Presentation at Networkshop46, by Jim Crum.

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The Journey to the Adaptive Network
Jim Crum
Director, UK Markets
jcrum@ciena.com
March 28th 2018

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R&E Digital Transformation Drivers
Social
Media
Students
BYOD
Cloud
Services
Multi Petabytes
Research data
Collaboration
Tools
Video
Streaming
The network is the foundation for this next industrial revolution

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The Adaptive Network

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ANALYTICS &
INTELLIGENCE BIG DATA COLLECTION & PROCESSING
MACHINE LEARNING & ANALYTIC APPS
CONTROL &
AUTOMATION MULTI-DOMAIN MULTI-VENDOR ORCHESTRATION
INTENT-BASED POLICY
SDN DOMAIN CONTROL
PROGRAMMABLE
INFRASTRUCTURE
MULTI-VENDOR NETWORK ELEMENTS & SERVERS VIRTUAL NETWORK FUNCTIONS
OPERATIONS
The Adaptive Network Framework
OPENNESS SCALABILITY SECURITY
UNDERLYING
PRINCIPLES COLLABORATION

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Janet6 Optical Network

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WaveLogic Ai Coherent Optics
100G
200G
150G
400G
300G
350G
250G
λ CAPACITY
New levels of
intelligence
Data Collection Analytics
Open APIs
Ciena Network

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• Maximize network
capacity using
real-time analytics
to determine
actual margin
required for
network life
Analytics
Network
250G
200G
BEFORE
Network
BW OPTIMIZER
Foreign λ
Optimizer
Ciena
Network
λ
Vendor X
• SPLI
• Connection validation
• Accelerate service
provisioning and
reduce manual
provisioning errors
for foreign waves
over Ciena line system
• Increase service availability
with flexible adjustment
of transport capacity
to recover partial
traffic when no viable
path for full restoration
exists
X
300G
200G
Liquid
Restoration
• Measure performance
and proactively ensure
optimal network
performance, and take
action in case of
fluctuations
Liquid Spectrum APPsLiquid spectrum apps

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WaveLogic Photonics reconfigurable photonic layer
Colorless Directionless
Colorless, Directionless,
ContentionlessFixed filter
50/75/100GHz
Colorless Direct Attach
Less flexible More flexible
Embedded instrumentation
Flexible Grid
From fixed to flexible and programmable photonic networks
db ns
FIM FIM

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Ethernet/OTN Switching
SERVICE VELOCITY
Agnostic
FabricPacket
100G
OTN
POLICY ADHERENCE FUTURE PROOF
100G,
200G,
400G
New Line
Cards/Rates
New
Modulations

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Lifecycle Network and Service Management, Resource Control, Online Planning

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Software control and WAN Service Automation
Multi-vendor OTN network
supporting
1G, 10G, and 100G services
6500 Z-seriesDTN-X
Multi-vendor IP network
supporting L3 VPN services
E2E IP VPN Service
Multi-vendor Ethernet network
supporting business, mobile backhaul
and wholesale services
E2E Ethernet Service

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But what about virtualized services?
•
•
Data Center
w/ Centralized
ComputeUniversity
PoP
Distributed
Compute
Remote
Compute
WAN
MANO
Firewall
Encryption
vRouter
VNFs
NFVI
Cloud Mgmt & SDN Control
NFVO & VNF Management

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Drives the need for Multi-Domain Orchestration
WAN AutomationNFV MANO DC Control
Multi-Domain Service Orchestration
WAN Data CenterNFV Data
Center(s)
Automate & optimize end to end service creation and stitching
across multiple virtual and/or physical domains

14. Analytics Platform
Data
Source
Data
Source
…
Data Normalization
App 1
Data
Sources
…
App N
Analytics: The discovery, interpretation, and communication of meaningful patterns in data
Wikipedia
What if we could predict network outages
before they happen?
Analytics is the key to unlocking the Adaptive network
What if we could recommend network
augmentations in real time?
What if we could optmise the network based
on current and past behavior?
Analytics and Real Time Feedback Loops

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NHP Screenshot: Visualization of predicted NE failures
Network Health Predictor Example

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Users are demanding more from their
network experience.
New demands have have created
unprecedented network pressure and
complexity.
a new network end state is required –
a network that grows smarter, more agile,
and more responsive every day.
The Adaptive Network.
Adaptive Network Vision

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