intelligent transport network in the evolving content dominated marketplace
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Presented by Dr. Stephen Grubb, Infinera Fellow, at Comms Day Summit 2014 in Sydney, AustraliaTRANSCRIPT
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Intelligent Transport Network in the Evolving Content Dominated Marketplace
Dr Steve Grubb, Infinera
9 April 2014
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The Service Provider Landscape Is Being Transformed Radically
Content Video Data Center Cloud
New Traffic Patterns, Nonstop Bandwidth Growth
Mission-Critical Businesses
Networks Need Scale and Reliability
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The Service Provider Landscape Is Being Transformed Radically
Networks Need Agility with Cost Control
Highly Competitive Environment
New Revenue Opportunities to
Offset Rising Costs
Tectonic Shifts in Business Models
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The Dismantling of Decade Old Status Quo Networks is Underway
Routing (L3)
Transport(L0-L1)
Routers need Transport systems to connect
Transport Becomes More Capable with More Intelligence
$14B 5 Year CAGR lowered from 7.2% to 3.5%
$$ Shifting to Transport
$12B 5 Year CAGR steady at 10.6%
Source: Infonetics Optical, Router Forecasts 2013-2018. Feb 2014.
Pressure to break Vertically Integrated
System, Proprietary OS, Slow Innovation
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Converged OTN Switching & WDM Without compromise
Transport Innovation for the Next Decade
Vision An Infinite Pool of Intelligent Bandwidth
2007 2013 2020
100G → 500G → TerabitIntelligent Transport Network
Industry 1st
Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC)
ConvergenceMulti-layer SwitchingPacket-aware OTN, ROADM
ScalabilitySuper-channel TransmissionCoherent, Ready for 1TbE
AutomationOpen Software ControlProgrammability, Recovery
10G → 100GDigital Optical Network
2003
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Enabling Scalability of the DWDM Layer to >100G
A Super-channel implements multiple carriers in a single line cardSingle operational cycle, Single unit of capacity
600 Optical Functions Integrated250 Fiber Connectors Eliminated
Power/Space ReducedReliability Enhanced
PIC makes it practical
500Gbps Line Card (1Tbps+ Future)
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Relative Network
Economics
12.2% bandwidth efficiency
99.6% bandwidth efficiency
Value of OTN Switch
Value of Convergence
Reference: US Collector Network Analysis, Infinera
Converging Digital Switching and WDM
No Digital Switching
Muxponder Tax (Inefficient λ use)
1 x 10G
4 x 10G
3 x 10G
100G l
100G l
100G l
WDM only
3 λ with 23% avg. fill
External Switching
Switching Efficiency(Better λ use)
Inter-connects
Stand-alone Digital Switch
WDM
100 l8 x 10G
1 λ with 80% fill
Integrated Switching
Integration Efficiency(Convergence)
8 x 10G100 l
WDM + OTN Digital Switch
1 λ with 80% fill
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Adding Automation and Intelligence
Bandwidth Virtualization
Instant Bandwidth
Fast Shared Mesh Protection, FastSMP
Individual Waves
Pool of Resources
GMPLS22K+ nodes
Simplifying Operations, Enhancing Agility
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Network Embedded Control and Functions move to the Cloud
L4 – L7Appliances
NFV
L2 – L3White-box
L0 – L1P-OTN
Intelligent Transport Layer
Carrier SDN
Open Interfaces
L3Routers
ControlForwarding
Photonic technology innovation key to differentiation
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Photonic Technology InnovationLet’s look at Electronics first (Moore’s Law for Silicon)
Transistors (000)
Clock Speed (MHz)
Power (W)
10M
100K
1K
10
When Si ICs hit barriers, they migrated to Multi-channel, Super-cores
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Scaling of Photonic Chips (InP based)
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DML
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TunableEML
Large-Scale
100 Gb/s (OOK)
500 Gb/s (QPSK)
Photonic Technology InnovationMirrors the Electronic Domain’s Moore’s Law
2014 Research Result: >2.25Tb/s
InP PICs allow Super-channels for Bandwidth Scalability
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Other Innovations for Scalable Photonics
Extended spectrumC Band
4.2 THz Extended C Band – Capacity
increase
Flexible Grid Support
30-40% spectrum used for guard bandsGridless– Increase in usable amplifier spectrum
Flexible Coherent Modulation
Enhancing capacity to Tens of Terabits per fiber
16QAMQPSKBPSK
Multi-carrier Super-channels
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Unifying Transport Networks across Terrestrial & Subsea
Traditional Architecture
Terrestrial Provisioning
Subsea Provisioning
Back-to-Back Muxponders
Integrated Architecture
Single Unified NetworkEnd-to-End ProvisioningEnd-to-End Protection
Consistent ServicesCommon client interfaces
Improved EfficiencyFewer physical interfaces
Reduced power, spaceFaster Service ProvisioningLess Opex, Faster Revenue
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What does Infinera Do in a Content Driven Marketplace?
SwitchingASICs
Intelligent Software
Photonic Integrated Circuits500G Super-Channels
Components
Own Key Technologies & Processes
Ground-Up Built Systems
Intelligent Transport NetworkScale, Converge, Automate
DTN-XDTN DTN-X Multi-bay
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The Dismantling of Decade Old Status Quo Networks is Underway
“I think IT as a service
and white label will be
our biggest competitors
three to five years out”John
Chambers
Cisco CEO
September 2013
Source: Barron’s Interview with John Chambers, September 26
2013
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IP/MPLS
OTNSDHSONET
DWDM
Status Quo in Networks No Longer Sustainable
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Service Provider Network
Broadband Users Data Center
Complex multi-layer ops ∑ (devices, connections, resources)
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