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Fibre-to-the-room (FTTR / FTTRoom)

Fibre-to-the-room (FTTR) is a new kind of in-premises networking technology which is based on optical fibre communication. With the benefit of optical fibre, FTTR will provide high-bandwidth and reliable transmission. It is envisaged that the topology and functionalities of FTTR technologies may be different from the current fibre-based technologies in transport and access network, and consequently it is necessary to understand the use cases of FTTR and derive the corresponding network requirements for subsequently developing specifications.

Earlier this year, I blogged about the ETSI ISG F5G that aims to study the fixed-network evolution required to match and further enhance the benefits that 5G has brought to mobile networks and communications. The intention of F5G is that it will define improvements with respect to previous solutions and the new characteristics of the fifth-generation fixed network. This will open up new opportunities by comprehensively applying fiber technology to various scenarios, turning the Fiber to the Home paradigm into Fiber to Everything Everywhere.

ITU-T recently published Technical Paper on "Use cases and requirements of fibre-to-the-room". It collects the use cases (including in-home Wi-Fi backhauling, broadband deployment for dense apartment building, network infrastructure for smart office, Internet of things (IoT) support of smart home, low latency service in home networks, fibre deployment for FTTR for residential scenarios, network slicing, eastwest data transmission in home network), where FTTR can be used. Each use case is introduced by a scenario of fibre-based network in home domain and analyses the new demand on network capability.

There was also a Joint ETSI ISG F5G, BBF, CCSA TC6 and ITU-T SG15 Workshop on "FTTR" (Fibre to the room) back in June. The presentations and recording of the event are all available here.

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