EG 202 306 V1.2.1 (1998-05) ETSI Guide Transmission and Multiplexing (TM); Access networks for residential customers 2 EG 202 306 V1.2.1 (1998-05) Reference REG/TM-00004 (lco00ioq.PDF) Keywords Access, network, architecture, interface, transmission, UNI ETSI Postal address F-06921 Sophia Antipolis Cedex - FRANCE Office address 650 Route des Lucioles - Sophia Antipolis Valbonne - FRANCE Tel.: +33 4 92 94 42 00 Fax: +33 4 93 65 47 16 Siret N° 348 623 562 00017 - NAF 742 C Association à but non lucratif enregistrée à la Sous-Préfecture de Grasse (06) N° 7803/88 Internet [email protected] http://www.etsi.fr http://www.etsi.org Copyright Notification No part may be reproduced except as authorized by written permission. The copyright and the foregoing restriction extend to reproduction in all media. © European Telecommunications Standards Institute 1998. All rights reserved. ETSI 3 EG 202 306 V1.2.1 (1998-05) Contents Intellectual Property Rights................................................................................................................................5 Foreword ............................................................................................................................................................5 1 Scope........................................................................................................................................................6 2 References................................................................................................................................................6 3 Abbreviations.........................................................................................................................................17 4 Overview of existing standards and ongoing activities .........................................................................18 4.1 Access Network (AN) architecture and evolution............................................................................................ 19 4.2 Terminology..................................................................................................................................................... 22 4.3 Access network external interfaces .................................................................................................................. 22 4.3.1 Existing wired UNIs................................................................................................................................... 23 4.3.1.1 Analogue telephony for POTS.............................................................................................................. 23 4.3.1.2 Data interfaces ...................................................................................................................................... 23 4.3.1.3 Analogue leased lines ........................................................................................................................... 23 4.3.1.4 Digital leased lines................................................................................................................................ 23 4.3.1.5 Basic rate ISDN.................................................................................................................................... 23 4.3.1.6 Primary rate ISDN................................................................................................................................ 24 4.3.1.7 B-ISDN................................................................................................................................................. 24 4.3.1.7.1 2 048 kbit/s B-ISDN ....................................................................................................................... 24 4.3.1.7.2 25 600 kbit/s B-ISDN ..................................................................................................................... 24 4.3.1.7.3 155 520 kbit/s and 622 080 kbit/s B-ISDN..................................................................................... 24 4.3.2 Potential wired UNIs.................................................................................................................................. 25 4.3.2.1 High bit rate Digital Subscriber Line (HDSL)...................................................................................... 25 4.3.2.2 ADSL.................................................................................................................................................... 25 4.3.2.3 VDSL.................................................................................................................................................... 25 4.3.2.4 Analogue cable TV distribution............................................................................................................ 25 4.3.2.5 Digital cable TV distribution................................................................................................................ 26 4.3.2.6 Interaction channel for cable TV networks........................................................................................... 26 4.3.2.7 Ethernet ................................................................................................................................................ 27 4.3.3 Existing and potential wireless UNIs ......................................................................................................... 27 4.3.3.1 GSM/DCS 1 800................................................................................................................................... 27 4.3.3.2 DECT ................................................................................................................................................... 27 4.3.3.3 Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS) ...................................................................... 28 4.3.4 SNIs............................................................................................................................................................ 28 4.3.4.1 Narrowband SNIs ................................................................................................................................. 28 4.3.4.2 Broadband SNIs ................................................................................................................................... 29 4.4 Access network internal interfaces................................................................................................................... 31 4.4.1 Wired AN internal interfaces ..................................................................................................................... 31 4.4.1.1 Basic rate ISDN.................................................................................................................................... 31 4.4.1.2 Primary rate ISDN................................................................................................................................ 31 4.4.1.3 HDSL.................................................................................................................................................... 31 4.4.1.4 ADSL.................................................................................................................................................... 31 4.4.1.5 VDSL.................................................................................................................................................... 32 4.4.1.6 Cable TV network interfaces ................................................................................................................ 33 4.4.1.7 Use of interfaces in parallel through Inverse multiplexing ................................................................... 33 4.4.2 Wireless AN internal interfaces.................................................................................................................. 33 4.4.2.1 DECT and GSM/DCS 1 800 ................................................................................................................ 34 4.4.2.2 Point-to-multipoint (P-MP) wireless access systems ............................................................................ 34 4.5 Customer premises network and "S" type interfaces........................................................................................ 37 4.5.1 Wired customer premises network interfaces............................................................................................. 37 4.5.1.1 SB twisted pair interfaces ..................................................................................................................... 37 4.5.1.2 SB optical interfaces............................................................................................................................. 37 4.5.1.3 STU interfaces...................................................................................................................................... 37 4.5.1.4 A0 - Technology Independent Interface (TII) ...................................................................................... 38 4.5.2 Wireless customer premises network interfaces......................................................................................... 38 ETSI 4 EG 202 306 V1.2.1 (1998-05) 4.5.2.1 HIPERLAN .......................................................................................................................................... 38 4.6 Access system specifications 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