Publication Details
Title: A First Look at 1 Gbps Fiber-To-The-Home Traffic
Author: M. Sargent, B. Stack, T. Dooner, and M. Allman
Group: ICSI Technical Reports
Date: August 2012
PDF: http://www.icsi.berkeley.edu/pubs/techreports/TR-12-009.pdf
Overview:
Fiber-To-The-Home (FTTH) networks are on the cusp of bringing significantly higher capacities to residential users compared to today's commercial broadband options. While fiber is available to some consumers now, the capacities offered represent an incremental bump over more traditional DSL and cable options. However, a number of high capacity experimental FTTH networks have recently become operational. One of these is the Case Connection Zone (CCZ) which connects a neighborhood adjacent to Case Western Reserve University with bidirectional 1 Gbps paths to each house. In this paper we present myriad observations from monitoring CCZ traffic for the past 14 months. We aim to better understand how users employ these high capacity links, how much of the capacity they utilize and conduct an initial exploration of why performance is limited to less than the raw capacity of the fiber.
Acknowledgements:
This work was partially supported by funding provided to ICSI through National Science Foundation grant CNS: 0831535 ("Comprehensive Applications Analysis & Control). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors or originators and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
Bibliographic Information:
ICSI Technical Report TR-12-009
Bibliographic Reference:
M. Sargent, B. Stack, T. Dooner, and M. Allman. A First Look at 1 Gbps Fiber-To-The-Home Traffic. ICSI Technical Report TR-12-009, August 2012
Author: M. Sargent, B. Stack, T. Dooner, and M. Allman
Group: ICSI Technical Reports
Date: August 2012
PDF: http://www.icsi.berkeley.edu/pubs/techreports/TR-12-009.pdf
Overview:
Fiber-To-The-Home (FTTH) networks are on the cusp of bringing significantly higher capacities to residential users compared to today's commercial broadband options. While fiber is available to some consumers now, the capacities offered represent an incremental bump over more traditional DSL and cable options. However, a number of high capacity experimental FTTH networks have recently become operational. One of these is the Case Connection Zone (CCZ) which connects a neighborhood adjacent to Case Western Reserve University with bidirectional 1 Gbps paths to each house. In this paper we present myriad observations from monitoring CCZ traffic for the past 14 months. We aim to better understand how users employ these high capacity links, how much of the capacity they utilize and conduct an initial exploration of why performance is limited to less than the raw capacity of the fiber.
Acknowledgements:
This work was partially supported by funding provided to ICSI through National Science Foundation grant CNS: 0831535 ("Comprehensive Applications Analysis & Control). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors or originators and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
Bibliographic Information:
ICSI Technical Report TR-12-009
Bibliographic Reference:
M. Sargent, B. Stack, T. Dooner, and M. Allman. A First Look at 1 Gbps Fiber-To-The-Home Traffic. ICSI Technical Report TR-12-009, August 2012