Bharat Net Phase 2
Bharat Net Phase 2
Bharat Net Phase 2
BharatNet PHASE 2
September 2016
Contributors:
Mahak Arora
Jaspreet Singh
Vinooth Kulkarni
Annapurna
Vivek Yogi
Arindam Bhattacharyya
Meghna Khaturia
Shubham Saha
Akshay Bajpai
September 2016
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The IIT Bombay BharatNet planning tool has been designed and enhanced for its functionality
in order to generate fibre route along with wireless links as well as its feasibility for
connectivity of Phase 2 GPs of BharatNet project. The tool takes into account the road data
of India that facilitates fibre planning along the road based on GPON architecture. The tool
also takes inputs of the Optical Line Terminators (OLTs) present in each block for
determining the fibre route from block headquarters to the GPs in the block. The GPs which
are not connected through fibre, are then considered for alternate technologies such as 5.8
GHz Wi-Fi technology and satellite.
A thorough fibre link feasibility and wireless link feasibility is undertaken to design a feasible
and stable network of fibre and wireless links. Various assumptions have been made for
feasibility tests and network topology design.
Based on the new assumptions mentioned in Chapter 8, following is the Pan-India fibre and wireless summary of the results.
Number of Number of Number of Number of Wireless Wireless Total number of Total Fibre Total Fibre
Satellite
State Name GPs in existing BSNL OLTs as per ONTs as per from Phase from BSNL GPs which are Route Length length
Recommendation
Phase 2 Towers IITB design IITB design 1 GP Towers not connected (km) (km)
ANDAMAN &
NICOBAR ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ANDHRA PRADESH 19303 3065 996 14655 3 4557 42 46 56476.27 63366.37
ARUNACHAL
PRADESH 924 86 85 595 26 139 117 47 2972.81 3335.493
ASSAM 33 91 5 7 2 24 0 0 50 56.1
BIHAR 1326 668 98 975 97 239 7 8 4591.78 5151.977
CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHHATTISGARH 5211 954 105 3596 76 1165 131 243 13248.23 14864.51
DADRA AND
NAGAR HAVELI 11 0 1 11 0 0 0 0 66 74.052
DAMAN & DIU 15 0 2 15 0 0 0 0 48 53.856
GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GUJARAT 7942 1946 169 5513 1 2187 32 209 22092.53 24787.82
HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
HIMACHAL
PRADESH 2888 474 73 1776 16 737 11 348 8777.42 9848.265
JAMMU & KASHMIR 1807 185 53 1209 39 280 136 143 3180.64 3568.678
JHARKHAND 2545 1058 163 1871 0 582 37 55 9130.54 10244.47
KARNATAKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
KERALA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MADHYA PRADESH 6197 2053 85 3393 133 2171 26 474 13449.55 15090.4
MAHARASHTRA 7815 2387 167 6528 108 961 24 194 24082.02 27020.03
MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MIZORAM 438 33 21 274 7 11 17 129 1863.34 2090.667
NAGALAND 249 140 16 95 27 101 20 6 607 681.054
Number of Number of Number of Number of Wireless Wireless Total number of Total Fibre Total Fibre
Satellite
State Name GPs in existing BSNL OLTs as per ONTs as per from Phase from BSNL GPs which are Route Length length
Recommendation
Phase 2 Towers IITB design IITB design 1 GP Towers not connected (km) (km)
NCT OF DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ODISHA 2328 891 142 1503 0 735 67 23 10481.11 11759.81
PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PUNJAB 6469 2039 77 3745 262 2455 0 7 10564.01 11852.82
RAJASTHAN 2069 2235 104 1240 105 603 1 120 10769.82 12083.74
SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TAMIL NADU 7982 3599 232 5823 0 2080 0 79 19476.92 21853.1
TRIPURA 19 117 5 6 0 13 0 0 32 35.904
UTTAR PRADESH 33653 2696 338 23824 1315 7014 69 1431 39511.39 44331.78
UTTARAKHAND 5735 743 116 4525 98 634 150 328 15117.1 16961.39
WEST BENGAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 114959 25460 3053 81179 2315 26688 887 3890 266588.48 299112.3
The Government of India has been very ambitious about bridging this digital divide. The
BharatNet (formerly National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN)) has been one such digital plan
of the Government of India that aims to digitally connect all of India's villages and Gram
Panchayats by broadband Internet connectivity. According to this plan, by the year 2019, it
has been envisaged that all two lakh fifty thousand Gram Panchayats in India will enjoy
broadband connectivity. Within BharatNet, which is being implemented in two phases, point
of presence (PoP) with optical connectivity at all Gram Panchayat (GP) will be provided by
2019. This will enable key services like administration, education, health, banking and
agriculture in becoming efficient and transparent. It is also proposed to provide Gram
Panchayat kiosks for rural India to access the internet. Further, connectivity to individual
households is expected to be established by local players under enabling employment and
entrepreneurship options for village youth.
For the success of BharatNet project in the desired time frame and its sustainability over a
long period of time, careful planning of the network by understanding various trade-offs is
essential. The technologies that can be considered for connecting the GPs include
underground/overhead fibre optic cables, wireless in unlicensed bands and satellite
connections. Connectivity using optical fibre provides high bandwidth, low maintenance and
a scalable network. However, the downside of it is that, deployment of fibre optic network
may be time consuming on account of various requirements for laying cables. Comparatively,
deploying wireless links can be used to increase deployment speed, but they may need
maintenance periodically and careful planning to account for factors that include redundancy,
terrain, weather conditions and interference. In addition to easy deployment, wireless links
can be made self-sustaining with the use of renewable energy sources. This is useful in areas
where power availability is unreliable. Satellite connections can also be used to connect
locations that are difficult to reach using both optical fibres and wireless. However, it is worth
noting that satellite resource is scarce and expensive, and it should be proposed as the last
resort.
Our aim is to explore all the above technologies, their respective advantages and limitations,
and propose a network topology that can be deployed within the prescribed time-frame that
meets the throughput requirements of individual Gram Panchayats.
The broad objective of this report is to provide backhaul planning for one lakh fifty thousand
Gram Panchayats.
The key steps are:
Design topology to decide which of the GPs should be fibre connected and which can
be connected via wireless,
Propose the design parameters for the wireless links like tower heights, transmit
power, antenna parameters etc.
Establish the reliability of the proposed fibre and wireless links,
Ensure that the throughput requirement at each GP is met,
To estimate bill of quantity for fibre and wireless links enabling further creation of bill
of materials.
2.1. Introduction
IITB BharatNet Planning Tool has been designed with an objective to present technologically
feasible and sustainable network topology to connect Phase 2 GPs fulfilling the throughput
requirement based on population of each GP of India. This tool takes into account various
technologies such as optical fibre and wireless technologies for the topology planning.
2.2. Features
The tool primarily features the following:
2.3. Advantages
The tool can plan at any level of aggregation, e.g. at block level, district level, state level
etc.
Many key design parameters can be given as input and various scenarios can be developed,
e.g. maximum route length, distance between first and last ONTs, frequency band to be
used for the wireless links, maximum tower height allowed, average transmit power etc.
Tool can be used for online planning, i.e., if during the physical site survey certain proposed
link cannot be formed, then the tool can suggest alternate wireless links that are feasible.
Similarly, during fibre planning phase it is discovered that it is convenient to connect only
the certain GPs using fibre, then tool can propose a wireless topology to connect the
remaining from these.
2.4. Limitations
The tool heavily depends on the data provided to it. Accuracy of the data has a great
influence on the accuracy of the tool output. For example, if the terrain data is not correct,
then the link feasibility may result in erroneous prediction. Similarly, the error in GP
locations can have impact on the final calculations.
Chapter 3
Design Methodology
3.1. Introduction
The design methodology refers to the development of a system by forming a comprehensive
set of specific engineering rules, methods, and procedures along with design parameters.
Following questions can be answered to determine the key design parameters considered for
planning tool.
What is the throughput requirement at each GP?
What is the maximum allowable length of the wired and wireless link?
How many GPs can be connected from point of origination of the link? How many
hops can the wireless network have?
What should be the criteria adopted for satellite connectivity?
4.1. Introduction
Determining the maximum wireless link length is a challenging problem as it depends on the
devices used at both ends for communication.
In order to ensure scalability and fast deployment, technologies that have a high spectral
efficiency and an ability to handle long distance communication are needed to be considered.
These also need to be matured technologies as opposed to experimental ones. Moreover,
these devices should be readily and easily available in India at reasonable price.
Furthermore, 5 GHz frequency can easily propagate up to 25 km and provides high throughput
of around 200 Mbps for Point-to-Point (PtP) links and 30 Mbps for 5 GPs in Point-to-
MultiPoint (PtMP) links as mentioned in the table below (Reference: Report of the Committee on
NOFN). IIT Bombay has tested 802.11ac devices in P2P configuration and experimental results
have shown a throughput of 110 Mbps over a link of about 7.2 Km in rural environment.
Data rate (Mbps) Sensitivity (dB) Required SNR (dB) at receiver Distance (km)
Graph 1 : Graph showing distance versus data rate for 80MHz channel
Note: - The graph plotted above illustrates that the Physical data rates of around 175 Mbps can be
achieved for a distance of up to 9 km. However, on account of various losses at MAC layer and above
(as high as 40%), throughput for 9 km can be expected to be over 100 Mbps. It has been
experimentally confirmed that 100 Mbps throughput can actually be achieved on a link of 7.2 km.
Hence, in the design, the links have maximum allowable length as 5-7 km.
4.3. Deciding Topology Constraints
It is notable that communication in 5.8 GHz band requires line of sight (LoS) links. To establish
a LoS, antennas should be positioned high on towers. Types and structural complexities of
tower are out of scope of this report. However, the height of the towers to be used for
wireless connectivity has been restricted to 3m, 6m, 9m and 15m respectively. Towers of
height below 9m can be rooftop or wall mounted structures on GP building and 9m towers
can be ground rooted pole structures. The 15m towers can be erected near GP office.
It is worth considering that the cost, construction time and space requirement increases
exponentially with an increase in tower height. Thus the tool design strives to reduce the
tower height as much as possible. The existing BSNL towers can be also utilised to restrict
the expenditure on towers. After the GPs are connected with fibre, the existing towers can
potentially be used to connect villages in the GP wirelessly.
The next step is to determine the number of links to be formed from the fibre point of
presence.
It is proposed to use highly directional antennas (beam width of the order of 20 degrees) as
they can establish long distance links with transmit power within regulatory constraints.
However, significant interference can be caused by the side lobes of the directional antenna
to the links in close vicinity. To avoid interference, it is recommended to make at most three
links from fibre PoP and appropriately position antennas (depending on radiation pattern) at
different heights on a tower. The above discussed parameter is heuristic and can be revisited
upon further detailed experimental investigations.
The number of GPs connected by forming 3 links from a fibre PoP is minimal. Considering the
scenario, a multi-hop network can be a feature of the network architecture to connect more
GPs wirelessly. However, multi-hops network has its own drawbacks including increased
delay, decreased throughput in each hop and reduction in reliability. Therefore, the current
architecture design is limited to single hop networks.
Percentage of villages
States/UTs
electrified as on 31-05-2015
Andhra Pradesh 100
Chhattisgarh 97.7
Goa 100
Gujarat 100
Haryana 100
Himachal Pradesh 99.7
Jammu & Kashmir 98.2
Jharkhand 92.9
Karnataka 99.9
Kerala 100
Madhya Pradesh 97.2
Maharashtra 99.9
Manipur 86.6
Meghalaya 80.1
Mizoram 93.6
Nagaland 90.8
Odisha 91.9
Punjab 100
Rajasthan 90.4
Sikkim 100
Tamil Nadu 100
Tripura 97
Telangana 100
Uttar Pradesh 98.7
Uttarakhand 99.3
West Bengal 99.99
Total(States) 96.7
A & N Islands 77.8
Chandigarh 100
D & N Haveli 100
Daman & Diu 100
Delhi 100
Lakshadweep 100
Pondicherry 100
Total(UTs) 87.1
Average 95.74
Solar panel is one of the solutions which can be employed in BharatNet project. The power
essentially required by the equipments is 24 Watt/50 Ampere which can be easily served by
a photovoltaic (PV) module, a packaged, connected assembly of typically 6×10 solar cells
which has been rated by its DC output power under standard test conditions, and typically
ranges from 100 to 365 watts.
Chapter 5
Wireless Link Feasibility
In this chapter, the key steps of the wireless link feasibility are described in detail.
The first step is to obtain GP wise population data in terms of number of households and the
second step involves calculation of throughput as a function of GP population.
Note: - These calculations are simplistic in comparison to the calculations recommended in Report of
the Committee on NOFN (Section 2, page 31) as following parameters are not considered:
(i) Estimation of future requirements on account of technology penetration, and
(ii) Socio-economic status of the population.
Figure 1: Throughput requirement according to population and 1:25 contention ratio
From Figure 2, it can be noted that about 60% of GPs require less than 40 Mbps throughput
while only 20% GPs have a requirement of above 60 Mbps. This shows that wireless links can
be used to connect most of the GPs while satisfying their throughput requirements.
The throughput requirement thus calculated, can be further used to propose the wireless
network.
Following inputs are required for determination of distance based on link feasibility:
Given the locations of the entities mentioned above, it can be assumed that a link between
entities X and Y can potentially be considered for link feasibility if the distance between them
is less than 5 km. The output of the step is to provide set of links that satisfy the distance
criteria and hence can be considered for further processing.
Inputs to this step are two geo-locations, corresponding to the two end points of a proposed
wireless link.
5.3.1. Obtaining terrain data
The path is defined as an array of two or more comma-separated coordinate text strings
separated using the pipe ('|') character:
The number of samples of the elevation profile can be specified along the path of the link.
With 512 samples for a distance of about 5 km, accuracy of 10 m can be achieved. Thus, the
sample size is set to 512. The elevation profile, obtained along the path, is then compared to
the Fresnel zone (calculated along the path) to check whether the wireless link is established
or is obstructed by any topographical elevations.
As per the regulations, Equivalent Isotropically Radiated Power (EIRP) cannot be more
than 36 dBm for 5 GHz frequency band. For an antenna with transmitter antenna gain as 25
dBi, the allowable output transmit power should not be greater than 11 dBm, considering no
losses are incurred.
(1)
where,
Maximum transmitter and receiver antenna heights are set according to the available tower
infrastructure. This will be considered in further calculations.
The propagation model gives an empirical formula which provides a method to predict the
received signal strength based upon the path loss.
The propagation model used in the current tool is Free Space Path Loss Model.
(3)
For different units of the parameters, the constant of the equations changes as follows:
For a stable and strong signal at the receiver end, antenna heights are often selected so that
F1 is an unobstructed path and F2 is obstructed by a hill or the earth bulge along the path as
any 180° reflected signals along the F2 zone can interfere and cancel the main received signal.
radius of the first Fresnel zone. For LoS links, the first Fresnel zone must have at least 60%
clearance of any obstructions in order for the radio wave propagation to behave as if it is in
The scenarios shown below depict the manner in which Fresnel zone clearance is used to
decide the height of the transmitter and receiver antenna considering various factors such as
throughput, distance and tower cost.
In the first scenario, the transmitter and receiver antenna heights are set at 9m. Though LoS
is clear, 60% Fresnel zone is obstructed by elevated terrain between transmitter and receiver.
Hence the received signal strength will be less than the desired signal strength.
Figure 3: Fresnel Zones created with Tx Antenna at 9m height and Rx Antenna at 9m height
In the second scenario depicted below, the transmitter and receiver antenna heights are set
at 15m. In this case, LoS along with 60% Fresnel zone and 1st Fresnel zone is clear. Hence the
received signal strength will be equal or more than desired signal strength as reflections from
1st Fresnel zone will add constructively with LoS received signal.
Figure 4: Fresnel Zones created with Tx Antenna at 15m height and Rx Antenna at 15m height
In the third scenario, the transmitter and receiver antenna heights are set at 9m and 30m
respectively. In this case, LoS along with 60% Fresnel zone and 1st Fresnel zone are clear.
Hence the received signal strength will be equal or more than desired signal strength as
reflections from 1st Fresnel zone will add constructively with LoS received signal. However,
construction of a 30m tall tower involves more monetary investment as well as time.
Figure 5: Fresnel Zones created with Tx Antenna at 9m height and Rx Antenna at 30m height
Considering various scenarios as above, it becomes important to choose the most feasible
link which not only gives desired signal strength at the receiving end but is also cost effective.
1. 60% Fresnel zone should be clear for all the links originating or terminating at a
location at maximum height of the tower.
2. The maximum height of tower should be 15 m.
To account for the fading losses, fade margin is also included. The fade margin is required to
ensure that the signal is received even if the channel quality is bad. The better the fade margin,
more stable is the link.
Taking into account the fade margin and the received signal power, the highest possible MCS
is decided. This will then be used to calculate the Physical Layer Data Rate achievable by that
link. The Transport Layer throughput can be calculated after taking into account the overhead
of the lower layers.
5.3.4. Algorithm involving RF planning calculations
5.3.4.1. Inputs
1. Latitude and longitude of the Transmitter (Tx) (x1,y1) and Receiver (Rx) (x2,y2)
Transmitter is fibre point of presence and Receiver is phase 2 GP
2. Maximum Possible heights of Tx Antenna (h1) and Rx Antenna (h2)
Maximum Transmitter height is 40 m and maximum receiver antenna height is 15 m
3. Required throughput of the receiver end
4. Elevation profile between the Tx and Rx
a. Height Above Mean Sea Level (AMSL) of Tx and Rx
b. Height (AMSL) of all points (at interval of 5m) between Tx and Rx
5.3.4.2. Assumptions
After calculating the above two parameters, the output will be a matrix of maximum
throughput, optimum transmitter antenna height and optimum receiver antenna height at
which desired fade margin is obtained:
5.3.5. Flowchart of Wireless Link feasibility
Is NO
i <= 512?
YES
Calculate Effective SNR
Calculate 60% of F1 at ith sample distance
(Received SNR - Fade Margin)
Is Maximum received
throughput >=
NO Required throughput?
NO
Link is not feasible
MaxThroughput = 0
YES
Link is feasible
MaxThroughput= received
throughput
Chapter 6
Fibre Link Feasibility and Planning
Fibre is, certainly a permanent solution to connect all the Gram Panchayats of India. A near
to accurate estimation of the fibre route is necessary for optimal deployment in later stages
of Phase 2. For estimating the fibre network, a planning tool design connects the block
headquarters/ Phase 1 GPs to unconnected Phase 2 GPs.
(4)
where,
Power budget
Output Transmit Power
Receiver Sensitivity
Power Budget 20 22 dB
The estimation of fibre length can be done, provided power budget and number of connectors
and splicers are known for a link.
The maximum distance up to which the optical power does not dissipate below the receiver
sensitivity, can be calculated by the following formula.
(5)
(6)
where,
This tool is based on the concept of Minimum Spanning Tree. A spanning tree of a graph is a
subgraph that contains and connects all the vertices and is a tree. A minimum spanning tree
is to find the shortest path that visits each point at least once.
6.3.1. Algorithm involving Fibre route planning
Below is the algorithm used in fibre network planning tool.
6.3.1.1. Inputs
6.3.1.2. Processing
Step 1 - Calculate the road distance for each GP from Block Exchange.
Step 2 - For GPs without any road data, those are suggested for satellite connectivity.
Step 3 - Minimum Spanning Tree is created for all the GPs in a block along the road.
Step 4 - GPON feasibility of each link is checked from a Block OLT to GP.
Step 5 - The GPs with unfeasible link as in step 4 are checked for GPON feasibility with
the next OLT.
Step 6 - Step 4 and 5 are repeated until all the GPs are checked for GPON feasibility
from all the OLTs present in the block.
Step 7 - GPON verified Minimum spanning tree is obtained.
6.3.1.3. Output
Part A:
The output is the fibre route plan only.
Part B:
The output is fibre and wireless links.
6.3.2. Flowchart of Fibre Route Planning
Part A
i is decremented by 1
NO
NO
Calculate the road distance for each GP from Block Suggest the GP for satellite
Exchange connectivity
YES
Is link Add link to olt as ont and
GPON feasible remove from Links
for olt?
NO
YES
olt = next from OLTs NO NO
Are all olts in Is Links empty?
link = Links[1] OLTs visited?
YES
YES
n is decremented by 1
NO
Is nth throughput
Is n > 0?
requirement > 100?
YES
NO
YES
p is decremented by 1
NO
** - GPs for which road data is not available and are situated more than 60 km away from all
the OLTs of the block
7.2. Summary of fibre and wireless network
Number
Number Number of of ONTs Wireless
Number of of existing OLTs as per as per from Phase Total number of
GPs in BSNL IITB design IITB 1 GP Wireless from Satellite GPs which are Total Fibre Total Fibre
State Name Phase 2 Towers design BSNL Towers recommendation not connected** Length(km) Reduction(km)
CHHATTISGARH 5211 954 112 3411 85 1232 194 289 12283.23 3257.65
DAMAN & DIU 15 0 2 15 0 0 0 0 46.38 0
HIMACHAL PRADESH 2888 474 73 1832 14 664 13 365 9041.42 2022.48
JAMMU AND KASHMIR 1807 185 57 1212 34 265 143 153 3204.64 603.31
ANDHRA PRADESH 19303 3065 999 14552 3 4646 50 52 55954.27 13322.63
DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI 11 0 1 11 0 0 0 0 87.57 0
GUJARAT 7942 1946 181 5371 1 2206 32 332 21371.53 6510.83
BIHAR 1326 668 98 950 102 258 7 9 4463.78 1654.49
ASSAM 33 91 5 12 1 20 0 0 60.6 46.95
PUNJAB 6469 2039 85 3477 277 2708 0 7 9223.01 5536.19
JHARKHAND 2545 1058 165 1832 0 606 49 58 8934.54 2004.67
ARUNACHAL PRADESH 924 86 85 544 27 144 158 51 2710.81 347.05
TRIPURA 19 117 5 12 0 7 0 0 40.69 36.69
MAHARASHTRA 7815 2387 176 6452 113 987 24 239 23690.02 3456.27
UTTARAKHAND 5735 743 117 4487 92 649 153 354 14926.1 1374.75
NAGALAND 249 140 16 118 21 81 23 6 540.47 358.82
MADHYA PRADESH 6197 2053 87 3074 132 2211 30 750 11851.55 5239.62
MIZORAM 438 33 21 269 7 9 17 136 1836.34 5.33
RAJASTHAN 2069 2235 103 1519 59 343 4 144 10732.98 1909.88
TAMILNADU 7982 3599 241 5746 0 2118 0 118 19091.92 6582.08
ODISHA 2328 891 135 1508 0 685 110 25 10501.11 2956.92
UTTAR PRADESH 33653 2696 335 22828 1392 7339 194 1900 34462.39 11015.7
Total 114959 25460 3099 79232 2360 27178 1201 4988 255055.4 68242.31
7.3. State-wise output of all fibre network
Andhra Pradesh
Number Number of
Number of Number of Number of
District District Name of BSNL GPs are not Total Fibre
GPs in Phase ONTs as per OLTs as per
Code Rural connected Length(km)
2 IITB design IITB design
Exchanges GPs
KHAMMAM 79 94 6 64 2 386.19
541
TAWANG 77 6 6 17 34 241.09
245
WEST
KAMENG 14 10 1 6 7 57.69
246
EAST
KAMENG 102 10 10 73 29 304.21
247
LOWER
SUBANSIRI 72 16 7 29 0 333.62
249
KURUNG
KUMEY 149 13 13 73 67 262.84
250
UPPER
SUBANSIRI 83 9 9 44 37 216.99
251
UPPER SIANG 51 4 4 41 18 301.65
254
DIBANG
VALLEY 18 3 3 18 1 161.13
255
LOWER
DIBANG
VALLEY 20 6 2 17 1 68.04
256
LOHIT 132 8 8 104 0 408.59
257
CHANGLANG 82 7 7 61 22 339.50
259
TIRAP 73 15 15 61 21 521.50
260
Assam
Number Number of
Number of Number of Number of
District District Name of BSNL GPs are not Total Fibre
GPs in Phase ONTs as per OLTs as per
Code Rural connected Length(km)
2 IITB design IITB design
Exchanges GPs
NAGAON 33 40 5 12 0 138.38
305
Bihar
Number of
Number of Number of Number of Number of
District District Name GPs are not Total Fibre
GPs in BSNL Rural ONTs as per OLTs as per
Code connected Length(km)
Phase 2 Exchanges IITB design IITB design
GPs
PASHCHIM
203 CHAMPARAN 66 29 5 47 5 362.65
PURBI
204 CHAMPARAN 141 55 11 101 2 752.32
KATIHAR 36 32 4 21 0 189.42
212
MADHEPURA 35 29 3 16 2 157.61
213
SAMASTIPUR 28 59 2 16 0 99.10
221
BHAGALPUR 9 33 1 7 0 24.55
224
PATNA 70 34 6 48 0 367.03
230
BHOJPUR 52 24 3 31 1 193.68
231
JEHANABAD 17 12 2 11 0 69.69
235
ARWAL 26 5 2 17 0 102.87
236
Chhattisgarh
Number Number of
Number of Number of Number of
District District Name of GPs GPs are not Total Fibre
BSNL Rural ONTs as per OLTs as per
Code in Phase connected Length(km)
Exchanges IITB design IITB design
2 GPs
KORIYA 65 5 2 50 20 178.67
400
SURGUJA 275 13 7 226 3 818.83
401
JANJGIR-
405 CHAMPA 392 24 8 266 25 1082.14
NARAYANPUR 16 2 1 5 18 56.91
415
DANTEWADA 82 5 3 44 13 214.10
416
BIJAPUR 87 4 3 71 36 398.63
417
DADAR AND
NAGAR 11 1 1 11 0 87.57
496
HAVELI
Daman and Diu
Number of
Number Number of Number of Number of
District District Name GPs are not Total Fibre
of GPs in BSNL Rural ONTs as per OLTs as per
Code connected Length(km)
Phase 2 Exchanges IITB design IITB design
GPs
Gujarat
Number of
Number Number of Number of Number of
District District Name GPs are not Total Fibre
of GPs in BSNL Rural ONTs as per OLTs as per
Code connected Length(km)
Phase 2 Exchanges IITB design IITB design
GPs
BANASKANT
469 HA 804 142 18 500 0 3152.08
SABAR
472 KANTHA 259 122 6 131 0 993.87
AHMEDABA
474 D 504 110 18 329 86 2174.26
SURENDRAN
475 AGAR 646 94 19 470 1 2958.07
PANCHMAH
484 AL 630 13 11 279 132 1664.48
Himachal Pradesh
Number of
Number Number of Number of Number of
District District Name GPs are not Total Fibre
of GPs in BSNL Rural ONTs as per OLTs as per
Code connected Length(km)
Phase 2 Exchanges IITB design IITB design
GPs
CHAMBA 221 7 7 184 77 1016.95
23
LAHAUL
25 AND SPITI 26 2 2 12 21 174.74
HAMIRPUR 54 6 2 22 0 172.75
28
KINNAUR 55 3 3 44 9 370.06
34
KATHUA
7 (HIRANAGAR) 138 7 6 128 21 541.63
11 GANDERBAL 76 4 3 53 5 162.46
22 SAMBA 78 4 3 36 2 305.46
Jharkhand
Number of
Number Number of Number of Number of
District District Name GPs are not Total Fibre
of GPs in BSNL Rural ONTs as per OLTs as per
Code connected Length(km)
Phase 2 Exchanges IITB design IITB design
GPs
EAST
357 SINGHBUM 220 12 11 133 9 852.51
SARAIKELAKH
369 ARSAWAN 134 11 9 97 3 660.92
Punjab
Number Number of
Number of Number of Number of
District District Name of GPs GPs are not Total Fibre
BSNL Rural ONTs as per OLTs as per
Code in Phase connected Length(km)
Exchanges IITB design IITB design
2 GPs
FATEHGARH
40 SAHIB 166 71 4 86 0 493.10
45 FARIDKOT 88 42 1 65 0 286.85
46 BATHINDA 184 71 5 115 0 686.95
47 MANSA 38 56 1 22 0 154.07
54 BARNALA 62 45 2 42 0 280.00
Maharashtra
Number of
Number Number of Number of Number of
District District Name GPs are not Total Fibre
of GPs in BSNL Rural ONTs as per OLTs as per
Code connected Length(km)
Phase 2 Exchanges IITB design IITB design
GPs
AHMEDNAGA
522 R 898 310 24 836 5 3520.10
Mizoram
Number of
Number Number of Number of Number of
District District Name GPs are not Total Fibre
of GPs in BSNL Rural ONTs as per OLTs as per
Code connected Length(km)
Phase 2 Exchanges IITB design IITB design
GPs
Madhya Pradesh
Number Number of
Number of Number of Number of
District District Name of GPs GPs are not Total Fibre
BSNL Rural ONTs as per OLTs as per
Code in Phase connected Length(km)
Exchanges IITB design IITB design
2 GPs
KHANDWA
466 (EAST NIMAR) 89 6 2 61 15 364.00
Odisha
Number Number of
Number of Number of Number of
District District Name of GPs GPs are not Total Fibre
BSNL Rural ONTs as per OLTs as per
Code in Phase connected Length(km)
Exchanges IITB design IITB design
2 GPs
Puducherry
Number of
Number Number of Number of Number of
District District Name GPs are not Total Fibre
of GPs in BSNL Rural ONTs as per OLTs as per
Code connected Length(km)
Phase 2 Exchanges IITB design IITB design
GPs
635 PONDICHERRY 0 2 0 0 0 0
637 KARAIKAL 0 1 0 0 0 0
Rajasthan
Number Number of
Number of Number of
District District Name of GPs Number of BSNL GPs are not Total Fibre
ONTs as per OLTs as per
Code in Phase Rural Exchanges connected Length(km)
IITB design IITB design
2 GPs
SAWAI
108 MADHOPUR 36 16 1 23 0 208.62
Tamil Nadu
Number Number of
Number of Number of
District District Name of GPs Number of BSNL GPs are not Total Fibre
ONTs as per OLTs as per
Code in Phase Rural Exchanges connected Length(km)
IITB design IITB design
2 GPs
RAMANATHAPUR
630 AM 393 11 11 236 70 1342.36
Tripura
Number of
Number of Number of Number of
District District Name Number of BSNL GPs are not Total Fibre
GPs in ONTs as per OLTs as per
Code Rural Exchanges connected Length(km)
Phase 2 IITB design IITB design
GPs
WEST
289 TRIPURA 0 6 0 0 0 0.00
SOUTH
290 TRIPURA 0 4 2 0 0 0.00
291 DHALAI 0 7 0 0 0 0.00
NORTH
292 TRIPURA 19 7 3 12 0 77.38
Uttarakhand
Number of
Number of Number of Number of
District District Name Number of BSNL GPs are not Total Fibre
GPs in ONTs as per OLTs as per
Code Rural Exchanges connected Length(km)
Phase 2 IITB design IITB design
GPs
UTTAR
56 KASHI 397 22 11 340 35 1250.03
RUDRA
58 PRAYAG 311 27 8 276 29 1126.32
TEHRI
59 GARHWAL 776 57 18 621 133 2325.12
PAURI
61 GARHWAL 894 78 23 804 50 3541.43
PITHORAGA
62 RH 513 28 8 405 120 1283.84
CHAMPAWA
65 T 213 12 5 156 32 766.19
UDHAMSING
67 H NAGAR 84 12 2 14 56 146.02
Uttar Pradesh
Number of
Number Number of Number of
District District Name Number of BSNL GPs are not Total Fibre
of GPs in OLTs as per ONTs as per
Code Rural Exchanges connected Length(km)
Phase 2 IITB design IITB design
GPs
MUZAFFARNAGAR 288 48 6 209 79 776.7882
133
BIJNOR 279 45 4 278 1 657.033
134
MORADABAD 435 24 6 431 4 655.1702
135
RAMPUR 166 19 1 166 0 247.633
136
JYOTIBA PHULE
NAGAR 364 16 5 267 97 649.2865
137
MEERUT 244 24 7 178 66 740.6047
138
BAGHPAT 65 16 2 63 2 201.293
139
GHAZIABAD 113 6 2 91 22 238.212
140
BULANDSHAHR 409 30 7 409 0 914.5361
142
ALIGARH 433 31 6 430 3 1131.371
143
MAHAMAYA
NAGAR 152 23 3 151 1 405.703
144
MATHURA 206 29 5 200 6 704.1052
145
AGRA 331 35 10 322 9 1082.862
146
FIROZABAD 214 26 4 211 3 546.891
147
MAINPURI 161 23 3 161 0 463.024
148
BUDAUN 460 44 8 453 7 1091.84
149
BAREILLY 527 27 8 429 98 1134.419
150
PILIBHIT 284 7 3 247 37 600.1431
151
SHAHJAHANPUR 377 24 3 355 22 316.1668
152
KHERI 1037 58 10 981 56 1589.287
153
UNNAO 935 46 8 909 26 1308.098
156
RAE BARELI 114 39 1 114 0 111.6687
158
FARRUKHABAD 435 26 3 433 2 544.1767
159
KANNAUJ 726 27 9 692 34 1096.728
160
ETAWAH 36 19 1 32 4 93.179
161
AURAIYA 334 19 5 323 11 811.4101
162
KANPUR DEHAT 682 33 8 336 346 988.3179
163
KANPUR NAGAR 392 21 4 152 240 478.2417
164
JALAUN 404 27 5 388 16 784.3164
165
JHANSI 564 17 6 510 54 992.7345
166
LALITPUR 364 20 4 344 20 767.6372
167
MAHOBA 112 12 1 110 2 231.0695
169
BANDA 152 50 2 134 18 255.9067
170
CHITRAKOOT 114 22 2 114 0 244.0387
171
FATEHPUR 933 45 7 859 74 1085.401
172
PRATAPGARH 1129 61 8 1123 6 1173.412
173
KAUSHAMBI 551 19 5 545 6 724.9193
174
ALLAHABAD 87 25 1 87 0 139.1514
175
BARABANKI 506 51 4 474 32 552.3012
176
AMBEDKAR
NAGAR 363 35 1 361 2 247.9178
178
BAHRAICH 1147 33 10 1125 22 1484.361
180
SHRAVASTI 386 11 3 380 6 449.4531
181
BALRAMPUR 1024 14 7 682 342 842.0836
182
GONDA 1579 31 12 1519 60 1695.291
183
BASTI 1689 29 11 1689 0 1231.037
185
SANT
KABEERNAGAR 778 25 5 772 6 644.6447
186
KUSHI NAGAR 1804 29 14 1798 6 1754.797
189
DEORIA 2349 70 18 2143 206 1957.873
191
BALLIA 730 43 7 590 140 568.7217
193
JAUNPUR 1335 59 9 1169 166 761.4672
194
GHAZIPUR 1340 37 13 1118 222 1706.304
195
CHANDAULI 1079 20 8 1063 16 1275.745
196
SANT RAVIDAS
NAGAR 699 24 4 693 6 759.2489
198
MIRZAPUR 939 53 9 711 228 976.5555
199
SONBHADRA 900 13 10 690 210 1577.63
200
ETAH 168 26 3 168 0 509.356
201
KANSHIRAM
NAGAR 229 15 4 223 6 603.506
202
7.4. State-wise output of fibre and wireless network
Andhra Pradesh
Number Number of Number of Number of Connected Connected
District Satellite Total Fibre Fibre length Problem
District name of GPs in existing BSNL ONTs as per OLTs as per from Phase from BSNL
Code recommendation Length(km) reduced(km) Cases
Phase 2 Towers IITB design IITB design 1 GP towers
Arunachal Pradesh
Number Number of Number of Number of Connected Connected
District Satellite Total Fibre Fibre length Problem
District name of GPs in existing BSNL ONTs as per OLTs as per from Phase from BSNL
Code recommendation Length(km) reduced(km) Cases
Phase 2 Towers IITB design IITB design 1 GP towers
LOWER DIBANG
256 VALLEY 20 2 2 17 2 1 0 58.75 9.29 0
Assam
Number Number of Number of Number of Connected Connected
District Satellite Total Fibre Fibre length Problem
District name of GPs in existing BSNL ONTs as per OLTs as per from Phase from BSNL
Code recommendation Length(km) reduced(km) Cases
Phase 2 Towers IITB design IITB design 1 GP towers
PASHCHIM
203 CHAMPARAN 66 33 47 5 6 9 4 17.39 7.16 1
PURBI
204 CHAMPARAN 141 57 101 11 8 32 0 94.78 24.28 2
Chattisgarh
Number Number of Number of Number of Connected Connected
District Satellite Total Fibre Fibre length Problem
District name of GPs in existing BSNL ONTs as per OLTs as per from Phase from BSNL
Code recommendation Length(km) reduced(km) Cases
Phase 2 Towers IITB design IITB design 1 GP towers
DIU 4 0 4 1 0 0 0 13.15 0 0
494
DAMAN 11 0 11 1 0 0 0 33.23 0 0
495
Gujarat
Number of Number of Number of Number of Connected Connected
District Satellite Total Fibre Fibre length Problem
District name GPs in existing BSNL ONTs as per OLTs as per from Phase from BSNL
Code recommendation Length(km) reduced(km) Cases
Phase 2 Towers IITB design IITB design 1 GP towers
Himachal Pradesh
Number Number of Number of Number of Connected Connected
District Satellite Total Fibre Fibre length Problem
District name of GPs in existing BSNL ONTs as per OLTs as per from Phase from BSNL
Code recommendation Length(km) reduced(km) Cases
Phase 2 Towers IITB design IITB design 1 GP towers
LAHAUL AND
25 SPITI 26 8 12 2 0 14 0 148.15 26.59 13
Jharkhand
Number Number of Number of Number of Connected Connected
District Satellite Total Fibre Fibre length Problem
District name of GPs in existing BSNL ONTs as per OLTs as per from Phase from BSNL
Code recommendation Length(km) reduced(km) Cases
Phase 2 Towers IITB design IITB design 1 GP towers
SARAIKELA
369 KHARSAWAN 134 90 0 97 9 35 2 502.83 158.09 0
KATHUA
7 (HIRANAGAR) 138 9 128 6 0 4 6 535.61 6.02 15
Punjab
Number Number of Number of Number of Connected Connected
District Satellite Total Fibre Fibre length Problem
District name of GPs in existing BSNL ONTs as per OLTs as per from Phase from BSNL
Code recommendation Length(km) reduced(km) Cases
Phase 2 Towers IITB design IITB design 1 GP towers
FATEHGARH
40 SAHIB 166 133 4 86 0 80 0 353.60 139.50 0
Maharashtra
Number of Number of Number of Connected Connected
District Number of Satellite Total Fibre Fibre length Problem
District name existing BSNL ONTs as per OLTs as per from Phase from BSNL
Code GPs in Phase 2 recommendation Length(km) reduced(km) Cases
Towers IITB design IITB design 1 GP towers
Madhya Pradesh
Number of Number of Number of Number of Connected Connected
Satellite Total Fibre Fibre length Problem
District Code District name GPs in existing BSNL ONTs as per OLTs as per from Phase from BSNL
recommendation Length(km) reduced(km) Cases
Phase 2 Towers IITB design IITB design 1 GP towers
KHANDWA
466 (EAST NIMAR) 89 36 61 2 9 19 0 259.38 104.61 11
PONDICHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
635
KARAIKAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
637
Rajasthan
Number of Number of Number of Number of Connected Connected
District Satellite Total Fibre Fibre length Problem
District name GPs in existing BSNL ONTs as per OLTs as per from Phase from BSNL
Code recommendation Length(km) reduced(km) Cases
Phase 2 Towers IITB design IITB design 1 GP towers
SAWAI
108 MADHOPUR 36 84 23 1 1 12 0 129.70 78.92 0
SIKAR 73 127 53 5 2 18 0 446.50 103.02 0
111
Tamil Nadu
Number of
Number Number of Number of Connected Connected
District existing Satellite Total Fibre Fibre length Problem
District name of GPs in ONTs as per OLTs as per from Phase from BSNL
Code BSNL recommendation Length(km) reduced(km) Cases
Phase 2 IITB design IITB design 1 GP towers
Towers
WEST TRIPURA 0 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
289
SOUTH TRIPURA 0 22 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
290
DHALAI 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
291
Uttarakhand
Number of
Number Number of Number of Connected Connected
District existing Satellite Total Fibre Fibre length Problem
District name of GPs in ONTs as per OLTs as per from Phase from BSNL
Code BSNL recommendation Length(km) reduced(km) Cases
Phase 2 IITB design IITB design 1 GP towers
Towers
UDHAMSINGH
67 NAGAR 84 58 14 2 3 67 0 57.11 88.90 15
Uttar Pradesh
Number of
Number Number of Number of Connected Connected
District existing Satellite Total Fibre Fibre length Problem
District name of GPs in ONTs as per OLTs as per from Phase from BSNL
Code BSNL recommendation Length(km) reduced(km) Cases
Phase 2 IITB design IITB design 1 GP towers
Towers
MUZAFFARNAGAR 215 102 165 6 6 41 3 414.52 63.72 73
133
Maximum route length (along the road) from OLT to any GP is 50 km.
Maximum number of GPs connected wirelessly from an existing BSNL tower is 4.
Recommendation for satellite are based on the elevation profile between GPs.
For estimating total fibre length following calculations have been performed:
All unprocessed GPs are connected by fibre with an average fibre route length
of 4 km per GP.
Total number of unprocessed GPs = 35041
The total of fibre route length of unprocessed GPs= 35041 * 4 = 140164
For Pan-India,
Total fibre route length of processed and unprocessed GPs( ) = 140164 +
266588.5
= 406752.5 km
where,
= Total fibre route length of processed and unprocessed GPs
8.2.1. Inputs
Phase 1 and Phase 2 GP locations in latitude longitude pairs of a block
BSNL Tower locations in latitude longitude pairs
Road distance
Direction along the road
BSNL Rural Exchange
8.2.2. Processing
Step 1 - Obtain the way-points* and distance along the road between each pair of GPs
within the block.
Step 2 - GPs without any road data are suggested for satellite connectivity.
Step 3 - Minimum Spanning Tree is created for the remaining GPs in a block along the
road.
Step 4 - GPON feasibility of each link is checked from a Block OLT to GP.
Step 5 - The GPs with unfeasible link as in step 4 are checked for GPON feasibility with
the next OLT.
Step 6 - Step 4 and 5 are repeated until all the GPs are checked for GPON feasibility
from all the OLTs present in the block.
Step 7 - GPON verified Minimum spanning tree is obtained.
Way-points: Way-points are the intermediate points along the road, which help in identifying
the turns and directions along the road.
New algorithm is incorporated in the tool to generate state-wise results. Detailed district
wise results will produced after fine tuning the code.
Based on the assumptions mentioned above, following is the Pan-India fibre and wireless summary of the results.
Number of Number of Number of Number of Wireless Wireless Total number of Total Fibre Total Fibre
Satellite
State Name GPs in existing BSNL OLTs as per ONTs as per from Phase from BSNL GPs which are Route Length length
Recommendation
Phase 2 Towers IITB design IITB design 1 GP Towers not connected (km) (km)
ANDAMAN &
NICOBAR ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ANDHRA PRADESH 19303 3065 996 14655 3 4557 42 46 56476.27 63366.37
ARUNACHAL
PRADESH 924 86 85 595 26 139 117 47 2972.81 3335.493
ASSAM 33 91 5 7 2 24 0 0 50 56.1
BIHAR 1326 668 98 975 97 239 7 8 4591.78 5151.977
CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHHATTISGARH 5211 954 105 3596 76 1165 131 243 13248.23 14864.51
DADRA AND
NAGAR HAVELI 11 0 1 11 0 0 0 0 66 74.052
DAMAN & DIU 15 0 2 15 0 0 0 0 48 53.856
GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GUJARAT 7942 1946 169 5513 1 2187 32 209 22092.53 24787.82
HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
HIMACHAL
PRADESH 2888 474 73 1776 16 737 11 348 8777.42 9848.265
JAMMU & KASHMIR 1807 185 53 1209 39 280 136 143 3180.64 3568.678
JHARKHAND 2545 1058 163 1871 0 582 37 55 9130.54 10244.47
KARNATAKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
KERALA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MADHYA PRADESH 6197 2053 85 3393 133 2171 26 474 13449.55 15090.4
MAHARASHTRA 7815 2387 167 6528 108 961 24 194 24082.02 27020.03
MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MIZORAM 438 33 21 274 7 11 17 129 1863.34 2090.667
NAGALAND 249 140 16 95 27 101 20 6 607 681.054
Number of Number of Number of Number of Wireless Wireless Total number of Total Fibre Total Fibre
Satellite
State Name GPs in existing BSNL OLTs as per ONTs as per from Phase from BSNL GPs which are Route Length length
Recommendation
Phase 2 Towers IITB design IITB design 1 GP Towers not connected (km) (km)
NCT OF DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ODISHA 2328 891 142 1503 0 735 67 23 10481.11 11759.81
PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PUNJAB 6469 2039 77 3745 262 2455 0 7 10564.01 11852.82
RAJASTHAN 2069 2235 104 1240 105 603 1 120 10769.82 12083.74
SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TAMIL NADU 7982 3599 232 5823 0 2080 0 79 19476.92 21853.1
TRIPURA 19 117 5 6 0 13 0 0 32 35.904
UTTAR PRADESH 33653 2696 338 23824 1315 7014 69 1431 39511.39 44331.78
UTTARAKHAND 5735 743 116 4525 98 634 150 328 15117.1 16961.39
WEST BENGAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 114959 25460 3053 81179 2315 26688 887 3890 266588.48 299112.3
References
[1] Planning for BharatNet Phase 2, 'Report on IITB Bharatnet Planning Tool', July, 2016.
About the Report
This report is a planning document for Phase 2 deployment of BharatNet. Here we are
designing the network topology of fibre and wireless links. The planning will help to
expedite deployment as near-to-accurate overview of links and materials has been
generated by the tool.
We have also provided recommendations for GPs to be connected via satellite. State-wise
and district-wise results have been provided with an account of all the assumptions taken
into consideration.