Smart Wired® House and the Code of Practice

Cabling for the FutureIan Millner – Technical Consultant

Copper Development Centre . Australia

August 2011

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Topics

The driver behind home connectivity

Home connectivity technologies

Code of Practice for Home Wiring

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The Driver Behind Home Connectivity

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Fibre can deliver consistent performance across the entire footprint

1,066,000 CFUs

<0.1% CFUs

1. Fibre path distance from NBN Co FAN site to end-user premise2. ADSL curves shown illustrate theoretical maximum speed vs distance characteristics according to relevant standards

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New devices and applications are driving demand

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Home Connectivity Technologies

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What about the Home

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What will the NBN do?

SBSDU

TVTV

The NBN will have removed once and for all the curse of the last mile, we get a big pipe that can

grow quite easily.

We are now down to the last INCH and this is our turf. So what

do we do about it.

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Today’s home network

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Phone socket

Voice and internet provider Pay TV

head end Free to air

TV

ADSL modem

STU

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Tomorrow’s home network

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In home connectivity solutions

There are two scenarios to consider: Existing home (Brownfield)

Use what you can

New home (Greenfield) Deploy Smart Wiring using the Code of Practice for Home Wiring

Structured cabling and Wireless

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In home connectivity solutions for Brownfield homes

1. Wired – Fibre

2. Wired – Cat 5 or 6

3. Power Line Communications (PLC)

4. Ethernet over coax

5. Ethernet over telephony twisted pair

6. WirelessAll of the above connectivity solutions are plausible but are they the best when we do a

comparative analysis

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Comparing solutions

NTU PSU

Computer

To Electrical switchboard

To Electrical switchboard

To compare the connectivity solutions we shall connect from NBN’s NTU to a PC

located in another room

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Wired Fibre

NTU

Optical Fibre

PSU

Computer

To Electrical switchboard

To Electrical switchboard

Medai converter

Cat 5/6 fly lead

Cat 5/6 fly lead

Medai converter

Connection to power

Connection to power

Elements5

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Wired Cat 5/6 cabling

NTU

Cat 5 or Cat 6 cable

PSU

Computer

To Electrical switchboard

To Electrical switchboard

Elements3

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Power Line Communications

NTU PSU

Computer

To Electrical switchboard

To Electrical switchboard

Adaptor

Adaptor Elements5

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Ethernet over phone line

NTU PSU

Computer

To Electrical switchboard

To Electrical switchboard

Adaptor

Adaptor

Existing telephone cable

Connected to power

Connected to power

Elements5

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Ethernet over Coax

Segments5

NTU PSU

Computer

To Electrical switchboard

To Electrical switchboard

Adaptor

Adaptor

Existing television coax cable

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Wireless

NTU PSU

Computer

To Electrical switchboard

To Electrical switchboard

Wireless router

Connection to power

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Comparison Matrix

Wired fibreWired Cat

5/6PLC

Ethernet over Phone

lines

Ethernet over coax

Wireless

Connectivity Elements 5 3 5 5 5 2

Standards AS3080 AS3080 Evolving Evolving Evolving 802.11

Mobility Low Low Low Low Low High

Security High High Low Low Low Low

Reliability High High Moderate Moderate Moderate Moderate

Sustainability High High Moderate Moderate Moderate Moderate

Installation cost High High Low Low Low Low

Fault finding Easy Easy Complex Complex Complex Complex

Regulated Yes Yes No No No No

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Multiple fibre links

NTU

Optical Fibre

PSU

Computer

To Electrical switchboard

To Electrical switchboard

Medai converter

Cat 5/6 fly lead

Cat 5/6 fly lead

Medai converter

Connection to power

Connection to power

Medai converter

Medai converter

Medai converter

Medai converter

Medai converter

Medai converter

Each link can support 1Gbps

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Multiple Cat 5/6 links

NTU

Cat 5 or Cat 6 cable

PSU

Computer

To Electrical switchboard

To Electrical switchboard

Each link can support 1Gbps

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Multiple PLC links

Computer

Computer

NTU

Adaptor

AdaptorAdapt

orAdapt

or

PSUPSU

Computer

To Electrical switchboard

To Electrical switchboard

Adaptor

Adaptor

Adaptor

Adaptor

Adaptor

Adaptor

Adaptor

Adaptor

All links use the one common pathway this

being the electrical wiring

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Multiple Wireless Links

NTU PSU

Computer

To Electrical switchboard

To Electrical switchboard

Wireless router

Connection to power

Computer Computer

Computer Computer

All links use the one common pathway this being the RF signal

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Summary

A wired solution is the optimum solution

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Code of practice for home wiring

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Code links cabling to functionality

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Objective of the Code of Practice

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20112011

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Defines: functionality & minimum requirement

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Consumer friendly

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Who can access the Code of Practice documents

Any consumer can access this at www.smartwiredhouse.com.au

Anyone can download these from www.smartwiredhouse.com.au upon registration and acceptance of the licensing condition

The licence condition imposed on the individual downloading the document is: “any work must be in compliance with the code”

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Supporters of the Code of Practice for Home Wiring

Australian Industry Group

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Who thinks Smart Wiring® is a good idea:

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• The driver behind home connectivity• Home connectivity technologies• Code of Practice for Home Wiring

Its all about being Smart about Wiring

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Thank You

Any Questions

For general wiring information, refer to the various wiring guides supplied at:http://www.smartwiredhouse.com.au