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Communication Markets Division © 3M 2009. All Rights Reserved. Dynatel Test and Measurement Solutions IP Video ; A case study in Trouble Shooting IPTV problems in the OSP with the 965AMS - Dave Senum 3M Communication Markets Division
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2 Communication Markets Division © 3M 2009. All Rights Reserved. IP Video Troubleshooting Situation Customer, Independent Telco in Woodlands Texas, deploying DTV to their customers 1 HDTV Stream, 2 SDTV Stream, VoIP and HSI Bandwidth requirements (all streams MPEG4 encoding) HDTV 6MB SDTV 2MBx2=4MB VoIP=1MB HSI (High Speed Internet) Best Effort up to 5MB PROBLEM : Tiling, Pixilation, Complete loss of picture, not related to time of day, echo on VoIP transmission. Telco had spent 100 man hours troubleshooting this issue without success Telco already verified CO is good, and premise is good. Problem is in outside plant but where, how do we troubleshoot (find and fix)? Modem Trains up with DSLAM at 16MB (capped at 16MB) with 8 db noise margin, but lots of CRC errors! (way too many) End User Customer ready to disconnect! Loop Stats ; Approximately 6000 feet 24 gauge PIC all buried, 1200 Pair Cable
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3 Communication Markets Division © 3M 2009. All Rights Reserved. IP Video Troubleshooting 965AMS Pro2 Shield/Ground Tip Ring 3M FED-II Pair 1 Customer Premise- disconnect from Prem. Remote Hut (DSLAM) (disconnect) DSLAM
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4 Communication Markets Division © 3M 2009. All Rights Reserved. IP Video Troubleshooting 965AMS Pro2 Shield/Ground Tip Ring 3M FED-II Pair 1 Customer Premise- disconnect from Prem. WB Vacant Pair Test, looks okay so far Remote Hut (DSLAM) (disconnect) DSLAM
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5 Communication Markets Division © 3M 2009. All Rights Reserved. IP Video Troubleshooting 965AMS Pro2 Shield/Ground Tip Ring 3M FED-II Pair 1 Customer Premise- disconnect from Prem. LB is too low for Digital Video Should be minimum 70 db. Also Resistive Imbalance = noise. We could find and fix Resistance imbalance, but lets see what else we find out first Remote Hut (DSLAM) (disconnect) DSLAM
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6 Communication Markets Division © 3M 2009. All Rights Reserved. IP Video Troubleshooting 965AMS Pro2 Shield/Ground Tip Ring 3M FED-II Pair 1 Customer Premise- disconnect from Prem. Remote Hut (DSLAM) (disconnect) DSLAM Slope is okay (no sharp dips, no bridge tap or splice tap
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7 Communication Markets Division © 3M 2009. All Rights Reserved. IP Video Troubleshooting 965AMS Pro2 Shield/Ground Tip Ring 3M FED-II Pair 1 Customer Premise- disconnect from Prem. WB Spectrum Analyzer shows potential interferer (HDSL) PI was also measured was good (low) All Bonds and Grounds were newly installed and tight MaskActual P1P2 P3 Remote Hut (DSLAM) (disconnect) DSLAM
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8 Communication Markets Division © 3M 2009. All Rights Reserved. IP Video Troubleshooting -- so now what do we do? 965AMS Pro2 Shield/Ground Tip Ring 3M FED-II Pair 1 Customer Premise- disconnect from Prem. Examine OSP Cable Plant drawings and services assignments. Are there interferer HDSL circuits close by? Where, what type, how many P1P2 P3 Remote Hut (DSLAM) (disconnect) DSLAM
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9 Communication Markets Division © 3M 2009. All Rights Reserved. IP Video Troubleshooting -- so now what do we do? 965AMS Pro2 Shield/Ground Tip Ring 3M FED-II Pair 1 Customer Premise- disconnect from Prem. Cable Plant records reveal HDSL4 Circuits right next to our IPTV Pair! Examine records to find candidate pairs Farther away that are quieter! Also where to cutover P1,2 or 3 (cable schematics show P2 P1P2 P3 Our HD/SD Video Circuit Several HDSL4 circuits! Cable records indicate Candidate “quiet” vacant Pairs, lets test some Our 1200 Pair cable from Remote Hut Remote Hut (DSLAM) (disconnect) DSLAM
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10 Communication Markets Division © 3M 2009. All Rights Reserved. IP Video Troubleshooting -- so now what do we do? FED III Shield/Ground Tip Ring 3M FED-II Pair 1 Customer Premise- disconnect from Prem. Cable Plant records reveal HDSL4 Circuits right next to our IPTV Pair! Examine records to find candidate pairs farther away that are quieter! Also where to cutover P1,2 or 3 (cable schematics show P2, lets put another FED at the Prem. and go to P2 to test. We can now look both ways from P2 location. P1P2 P3 Our HD/SD Video Circuit Several HDSL4 circuits! Our 1200 Pair cable from Remote Hut Cable records indicate Candidate “quiet” vacant Pairs, lets test some 965AMS Pro2 Remote Hut (DSLAM) (disconnect) DSLAM
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11 Communication Markets Division © 3M 2009. All Rights Reserved. IP Video Troubleshooting -- so now what do we do? FEDIII Shield/Ground Tip Ring 3M FED-II Pair 1 Customer Premise- disconnect from Prem. Looking back towards Remote Hut Balance and Loss are good! P1P2 P3 965AMS Pro2 Remote Hut (DSLAM) (disconnect) DSLAM
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12 Communication Markets Division © 3M 2009. All Rights Reserved. IP Video Troubleshooting -- so now what do we do? 965AMS FEDIII Shield/Ground Tip Ring 3M FED-II Pair 1 Customer Premise- disconnect from Prem. Looking back toward Prem., looks good! P1P2 P3 965AMS Pro2 Remote Hut (DSLAM) (disconnect) DSLAM
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13 Communication Markets Division © 3M 2009. All Rights Reserved. IP Video Troubleshooting -- so now what do we do? FEDIII Shield/Ground Tip Ring 3M FED-II Pair 1 Customer Premise- disconnect from Prem. Looking back toward Prem., looks good! Balance really good. P1P2 P3 965AMS Pro2 Remote Hut (DSLAM) (disconnect) DSLAM
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14 Communication Markets Division © 3M 2009. All Rights Reserved. IP Video Troubleshooting -- so now what do we do? FEDIII Shield/Ground Tip Ring 3M FED-II Pair 1 Customer Premise- disconnect from Prem. WB Noise on SA is much lower! – by 35 db! (looking towards prem.) P1P2 P3 965AMS Pro2 Remote Hut (DSLAM) (disconnect) DSLAM
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15 Communication Markets Division © 3M 2009. All Rights Reserved. IP Video Troubleshooting -- so now what do we do? FED III Shield/Ground Tip Ring 3M FED-II Pair 1 Customer Premise- disconnect from Prem. No Impulse Noise! Set above BB Noise threshold. P1P2 P3 965AMS Pro2 Remote Hut (DSLAM) (disconnect) DSLAM
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16 Communication Markets Division © 3M 2009. All Rights Reserved. IP Video Troubleshooting 965AMS Pro2 Shield/Ground Tip Ring Pair 1 Customer Premise- disconnect from Prem. Remote Hut (DSLAM) Connected After one last WB Vacant Pair on whole pair verify DSLAM connection Link Metrics look good! Rates and Margin
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17 Communication Markets Division © 3M 2009. All Rights Reserved. IP Video Troubleshooting 965AMS Pro 2 Shield/Ground Tip Ring Pair 1 Customer Premise- disconnect from Prem. Remote Hut (DSLAM) Connected Observe errors for several minutes only 1 CRC during training, otherwise none!
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18 Communication Markets Division © 3M 2009. All Rights Reserved. Put customer back in service monitor their HD and SD Streams to ensure Video okay now! IP Video Troubleshooting
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19 Communication Markets Division © 3M 2009. All Rights Reserved. IP Video Troubleshooting -- so now what do we do? FEDIII Shield/Ground Tip Ring 3M FED-II Pair 1 Customer Premise- disconnect from Prem. Looking back toward Prem., looks good! P1P2 P3 965AMS Pro2 Remote Hut (DSLAM) (disconnect) DSLAM
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