Against All Odds:Launching the Largest PON Installation in the Midwest

Chip Chapman, RCDDIntegrated Building Systems

Martin McMurray, RCDD, OSPIntegrated Building Systems

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Arena District, Columbus, Ohio

Traditional LAN vs. POL (GPON)

Traditional LAN Optical LAN

Why Passive Optical LAN?

Scale and Reach

Singlemode

Migration

Easy MACs

20km/12.5mi

One Time

Every Year

Cable Tray, Conduit, and Pathways

Sleeving, Coring, and Fire Stopping

Unknown Bandwidth Capacity

Only upgrade users that need it

Can save 8-10 minutes per MAC

No 300m / 90+10m limitations

~40-60%CapEx

~50-75%OpEx

Construction

Reduced Costs

Technically Future Proof

Passive Optical LAN: Total Cost of Ownership Savings

Expense 250 Users 500 Users 1000 Users Campus 5000 Users

Campus 10,000 Users

TCO 32% 46% 57% 68% 68%

CapEx 31% 41% 48% 55% 55%

OpEx 40% 50% 65% 70% 70%

• Power 48% 61% 68% 75% 75%

• Cooling 48% 61% 68% 75% 75%

Timing is everything

Key decision points

• Value engineering• Real estate and facilities under the CIO• Single mode fiber• Interviews and site visits

“I don’t want this to be a resume-changing event.”

—VP of Enterprise Architecture

Key support

Results?

GPON Layout

GPON Equipment

Floor Zones

OLT and FDDH

ONT Deployment

Desktop Users Interface

Lessons Learned