Unified Subsea-Terrestrial Mesh Networking the New Normal Anuj Malik, Wayne Wauford 1 2013 Infinera
Why Unified Network Architecture? Growing complexity DWDM. OXC. Routers Metro. LH. Submarine Globalization of traffic Cloud. Big Data. Big Science. High bandwidth flows. Ultra Long Distances Cost of Disruptions Reliance on Fiber Infrastructure Significance of Survivability 2 2013 Infinera
Typical Terrestrial/Subsea Network Back to Back Connections Truck Rolls to reconfigure Provisioning Across terrestrial Back to Back transponders Provisioning Across subsea Segmented Protection No end-to-end provisioning 3 2013 Infinera Confidential & Proprietary
Next Generation SLTEs New Normal Eliminates Back to Back Connections Improved Operations End to End Provisioning/Protection/Management Superior Service Availability Automated end-to-end provisioning 4 2013 Infinera Confidential & Proprietary
Key Architecture Pieces for Unified Network Integrated DWDM and OTN Switching Software Intelligence Better Resiliency 5 2013 Infinera Confidential & Proprietary
Value of Integrated Switching Without Digital Switching: Inefficient, Static Many, poorly filled wavelengths 1x10G 4x10G 3x10G 10% fill 40% fill 30% fill 4 x 10G 1 3 x 10G 1 x 10G WDM Network All-Optical Services over wavelengths Muxponder tax inefficiency Optical-only switching No digital switching & reconfiguration Patch panel & truck-roll re-grooming 6 2013 Infinera Confidential & Proprietary
Value of Integrated Switching WDM + Stand-alone OXC s: 2 Platform Solution Switching increases λ utilization 1x10G 4x10G 3x10G 10% fill 40% 80% fill fill 30% fill 4x10G 1 3x10G 1x10G $$$, complexity, space, & power Switching Network Standalone OXC OXC provides network efficiency 2 platform solution: space & power Back-back client connections Segmented provisioning/protection No end-end management/automation WDM Network All-Optical Services over wavelengths Muxponder tax inefficiency Optical-only switching No digital switching & reconfiguration Patch panel & truck-roll re-grooming 7 2013 Infinera Confidential & Proprietary
Value of Integrated Switching Collapsing Layers, Simplifying Networks 1x10G 4x10G 3x10G Efficient converged network 4x10G 3x10G 1 1x10G 4 x 10G 3 x 10G 1x 10G $$$, complexity, space, & power Switching Network WDM Network 10% fill 40% 80% fill 30% fill Converged DWDM & OTN Switching Standalone OXC All-Optical 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 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 8 2013 Infinera Confidential & Proprietary
Intelligent Software: GMPLS Control Plane Topology Auto-Discovery Auto-Provisioning Network Automation Shared Mesh Protection Advanced Services Connection request BW = 10Gb/s Dest= Z Network & resource discovery Dynamic service provisioning Multi-Layer: DWDM, OTN & Packet Hardware-assisted FlexProtect - Sub-50ms shared mesh protection Dynamic bandwidth services 9 2013 Infinera Confidential & Proprietary
Virtualized Bandwidth SDN Ready 40GbE service demand 200 Gb/s 65 Gb/s 75 Gb/s 115 Gb/s Total In use 10GbE service demand Foundational Elements DWDM OTN Switching GMPLS Control Plane Integrated switching transforms wavesinto resources GMPLS allocates resourcesto servicedemands Supports self-healing network Enabler for Software Defined Networks (SDN) 10 2013 Infinera Confidential & Proprietary No manual provisioning, No truck rolls
Resiliency Requirements for Today s Networks DWDM Networks Fast Recovery Deterministic behavior, within 50 milliseconds Multi-failure backups Single failure recovery no longer sufficient Network Efficiency Intelligent sharing of backup resources without losing availability 1+1 SNCP Protection <50 msswitching Protection for 1 failure Dedicated protection bandwidth ($$$$) Optical Cross-Connect Switches Dynamic Re-routing Variable performance Multiple failure protection Recovery via unused bandwidth lowering cost 11 2013 Infinera Confidential & Proprietary
Shared Mesh Protection Fast Recovery Deterministic behavior, within 50 milliseconds Hardware-accelerated shared mesh protection Multi-failure backups Single failure recovery no longer sufficient Network Efficiency Intelligent sharing of backup resources without losing availability Provides the advantages of both Deterministic, sub-50 ms performance Multiple failure protection Shared protection bandwidth for Better network economics 12 2013 Infinera Confidential & Proprietary
Self-Healing Network With Shared Mesh Protection Service 1 = Working Path ABE Failure 1 Backup ADE Failure 2 Backup ACE Failure 3 Backup AFCE An Infinite Pool of Intelligent Bandwidth Dynamically activate in real-time on new demand / failure 2 D A B C F 1 E 13 2013 Infinera Confidential & Proprietary
PacnetCase Study Simplify the Core New Parallel Optical Mesh Network Integrated Subsea Terrestrial GMPLS Based End To End Provisioning Better Resiliency With Selfhealing Network Rapid Service Delivery 14 2013 Infinera Confidential & Proprietary
Thank You 15 2013 Infinera Confidential & Proprietary