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Christophe Oldrati Packet-Optical Architect 24th September 2014
Packet-Optical and SDN evolution for transport agility
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Network capacity is not truly open like other resources
COMPUTE CONNECT STORE
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Infrastructure Layer
CONNECT USERS TO CONTENT
CONNECT CONTENT TO CONTENT
Discovery & Restoration
Control Layer
OPEN INTERFACES TRADITIONAL MGMT. INTERFACES
Application Layer
OPEN INTERFACES
Content apps
Cloud OS
OSS apps BSS apps Compute apps
Connect apps
OPEN INTERFACES
An architecture for network transformation
Ciena Applications
OneControl Network Mgmt
3rd Party Applications
Multi-Layer WAN Controller (MLWC) SDN Controller
Agility
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Agility Foundational Infrastructure
CONTROL & MGMT
WAVELOGIC
TRANSMISSION
SWITCHING
PAC
KT
OP
TIC
AL
TRA
NS
PO
RT
PHOTONICS
Higher Capacity, Greater Flexibiilty 100G <-> 1T+
OTN/PKT/FLOW Switching Up to 15T
CDC Gridless ROADM 88+ channels, Flexible grid
Increase channel count by
reclaiming deadband
Support for today and future
services/line rates with
flexible spectrum
Any wavelength to any direction
with Colorless/
directionless ROADM
Optimize spectrum use by matching passband to modulation scheme BW requirement
Future
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Packet-Optical Principle: The right technology at the right place
Client
Optical Packet
IP
Optical Packet
IP
Optical Packet
IP Packet
Optical Packet
Packet
OTN/DWDM Switching
Ethernet
Aggregate
Express
Introduce Packet-Optical
Route only when
needed
IP
Core / Metro Core
IP Packet
Optical
Client IP Packet
Optical
IP Packet
Optical
IP Packet
Optical
Packet
DWDM Transmission
Today
IP/MPLS/L2 VPN routing over static DWDM
Metro
Lower $/Bit
Routing
Switching
Transport
λ’s
Achieve Optimal Scale and Cost Performance
172T
~ 10T
Cost per bit: 250 to 1
Process the service at the lower possible layer
Optical/BW Scaling
Sub-wavelength Grooming/Transport
Ethernet
Coherent WDM
Packet Optical “Toolkit” OTN MPLS/TP
Coherent WDM
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Case Study: leveraging convergence benefits
Data Centres Same building entries
20 POP sites, 3 data centres
! 100G OTN OEO design with λ express over ROADM for efficient bandwidth utilization
! Capacity: 58 100G OEO à 41 100G OEO + 9 λ express
! Able to meet all protection requirements at both OTN and Layer 0
! 14% savings, 69% utilization
! Upgrade to packet switching ! Significant efficiencies resulting from
sub-10GE aggregation and grooming with ODUflex
! Capacity: 50 100G à 33 100G OEO
! 34% savings, 73% utilization
Selected Architecture & Benefits
Maximizing network scale and efficiency with hybrid architecture and flexible
service protection options
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Beyond 100G Capacity Evolution
SYMBOL RATE
SUBCARRIER MULTIPLICITY
CONSTELLATION
Dependent on new technologies
Spe
ctra
l effi
cien
cy a
t the
co
st o
f rea
ch
Introducing spectrum/reach/latency management
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Scaling Network Capacity
! WaveLogic 3 200G (DP-16QAM) mode doubles capacity and spectral efficiency. ! Flexible grid tuning (future) allows for additional spectral efficiency improvements.
200G DP-16QAM 100G DP-QPSK 400G DC DP-16QAM superchannel
400G Today 400G Phase II 400G Phase III
Filter
100G DP-QPSK
200G 16QAM
Filter
200G 16QAM
Gridless filter
400G using 100G carriers 400G Phase 1 400G Phase II
88 Waves @ 50Ghz 88 Waves @ 50Ghz 64 400G superchannels @ 75GHz, flexible grid
4 channels for 400Gb/s 2 channels superchannel
8.8T, 200GHz, SE 2.0 17.6T, 100GHz, SE 4.0 25.6T, 75GHz , SE 5.33
> 3,000km 800-1300km 700-1200km
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Flexible modulation with WaveLogic 3 16QAM: Metro - LH
Quasi Full-Fill system: 60 interfering wavelengths and 1 probe
16QAM performance: 800-1000km without Raman, 1300km+ w/ Raman Double the capacity over same spectrum in more locations à no Regens required
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Power of “Smart Raman” Significant improvements over traditional deployment
• Raman minimizes regens, increases reach
• Smart Raman identifies high localized losses and reflections, avoiding connector & fiber plant damage
• Start-of-life baseline for proactive monitoring and maintenance
AT TURN-UP
Regen
Connector reflection 5m away
X Fiber cut
55km away
Raman
• Failure isolated remotely
• Technicians dispatched to exact location à no site-by-site truck rolls
• Repair validated, new baseline established
FAILURE EVENT
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• 5x16QAM 200GHz SuperChannel, operating on a next gen line system comprised of smart Raman, programmable EDFA & flexible grid ROADM
• 1Tb/s, 200GHz SuperChannel operates alongside10G, 40G, and 100G wavelengths running production traffic
• 10 spans, eLEAF fiber, ~ 1000 km !
Charlotte
Comcast 1Tb Field Trial 2.5 Increase in Spectral Efficiency
100GE
Router
100GE
Terabit SuperChannel Flexible grid ROADM
Colorless Filters
Router
1Tbps
10 Spans ~1000kms eLEAF 1st Deployment of Next
Generation Hybrid Raman Line System Live 10G/40G/
100G (1Tb/s) Traffic
1Tb/s
Terabit SuperChannel Flexible grid ROADM
Colorless Filters
1Tb/s
Ashburn (Washington, DC)
Live Comcast Traffic over a single 1Tb/s SuperChannel wavelength
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Coping with the submarine capacity increase
• Introducing ROADM capability at the landing station, allowing wavelength extension to the terminating PoP.
• Introducing Gridless capability for the best use of available bandwidth
• Increasing the CD compensation to 270,000ps/nm
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Multi-Layer WAN Controller (MLWC) SDN Controller for Access, Metro and Core L3-L0 control
Multi-Layer Multi-Vendor Multi-Domain
• Single controller for L3, L2, L1, and L0 networks
• Hybrid operation for operation with existing distributed CP networks
• Service creation for all three layers via single API
• Support for multiple vendors via standardized interfaces
• Select support for specific vendors and platforms via existing non-standard interfaces
• Supports east/west and north/south APIs for hierarchical scale
• MLWC supports multi-level hierarchy as well as 3rd party orchestration systems
Multi-Layer WAN Controller
Packet
OTN
DWDM
Converged Infrastructure
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Transport agility through applications
Analytics-driven engine that calculates best constraints-based routes across the network
Navigate* mul6layer path computa6on engine
PCE Driven
Analytics-driven engine that optimizes multi-layer network design plans and defragments churned networks
Op+mize mul6layer network op6mizer
One Network
DWDM Services
OTN Services
Packet Services
The Intelligent Network
Analytics-driven engine that validates new connections can be restored and pre-calculates optimal contention-free restoration paths
Protect global restora6on calculator
PCE Driven
Enables immediate or scheduled, portal- or API-driven, on-demand connection and VPN services
V-‐WAN network resource broker/scheduler V-WAN
Cloud Data Centers
Performance-on-Demand
*note: Navigate is an embedded component of the SDN controller, not an optional network application
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Pric
e
Predicted Network Supply
Example: SDN-based Bandwidth on Demand via self-serve mass customization and dynamic pricing
Enterprise A
V-WAN (Resource Broker &
Scheduler app.)
MyPortal app.
Enterprise A
Enterprise B
Cloud Data Center
SDN Controller
Dynamic Pricing Engine
API
client
e.g. MyAdapter + VMware, OpenStack, etc.
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Ciena Multilayer WAN Controller timeline
L0
L1
L2
L3
2013 2014 2015
Controller Framework
+
Prototype SDN Controller Multilayer WAN Controller
R1.0 R2.0
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