FTTH Zero-Touch Multi-Service Provisioning on CORD-Based Access Network Virtualization Platform

Abstract

We propose a novel server design implementing Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) Zero-Touch Multi-service Provisioning (ZTMP) technology, which is gaining significant attention from telephone companies (Telcos) specifically the Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Group because it can minimize human errors and labor costs. Vendor FTTH ZTMP solutions are often considered ossified and not suitable for implementation into Telco auto-provisioning workflows, which are complicated, Telco specific, and subject to change over time. The proposed ZTMP server design incorporates an open source platform approach based on a Central Office Re-architected as a Data Center (CORD). We deploy the proposed server in an Asia-Pacific CORD-based FTTH ZTMP test bed system. Evaluation results show that the system-control flow functions well in the test-bed.