ETSI GS F5G 023 V1.1.1 (2024-09)

Fifth Generation Fixed Network (F5G); F5G Advanced Technology Requirements and Gap Analyses; Release 3

DGS/F5G-0023

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• Technical Committee: F5G - Fifth Generation Fixed Network
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• Due Date: 24-Sep-2024
• Completion Date: 25-Sep-2024

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GROUP SPECIFICATION
Fifth Generation Fixed Network (F5G);
F5G Advanced Technology Requirements and Gap Analyses;
Release 3
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The present document has been produced and approved by the Fifth Generation Fixed Network (F5G) ETSI Industry
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It does not necessarily represent the views of the entire ETSI membership.

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Reference
DGS/F5G-0023
Keywords
F5G, fibre, optical, PON, requirements
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 7
Foreword . 7
Modal verbs terminology . 7
1 Scope . 8
2 References . 8
2.1 Normative references . 8
2.2 Informative references . 10
3 Definition of terms, symbols and abbreviations . 11
3.1 Terms . 11
3.2 Symbols . 12
3.3 Abbreviations . 12
4 Technology requirements and landscape. 14
4.1 Overview . 14
4.1.1 Introduction. 14
4.1.2 Document structure overview . 15
4.2 Premium private line service automation . 15
4.2.1 Use Case Briefing . 15
4.2.2 Technology Requirements and Gap Analyses . 16
4.2.2.1 General . 16
4.2.2.2 Automatic evaluation of private line SLA before provisioning . 16
4.2.2.3 Agile service provisioning . 16
4.2.2.4 CPE plug-and-play . 16
4.2.2.5 Bandwidth on Demand . 17
4.2.2.6 Real-time visualization of private line SLAs . 17
4.2.3 Current related standard specifications . 17
4.2.3.1 ITU-T . 17
4.2.3.2 IETF . 18 ®
4.3 Stable & reliable Wi-Fi connection over on-premises networking . 18
4.3.1 Use Case Briefing . 18
4.3.2 Technology Requirements and Gap Analyses . 19
4.3.2.1 General . 19
4.3.2.2 Service type identification and adaptation . 19 ®
4.3.2.3 Wi-Fi interference recognition and avoidance . 19
4.3.2.4 Provide latency sensitive transmission mechanism . 20
4.3.2.5 Enable seamless connection switching. 20
4.3.3 Current related standard specifications . 21
4.3.3.1 ITU-T . 21
4.3.3.2 IEEE . 22
4.4 Computing collaboration in PON network . 22
4.4.1 Use Case Briefing . 22
4.4.2 Technology Requirements and Gap Analyses . 23
4.4.2.1 General . 23
4.4.2.2 Heterogeneous computing capability . 23
4.4.2.3 Identification of service flow & corresponding demand . 23
4.4.2.4 Dynamic collaboration between the PON network elements and the computing elements . 23
4.4.3 Current related standard specifications . 24
4.4.3.1 ITU-T . 24
4.4.3.2 BBF . 25
4.5 Intelligent power grid . 25
4.5.1 Use Case Briefing . 25
4.5.2 Technology Requirements and Gap Analyses . 25
4.5.2.1 General . 25
4.5.2.2 High capacity optical transport network . 26
4.5.2.3 Fine grain optical transport network . 26
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4.5.2.4 End-to-end high quality connection . 27
4.5.3 Current related standard specifications . 28
4.5.3.1 ITU-T . 28
4.5.3.2 IEEE . 30
4.6 Railway perimeter inspection . 30
4.6.1 Use Case Briefing . 30
4.6.2 Technology Requirements and Gap Analyses . 30
4.6.2.1 General . 30
4.6.2.2 Fibre sensing performance . 30
4.6.3 Current related standard specifications . 31
4.6.3.1 ITU-T . 31
4.7 Naked-eye 3D display . 31
4.7.1 Use Case Briefing . 31
4.7.2 Technology Requirements and Gap Analyses . 31
4.7.2.1 General . 31
4.7.2.2 Extremely high throughput . 32
4.7.2.3 Latency restricted transmission . 32
4.8 Unified access and on-premises network . 32
4.8.1 Use Case Briefing . 32
4.8.2 Technology Requirements and Gap Analyses . 33
4.8.2.1 General . 33
4.8.2.2 Provide unified control of data transmission . 33
4.8.2.3 Provide unified management of the whole system . 33
4.8.3 Current related standard specifications . 34
4.8.3.1 ITU-T SG15 . 34
4.8.3.2 ETSI ISG F5G . 34
4.9 OTN intelligent fault management . 35
4.9.1 Use Case Briefing . 35
4.9.2 Technology Requirements and Gap Analyses . 35
4.9.2.1 General . 35
4.9.2.2 OTN alarm aggregation . 35
4.9.2.3 Troubleshooting . 36
4.9.2.4 Fault impact analysis . 36
4.9.2.5 Report of incident information . 36
4.9.3 Current related standard specifications . 37
4.9.3.1 ITU . 37
4.9.3.2 IETF . 37
4.10 Evaluation and assurance of user service experience . 37
4.10.1 Use Case Briefing . 37
4.10.2 Technology Requirements and Gap Analyses . 37
4.10.2.1 General . 37
4.10.2.2 Evaluation of user's service experience . 38
4.10.2.3 User experience demarcation and root cause analysis . 38
4.10.2.4 User experience rectification and audit . 39
4.10.3 Current related standard specifications . 40
4.10.3.1 BBF . 40
4.10.3.2 ETSI . 40
4.11 Cloud Desktop . 40
4.11.1 Use Case Briefing . 40
4.11.2 Technology Requirements and Gap Analyses . 40
4.11.2.1 General . 40
4.11.2.2 Edge cloud infrastructure . 40
4.11.2.3 Enable intelligence in the network . 41
4.11.2.4 Shallow compression techniques . 41
4.12 Dynamically digitalized ODN . 42
4.12.1 Use Case Briefing . 42
4.12.2 Technology Requirements and Gap Analyses . 42
4.12.2.1 General . 42
4.12.2.2 Dynamically visualization of ODN . 42
4.12.2.3 Proactively diagnostic and remote fault location . 43
4.12.2.4 ODN resource management . 43
4.12.3 Current related standard specifications . 43
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4.12.3.1 Current ODN related standards . 43
4.13 On-premises Millimetre-Wave (mmWave) WLAN . 43
4.13.1 Use Case Briefing . 43
4.13.2 Technology Requirements and Gap Analyses . 44
4.13.2.1 General . 44
4.13.2.2 Provide necessary throughput to support F5G-A applications . 44 ®
4.13.2.3 Well controlled Wi-Fi signals to support interference free connection . 44 ®
4.13.2.4 Coordination with sub-6 G Wi-Fi . 45
4.13.3 Current related standard specifications . 45
4.13.3.1 ITU-T SG15 . 45
4.13.3.2 IEEE 802.11 . 46
4.14 Wavelength-shared WDM Aggregation Network (AGGN) . 46
4.14.1 Use Case Briefing . 46
4.14.2 Technology Requirements and Gap Analyses . 46
4.14.2.1 Network bandwidth . 46
4.14.2.2 Multiple-ring network and long-haul transmission distance . 47
4.14.2.3 Flexible grooming capability . 47
4.14.2.4 Automatic network O&M . 48
4.14.3 Current related standard specifications . 49
4.14.3.1 ITU-T . 49
4.14.3.2 ETSI . 49
4.14.3.3 IEEE . 49
4.14.3.4 OIF . 49
4.15 Robotics as a Service . 49
4.15.1 Use Case Briefing . 49
4.15.2 Technology Requirements and Gap Analyses . 49
4.15.2.1 General . 49
4.15.2.2 Latency . 49
4.15.2.3 Cable Requirements . 50
4.15.2.4 Ease of Installation . 51
5.15.2.5 Integration of F5G-A networks with ROS and DDS . 51
4.15.3 Current related standard specifications . 51
4.15.3.1 Cable Specifications . 51
4.15.3.2 Data Distribution Service (DDS) . 51
4.16 All-optical base for urban rail transit communication network . 52
4.16.1 Use Case Briefing . 52
4.16.2 Technology Requirements and Gap Analyses . 53
4.16.2.1 General . 53
4.16.2.2 All-optical network base communication network for urban rail transit network . 54
4.16.3 Current related standard specifications . 55
4.16.3.1 ITU-T . 55
4.16.3.2 IEEE . 55
4.17 Optical Fibre sensing for telecom operators . 56
4.17.1 Use Case Briefing . 56
4.17.2 Technology Requirements and Gap Analyses . 56
4.17.2.1 General . 56
4.17.3 Current related standard specifications . 57
4.17.3.1 ITU-T . 57
4.18 QoD App-Flow service provisioning . 58
4.18.1 Use Case Briefing . 58
4.18.2 Technology Requirements and Gap Analyses . 58
4.18.2.1 General . 58
4.18.3 Current related standard specifications . 60
4.18.3.1 CAMARA . 60
4.18.3.2 ITU-T QoS in PON and G.fin . 60
4.18.3.3 F5G Telemetry . 60
5 Technology Landscape Summary . 60
History . 70

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Table of Figures
Figure 1: Centralized fibre and wireless coordination architecture (Source: Recommendation ITU-T G.9940 [7]) .21
Figure 2: Protocol stack of G.fin DLL (Source: Recommendation ITU-T G.9942 [9]) .22
Figure 3: An example of management scheme of FTTR (Source: Recommendation ITU-T G.9940 [7]) .25
Figure 4: Overview of the OTN structure .28
Figure 5: Overview of the fgOTN layer network inside OTN .29
Figure 6: The information structure of the fgOTN layer network .29
Figure 7: Incident-based fault management (Source: ETSI GR F5G 020 [i.1]) .35
Figure 8: Overview of the F5G-A Residential broadband QoE evaluation and assurance (Source: ETSI GR F5G 020
[i.1]) .38
Figure 9: An example of mmWave WLAN network .44
Figure 10: Wavelength-shared AGGN configuration.47
Figure 11: Overview of urban rail transit communication system (Source: ETSI GR F5G 020 [i.1]) .53
Figure 12: ITU-T G.dfos scope .57

Table of Tables
Table 1: Summary of Requirements and Gaps .60
Table 2: Suggested actions for identified gaps .66

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Foreword
This Group Specification (GS) has been produced by ETSI Industry Specification Group (ISG) Fifth Generation Fixed
Network (F5G).
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1 Scope
The present document specifies the technology requirements for F5G-A use cases release 3 and explores existing
technologies from related SDOs. The present document performs gap analyses between the technologies required by the
use cases and those that are available. The identification of the relevant SDOs is based on their existing projects.
2 References
2.1 Normative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
Referenced documents which are not found to be publicly available in the expected location might be found at
https://docbox.etsi.org/Reference.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication, ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
The following referenced documents are necessary for the application of the present document.
[1] Recommendation ITU-T G.709/Y.1331: "Interfaces for the optical transport network".
[2] Recommendation ITU-T G.709.20: "Overview of fine grain OTN".
[3] ETSI GS F5G 014: "Fifth Generation Fixed Network (F5G); F5G Network Architecture
Release 2".
[4] IEEE 802.11k™: "IEEE Standard for Information technology -- Local and metropolitan area
networks-- Specific requirements-- Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and
Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications Amendment 1: Radio Resource Measurement of Wireless
LANs".
[5] IEEE 802.11v™: "IEEE Standard for Information technology -- Local and metropolitan area
networks-- Specific requirements-- Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and
Physical Layer (PHY) specifications Amendment 8: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Network
Management".
[6] IEEE 802.11r™: "IEEE Standard for Information technology -- Local and metropolitan area
networks-- Specific requirements-- Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and
Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications Amendment 2: Fast Basic Service Set (BSS) Transition".
[7] Recommendation ITU-T G.9940 (2023): "High speed fibre-based in-premises transceivers -
system architecture".
[8] Recommendation ITU-T G.9941 (2024): "High speed fibre-based in-premises transceivers -
physical layer specification".
[9] Recommendation ITU-T G.9942 (2024): "High speed fibre-based in-premises transceivers - Data
link layer".
[10] Recommendation ITU-T G.988 (2022): "ONU management and control interface (OMCI)
specification".
[11] ETSI GS F5G 013: "Fifth Generation Fixed Network (F5G); F5G Technology Landscape
Release 2".
[12] Recommendation ITU-T G.709.1: "Flexible OTN common elements", consented in the ITU-T
SG15 Plenary Meeting, 20 November - 1 December, 2023.
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[13] Recommendation ITU-T G.709.3: "Flexible OTN B100G long-reach interfaces".
[14] Recommendation ITU-T G.709.5: "Flexible OTN short-reach interfaces".
[15] Recommendation ITU-T G.709.6: "Flexible OTN B400G long-reach interfaces".
[16] Recommendation ITU-T G.872: "Architecture of the optical transport network".
[17] IEEE P2893™-2023: "IEEE Approved Draft Standard for Flexible Optical Service Unit
(OSUFlex) of Optical Transport Network (OTN) in Power Systems", published, 14 July, 2023.
[18] Recommendation ITU-T G.823: "The control of jitter and wander within digital networks which
are based on the 2048 kbit/s hierarchy.
[19] Recommendation ITU-T G.825: "The control of jitter and wander within digital networks which
are based on the synchronous digital hierarchy (SDH).
[20] Recommendation ITU-T G.874 (2020.10): "Management aspects of optical transport network
elements".
[21] ETSI GS F5G 015 (V1.2.1): "Fifth Generation Fixed Network (F5G); F5G Residential Services
Quality Evaluation and Classification Release 2".
[22] ETSI GS F5G 017 (V1.1.1): "Fifth Generation Fixed Network (F5G); F5G Measurement
Specification for Residential Services Quality Evaluation".
[23] ETSI GS F5G 026 (V1.1.1): "Fifth Generation Fixed Network (F5G); Architecture and data
models for residential service quality monitoring".
[24] ISO/IEC 14496-10:2022: "Information technology -- Coding of audio-visual objects -- Part 10:
Advanced video coding".
[25] Recommendation ITU-T G.698.2: "Amplified multichannel dense wavelength division
multiplexing applications with single channel optical interfaces".
[26] IEEE 802.3™-2022: "IEEE standards for Ethernet".
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[27] OIF-400ZR-01.0 March 10 2020: "Implementation Agreement 400ZR".
[28] IEEE 802.3ct™-2021: "IEEE Standard for Ethernet Amendment 13: Physical Layers and
Management Parameters for 100 Gb/s Operation over DWDM Systems".
[29] Recommendation ITU-T G.672: "Characteristics of multi-degree reconfigurable optical add/drop
multiplexers".
[30] Recommendation ITU-T G.7044/Y.1347: "Hitless adjustment of ODUflex (GFP)".
[31] Recommendation ITU-T G.698.4 (2023): "Multichannel bi-directional DWDM applications with port
agnostic single-channel optical interfaces".
[32] ETSI GS F5G 006: "Fifth Generation Fixed Network (F5G); End-to-End Management and
Control; Release #1".
[33] IEEE 802.3df™-2024: "IEEE Standard for Ethernet Amendment 9: Media Access Control
Parameters for 800 Gb/s and Physical Layers and Management Parameters for 400 Gb/s and
800 Gb/s Operation".
[34] Recommendation ITU-T G.9804.3: "50-Gigabit-capable passive optical networks (50G-PON):
Physical media dependent (PMD) layer specification".
[35] Recommendation ITU-T G.987 series: "10-Gigabit-capable passive optical networks (XG-PON)".
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2.2 Informative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication, ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
The following referenced documents are not necessary for the application of the present document but they assist the
user with regard to a particular subject area.
[i.1] ETSI GR F5G 020 (V1.1.1): "Fifth Generation Fixed Network (F5G); F5G Advanced Use Cases;
Release 3".
[i.2] IETF RFC 3945: "Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Architecture".
[i.3] IETF RFC 7138: "Traffic Engineering Extensions to OSPF for GMPLS Control of Evolving G.709
Optical Transport Networks".
[i.4] IETF RFC 7139: "GMPLS Signalling Extensions for Control of Evolving G.709 Optical Transport
Networks".
[i.5] IETF RFC 9376: "Applicability of GMPLS for beyond 100 Gbit/s Optical Transport Network".
[i.6] draft-ietf-ccamp-otn-topo-yang: "A YANG Data Model for Optical Transport Network Topology".
[i.7] draft-ietf-ccamp-otn-tunnel-model: "OTN Tunnel YANG Model".
[i.8] draft-ietf-ccamp-otn-path-computation-yang: "A YANG Data Model for requesting Path
Computation in an Optical Transport Network (OTN)".
[i.9] draft-ietf-ccamp-l1csm-yang: "A YANG Data Model for L1 Connectivity Service Model
(L1CSM)".
[i.10] draft-ietf-ccamp-client-signal-yang: "A YANG Data Model for Transport Network Client Signals.
[i.11] ITU-T draft G.9943: "High speed fibre-based in-premises transceivers - management".
[i.12] ITU-T draft G.wmci: "WLAN management control interface (WMCI) for in-premises network".
[i.13] IEEE 802.11bn™: "IEEE Standard for Information Technology--Telecommunications and
Information Exchange between Systems - Local and Metropolitan Area Networks--Specific
Requirements - Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY)
Specifications Amendment: Enhancements for Ultra High Reliability".
[i.14] BBF oneM2M TR-069: "CPE WAN Management Protocol (CWMP)".
[i.15] BBF oneM2M TR-369: "User Services Platform (USP)".
[i.16] ITU-T draft G.dfos: "Distributed fibre optic sensing".
[i.17] ITU-T draft G.Sup.CMAFP: "Coordinated management of access and fibre on premises
networks".
[i.18] ETSI DGS/F5G-0025: "Fifth Generation Fixed Network (F5G); Architecture of computing
collaboration in PON network".
[i.19] IETF draft-gstk-ccamp-actn-optical-transport-mgmt: "Integrating YANG Configuration and
Management into an Abstraction and Control of TE Networks (ACTN) System for Optical
Networks".
[i.20] BBF oneM2M TR-383: "Common YANG Modules for Access Networks".
[i.21] BBF oneM2M TR-385: "ITU-T PON YANG Modules".
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