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State of the Industry – Optical Networking. Mark E. Allen Infinera Corporation. Research and Education Requirements. Scalable High Bandwidth Flexible Standards Based Low Acquisition Cost Low Ongoing Expenses (Op Ex). Washington. Dover. Philadelphia. Trenton. Newark. New York.
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State of the Industry – Optical Networking Mark E. Allen Infinera Corporation
Research and Education Requirements • Scalable • High Bandwidth • Flexible • Standards Based • Low Acquisition Cost • Low Ongoing Expenses (Op Ex) Page
Washington Dover Philadelphia Trenton Newark New York Hartford Providence Boston OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO A short history …Legacy optical transport Digital repeaters enabled PM’s & add/drop anywhere Page
Washington Dover Philadelphia Trenton Newark New York Hartford Providence Boston OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO A short history …Legacy optical transport … … … … … … … … … Capacity growth created unsustainable economics Page
Washington Dover Philadelphia Trenton Newark New York Hartford Providence Boston A short history …Legacy optical transport OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO … … … … … … … … … OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO WDM reduces line costs, but needs OEO for add/drop Page
Washington Dover Philadelphia Trenton Newark New York Hartford Providence Boston OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO OEO A short history …Legacy optical transport … … … … … … … … … Many optical impairments… Modulation Instability Chromatic Dispersion Channel Flatness Dispersion Slope Wavelength banding PMD Raman Pumps SBS 2nd order PMD PMD Compensation Multi-Path Interference Self-Phase Modulation Optical Monitors Noise Rejection Filters Isolators Gain Flattening Filters X-Phase Modulation OSNR Measurement O-ADM Filters Return power Four-Wave Mixing Attenuators Gain transient control Gain Ripple Gain Tilt Channel equalization …requires complex compensation ASE Accumulation Raman self-pumping All-optical eliminates OEO, but increases complexity Page
The Catch… • Network now managing waves not bits • The core optical network has evolved from Digital to Analog • Forces compromise between… • lower network cost (minimize OEOs)… • or number of markets served (OEO access) • Complexity remains for network managers: • Complexity of planning & deployment • Complex engineering, compensation and adjustment • No sub-l access to digital data • Limited add/drop, multiplexing or grooming • No digital performance monitoring or diagnostics Page
100 Gb/s Transmit 100 Gb/s Receive Infinera’s Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) Innovation 100Gb/s Transmit 100Gb/s Receive Page
Infinera Differentiators • Photonic Integrated Circuit-Eased Benefits • Higher Reliability • Faster Scalability • Faster Install and Turn-up • Savings in Spares, Space, and Power • Digital Optical Networks-Enabled Benefits • Digital, Solid-State Add/Drop • Faster Time-to-Service • Forecast Tolerance • Consolidated Architectures Page
Add/drop 10G, 2.5G, or GigE using hot-pluggable TAM cards All-Digital Implemented in solid state, e.g. silicon No MEMS, tunable filters, or other optical devices involved Completely independent from optical line Hitless No need to consider in span designs One TAM can drop traffic bound for different destinations Digital Networking Advantages:Infinera: Simple, Fast, Digital Add/Drop 0% 100% Percent Add/Drop 400 Gb/s 20 Gb/s 60 Gb/s 0 Gb/s Page
Digital Networking Advantages:Forecast Tolerance • The forecasting challenge: • Predict the right amount of bandwidth… • The right service interfaces… • To the right locations… • At the right time • Infinera supports • 100Gb/s line side blocks of bandwidth • Interchangeable Tributary Adapter Modules • Add/Drop any service to any location on any port • Ultimate flexibility and forecast margin Page
Summary: Photonic Integration Enables Digital Optical Networking • Fundamentally lower cost and steeper cost curve • Increased revenue potential with Add/Drop Anywhere • Simpler Network Architectures • Simpler Operations and Engineering Digital OpticalNetworking Page