Verizon Tests 10 Gig to the Home FiOS Network

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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> From: "Hoewing, C. L." <c.l.hoewing () verizon com>
> Date: December 18, 2009 5:31:09 PM EST
> To: "Hoewing, C. L." <c.l.hoewing () verizon com>
> Subject: Verizon Tests 10 Gig to the Home FiOS Network

> We continue to push the envelope.
>
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>
> Link Hoewing
> Vice President
> Internet and Technology Policy
> Verizon
> 1300 I Street, NW
> Washington, DC 20005
> 202-515-2420
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>
> Verizon Conducts World's First 10 Gigabit-per-Second Fiber-to-the- 
> Premises Field Test
>
> Next-Generation Passive Optical Network Test Paves Way for Enormous  
> Capacity Increases
>
> WALTHAM, Mass. – December 16, 2009 –
>
> Verizon is the first telecommunications company in the world to  
> successfully field-test a passive optical network system known as XG- 
> PON that can transmit data at 10 gigabits per second (Gbps)  
> downstream and 2.4 Gbps upstream, four times as fast as the current  
> top transmission speeds supporting the company's all-fiber FiOS  
> network.
>
> The test, conducted recently in southern Massachusetts, sets the  
> stage for Verizon to meet the emerging customer demand for a wide  
> variety of devices and applications that require a network capable  
> of transmitting large amounts of data at very high speeds.  The  
> devices and applications could include unicast HD video streaming,  
> ultra-high-definition video, 3D video, user-generated content  
> distribution, video conferencing, and new high-speed data services  
> for medium- and large-business customers.
>
> The XG-PON signal was tested independently on a dedicated passive  
> optical network (PON) as well as overlaid on a fiber providing FiOS  
> service to a customer.  The overlay test verified there was no  
> interference between the XG-PON signal and the regular FiOS signal  
> using gigabit passive optical network (GPON) technology and running  
> at 2.5 Gbps downstream and 1.24 Gbps upstream.
>
> Previously, Verizon tested the XG-PON signal in the company's  
> Waltham laboratory.
>
> Until now, ITU standards-based XG-PON technology has been tried only  
> in demonstrations and lab trials. Final technical standards for  
> global design and deployment aren't expected until mid 2010.   
> Verizon, however, is working to test and validate the next  
> generation of fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) technologies from various  
> vendors to help accelerate standards activities, and to ensure that  
> Verizon maintains its leadership in FTTP development and deployment   
> to meet customers' ever-growing bandwidth and service-quality needs.
>
> "From the earliest stages of the FiOS design, we knew we could  
> repeatedly and progressively leverage the immense capacity of fiber  
> to carry more and more data in support of customer applications,"  
> said Mark Wegleitner, senior vice president of technology for  
> Verizon. "Now we're already working on the best way to take the next  
> leap forward in capacity."
>
> Wegleitner noted that in 2004 Verizon launched FiOS service using  
> the broadband passive optical network (BPON) technology, which  
> provided downstream speeds of 622 Mbps per second.  Less than three  
> years later, the company successfully introduced the gigabit passive  
> optical network, or GPON technology, at speeds that are four times  
> faster than the broadband passive optical network's downstream rate  
> and eight times faster than its upstream rate.
>
> The XG-PON trial, according to Dr. Vincent O'Byrne, director of  
> technology for Verizon, consisted of a new optical line terminal  
> (OLT) installed in the Verizon central office, generating a 10 Gbps  
> XG-PON signal transmitted over a wavelength, or color of light.  Two  
> tests were conducted:  One test transmitted the XG-PON signal by  
> itself on a separate PON fiber between the central office and a new  
> optical network terminal (ONT) device at a customer's home.  In the  
> other test, the XG-PON stream was merged as a separate wavelength  
> onto an already-operating live fiber running FiOS with GPON at 2.5  
> Gbps to provide a total downstream flow of 12.5 Gbps.  At the  
> customer's house, the XG-PON and GPON signals were received by ONT  
> devices, showing that the network can simultaneously deliver the  
> GPON and XG-PON signals on the same fiber at the two speeds, without  
> any degradation in service.
>
> A "test cart" prepared by technical staff from Verizon's FTTP  
> Architecture and Design Group in Waltham was installed at the FiOS  
> customer's house, and was used to exercise the XG-PON information  
> channel.  It transmitted and received data service at the XG-PON  
> rate.  On the test cart, the signal was demodulated and the  
> performance of the new technology was measured.
>
> O'Byrne said the test is a technology validation, rather than a  
> product trial, affirming the present XG-PON specification and  
> confirming what has been achieved in Verizon's lab.
>
> "This trial is a first for the industry and sets the stage for  
> Verizon to offer increased speeds on the same network currently  
> being used by our GPON customers," said Brian Whitton, executive  
> director of access and video technologies.  "This further validates  
> our strategic choice of fiber-to-the-premises as the best way to  
> build a future-proof network."
>
> The trial was conducted with XG-PON equipment from Huawei, a leader  
> in providing next generation telecommunications networks.  Future  
> trials with other suppliers' advanced systems are expected over the  
> coming months.
>
> Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ), headquartered in New York, is  
> a global leader in delivering broadband and other wireless and  
> wireline communications services to mass market, business,  
> government and wholesale customers.  Verizon Wireless operates  
> America's most reliable wireless network, serving more than 89  
> million customers nationwide.  Verizon also provides converged  
> communications, information and entertainment services over  
> America's most advanced fiber-optic network, and delivers  
> innovative, seamless business solutions to customers around the  
> world.  A Dow 30 company, Verizon employs a diverse workforce of  
> more than 230,000 and last year generated consolidated revenues of  
> more than $97 billion.  For more information, visit www.verizon.com.
>
> ####
>
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> Jim Smith, 908-559-3477



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