EUREKA Celtic HFCC/G.fast
| Reference number | |
| Coordinator | Lunds universitet - Institutionen för elektro- och informationsteknik |
| Funding from Vinnova | SEK 5 469 600 |
| Project duration | January 2013 - December 2014 |
| Status | Completed |
| Venture | Eureka cluster co-funding |
Purpose and goal
The HFCC/G.fast project is about G.fast, the next generation of broadband system delivering gigabit rates. It uses only the last bit of the telephony copper wires and relies on a deep-fibre backhaul network. The HFCC/G.fast project met its three goals: 1. To complete the standardization of G.fast. (The G.fast standard was approved in December 2014.) 2. To maintain a European technology lead in the broadband area and thus laying the foundation for continued export successes. 3. To address the path from a completed standard to a commercial, widely deployed success.
Results and expected effects
The projects results demonstrated at the final review showed that the G.fast standard is a cost-efficient and complementary enabling technology to full fibre to the home (FTTH) deployments. Partners G.fast products and prototypes operating over copper pairs demonstrated throughput of nearly 1Gbit/s per pair at 100 meters, and up to 170Mbit/s per pair at 480 meters, on 16 pairs in standard copper cables. This is as much as an order of magnitude improvement compared to existing DSL technologies.
Approach and implementation
The consortium, including the whole value chain, and a strong common focus on bringing the standard to completion shortened the time from idea to having the product in the field by about 5 years compared to the earlier standards. The project served as a coordination platform for much larger work efforts than was formally included in the project. Standardisation issues and findings were discussed and often solved during frequent meetings. The set-up of the consortium made it possible to develop test equipment, set up test-plans and to perform lab trials in rapid sequence, saving much time.