacity
expansion)
 Cable outlet: 4 x 12-core
MPO rigid adapters (black)
Hub Box  E2E pre-connection, SSC2822-SM-8
(SSC2822-S requiring no closure M Datasheet
M-8M) opening or fiber splicing
 Pre-installed splitter
 IP68 protection
 Digital management AI
image recognition and
long-term ODN resource
accuracy
 Cable inlet: 1 x 12-core
MPO rigid adapter (red)
 Cable outlet: 4 x DLC/APC
rigid adapters (black) + 2 x
SC/APC rigid adapters
(green) + 1 x 12-core MPO
rigid adapter (blue)
Sub Box  E2E pre-connection, SSC2816-SM-1
(SSC2816-S requiring no closure 1U Datasheet
M-11U) opening or fiber splicing
 Dual-fiber (rigid adapter:
DLC/APC) for capacity
expansion in the original
box
 IP68 protection
 Digital management AI
image recognition and

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Typ Device Appearance Key Specifications Reference

e Name Document
long-term ODN resource
accuracy
 Cable inlet: 1 x DLC/APC
rigid adapter (red)
 Cable outlet: 1 x DLC/APC
rigid adapter (blue) + 1 x
SC/APC rigid adapter
(green) + 8 x SC/APC rigid
adapters (black)
End Box  E2E pre-connection, SSC2816-SM-9
(SSC2816-S requiring no closure Datasheet
M-9) opening or fiber splicing
 Dual-fiber (rigid adapter:
DLC/APC) for capacity
expansion in the original
box
 IP68 protection
 Digital management AI
image recognition and
long-term ODN resource
accuracy
 Cable inlet: 1 x DLC/APC
rigid adapter (red)
 Cable outlet: 1 x SC/APC
rigid adapter (green) + 8 x
SC/APC rigid adapters
(black)
End Box  8 drop cable ports and 1 SSC2811-SM-8
(SSC2811-S distribution cable port, Datasheet
M-8) housing 1 splitter
 E2E pre-connected, free of
cap opening and fiber
splicing
 IP68 protection
 Digital management AI
image recognition and
long-term ODN resource
accuracy
 Cable inlet: 1 x SC/APC
rigid adapter (red)
 Cable outlet: 8 x SC/APC
rigid adapters (black)
NM NCE N/A  Automatic service NCE Brochure
S provisioning,
 Automatic identification
and root cause analysis of

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Typ Device Appearance Key Specifications Reference

e Name Document
PON faults
 Intelligent O&M of ODN
networks
 Poor-QoE home broadband
service evaluation for
accurate fault locating and
maintenance

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