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Data and Telecom: Convergence of Hardware What the Network Will Be
Dave Welch
Founder and Chief Strategy Officer
Infinera
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Network Demands Continue to Accelerate
Drivers
Network Traffic
Video
Cloud
Mobility
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Photonic Integration enables economical convergence
IP/MPLS
SONET SDH OTN
DWDM
IP
MPLS
IP
Phase 1 Status Quo Phase 2
Converged MPLS/OTN/DWDM
(future)
PIC Enabled
Converged OTN/DWDM
PIC Enabled
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Inefficient mapping of services into 100 Gb/s waves
Grooming/Switching Req’d
Muxponder
Muxponder + External Switch
Integrated DWDM/Switch
Optical networks must create more efficiency opportunities
10% fill
40% fill
30% fill
80% fill
1 x 10G Svc
100G l
4 x 10G Svc
100G l
100G l 3 x 10G Svc
200%
100%
Relative Network Cost
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OXC Switch Capacity 0% DWDM, 100% Tributary
Integrated WDM/Switching 50% DWDM, 50% Tributary
DESIRED Vendor
A Vendor
C Vendor
B
5T 5T
1.6T 1.3T
3.8T
2.4T 2.6T 2.3T
I/O
Cap
acit
y (T
b/S
hel
f)
5T
1T
WDM Only 100% DWDM, 0% Tributary
1.6T 2.1T
Optical networks need no longer compromise
100T
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Large Pan N.A. network with average 50% utilization & maximum link capacity of 8 Tb/s
Photonic Integration enables greater efficiencies
69% decrease
Competitor Integrated
DTN-X
Total # Modules/Cards
9,770
3,024
60% decrease
Competitor Integrated
DTN-X
26,724
10,683
Total # Fiber Patches
67% decrease
Competitor Integrated
DTN-X
Total # Chassis
568
189
33% Decrease
Competitor Integrated
DTN-X
Total Rack Space
150%
100%
Source: Ramasubramanian et al., September 2011
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Photonic Integration will be a ‘green’ enabler
0%
100%
200%
Ciena AF6500 ALU 1830PSS-64
HuaweiOSN8800
Infinera DTN-X
No
rmal
ized
Po
wer
per
Gb
/s
4-Degree Junction, 1Tb/s WDM/direction, 25% Add/Drop
Optical Networks must be greener
Current Generation
Evolution 1
Evolution 2
GOAL
* Infinera Estimates
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Best way to build 1Tb/s of capacity? Super-channels
Must be spectrally efficient
Must be possible to
manufacture
1 Laser 4 modulators 320 Gbaud Electronics < 11 nm Si Time to Market: 10 years
10 Lasers 40 Modulators 32 Gbaud electronics Photonic ICs Time to Market 2 years
DWDM Fiber Spectrum
1 Tb/s PM-QPSK
375 GHz 375 GHz
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Moore’s Law for Optical
600 Optical functions on chip
Photonic Integration enable Optical Moore’s Law Le
vel o
f In
tegr
atio
n
2004 2014 2012
100G PIC
10G
2009
~ ~
100G PIC
10G ULH
1T PIC
2T PIC
500G PIC
500G 100G coherent
4T PIC
8T PIC
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State of the Art PIC-Technology today Creating the 1Tb/s Super-Channel