Educational Tracks: Optical - Roadmap to 100G

Track 7: Optical – Roadmap to 100G

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The emergence of 100G Ethernet and optical transport is of critical interest to service providers worldwide, and is poised to have a dramatic impact on the way operators deploy optical and packet systems. 100G technologies play such a fundamental role in scalability of high bandwidth services that it will in fact be a stimulus for dramatic convergence of IP and Optical Technologies.

This series of sessions focuses on the role next generation optical transport technology plays as service providers look to scale their networks to profitably meet the demands of traffic growth, while still providing the full range of capabilities for residential, business, mobile and cloud services.

Please Note: Sessions listed below are subject to change.

DAY ONE: Wednesday, June 6, 2012

8:00 – 8:25 am
Unlocking the Full Investment Value of 100GbE Network Investments
Stuart Wilson, Chief Technology Officer, Endace
Industry experience from 10 Gbps rollouts has demonstrated that there’s an incontestable relationship between network visibility and ROI. In a world with insufficient visibility, the response to poor network performance has simply been to throw bandwidth at network performance problems, but that is neither technically or economically sustainable in 40Gbps and 100Gbps environments. Organizations must now find a way to treat the cause of poor network and application performance rather than the symptoms, which means investing in high performance network monitoring and recording infrastructure capable of providing real-time visibility into the network at all levels of the OSI stack.

In this session we’ll explore the issues, look at the technical and commercial challenges facing organizations considering deploying 100Gb/s infrastructure and lay out a vision for highly scalable ‘high-definition’ network visibility based on a distributed monitoring and recording architecture.

Attendee Take Aways

  • Learn key lessons about 10Gigabit network rollouts and what the industry must learn from the experience if it is to extract the full investment value from 100Gbps infrastructure investments
  • Explore the options for achieving consistent visibility into fast and ultra-fast network segments – considering both the technical challenges and the commercial implications
  • Review a case study for ultra high-speed network monitoring and extract key learnings for carriers considering deploying ultra high-speed technologies over the next two years.

8:30 – 8:55 am
Maximizing the Efficiency of DWDM Networks 100Gb/s and Beyond
Anuj Malik, Technical Marketing Manager, Infinera
100G is here. We are at the cusp of a steep upgrade in network fiber bandwidth from hundreds of gigabits to several terabits, an order of magnitude increase in capacity. So far, the 100G discussion has primarily been focused on optics and coherent detection that is the fundamental building blocks of 100G. This is akin to figuring out the “how to” of internal combustion – what must be determined now is the “engine” that wraps around the technology to enable rapid and successful adoption. In this presentation, we explore the mechanisms that can deliver 100G to your networks efficiently. Why? Because to successfully bring down the total cost of ownership any solution must address not just maximizing fiber investment but also lowering CAPEX and OPEX. We will look at various mechanisms with a perspective towards 100G that effect efficiency of space, power and network utilization.

9:00 - 9:25 am
Roles of IP, MPLS, and Optical Technologies in Core Networks
Alan Sardella, Product Marketing Director of Platform Systems, Juniper Networks
Interface speeds of 100 Gbps are a given—deployments already number the in the thousands, and requests are starting to appear not only in the core but in the edges of networks. The optimal topologies for both packet and optical 100 Gbps interfaces are still being studied: factors include dedicated optical devices versus packet transport platforms, and the ideal integration of optical and packet technology across network layers. At the end of the day, core network requirements are driven by traffic demands, which in turn vary for incumbent service providers, cable operators, wholesale providers, content providers, internet exchanges, and private cores.Choosing the right technology to address these requirements involves fundamental choices between service, control, and data plane functionality.

9:30 – 10:25 am
Panel: The Global Demand for 100G – What 100G Must Solve to be Successful


Jimmy Yu
 

Moderator: Jimmy Yu, VP, Dell 'Oro Group
This presentation offers an analysis of 10 years of Global Transport traffic and discusses key factors that track technology changes and customer service changes with the global traffic demands over time.  Year-over-year growth rates will be discussed to see where things are migrating in the technology  and customer services and how this applies to what 100G solutions must solve beside more bandwidth.  An analysis of cost per bit and several other issues important to the carrier community will be introduced to broaden the scope of issues 100G technology will be asked to solve.  Emphasis will be placed on the 15 year OPEX costs of networks that must be considered for 100G solutions.  Attendees will have a well-rounded understanding of the challenges facing Transport Network owners and solutions 100G should/must provide.

Attendee Take Aways

  • Understand why 100G Transport technology is needed now
  • Review Insights from a decade of Worldwide Transport traffic
  • Understand how the cost per bit and additional challenges can be solved to enable profitable 100G network operators

DAY TWO: Thursday, June 7, 2012

2:30 – 3:25 pm
100G – Working in a Network Near You


Sam Bucci
 

Sam Bucci, VP, Product Management - Optics Division, Alcatel-Lucent
The telecommunications industry has seen rapid adoption and deployment of 100G optical technology over the last 18 months, demonstrating that the 100G era is already here. This is reflected in the diversity of service providers deploying 100G, for applications ranging from data center interconnection and cloud service delivery to backbone network transformation. Any new technology like 100G takes time to unite the industry on common standards, develop an ecosystem, operationalize the technology and reach volume production levels that achieve economies of scale. The market traction of 100G optical demonstrates the demand for higher capacity, scalable, cost-effective transport and the maturity of 100G technology.
Attendee Take Aways

  • Motivations driving different types of service providers to move toward 100G
  • Economics of 100G
  • State of the 100G ecosystem
  • The road beyond 100G

3:30 – 3:55 pm
Integrated Packet Optical Transport: An Optimal Solution for Converging IP Networks
Madan Shastri, Technology Lead for Transport Networks Sales, Nokia Siemens Networks
The objective of any communication carrier is to protect revenue, reduce cost and meet customer demand for instantaneous services with minimum effort. This requires packet optical network technology optimizing traffic throughput and ensuring efficient transport across multiple domains with minimal regeneration.  This presentation will explore how packet optical technology offers future-proof E2E networking solutions, addressing the evolution of converged IP networks.

Attendees Take-Aways

  • A multi-terabit, protocol-agnostic and scalable multi-purpose switch that is reliable, robust and cost-effective converges Service Providers’ layered SONET/SDH, IP-MPLS and asynchronous networks and brings savings greater than 60% of intended CapEx
  • Optimal network operation, capacity and performance can be achieved by integrating this switch with a next-generation DWDM system based on highly-flexible ROADMs, which can support line rates of 100G and beyond.

This presentation will explore how packet optical technology offers future-proof E2E networking solutions, addressing the evolution of converged IP networks. Attendees will learn how:

  • A multi-terabit, protocol-agnostic and scalable multi-purpose switch that is reliable, robust and cost-effective converges Service Providers’ layered SONET/SDH, IP-MPLS and asynchronous networks and brings savings greater than 60% of intended CapEx.

4:00 – 4:25 pm
100G – Optimized for Metro
Jon Baldry, Director of Technical Marketing, Transmode Systems
With rapidly growing capacity demands, carriers implementing metro and regional networks need increased network performance.  In parallel, the optical networking industry is rapidly moving towards 100G solutions for high capacity networking options, although the vast majority of these solutions and initial deployments are primarily targeted towards core network applications.  This session will discuss the varying needs of metro networks and explore how next generation solutions designed for metro and regional applications allow 40G/100G to be deployed gradually and cost effectively.

Attendee Take Aways

  • Specific metro needs
  • Explore next-generation solutions designed for the metro area network

4:30 - 5:00 pm
To be announced