Infinera waves on a Ciena light system Guy Roberts, GEANT Association Terena Architects workshop, 12 Nov 2014
Fibre sharing Field Trial Background GÉANT Telia Sonera fibre will not be renewed. Looking for cost saving solution. Field trial has been approved Field Trial Will test if GÉANT can make use of SURFnet s dark fibre to carry GÉANT DWDM trunks. Will be carried out on the SURFnet system Amsterdam-Hamburg line system Objectives test the engineering feasibility SURFnet sharing their fibre with GÉANT understand the costs of operating such a solution understand the operational model of such a solution Partners The GÉANT Association will lead and SURFnet be a partner in the field trial Infinera will loan GÉANT the cards necessary for the field trial for a period of 60 days 2
Challenge 1: Matching Infinera and Ciena channel plans The CMB8 channel muxes used result in guard bands of two 50GHz channels between each of the 9 groups of 8 channels to form a total of 88 channels with two of these unavailable to use (shaded dark grey) Infinera channels 3 and 8 overlap with guard-bands so can not be used. Because of these guard bands and CMB8 only 400G possible in the blue spectrum: 3 x 100G and 2 x 50G. For the field trial CMB8 channel muxes can be used. A better long-term solution is to use a single 44 channel Ciena Mux (CMB44) or WSS which will remove the guard bands 3
Challenge 2: 10 Wavelengths on one fibre Infinera Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) has an integrated AWG which multiplexes 10 x 50Gbps onto a single fibre Connecting direct into Ciena WSS is not a supported configuration. Field trial will overcome this by splitting out one 50Gbps wave per patch Requires an AWG and an amplifier to compensate for losses. 4
Field trial wavelength selection Two waves: 1556.55nm, 1554.94nm One of the Infinera wavelengths is 50 GHz and the other is 150GHz away from a Ciena 100G PM-QPSK This allows us to check the impact of adjacent waves. OCG-1 OCG-2 OCG-9 OCG-10 Channel Frequency (THz) Wavelength (nm) Frequency (THz) Wavelength (nm) Frequency (THz) Wavelength (nm) Frequency (THz) Wavelength (nm) 1 191.75 1563.45 191.8 1563.05 191.725 1563.66 191.775 1563.25 2 191.95 1561.83 192 1561.42 191.925 1562.03 191.975 1561.62 3 192.15 1560.20 192.2 1559.79 192.125 1560.40 192.175 1560.00 4 192.35 1558.58 192.4 1558.17 192.325 1558.78 192.375 1558.38 5 192.55 1556.96 192.6 1556.55 192.525 1557.16 192.575 1556.76 6 192.75 1555.34 192.8 1554.94 192.725 1555.55 192.775 1555.14 7 192.95 1553.73 193 1553.33 192.925 1553.93 192.975 1553.53 8 193.15 1552.12 193.2 1551.72 193.125 1552.32 193.175 1551.92 9 193.35 1550.52 193.4 1550.12 193.325 1550.72 193.375 1550.32 10 193.55 1548.91 193.6 1548.51 193.525 1549.11 193.575 1548.71 5
Current GÉANT connectivity DANTE Amsterdam DANTE Hamburg Brussels N amplifiers Copenhagen DANTE Frankfurt Copenhagen N amplifiers Prague 6
Field trial connectivity Brussels DANTE Amsterdam Pair of loan AOLXs in the blue spectrum (OCG 2) SURFnet Amsterdam ATC 6 CPL SURFnet/Ciena line system N x amps N x amps SURFnet Hamburg 6 CPL Pair of loan ATCs with OLA and OFM-40 ATC DANTE Hamburg Copenhag en Existing AOLX on OCG 7 Existing DANTE fibre DANTE Frankfurt Copenhagen N amplifiers Prague Geneva 7
Detail: Amsterdam end of the field trial Address: VANCIS B.V. Science Park 121 Amsterdam 1098 XG Netherlands Floor: 1 st Room: S145 DANTE Amsterdam PoP Address: SARA Kruislaan 415 Amsterdam 1098 SJ Netherlands Room: S043 SURFnet Amsterdam PoP Power budget Tx Rx launch power -4.5-10 fibre between sites -3-3 amp 13 13 OFM4-6 -6 Patch -2-2 receive power -2.5-8 Tx -4.5dBm min/channel 1554.94nm 1556.55nm -3dB ATC +13dB -6dB 2 x 50Gbps on 2 fibre pairs -2dB Ciena 6 CPL WSS TrueWave reduced slope fibre Rx -21.5dBm min/channel Q-factor 8.9-3dB +13dB OFM-4-2dB CMB8 Ciena Input power -3dBm to +3dBm per wave launch power -7dBm to -10dBm per wave Some WSS implementations look for a carrier as a keep alive for the WSS to operate. Without the carrier, the WSS seemingly won t work. Hence if a 3 rd party connects to a WSS port, it won t acknowledge what is coming in. 8
Detail: Hamburg end of the field trial Address: Customer room 6 Wendenstrasse 377 20537 Germany SURFnet Hamburg PoP Address: Wendenstrasse 377 Hall 3, Hamburg 20537 Germany Room: R31476-00001-00004 DANTE Hamburg PoP Power budget Tx Rx launch power -4.5-10 fibre between sites -3-3 amp 13 13 OFM4-6 -6 Patch -2-2 receive power -2.5-8 TrueWave reduced slope fibre Ciena 6 CPL WSS CMB8 2 x 50Gbps on 2 fibre pairs -2dB -2dB ATC -6dB C +13dB OFM-4 +13dB Ciena Input power -3dBm to +3dBm per wave launch power -7dBm to -10dBm per wave 1554.94nm 1556.55nm -3dB -3dB Tx -4.5dBm min/channel Rx -21.5dBm min/channel Q-factor 8.9 Copenhagen Frankfurt 9
Infinera Equipment Following cards fit into Infinera ATC-A chassis: OFM-4 Optical multiplexer AAM Amplifier module PCM Power control module AMM Management module IQA Network operating system goes into the GÉANT NodeName ATC-A TOM-100M-C45-L2 A-FANTRAY DMC1-B OSC-BLANK PCM-AC PCM-BLANK OFM-4-D-AV-2629 SIM-BLANK AMM-A AAM-P1 IQA-CMPL-4.1-ATC-A IQA-LIC-SYS-ATN IQASW-R4.1.0-IMG-AMM DB9F-RJ45-3.0 LC-LC-DS-2.0 -T4-1-C5 Amsterdam 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Hamburg 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 tal Count 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 14 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 10
Production phase Objectives: At the end of the field trial the loan optical components will be returned to Infinera. At this point it is proposed to re-engineer the system to use alien waves as a production solution. The aim is to re-use as many existing components as possible. The system should support up to G at the lowest engineering cost. Robust operational model is needed Two options considered: Use AWG to separate out each wave onto a separate fibre (as in field trial) Use WSS as a more flexible solution 11
Production Option 1: 10 patches SURFnet Dante line amplifier drop amplifier 44-channel mux Add/drop of up to 10 Infinera waves CMDA CMD44 AOLX Line Fiber WSS MLA SCMD8 Add/drop other waves ATC DTN- X 8-channel mux Wavelength Selective 12
Production Option 2: WSS solution SURFnet line amplifier Wavelength Selective for Directional Independent Access (DIA) line side Dante Up to 10 waves add/drop In one fiber pair Line Fiber WSS MLA SCMD8 Wavelength Selective for ROADM line side 8-channel mux WSS MLA Virtual splitter and 44-channel mux AOLX Infinera AOLX? 13
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