1. Optical Fiber Project
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2. Index Framing Goals Procedures Fiber cable Local Loops Transmission
Routing
Management
Services
Future Work
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3. Framing Investment vs. Maintenance
Inadequate corporate solutions in the national market
Geographical distribution
Insufficient growth when compared with other NREN.
Availability of a fiber provider
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4. Goals – A new approach! New infrastructure for the long run
Gain more autonomy towards the market
Solve the “long lasting”capacity limitations
Be side by side with the most advanced NREN
Provide the means for high bandwidth projects and services
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5. Goals – Guidelines New and simpler network design Ethernet based
10GE backbone
Nx1GE access
Same Control panel for IPv4/IPv6
Redundancy in the backbone through a provider
New backbone for the whole network
Stage I – connecting Lisbon-Braga
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6. Procedures Passive fiber network Equipment FO for the long distances
Local loops using fiber
Equipment
Transmission (Ethernet).
Routing (IP).
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7. International tender for long distance cable
Procedures
International tender for long distance cable
Winner - Refer Telecom (Railway Operator)
Each local loop with a different approach
Always trying to use existing pipes
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8. Procedures - Transmission
Limited to a public announcement
Several proposals received
Second round with best proposals
Best-and-Final-Offers were asked
ADVA was chosen
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9. Similar to the transmission, without a public announcement
Procedures - Routing
Similar to the transmission, without a public announcement
Several proposals received
Second round with best proposals
Best-and-Final-Offers were asked
Cisco was chosen
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10. Long Distance cable – Features
48 Optical fibers from witch:
24 x ITU-T G.652C (without water peak)
24 x ITU-T G.655
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11. Long Distance Cable – Tests made
Tested:
Spectral attenuation
Chromatic dispersion
Polarization Modal Dispersion
Reflectometry attenuation
Insertion loss
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12. Long Distance Cable – Features
Dialectical central strength member: fiberglass
5 loose tubes – 4 with 12 fibers each
Water resistant
Anti-rodent armouring
Complies with crushing, tension and temperatures specifications
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13. Cable - curiosities Mean attenuation of 0.21dB/Km
Can connect 150Kms with with nothing-in-line
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14. Access Local Loops Strategy: use existing pipes
establish partnerships with pipe owners
always have a ring topology
Developing:
Aveiro, Braga, Coimbra, Lisbon and Porto;
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15. Access Local Loops - Aveiro
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16. Access Local Loops – Lisboa
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17. Access Local Loops - Difficulties
To coordinate all involved entities to meetings and surveys.
Unexpected events on-site
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18. Transmission Solution
Minimalist approach - several distinct point-to-point solutions;
Intelligence and services on the IP level
The transmission is just the 10GE and 2GE access links
Solution -> ADVA Optical
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19. Routing Equipment Cisco Equipment 1 router in Lisbon 1 router in Porto
1 router backup/test router
10G Lan-Phy XENPAK ports
1G SFP ports
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20. Routing – Topology Dual star topology (Lisbon and Porto)
Network “intelligence” on the IP level
No more core/edge design for the fiber connections (economical reasons)
Fully redundant equipment
Lisbon-Porto backup link from a commercial provider
FCCN -Lisboa
FCCN-Porto
U. Coimbra / IPC
U. Aveiro
U. Minho
U. Lisboa
U. Tec. Lisboa
U. Nova Lisboa
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21. Management and operation – TNMS CORE
TNMS-CORE from Siemens:
Integrated management
Centralized monitoring and configuration
End-to-end connection management
Alarm and error monitoring
Performance management
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22. Management and Operation – Approach
Monitoring using another fiber pair with passive transceivers
Ethernet switches directly connected to the transmission equipment
Non usage of dedicated cards/equipment
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23. Migration of current IP services to the new backbone:
IPv4/IPv6 Unicast and Multicast
R&D e .COM Classes of Service
Offer new and richer classes of service
Study the possibility of having VPNs
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24. Other Connections – Phase II
Consulting market again in 2005.
New advanced solutions of renting fiber, lambdas, GE and FE
Redundancy solution for the backbone, through a national ring
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25. FCCN’s New Optical Network
Questions?
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