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Re: [MB] fibre in Winnipeg? said by stolen:Connor M, you seem to be under the mistaken assumption that EPON = ACTIVE E. That could not be further from the truth.
Absolutely correct. EPON(Ethernet Passive Optical Network) != AE(Active Ethernet).
Connor M - EPON uses an optical splitter architecture. AE does NOT.
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I've registered an account to match my Shaw Community account.
Here is my profile there: »community.shaw.ca/people/corbin
Shaw_Alex can verify if you want to PM him.
I work for Shaw Engineering in the same group as the folks who do our PON services. My own speciality is CMTS.
Residential = EPON.
Shaw Business = GPON.
It's great to see so much excitement. Have a great day everyone!
Note: All opinions expressed are my own, and not necessarily that of my employer. |
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| ? why do the fttp team say otherwise?
i guess ill call shaw again and see what they say |
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| I'll let Shaw_Alex know and he can likely ask that question.
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| yes i am, thank you, now we just need to wait for the user who was posting about the fiber to post photo's, i wish there was already some photo's up of a shaw epon setup |
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| It will look the same, except the ONU is from Arris or Aurora. |
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| that is cool, and i called shaw FTTP today and the guy barely knew what he was talking about but he did say he thought it was epon, i guess i the one shaw employee provided me with the wrong info, thats honestly amazing shaw has tech support people with such lack of understanding of the tech, owell
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kevinds
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kudos:1 | I wonder if that "mini-node" can be changed to output the non-encrypted digital (HD) channels... Humm....
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| said by kevinds:I wonder if that "mini-node" can be changed to output the non-encrypted digital (HD) channels... Humm....
The "mini-node" simply converts the RFoG signal to RF. It has no "brains" at all. It simply outputs an RF copy of the signal sent in to it's counterpart at the head end.
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| said by HeadSpinning:said by kevinds:I wonder if that "mini-node" can be changed to output the non-encrypted digital (HD) channels... Humm....
The "mini-node" simply converts the RFoG signal to RF. It has no "brains" at all. It simply outputs an RF copy of the signal sent in to it's counterpart at the head end. That's right. It converts an analog optical signal to an analog RF signal. It's a pure analog media-converter. |
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Re: [MB] fibre in Winnipeg? said by HeadSpinning:said by stolen:Connor M, you seem to be under the mistaken assumption that EPON = ACTIVE E. That could not be further from the truth.
Absolutely correct. EPON(Ethernet Passive Optical Network) != AE(Active Ethernet). Connor M - EPON uses an optical splitter architecture. AE does NOT. thanks for clearing that up, i hope you are correct cause i guess ill just take your word for it
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kevinds
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kudos:1 | If corbin says it, it is most likely correct |
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kevinds
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kudos:1 | reply to HeadSpinning
If it is just a copy of the RF signal,
Would it not have the same internet congestion issues?
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| It would be similar to having a node just for your house. Congestion occurs when too many subs are on one node. |
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kudos:1 | reply to kevinds
said by kevinds:If it is just a copy of the RF signal,
Would it not have the same internet congestion issues?
Yes, a lot of cable providers like Rogers are using these to deploy fibre straight to the home in the interim. This type of deployment allows them to use the same DOCSIS CPE and provisioning equipment. This basically only allows them to offer the same services they would offer over a traditional HFC setup, but it saves the provider money. It also allows them to convert the setup into a true PON based setup when they need to.
Based on the pictures posted here it looks like shaw only uses the media converter for telephony and video. Internet traffic goes through an ONT. |
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| yyzlhr is correct. The RFoG ONU is used only for Phone and Television (in Shaw's implementation). The data comes off the EPON/GPON ONU.
Anonimuz is not quite correct. The DS/US signal space is still shared. |
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kevinds
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kudos:1 | Thats what I thought, but wanted to confirm.
On a busy node, you could plug a DPC3825 into your own mini-node and still have congestion lol
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| The ONU is the device which converts the RFoG wavelength to RF and vice-versa. The ONT is the 'fiber' modem; it converts EPON to Ethernet and vice-versa.
The Fiber to the Premise (FTTP) nodes have a dedicated chassis for Internet services. There is no DOCSIS (Internet) signalling on the ONU as the EPON service runs over it's own wavelength (optical channel) through the ONU and drops out to the ONT. Each FTTP node has it's own GbE uplink to the Internet, where as the uBR DOCSIS Internet chassis are either fed with 2 or 4 GbEs, except in larger markets where they have a 10GbE uplink; but this bandwidth is shared accross the entire chassis. |
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said by kevinds:On a busy node, you could plug a DPC3825 into your own mini-node and still have congestion lol
Not on our system Kevin, since we're only doing TV and Phone on RFoG. But on a provider doing data via RFoG? It's possible. |
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kudos:1 | Would that then mean it isn't a complete copy of the RF system? Only parts of it? -6 or 8 downsteam QAMs left off and the 4 upload for the internet?
Not that it matters
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Kevin, you are correct. The services that you mention (VOD and Telephony) are called 'narrowcast' because their signal origination is at the regional hubsite; the TV services we call 'broadcast' because we acquire and combine them at a primary hubsite where they get redistributed to the regional hubsites. For our GPON and EPON nodes there is no DOCSIS narrowcast services. |
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| said by S1L1K0N: For our GPON and EPON nodes there is no DOCSIS narrowcast services.
That isn't quite correct. DOCSIS is present for telephony and some set top signaling at this time.
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| I guess it depends on what department you work in. Network Services considers DOCSIS = Internet and Phone/SDP=Telephony. Regardless, even w/ convergence, there is no Internet specific 256 QAM carriers on FTTP nodes; only TV (Broadcast), VOD (SOD) and Phone (SDP). DOCSIS Internet cable modems will NOT lock up on FTTP nodes, regardless of GPON or EPON as there is no RF carrier for them. |
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kudos:1 | I noticed the modems won't lock-up on the wrong RF node either... No longer able to grab your modem and go to a friends
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| said by kevinds:I noticed the modems won't lock-up on the wrong RF node either... No longer able to grab your modem and go to a friends
True. |
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kudos:1 | My brother had a 100/10 modem, mine are only 100/5... Had to try haha |
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