OFC 2013 Presentation
This preso evaluates multi-layer switching architecture vs. all-optical and all-digital switching architectures. Further, the value of incorporating super-channels is evaluated to determine benefit. A real world network model is utilized to quantify and compare results.
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Benefits of multi layer bandwidth management in next generation core optical networks
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Benefits of Multi-Layer
Bandwidth Management in
Next Generation Core Optical
Networks
Anuj Malik
Product & Solutions Marketing
WDM SGP 2014
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The ServiceProviderLandscape Is Being Transformed
Content Video Data Center Cloud
Nonstop Bandwidth Growth
Networks Need Scale and Reliability
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Solve the Capacity Challenge – Super-Channels
PIC-BASED
LINE
MODULE
Delivers excellent
optical performance
Must be provisioned in a
single operational cycle
Operational
Scale
Fiber
Capacity
Next Gen
Services
Super-channels are an evolution in DWDM in which
several optical carriers are combined to create a
composite signal of the desired capacity
x10
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Not just Capacity, Network trends are changing too ….
Fully filled super-channels
High-capacity “express” routes
Optical-layer restoration<50ms service protection
Highly meshed demands
Low add/drop collector networks
Many 100G+ servicesMany <100G services
Digital Switching Optical Switching
Express
Collector
Optimized with Optimized with
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Value of Multi-layer Switching
AutomateEverything!
Fully filled super-channels
High-capacity “express” routes
Optical-layer restoration<50ms service protection
Highly meshed demands
Low add/drop collector networks
Many 100G+ servicesMany <100G services
Digital Switching Optical Switching
Express
Collector
Optimized with Optimized with
Digital Switching Optical Switching
Digital grooming maximizes
WDM fill -> CapEx savings
Sub-l switching & service
protection -> OpEx savings
ODU0/flex and packet
switching granularity
Reconfigurable super-channel
switching -> OpEx Savings
Optical express of filled super-
channels -> CapEx savings
Wavelength & super-channel
granularity
Photonic switching of
500G/1T super-channels
Service-level digital
switching & grooming
(Ethernet/SDH/OTN/SAN)
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WDM
Network
Value of Integrated Switching
WithoutDigitalSwitching:Inefficient,Static
4 x 10G
13 x 10G
1 x 10G • “Services over wavelengths”
• “Muxponder tax” inefficiency
• Optical-only switching
• No digital switching & reconfiguration
• Patch panel & truck-roll re-grooming
All-Optical
Many, poorly filled wavelengths
10% fill
40% fill
30% fill
1x10G
100G l
4x10G 100G l
100G l3x10G
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WDM
Network
Switching
Network
Value of Integrated Switching
WDM+Stand-aloneOXC’s:2PlatformSolution
Standalone
OXC
• OXC provides network efficiency
• 2 platform solution: space & power
• Back-back client connections
• Segmented provisioning/protection
• No end-end management/automation
• “Services over wavelengths”
• “Muxponder tax” inefficiency
• Optical-only switching
• No digital switching & reconfiguration
• Patch panel & truck-roll re-grooming
All-Optical
Switching increases l utilization
10% fill
40% fill
30% fill
4x10G
13x10G
1x10G
$$$,
complexity,
space, &
power
80% fill
1x10G
100G l
4x10G 100G l
100G l3x10G
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WDM
Network
Switching
Network
4x10G
13x10G
1x10G
$$$,
complexity,
space, &
power
Value of Integrated Switching
CollapsingLayers,SimplifyingNetworks
Converged
DWDM &
OTN
Switching
• Converged OTN/WDM switching
• Eliminate I/C cost, extra space/power
• Eliminates many points of failure
• Automated, end-end provisioning
• End-to-end service protection
Standalone
OXC
• OXC provides network efficiency
• 2 platform solution: space & power
• Back-back client connections
• Segmented provisioning/protection
• No end-end management/automation
• “Services over wavelengths”
• “Muxponder tax” inefficiency
• Optical-only switching
• No digital switching & reconfiguration
• Patch panel & truck-roll re-grooming
All-Optical
4 x 10G
3 x 10G
1x 10G
Efficient converged network
10% fill
40% fill
30% fill
80% fill
1x10G
100G l
4x10G 100G l
100G l3x10G
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Range of “Optical Switching” Capabilities
Basic ROADM CDC-ROADM
Reconfigurable express &
add/drop (replace
FOADM)
Specific l mux port
1 x mux per direction
Colorless: any channel to
any mux port
Directionless: share mux
between directions
Contentionless: multiples of
same l can be add/drop to
same mux
Colorless-ROADM
Enhances Basic-ROADM
Enables any channel
connected to any mux port
1 x mux per direction
CDC ROADM Provide Truly Flexible Optical Transport Infrastructure
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C-D-C
FlexROADM
Benefits of Super-Channel CDC ROADM
“Pay-as-you-grow” of channel mux
(Directionless) -> lowers CapEx
“Install and Forget” installation of
WDM line modules -> lowers OpEx
75% (typ) fewer fibers vs. 100G
wave ROADMs
Simpler wavelength planning
(Colorless and Contentionless)
Enables Layer 0 restoration:
lower CapEx & enhanced services
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Super-Channel vs. 100G Switching Architecture
Fewer Components, Less Space
Fewer Fiber Connections, Less Complex,
More Reliable
More Capacity and Scalability
Super-Channel ROADM
West East
North
South
WSS
WSS
Transponder
Transponder
Transponder
Add/drop
Transponder
40 FRUs
32 Patch Fibers*
West East
North
South
Add/drop
Transponder
Transponder
Transponder
WSS
WSS
Transponder
Transponder
100G ROADM
Transponder
Transponder
Transponder
176 FRUs
136 Patch Fibers*
* 4 degree ROADM Node, 4Tb/s WDM capacity per direction, 50% Add-Drop
FSP
FSP
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Increasein ROADM Add/Drop Capacitywith Super-Channels
Typical CDC ROADM Architecture
WSS and MCS – Off the Shelf Components
WSS : 1 x 16
MCS: 8 x 12
Super-Channel ROADM has more capacity and Scalable
Add/Drop percentage of super-channel based
ROADM and 100G ROADM
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1T SC CDC ROADM
500G SC CDC
ROADM
100G CDC ROADM
Number of Degrees
% of Add/Drop
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Unified“EaseOf Use”withDigital& Photonic Domain
AutomateEverything
GMPLS: WSON/SSON
Route Computation
Point and Click Provisioning
Network
Failure
Auto-Restored
Traffic
P
Digital
Domain
P
P P
P P
P P
Hello Hello
Photonic
Domain
ADAPT
Automatic adjustment & monitoring of
WDM parameters
“Hands-free” link turn-up & optimization
Auto-Discovery
Topology Discovery
Inventory and Configuration Management
Restoration
<50ms Digital FastSMP protection
Multi-second Optical GMPLS restoration
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Express
Collector
Sub-super-channel services
multiplexed by OTN switching
Super-channels become efficiently
& fully filled
Capex Example: Can now optically
express super-channels at Node C
Opex & Revenue Example: If traffic
patterns change, super-channels
can be re-groomed quickly &
without truck rolls
Digital
Add/DropOptical
Switching
C
Benefit of Multi-Layer Switching
Rapid Customer Adds
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Network Study
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Architecture Comparisons
All Digital Switching
Architecture
All Optical Switching
Architecture
Multi-Layer Switching
Architecture
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26,629 km fiber network
60 total add/drop nodes
• 17 Tier 1
• Includes 8 data center nodes
• Includes 2 dual POP sites (London,
Paris)
• 26 Tier 2 cities
• 17 Tier 3 cities
• 238 optical line amplifier sites
Representative of typical
long-haul collector network
• “Carrier’s carrier” service provider
• Tier 1/PTT national long-distance
international network
Pan-European Long-Haul Network
Fiber Type Fiber Distance
(km)
Number of
Spans
E-LEAF 17689 215
Silica Core 486 3
SMF28 7826 93
TWRS 627 8
Total 26629 319
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3-tier service demand model
• Gravity model for A-Z demands
between all city-city pairs
• Overlay data traffic from data centers
• Overlay international traffic from
trans-oceanic cables
Service demands across range
of interface rates: 1G, 2.5G,
10G, 40G and 100G
Average 57% growth per
period over 5 periods
Final traffic volume of 55Tb/s
• 4Tb/s average capacity per WDM link
Pan-European Long-Haul Collector Network
ServiceDemandAssumptions
Network Traffic Volume (Tb/s)
TotalTrafficVolume(Tb/s)
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4 Period 5
9 Tb/s 26 Tb/s 55 Tb/s
100G
40G
10G
2.5G
1G
Service I/F
17 Tb/s 39 Tb/s
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Benefits of Multi Layer Switching
CAPEX Reduction: 13-22% less number of 100G ports
All Digital Switching
More efficient with less filled
demands
All Optical Switching
More efficient with fully filled
demands
Multi Layer Switching
Combines benefits of both
digital and optical switching
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Benefits of Super-Channel Based Switching
OPEX Reduction – Fewer components,
faster deployment time
Additional Service Ready Capacity
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Conclusion
Multi Layer Switching
- Combines the benefits of Digital and Optical Switching
- Provides CAPEX and OPEX benefits with BW growth
Super-Channel Level Switching
- Offers significant OPEX benefits with additional service
ready capacity