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21St Century Access Broadband and Beyond

Greg Whelan

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gwhelan@greywale.com

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Greg Whelan: Background

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The Network: Wicked Simple View

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You are

here

Access Metro Core Access Metro Core

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The Network: Wicked Simple View

Central Office (Your town)

Core Switching Center,

Metro Switching Center, (Your City)

DC

Data Center (e.g., Google)

You are

here

Your Neighborhood

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History of DSL

• HDSL

• ADSL

– Broadband Forum Founding

– Line Code Wars

– UAWG

– Deployment Challenges (Regulatory)

• Futures

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21st Century Access…

“People and Things

Accessing the Cloud and

Each Other”©!

What is Access?

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21st Century Architecture Scope

CO/HE OSP Cloud

Fiber

PON, DOCSIS, FTTx

Ethernet MoCA

LTE, WiFI, TVWS

Wi-Fi ZigBee

A Interface U Interface T Interface

Microwave, 60 Ghz

NT CPE

Things

People Intelligence

Analytics

Management

Business Models

SP Bundles Architecture

Battles Ecosystem Dynamics

Standards

Gigabit Access

Municipal Broadband

Rural Broadband

IoT Networking Smart Home

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Big Issues Affecting Access

• Gigabit

– PON, FTTx (g.fast), DOCSIS 3.1

• Regulations

• Wi-Fi

• Fixed & Mobile competition or convergence

• Web/Cloud Companies

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The future of Access is Fixed and Wireless… not “or” SPs need to adapt organizations, so do vendors!

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Next Gen Broadband CPE architecture and business models are being disrupted... Big risk to incumbent service providers and Vendors

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Gigabit Deployment Strategy Real strategic implications to the @$# Speed Test.

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Wi-Fi: The “toy” that grew up: Strategic implications abound Wi-Fi: Further proof that the “low end always wins”

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Voice over Wi-Fi Nothing but upside to Cable Companies. Nothing but

threats to MNOs.

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LTE vs. Wi-Fi Remind me which one is for off-load?

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Next Gen Cable Access Networks … PON Greenfield is redundant, DOCSIS Greenfield is an

oxymoron

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SDN-NFV in Access It’s coming… contemplations begin…

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Thank You

Greg Whelan

978 922 2203

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