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Fibra – The largest Regional City FTTH network in Sweden
October 2018 Waystream, CTS Northern Europe and PacketFront Software Page 1 of 8
Fibra – The Largest Regional City FTTH Network in Sweden
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Fibra is operating regional fiber networks in several adjacent cities in Mälardalen, a region in the
middle of Sweden. Fibra is owned by the local Energy companies Mälarenergi, Eskilstuna Energi &
Miljö, Hallstahammar Kommun and SEVAB Strängnäs Energi. Fibra is today delivering Internet,
Telephony and TV services to over 90 000 subscribers.
Waystream, CTS and PacketFront Software has a long history together with Fibra and are today key
suppliers.
This folder tells you more about the Fibra FTTH network and how our products and services and
contributing to their success
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Fibra – The largest Regional City FTTH network in Sweden
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About Fibra
FIBRA in short
Fibra is an Open Access city network in Sweden serving the
region of Lake Mälaren.
The Open Access model has meant building passive and active
infrastructure that Service Providers can use to sell services to
customers on equal technical and commercial terms.
Running a large regional FTTH network with almost 100.000
customers has meant challenges over the years. One of them
is the complex environment created by many customers,
service providers and services, which easily leads to high
OpEx, long lead times and poor quality. Fibra solved these
issues by building a highly automated network and using
purpose-built hardware from the very start.
Today the far-sighted dedication to operational excellence has
made Fibra one of the 3 best city networks in the World.
FIBRA over time
The history of Fibra started 1999 as the city network of Västerås. The ambition was to build world’s most
advanced FTTH network based on Open Access. Västerås trusted PacketFront and Waystream as partners in an
early phase of the network roll-out.
One of the key success factors was their ability to keep the operational costs at minimum, which has made the
company EBITDA positive already in 2001. This was an achievement as the City Network was at the same time
rapidly increasing in size. The high quality and the large variety of services offered by the network attracted
fast growing number of customers. And as the customer base increased, more providers wanted to offer
services creating a positive spiral that made Fibra a highly successful network operator.
The operational efficiency and commercial success of the network became apparent for the surrounding
cities, which helped them to take the decision to join Fibra. To be able to enjoy the benefits they migrated to
PacketFront / Waystream / CTS products harmonizing physical networks, operations and service delivery
FIBRA Facts
• Start year: 1999
• 72 000 residential customers
• 20 000 municipality connections
• 2 000 enterprise customers
• 25+ service providers / 100+ services
• 60 employees
• Turnover (2017): 326 MSEK (32 MEUR)
• EBITDA (2017): 9 MSEK (0,9 MEUR)
• Owners: The local energy companies in
Västerås, Eskilstuna and Strängnäs and the
municipality of Hallstahammar
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FIBRA’s Network – Overview The Fibra network contains like any network infrastructure a core and edge network covering the whole region
and the different cities. This a is a pure L3 routed infrastructure, where they avoid a setup with VLANs to
distribute services. With a L3 backbone they get a more stable and flexible infrastructure when they for
example can avoid spanning tree for redundancy and instead use OSPF and BGP.
For the L2 services used in the network, they are realized over L3 tunnels.
The fully routed core and edge network without thousands of VLANs are possible thanks to the fact that
intelligence and L3 termination point have been distributed out to the access devices, the Waystream
ASR 6000. The ASR 6000s are distributed BNGs and are the point where all services in the network are
deployed. In the ASR 6000, services are authenticated and authorized towards the PacketFront Software BECS
system, then the BECS system also apply service parameters for IP management (The DHCP process, IP scope
to use), rate-limiting, security, QoS out in the ASR 6000 device.
The ASR 6000s are deployed in ring
structures, this ensures redundancy and
an efficient use even at this level.
The CTS CPEs HES-3106 and HES-3109 are
deployed in the homes to deliver Gigabit
services. These are also managed through
the BECS system and are also part service
orchestration process, for example when a
IPTV or VoIP service shall be used. The CTS
CPE gives the opportunity for free seating,
where all services are delivered to all LAN
ports in the CPE. It makes it easy for the
end-customer and generate less support
tickets for the operator.
The PacketFront Software BECS and BBE
system are used to its full extend in the
Fibra network. Here the orchestration and
automation are in full use both when it
comes to planning, deployment and
operation of the network. Thanks to this
Fibra can run the network with a
surprisingly slim organization.
With the combined solution from
Waystream, PacketFront Software and CTS
this gives a super effective infrastructure
where Swedish Open Access are
implemented. The inhabitants around
Lake Malaren can benefit from more than
25 ISP and over 100 different services like
internet, phone and TV benefits.
SP = Service Provider
MPC = Core Router
ASR = ASR 6000 access switch
CPE = Customer Premises Equipment
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The Layer 3 Access Network
Layer 3 routed access
No scalability issues -> easier to scale and operate
Easy to create redundant topologies
▪ Address hierarchy based on network location –
fewer entries for many hosts -> less resource
demanding
▪ Routing protocols gives built in stable, reliable,
fast converging redundancy -> more reliable
services
▪ Best use of bandwidth/links – no blocking ->
better use of investments in the topology
▪ Isolates layer 2 domains -> a more stable
network
Easy to troubleshoot -> faster resolution to problems and
lower operational costs
Benefits of L3 routed architecture
▪ Easy operation and troubleshooting
▪ Natural IPv4/IPv6 topology
▪ Efficient use of all links for traffic – no blocked paths, maximum redundancy
▪ Open-access:
▪ Free seating for users
▪ Optimal traffic path between
service providers
Product Facts – Access Switches
ASR 6000 is a Purpose build Gigabit
Ethernet access switch for broadband
networks. The Layer 3 solution simplifies
operation and reduces operator costs
while achieving flexibility in delivering
services for both businesses and
individuals.
• 24x1G + 2x10GE
• Optimal allocation of bandwidth
between applications
• Maximum flexibility for traffic
classification and control
• Multi-rate support on all ports
• Efficient distribution of TV
including quality measurement
• All connectors in the front –
easy installation
• FTTx feature set within iBOS
• Small form-factor
• Easy to operate
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CPEs - Customer Premises Equipment The HES series provide Fibra with a reliable and future proof CPE
solution. The CPE’s are installed together with fiber cable trays
which also work as a wall mounting plate. Besides reducing the
number of boxes, it´s also provides a secure fiber installation.
Fibra are using two models from the HES series:
HES-3106-RF
This product is used for customers using cable TV service and
with its build-in CATV module Fibra has full control of both data
and CATV traffic.
HES-3109SSFP
For customers with no CATV network service, Fibra have chosen
HES-3109 with totally 8 end customer ports (Used for Internet,
IPTV and VoIP). In apartments and houses with network cabling,
“free seating” enables end customers to connect their devices
anywhere they want without changing TP cables or additional
configuration. This makes things easier for the end user and
reduce support for Fibra.
About the HES series
The HES series CPE’s switches can be easily
managed by Web GUI, telnet CLI or SNMP. To
enable mass deployment, the HES series CPE’s also
support auto provisioning, allowing management
automatically and dynamically. Consequently, it
significantly reduces the operational cost
associated with device management.
Delivering of TV-services can be done both using
RF as well as IP. In both cases, the operator has full
control over the service delivery. In the case of
IPTV, CTS well proven IGMP snooping functions is
essential for a well-functioning service.
Since a FTTH CPE is a part of a critical
infrastructure in the same way as a water meter or
an electricity meter, a long lifetime and reliability
is important. All products leaving CTS factory are
therefore burn-in tested, minimizing the number
of faulty products.
HES 3109SSFP.
HES Series Key Features
• DHCP Auto-provision
• IGMP Snooping
• Q-in-Q VLAN
• SNMP power down trap
• Dual Rate with Auto-Sensing
function
• Smart LED Control
• Green ethernet
• Support for IPv6
• CATV RF Receiver
• Fiber cable tray (optional)
• 4, 5 or 8 end customer ports
• Dual Rate
• Combo Wan
HES 3106-RF with Fiber Cable Tray
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Administration and Network Orchestration BBE – Broadband Business Engine
BBE offers small and medium-size network owners and service
providers the ultimate system for efficient handling of business
processes in broadband networks using Open Access or vertical
business models.
Built on the Telecom Management Forum (TMF) NGOSS
standard data model, SID, BBE can be used as a business layer
between external OSS/BSS systems and network management
systems. Alternatively, it can be equipped with existing
applications, such as:
• Service Selection Portal: An API that enables webpages
offering attractive market places for service exposure and
promotion campaigns.
• Subscriber Management: Provides and maintains a database
containing customer data.
• Product Management: An application for product lifecycle management including commercial terms &
conditions, product packaging, campaigns, management of geographical/technical product availability etc.
• Helpdesk Management: Enables customer services to handle the first line technical support directly.
BECS – Network Orchestrator
BECS Network Orchestrator automates tasks such as zero-touch
network build-out, element configuration, service provisioning,
resource management and documentation.
As BECS also supports any choice of hardware technology on all
network levels from Core down to CPE’s, it can be used in practically
any network.
BECS abstracts the network for BBE (or any other OSS/BSS solution)
providing one, hardware and network topology independent,
integration point. OSS/BSS layer only needs to send BECS service and
port id, which it translates to correct network configuration adding,
modifying or deleting services and resources in all affected
elements. This ensures the optimal use of the network resources
and minimizes the risk for configuration errors. At the same time
BECS provides always up-to-date documentation of the managed
network.
Besides being a well field-proven platform for today’s networks, it enables operators a seamless migration
path from legacy to SDN and NFV.
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About Waystream Waystream is a Swedish company with headquarters in Kista just outside of
Stockholm.
We originate from PacketFront group and were established as a break out entity
in 2012, but our experience goes back more than 15 years and over the years
we have delivered over 1.8 million ports for FTTx access at 100Mbit/s or faster speed.
As of November 2015, the company is listed on the NASDAQ First North. Our turnover for 2015 was about
56 million SEK and we employ about 40 people including consultants.
Many of our customers are now on the second or even third generation of Waystream products in the
networks, having upgraded to the latest modern solution for FTTH.
About CTS We have our office in Gothenburg, Sweden, and we have been involved
in the roll-out of FTTH in Sweden since the start.
Today we are dominant on the CPE market in the Nordic Countries with
a market share of over 50 % with over 500 000 CPEs delivered. The main reason for this is our commitment to
quality which minimize the hazzle and costs for troubleshooting and replacing hardware.
We have a tight cooperation with the city and regional networks in Sweden and continuously improves our
products based on their input.
CTS Northern Europe is owned by CTS Inc, a Taiwanese company located in Taipei. All product development as
well as production are located there and under their full control. This is a warranty for flexible productions and
quick adaptation of our products to market changes and demands.
About Packetfront Software PacketFront Software is a Stockholm, Sweden based supplier of solutions
for automated multi-vendor networks. The company was created as a part
of the world’s first public fiber network build-out in Sweden in 2001 and is
today the market leading supplier of OSS/BSS solutions for the Nordic regional FTTH networks. Our products
deliver true orchestration not only for residential, but enterprise and MPLS networks in low- and high-volume
scenarios.
We enhance the agility, competitiveness and profitability of our customers by providing strong automation
solutions, which have been developed over a number of years. This means we offer mature, solid, scalable,
robust and effective software products.
100 operator customers in 23 countries have chosen our BECS and BBE platforms for efficient network
operations.
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Why is CTS, Waystream and PacketFront Software key suppliers to FIBRA?
Fibras network is to a large part built out of equipment from Waystream, CTS and Packetfront Software. It
seems like we have done something right… Daniel Ahlin, Technical Director at Fibra, says the following:
Contact information Do you want to learn more?
Feel free to contact any of us. We can arrange joint meetings or with just one of us if that is preferred.
We are also happy to arrange a reference visit if that is of interest.
BRS Network info@brsnetworks.se +46 498 65 75 50 www.brsnetworks.com
CTS Northern Europe sales@csystem.eu +46 31 22 19 80 www.ctsystem.eu
Hexatronic order@hexatronic.com +46 10 453 02 00 www.hexatronic.com
PacketFront Software sales@pfsw.com +46 8 633 1991 www.pfsw.com
Waystream Sales@waystream.com +46 8 5626 9450 www.waystream.com
About CPEs from CTS:
“HES-3106 & HES-3109 are
extremely reliable CPEs. They
just keep on going and they
are well integrated with
BECS. And finally: Our
customers like them! “
About ASR 6000 from
Waystream:
“Waystreams ASR 6000
delivers the best possible
Layer 3 solution for FTTH. It´s
stable, easy to manage and
comes with iBOS software
that is designed for FTTH
networks.”
About software from
Packetfront Software:
“PacketFront Software’s
BECS and BBE platforms have
enabled fully automated
service provisioning flows and
network orchestration. For us
this has meant unparalleled
operational benefits, such as
fast service delivery, error
free environment and always
up-to-date documentation”
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