Project ESS Advanced Technology Series — Update 39:
Broadband Wireline Access Systems for Public Networks –

Preparing for Convergence

— Table of Contents —

 

Part I            Technology Status — World Market Offerings — 538 Pages

     Executive Summary

1.  Introduction — Scope, Objectives & Benefits (for Telecom Service Providers &
Broadband Access System Vendors) — 9 Pages

2.  Broadband Access — An Overview — 9 Pages

A.   The Need for New Approaches

B.   Dialed Access

C.   Dedicated Access

D.   ADSL and Related Schemes

E.   Access via Cable TV Networks

3.  Evolving Architectures for Broadband Access — 81 Pages

A.   TDM Access Systems — Limitations and Potential Evolution

1.   The Traditional Digital Loop Carrier System

2.   Advanced Narrowband Access Systems – Purpose and Capabilities

3.   Wideband and Broadband Capabilities on TDM Access Nodes

4.   Issues of OA&M for TDM Access Systems

5.   TDM Access Systems — Further Evolution

B.   Dialed Access — Living with its Limitations

1.   Central Office Traffic Congestion

2.   Nortel’s Internet Thruway  and Related Approaches

3.   Other Approaches

4.   The Universal Access Server

C.   ADSL Access Systems

1.   General Architecture

2.   DSL Modems — Capabilities and Limitations

3.   The Network Architecture Behind ADSL Access

4.   Integrating DSL into the Local Telephone Exchange

5.   Support of Multiple Users via DSL Access

6.   Access to IP Telephony

7.   VPN Access

8.   FTTC — VDLS from the ONU to the Subscriber

9.   Provisioning of DSL-Based Services and Issues of User Control

10.  Expected Evolution of DSL Technology

D.   Dedicated Broadband Access for High-Bandwidth Users

E.   Interfacing a Public Broadband Service to a Private Network

1.   Interface / Protocol Issues

2.   Access Routers

3.   Access Multiplexers

4.  Access Via Hybrid Fiber Coax Networks — 43 Pages

A.   Status and Trends in HFC Networks

B.   Digital HFC Networks and Digital TV Basics

C.   Internet Access on Analog HFC Networks

D.   Internet Access on Digital HFC Networks

E.   Providing Local Telephone Service on Cable Networks

5.  Technology Trends — 79 Pages

A.   ADSL and Related Schemes

B.   Voice Over IP

C.   IP / Internet Gateways & Gatekeepers

D.   ATM / IP / Frame Relay Access Mux / Concentrators

E.   Cable Modems

F.   Digital Set-Top Boxes

G.   Advanced Set-Top Boxes for Digital Cable TV

H.  Fiber Loops for Broadband Access

1.   Using Standard SONET / SDH Equipment

2.   “Light” Optical Transmission Equipment for Fiber Loops

3.   The ONU for FTTC Systems

I.     Timing of the Evolution of Fast Internet Access  and Internet / PSTN Integration

1.   Time Chart of Fast Internet Access and IP Telephony Evolution

6.    Open Issues Relating to Broadband Access — 13 Pages

A.   Trends In Subscriber Signaling

B.   FTTH / FTTC — Where will it “Fit-In or “Prove-In”?

7.    Regulatory Impacts on Broadband Access Implementation — 9 Pages

8.    Broadband Access Service Offerings — 43 Pages

A.   Major xDSL Service Offerings

1.   Internet Service — Residential / Small Business

2.   Internet Service — High Volume / High Bandwidth

3.   Worldwide xDSL Service Provider Profiles

B.   Cable Modem Service Offerings

C.   IP Telephony

9.    Installed and On-Order Position by Supplier, Country & Service Provider — 133 Pages

A.   DSLAM Installed Base

B.   DSL Modem Installed Base

C.   Access Router Installed Base

D.  Optical Multi-Service Access Nodes Installed Base

E.   TDM Access Node Installed Base

F.   Cable Modem Installed Base

G.  Digital Set-Top Box Installed Base

H.  IP Telephony Gateway Installed Base

10.Technology & Convergence Evolution Impacting Broadband Access — 7 Pages

11.                  Cost Based Price Estimates — 35 Pages

A.   Introduction — Assumptions Made

B.   Cost Based Price Estimates — ADSL Modems

C.   Cost Based Price Estimates — DSLAM

D.   Cost Based Price Estimates — Cable Modem Access Systems

E.   Cost Based Price Estimates — Access Routers

12.   Application Analysis and the Economics of Broadband Access System — 82 Pages

A.   Applications Driving the Use and Economics of Broadband Access

1.   Residential Applications Driving Broadband Access

2.   Business / Institutional Applications

B.   Economics of xDSL — Business Case Background

C.   DSL Business Case

D.   Cable Modem Business Case

E.   Relative Advantages of ADSL vs. Cable Modems For Residential Subscribers

F.   Limiting Factors and Cautions on xDSL Deployment

13.                  Recommendations for Each Telecommunications Service Provider Type — 6 Pages

A.   Recommendations to Incumbent Carriers (PTTs & ILECs)

B.   Recommendations to New Carriers and CLECs

C.   Recommendations to Internet Service Providers

D.   Recommendations to Inter-Exchange / International Carriers

E.   Recommendations to Newly-Established InterExchange Carriers

F.   Recommendations to Cable Operators

G.   Recommendations to Carriers’ Carriers

 

 

Total Pages, Part I — 538 Pages

Part II                     World Market Offerings — 288 Pages (of 203 Products)

 

1.    Overview — 2 Pages

2.    xDSL DSLAM — 27 Pages

A.   Introduction

AccessLan Communications, Inc. — PL-2000

ADC Kentrox — Cellworx RAC

AG Communications — ATIUM

Alcatel — 1000 ADSL

Ascend — DSLTNT

Ascend / Lucent — DSLMAX 20

Cisco — Cisco 6100 / 6200

Cisco — NetSpeed LoopRunner

Copper Mountain — CopperEdge 200

DAGAZ Technologies — JERA 2120

Diamond Lane — SLM1700i

Diamond Lane — Speedlink

ECI Telecom — Hi-FOCuS SAM SA/SL

Fujitsu — SPEEDPORT

NEC — xDSL / ATM DataWave

Newbridge — MainStreetXpress ADSL Line Card

Nortel Networks — High-Speed Module (HSM)

Orckit Communications — FastInternet DSLAM

PairGain — AVIDIA 8000

PairGain — PG-Plus / -Flex

Paradyne — 8600 / 8800

Pulsecom — WavePacertm SAM

Radwiz — IPTL

Siemens Telecom Networks — XpressLink

Westell — SuperVision DSLAM

3.    xDSL Modem — 33 Pages

A.   Introduction

3Com Corporation — ADSL Modem PCI

3Com Corporation — IDSL Modem

3Com Corporation — SDSL Modem

ADC — SAT-500

ADTRAN — HSU 600

AG Communications — ATIUM GateWay XTU-R

Alcatel — SPEED TOUCH Home

Alcatel — SPEED TOUCH PC

Alcatel — SPEED TOUCH USB

Ascend — DSLPipe ( -S, -C, -D)

Aware — AW-910

Aware — x200

Cisco — 605 PCI ADSL Modem

Cisco — 626 ATM-25 ADSL

Copper Mountain — CopperRocket Router / Modem

Copper Mountain — Red Rocket 201-30x

Digital Link Corporation (DLC) — HDSL HTU

ECI Telecom — Hi-FOCuS ATU-R

Efficient Networks, Inc. — SpeedStream 3020 / 3060

Efficient Networks, Inc. — SpeedStream 4020

Efficient Networks, Inc. — SpeedStream 5010

Efficient Networks, Inc. — SpeedStream 5250

Fujitsu — SPEEDPORT DSL Modem

Newbridge — MainStreetXpress 27020 ADSL Modem

Nortel Networks — 1-Meg Modem

Orckit Communications — CopperTrunk HDSL

Orckit Communications — CopperTrunk VDSL

PairGain — Megabit Modem 700F

Pulsecom — WavePacer™ADSL-8000

Radwiz — IPTL (Ipair, VDAS-3000, VDAS-300)

Westell — ADSL Modem A99xx

4.    xDSL Remote Terminals — 7 Pages

A.   Introduction

AG Communications — ATU-R

Cisco — SpeedRunner 204, Cisco 675

PairGain — EtherPhone RT

Paradyne — Hotwire 52 46

Pulsecom — WavePacer™RAM-1100

Westell — ATU-R A90-36xx

5.    Access Concentrators — 22 Pages

A.   Introduction

ACT Networks — SDM-9500

ADC Kentrox — AAC-2 / AAC-3

ADC Kentrox — MagnumPlus

ASC — RBOX 2000

Ascend — DSL Terminator 100

Assured Access / Alcatel — Broadband RAS

Cisco — Cisco 6400

Ericsson — Tigris AXC 711

Lucent Technologies — PortMaster 4

PairGain – AVIDIA

6.    Access Routers — 30 Pages

A.   Introduction

3Com Corporation — 811 ADSL

AccessLan Communications, Inc. — PL-200

ADC Kentrox — PACESETTER Pro

ADC Kentrox — PACESETTER SOHO

ADC Kentrox — PACESETTER T1

ADC Kentrox — SAT-300

ADTRAN — ADTRAN Express L128 / L128T

ADTRAN — ADTRAN Express L768

Alcatel – SPEED TOUCH ADSL Router

Cabletron / FlowPoint — FlowPoint 2025

Cabletron / FlowPoint — FlowPoint 2100

Cabletron / FlowPoint — SmartSwitch Router 250

Cayman Systems, Inc. — 2E500 Router / Gateway

Cayman Systems, Inc. — 3220 ADSL

Cayman Systems, Inc. — DSL Series

Cayman Systems, Inc. — LR Series

Cisco — 675e ADSL

Cisco — 1720 VPN Router

Cisco — 2600 Series

Cisco — 4700

Cisco — 7500 Series

Ericsson — ANx-DSL

Ericsson — AXI 510

Ericsson — Congo Voice / Data

Lucent Technologies — Firewall IRX Router

Lucent Technologies — ISDN Office Router

Lucent Technologies — Synchronous Office Router

Radwiz — Router

7.    Optical Multiservice Access Nodes — 44 Pages

A.   Introduction

Accelerated Networks — AN-3200 MSAP

Advanced Fibre Communications (AFC) — UMC 1000A

ADTRAN — Total Access 3000

Alcatel / DSC — 1540 MSAN

Alcatel / DSC — Litespan 2012 / NGDLC

Alcatel — Starspan

Ascend — SA 600 / SA 1200

Assured Access / Alcatel — X1600 / X1600 Multiservice

Atmosphere Networks — FSN 1200

Cisco / Sentient — Ultimate C2X 1600

Fujitsu — FACTR / NGDLC

Larscom — Edge Multiservice Access

Lucent Technologies — AnyMedia Access System

Lucent Technologies — SLC-2000

N.E.T. — Promina Multiservice Access Platform

Nortel Networks — Access Node / Universal Edge

Omnia — AXR 500

PairGain — AVIDIA

Pulsecom — PSC 240 Multi-Services Platform

Siemens / Unisphere — Access Platform

Sonoma Systems — Multiservice Access Concentrator

8.    TDM Access Nodes — 28 Pages

A.   Introduction

3Com Corporation — Access Builder 6200

Accelerated Networks — AN-20 & AN-24 Integrated Access Device

Accelerated Networks — AN-30 Integrated Access Device

Accelerated Networks — AN-3200 Multi-Service Access Platform

ADTRAN — ADTRAN Total Access 750

ASC — RBOX 100

ASC — RBOX 1240

ASC — RBOX 4000

ECI Telecom — Hi-MAC 100 / 200

Ennovate Networks, Inc. — Ennovate Envoy™ 1600

Newbridge Networks — 3600 / 3645 MainStreet Bandwidth

Newbridge Networks — MainStreetXpress 36170

Newbridge Networks — MainStreetXpress 36177

Nortel Networks — Passport 4740

Nortel Networks — Passport 8780 Packet Voice Gateway

Paradyne — 3610 Series

Paradyne — NextEDGE

Premisys — IMACS

Premisys — SlimLine

Premisys — StreamLine

Telco Systems — Access 45

Telco Systems — Access 60

Telco Systems — Edgelink 100

Telco Systems — Edgelink 300

Verilink Corporation — Access System 3000

Verilink Corporation — Access System 4000

 

9.    Cable Modems — 28 Pages

A.   Introduction

3Com Corporation — CMX

Alcatel — 1570 BB

Cisco — uBr 904

Com21 — ComPort 1000

Com21 — ComPort 2000

Com21 — DoxPort 1010

General Instrument Corporation — SURFboard SB2100

Hybrid Networks, Inc. — CCM / N-201

Hybrid Networks, Inc. — CCM / N-202

Hybrid Networks, Inc. — CCM / N-231

Motorola — CyberSurfr Link Cable Modem

Nortel Networks — CM 100

Nortel Networks — Gen 3

Nortel Networks — Versalar

Nor.Web — DPL

RF Networks — Model 5450 / 5140 / 8023

Samsung Electronics — InfoRanger

Sony Corporation — CMR-1000

Terayon Communication Systems — TeraPro

Toshiba — DOCSIS Cable Modem

Zenith Corporation — Homeworks Pro Cable

10.         Digital Set-Top Boxes — 27 Pages

A.   Introduction

General Instrument Corporation — DCT-2000

General Instrument Corporation — DCT-5000+

IBM — STB10x0

Nokia — Multi-Media Terminal DVB 9500 S

Philips — WebTV Classic Internet Terminal

Philips — WebTV Plus Internet TV Receiver

Pioneer — Voyager

Samsung Electronics — SD200F

Scientific Atlanta — Explorer 2000 Advanced Digital Set-top

Sony — INT-W100

Sony — INT-W200

Teknema — Internet TV Web

11.                  Internet Gateways — 25 Pages

A.   Introduction

3Com Corporation — Total Control

ArelNet — i-TONE

Ascend — MultiVoice Max

Cisco — AS5300

Clarent — Carrier Gateway

Dialogic — DM3 IPLink

ECI Telecom — ITX-1000

eFusion — eStream

Excel Switching — EXS Media Gateway

Franklin Tempest — Data / Voice Gateway (DVG)

GlobalTel — FLEXGATE Gateway

Hypercom — IP.tel 6000

InnoMedia — InfoGate

IntelliSwitch — iSwitch

Interline — Digital Gateway

Lucent Technologies — Internet Telephony Server-E (ITS-E)

MediaGate — EdgeCommander 4000

Motorola — Vanguard 6560

Nokia — IP Telephony Gateway

Nuera — F200

OKI — BS1200

VegaStream — Vega 100

VocalTec — Gateway 2000 Series

12.                  List of Supplier Systems by Application — 7 Pages

Broadband Wireline Access Supplier Financial & Contact Data — 2 Pages

 

 

Total Pages, Part II — 288

 

TOTAL PAGES — 826

(Including 206 Pages of 83 Exhibits)

 

 

— List of Exhibits —

 

Exhibit I.3.1:    Architecture of TDM access system with integrated ATM access switch

Exhibit I.3.2:    Nortel Network’s AccessNode Data Direct – principle of operation

Exhibit I.3.3:    DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) – basic architecture

Exhibit I.3.4:    DSL Technologies

Exhibit I.3.5:    Loop Length vs. Data Rate

Exhibit I.3.6:    DSLAM installation at a remote TDM access terminal

Exhibit I.3.7:    DSLAM installation with modem pooling and ATM traffic concentrator

Exhibit I.3.8:    Typical application of the Cisco 6400 Universal Access Concentrator (source: Cisco)

Exhibit I.3.9:    Typical FTTC System with VDSL

Exhibit I.3.10:  Potential scenario: ATM access system for narrowband and broadband

Exhibit I.3.11:  Basic ATM access multiplexer

Exhibit I.3.12:  Access multiplexer connected to a private ATM network

Exhibit I.3.13:  Access multiplexer connected to a VPN and to the Internet

Exhibit I.3.14:  Use of an access router to integrate traffic from a branch office

Exhibit I.4.1:    Basic architecture of a traditional cable TV distribution network

Exhibit I.4.2:    Basic hybrid fiber coax cable TV network

Exhibit I.4.3:    Three-level HFC cable TV network

Exhibit I.4.4:    Fast Internet access with cable modem

Exhibit I.5.1:    ADSL transmission system

Exhibit I.5.2:    ADSL subscriber modem with ATM user interface (source: Motorola)

Exhibit I.5.3:    DSLAM and ATM access switch

Exhibit I.5.4:    Universal access node

Exhibit I.5.5:    Frequency spectrum for POTS and ADSL transmission over copper loops

Exhibit I.5.6:    Loop length vs. Data Rate

Exhibit I.5.6a: Phone-to-Phone over IP Configuration

Exhibit I.5.6b: Corporate Office-to-Office & Local Toll-Rate Configuration

Exhibit I.5.6c: Internet Telephony Gateway Offerings

Exhibit I.5.6d: Internet Telephony Service Providers

Exhibit I.5.7:    Block diagram of PathStar Access Server (source: Lucent Technologies)

Exhibit I.5.8:    The PathStar Access module (source: Lucent Technologies)

Exhibit I.5.9:    The PathStar switch module with one POTS access module (source: Lucent Technologies)

Exhibit I.5.10:  Basic architecture of a PABX gateway to an IP network

Exhibit I.5.11:  Set-Top Boxes within the Interactive Television Market

Exhibit I.5.12:  Client Software Platform

Exhibit I.8.1:    Typical xDSL Service Offerings and Pricing

Exhibit I.8.2:    Typical Cable Modem Internet Service Offerings and Pricing

Exhibit I.8.3:    Selected Voice over IP Services and Pricing

Exhibit I.9.1:    DSLAM Deployment by Supplier

Exhibit I.9.2:    DSLAM Deployment by Country

Exhibit I.9.3:    DSL Modem Deployment by Supplier

Exhibit I.9.4:    DSL Modem Deployment by Country

Exhibit I.9.5:    Access Router Deployment by Supplier

Exhibit I.9.6:    Access Router Deployment by Country

Exhibit I.9.7:    Optical Multi-Service Access Nodes Installed Base

Exhibit I.9.8:    TDM Access Nodes Installed Base

Exhibit I.9.9:    Cable Modem Deployment by Supplier

Exhibit I.9.10:  Cable Modem Deployment by Country

Exhibit I.9.11:  Digital Set-Top Box Deployment by Supplier

Exhibit I.9.12:  Digital Set-Top Box Deployment by Country

Exhibit I.9.13:  IP Telephony Gateway Deployment by Supplier

Exhibit I.9.14:  IP Telephony Gateway Deployment by Country

Exhibit I.11.1:  Cost of ADSL Modem with PCI Interface

Exhibit I.11.2:  Cost of ADSL Modem with Ethernet Interface

Exhibit I.11.3:  Cost of ADSL Modem for use in DSLAM

Exhibit I.11.4:  Cost of 4 Line-Port ADSL Module for DSLAM

Exhibit I.11.5:  Cost of a Small DSLAM

Exhibit I.11.6:  Cost of a Large DSLAM

Exhibit I.11.7:  Cost of a DSLAM with Modem Pooling

Exhibit I.11.8:  Cost of Combined Analog and ADSL Circuit for Local Exchange

Exhibit I.11.9:  Local Exchange – Total System Cost Forecast

Exhibit I.11.10:  Local Exchange – Total System Cost Forecast, 1,000 Lines for ADSL

Exhibit I.11.11:  Local Exchange – Total System Cost Forecast, 2,500 Lines for ADSL

Exhibit I.11.12:  Cost of Cable Modem with Ethernet Interface

Exhibit I.11.13:  Cost of Head-End Modem Board

Exhibit I.11.14:  Cost of a Typical Channel-Port Module for Head-End Router

Exhibit I.11.15:  Cost of a Complete Head-End Router with Modems

Exhibit I.11.16:  Cost of Small ADSL Access Router

Exhibit I.11.17:  Cost of a Large Access Router

Exhibit I.12.1:  Penetration Forecasts for Households

Exhibit I.12.2:  Penetration Forecasts for Businesses / Institutions

Exhibit II.12.1:           List of Supplier Systems by Application

Exhibit II.12.2:           Broadband Wireline Access Supplier Financial and Contact Data

 

Total Pages of 83 Exhibits                                                                                206