The Future of Optical Networking
                                                         Rajiv Ramaswami
                                                          rajivr@cisco.com
                                     Acknowledgement: Ori Gerstel

Session Number
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Optical Market Forecast (WW in $M)
35000

30000

25000

20000

15000

10000

 5000

        0
        1999          2000                 2001                     2002    2003   2004     2005      2006

                    DWDM-LH                    DWDM-Metro                  SONET   SDH    DCS   OCS


                  • Post bubble growth is modest
                  • Capex driven by revenue; metro emphasis
                  • Bulk of spending still in SONET/SDH, not WDM

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                  • Industry consolidation
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Technology Adoption in the Network

                            MSPP: Multi-service provisioning platforms
                            TDM and packet services over SONET


                                      MSSP: Multi-service switching platforms
                                      STS-level optical (electrical) cross connect
                                      Node consolidation, mesh networking

                                                    MSTP: Multi-service transport platforms
                                                    Optimize multiservice TDM, stat mux + DWDM

                                                                     Dynamic optical networks
                                                                     Time-of-day & BOD connections

                                                                         Packet switching / Burst switching



   2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 …                                                                   Never?
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MSPP – MSSP – MSTP: how do they fit in?

                                                                                Inter Office Metro/Regional
                                                                                    200+km, 10Gb, Multiservice
                                                                                             MSPP
                                                                                             MSPP
           Access/Collector                  Intra-Metro/Regional                          CO/POP Access Collector
                                                                                             Multiservice Provisioning
                                                  Transport Fabric
                                                                                              Multiservice Provisioning
           Transport Fabric                                                            50-80 km, 2.5 Gb & 10 Gb, Multiservice
                                                                                             Platform
                                                                                              Platform
                                                                                             DS-1 to OC-192 TDM
                                                                                              DS-1 to OC-192 TDM
                              Access/Collector                                               10/100Mb and GbE
                                                                                              10/100Mb and GbE
                              Transport Fabric
                                                                                             Integrated ITU optics
                                                                                              Integrated ITU optics
                                                                 Access/Collector
                                                                 Transport Fabric
                                                                                             Access MSPP
                                                                                             Access MSPP
                                                                                             DS-1 to OC-48 TDM
                                                                                              DS-1 to OC-48 TDM
           Metro/Regional Hub
           Edge Switching/Routing
           Multi-band Cross-connect                                                          10/100Mb and GbE
                                                                                              10/100Mb and GbE
           Customer Aggregation
                                                                             CPE
                                                                                                  CPE Service Rings
           Point, POP or Co-Lo
                                                                            Service          10-20 km, Service Aggregation
                                                                             Rings
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MSPP – MSSP – MSTP: how do they fit in?

                                                                     MSSP
                                                                     MSSP
                                                                     Multiservice Switching
                                                                      Multiservice Switching
                                                                     Platform
                                                                      Platform
                                                                     320 Gb/s to Multi Tb/s
                                                                      320 Gb/s to Multi Tb/s
                                                                     DS3 to OC-192 TDM
                                                                     DS3 to OC-192 TDM
                                                                     Non-blocking VC-4 / /STS-1
                                                                     Non-blocking VC-4 STS-1
                                                                     Cross-connect Matrix
                                                                     Cross-connect Matrix
                                                                     ITU Optics
                                                                      ITU Optics
                                                                     1Gb/s & 10Gb/s Ethernet
                                                                      1Gb/s & 10Gb/s Ethernet




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MSPP – MSSP – MSTP: how do they fit in?
                                                                                      ONS 15454 MSPP
                                                                                      ONS 15600 MSSP
                                                                 Inter OfficeONS 15454 MSPP
                                                                              ONS 15600 MSSP
                                                                              Metro/Regional
                                                                            Multiservice Platform
                                                                             Multiservice Platform
                                                                             Multiservice Switching
                                                                   200+km, 10Gb, Multiservice
                                                                              Multiservice Switching
                                                                            MSTP
                                                                             MSTP
                                                                            DWDM withor32, 10Gto STM-
                                                                            Support for MSPP software
                                                                             Support forE1/DS-1
                                                                             128, 2.5G or E1/DS-1 to STM-
                                                                              128, 2.5G    32, 10G
                                                                             DWDM with MSPP software
                                                                           CO/POP Accesswellas
                                                                            64/OC-192, asin Collector
                                                                             SDH/SONET well single
                                                                            intelligence 10 ina single
           Access/Collector           Intra-Metro/Regional
                                                                             intelligenceas Gb, Multiservice
                                           Transport Fabric
                                                                             64/OC-192,
                                                                              SDH/SONET a as
           Transport Fabric                                           50-80 10/100Mb and GbE in a
                                                                            km, 2.5 Gb &
                                                                             chassis and GbE in a
                                                                             10/100Mb
                                                                              chassis
                                                                            Access chassis regional
                                                                             Accessthrough
                                                                            single chassis regional
                                                                             single through
                                                                            reach (100s of VC-4 STS-1
                                                                             Non-blocking km) / /STS-1
                                                                              Non-blocking VC-4
                                                                             reach (100s of km)
                                                                            Integrated ITU optics with
                                                                             Cross-connect optics with
                                                                             Integrated ITU Matrix
                                                                              Cross-connect Matrix
                              Access/Collector                              Flexible OADMs
                                                                            32, 100Ghz wavelengths
                                                                             Flexible OADMs 2.5G
                                                                             32, 100Ghz wavelengths
                              Transport Fabric                               Scalable to 2048, 2.5G
                                                                              Scalable to 2048,
                                                  Access/Collector          Robust,&carrier-classDWDM
                                                                             System carrier-class DWDM
                                                                            NEBS3 &OSMINE certified
                                                                             Robust, OSMINE certified
                                                                             NEBS3
                                                                              System
                                                                 Transport Fabric
                                                                                      λ ITUOptics
                                                                                       λServices
                                                                                       ITU Optics
                                                                                         Services
           Metro/Regional Hub                                                         10GigE,10Gb Ethernet Fiber
                                                                                       1Gb & 10Gb Ethernet Fiber
                                                                                       10GigE,GigE, ESCON,
                                                                                        1Gb & GigE, ESCON,
           Edge Switching/Routing
           Multi-band Cross-connect
                                                                                      Channel, SDH/SONET 150M
                                                                                       Channel, SDH/SONET 150M
                                                                                      to 10G
                                                                                       to 10G
           Customer Aggregation
                                                                             CPE
                                                                                           CPE Service Rings
           Point, POP or Co-Lo
                                                                            Service   10-20 km, Service Aggregation
                                                                             Rings
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Innovations for Multiservice over
  SONET/SDH Service Delivery
    • Deploying advanced services is
      key to profitability                                              Advanced Services
    • Ethernet, Video, VoIP, and SAN
      Interconnect key service needs
   • QoS is necessary for advanced
     services and providing SLAs
   • Cisco IOS provides advanced per-                                       QoS Engine
     packet, per port QoS
   • Packet Multiplexing is crucial for
     network efficiency and scale
   • Cisco technology innovations                                    Packet Multiplexing to the
     (MPLS, RPR, EoS) enable this                                        Transport Layer
   • SONET/SDH will need to become
     more efficient
   • GFP, CCAT, VCAT, and LCAS all                                   Data-Optimized SONET/SDH
     offer incremental improvements
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Data Transport Evolution

                              Internet,
                        IXC LH handoff and/or
                          ILEC Regional Net


                                                                                                                   Enterprise B
                                                                                                  SONET/SDH Ring
Enterprise A
                                                              SONET/SDH Ring


                                                                                                                    Enterprise A
                                                                              Ethernet Private Line: point-to-point
                         SONET/SDH Ring                                          “pipe” interconnecting end customer
                                                                                 sites (line rate or bandwidth scaled)
                                                                                 Transparent LAN Service: LAN
                                                                                     extension between several sites
Enterprise C                                                     Enterprise C
                                                                                     Internet Access: point-to-point
                   Enterprise B                          Enterprise C                   connection, customer site to POP



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Data Transport Evolution
                              Internet,
                                                                      Point to point
                        IXC LH handoff and/or
                          ILEC Regional Net
                                                                      Point to multi point
                                                                      Shared Ring
                                                                                                                     Enterprise B
                                                                                                   SONET/SDH Ring
Enterprise A
                                                              SONET/SDH Ring


                                                                                                                      Enterprise A
                                                                                    Ethernet and IP switching and QoS
                         SONET/SDH Ring                                             Integrated Ethernet switching and IP routing
                                                                                    VLAN support (802.1Q and QinQ)
                                                                                    Diff-serv QoS implementation

Enterprise C                                                     Enterprise C Ethernet transport over SONET
                                                                      Efficient
                                                                              LEX, PPP/BCP and Cisco HDLC encapsulation
                   Enterprise B                          Enterprise C
                                                                              GFP encapsulation
                                                                              HO-VCAT and LO-VCAT with LCAS
                                                                              RPR



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What about the Near Future?

  Topic                                          When?                Why?
  Electrical mesh                                2002-2004            Reduced bandwidth makes sense,
  protection                                                          but complicated to get right
  Optical control plane/                         2005-                Initial application for scalability,
  GMPLS                                                               reduced network mgt cost
                                                                      Future application for dynamic
                                                                      services
  Flexible OADMs                                 2003-                Flexible initially, ROADMs later

  Photonic switching                             2006-                Electrical switching good enough
                                                                      Incorporated into ROADMs




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What about the Far Future?


  Topic                                          When?                Why?
  All-optical mesh                               Far out              Complicated and requires
  protection                                                          advances in optical technology
  Burst switching                                Far out              Not as challenging as packet
                                                                      switching, but must be justified
                                                                      over simple optical bypass +
                                                                      sophisticated electrical routers
  Packet switching                               Never?               Too many challenges with ns-level
                                                                      optics and sophisticated logic at
                                                                      this layer
  Interoperability at the                        Never?               Too complicated. Single-vendor
  optical layer                                                       islands are good enough




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Other potential topics for discussion (let me
  know which ones to expand upon)


    • Why stat muxing should be part of the transport layer?
      (interesting for the infocom crowd) – we have good slides on
      this
    • The future of ULH, 40G and up
    • How everything changes if OEOs become real cheap – AON
      may go away or become a band level solution
    • Photonic switching (from 1000 port OOO to OADM w varying
      levels of agility)
    • Fully automated photonic layer (pre-deployment issue)




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MSTP Architecture
                                                                                                        λ: 150M to 10G
                                                                                                           λ3
                                                                      DWDM


                                                                             Fiber              λ2
                                                                                     λ1
                  ADM/         Packet              Transponder
                  DCS          Switch               Muxponder


                                                                                       Gigabit Ethernet

  Three Core Functions:                                                              Internet   VoIP     LAN


     1. SONET/SDH transport with                                             10G                               SDH/SONET
        TDM aggregation                                                       λ1                               2.5G
                                                                                                           600M
     2. Native Ethernet, IP, SAN                                                                       150M
        switching and aggregation                                                    E-3/DS-3
     3. Intelligent DWDM with
        wavelength services
                                                                                   Streamlines CapEx
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Infocom03 rajiv

  • 1.
    The Future ofOptical Networking Rajiv Ramaswami rajivr@cisco.com Acknowledgement: Ori Gerstel Session Number Presentation_ID © 2001, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 1
  • 2.
    Optical Market Forecast(WW in $M) 35000 30000 25000 20000 15000 10000 5000 0 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 DWDM-LH DWDM-Metro SONET SDH DCS OCS • Post bubble growth is modest • Capex driven by revenue; metro emphasis • Bulk of spending still in SONET/SDH, not WDM Presentation_ID • Industry consolidation © 2001, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 2
  • 3.
    Technology Adoption inthe Network MSPP: Multi-service provisioning platforms TDM and packet services over SONET MSSP: Multi-service switching platforms STS-level optical (electrical) cross connect Node consolidation, mesh networking MSTP: Multi-service transport platforms Optimize multiservice TDM, stat mux + DWDM Dynamic optical networks Time-of-day & BOD connections Packet switching / Burst switching 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 … Never? Presentation_ID © 2001, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 3
  • 4.
    MSPP – MSSP– MSTP: how do they fit in? Inter Office Metro/Regional 200+km, 10Gb, Multiservice MSPP MSPP Access/Collector Intra-Metro/Regional CO/POP Access Collector Multiservice Provisioning Transport Fabric Multiservice Provisioning Transport Fabric 50-80 km, 2.5 Gb & 10 Gb, Multiservice Platform Platform DS-1 to OC-192 TDM DS-1 to OC-192 TDM Access/Collector 10/100Mb and GbE 10/100Mb and GbE Transport Fabric Integrated ITU optics Integrated ITU optics Access/Collector Transport Fabric Access MSPP Access MSPP DS-1 to OC-48 TDM DS-1 to OC-48 TDM Metro/Regional Hub Edge Switching/Routing Multi-band Cross-connect 10/100Mb and GbE 10/100Mb and GbE Customer Aggregation CPE CPE Service Rings Point, POP or Co-Lo Service 10-20 km, Service Aggregation Rings Presentation_ID © 2001, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 4
  • 5.
    MSPP – MSSP– MSTP: how do they fit in? MSSP MSSP Multiservice Switching Multiservice Switching Platform Platform 320 Gb/s to Multi Tb/s 320 Gb/s to Multi Tb/s DS3 to OC-192 TDM DS3 to OC-192 TDM Non-blocking VC-4 / /STS-1 Non-blocking VC-4 STS-1 Cross-connect Matrix Cross-connect Matrix ITU Optics ITU Optics 1Gb/s & 10Gb/s Ethernet 1Gb/s & 10Gb/s Ethernet Presentation_ID © 2001, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 5
  • 6.
    MSPP – MSSP– MSTP: how do they fit in? ONS 15454 MSPP ONS 15600 MSSP Inter OfficeONS 15454 MSPP ONS 15600 MSSP Metro/Regional Multiservice Platform Multiservice Platform Multiservice Switching 200+km, 10Gb, Multiservice Multiservice Switching MSTP MSTP DWDM withor32, 10Gto STM- Support for MSPP software Support forE1/DS-1 128, 2.5G or E1/DS-1 to STM- 128, 2.5G 32, 10G DWDM with MSPP software CO/POP Accesswellas 64/OC-192, asin Collector SDH/SONET well single intelligence 10 ina single Access/Collector Intra-Metro/Regional intelligenceas Gb, Multiservice Transport Fabric 64/OC-192, SDH/SONET a as Transport Fabric 50-80 10/100Mb and GbE in a km, 2.5 Gb & chassis and GbE in a 10/100Mb chassis Access chassis regional Accessthrough single chassis regional single through reach (100s of VC-4 STS-1 Non-blocking km) / /STS-1 Non-blocking VC-4 reach (100s of km) Integrated ITU optics with Cross-connect optics with Integrated ITU Matrix Cross-connect Matrix Access/Collector Flexible OADMs 32, 100Ghz wavelengths Flexible OADMs 2.5G 32, 100Ghz wavelengths Transport Fabric Scalable to 2048, 2.5G Scalable to 2048, Access/Collector Robust,&carrier-classDWDM System carrier-class DWDM NEBS3 &OSMINE certified Robust, OSMINE certified NEBS3 System Transport Fabric λ ITUOptics λServices ITU Optics Services Metro/Regional Hub 10GigE,10Gb Ethernet Fiber 1Gb & 10Gb Ethernet Fiber 10GigE,GigE, ESCON, 1Gb & GigE, ESCON, Edge Switching/Routing Multi-band Cross-connect Channel, SDH/SONET 150M Channel, SDH/SONET 150M to 10G to 10G Customer Aggregation CPE CPE Service Rings Point, POP or Co-Lo Service 10-20 km, Service Aggregation Rings Presentation_ID © 2001, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 6
  • 7.
    Innovations for Multiserviceover SONET/SDH Service Delivery • Deploying advanced services is key to profitability Advanced Services • Ethernet, Video, VoIP, and SAN Interconnect key service needs • QoS is necessary for advanced services and providing SLAs • Cisco IOS provides advanced per- QoS Engine packet, per port QoS • Packet Multiplexing is crucial for network efficiency and scale • Cisco technology innovations Packet Multiplexing to the (MPLS, RPR, EoS) enable this Transport Layer • SONET/SDH will need to become more efficient • GFP, CCAT, VCAT, and LCAS all Data-Optimized SONET/SDH offer incremental improvements Presentation_ID © 2001, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 7
  • 8.
    Data Transport Evolution Internet, IXC LH handoff and/or ILEC Regional Net Enterprise B SONET/SDH Ring Enterprise A SONET/SDH Ring Enterprise A Ethernet Private Line: point-to-point SONET/SDH Ring “pipe” interconnecting end customer sites (line rate or bandwidth scaled) Transparent LAN Service: LAN extension between several sites Enterprise C Enterprise C Internet Access: point-to-point Enterprise B Enterprise C connection, customer site to POP Presentation_ID © 2001, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 8
  • 9.
    Data Transport Evolution Internet, Point to point IXC LH handoff and/or ILEC Regional Net Point to multi point Shared Ring Enterprise B SONET/SDH Ring Enterprise A SONET/SDH Ring Enterprise A Ethernet and IP switching and QoS SONET/SDH Ring Integrated Ethernet switching and IP routing VLAN support (802.1Q and QinQ) Diff-serv QoS implementation Enterprise C Enterprise C Ethernet transport over SONET Efficient LEX, PPP/BCP and Cisco HDLC encapsulation Enterprise B Enterprise C GFP encapsulation HO-VCAT and LO-VCAT with LCAS RPR Presentation_ID © 2001, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 9
  • 10.
    What about theNear Future? Topic When? Why? Electrical mesh 2002-2004 Reduced bandwidth makes sense, protection but complicated to get right Optical control plane/ 2005- Initial application for scalability, GMPLS reduced network mgt cost Future application for dynamic services Flexible OADMs 2003- Flexible initially, ROADMs later Photonic switching 2006- Electrical switching good enough Incorporated into ROADMs Presentation_ID © 2001, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 10
  • 11.
    What about theFar Future? Topic When? Why? All-optical mesh Far out Complicated and requires protection advances in optical technology Burst switching Far out Not as challenging as packet switching, but must be justified over simple optical bypass + sophisticated electrical routers Packet switching Never? Too many challenges with ns-level optics and sophisticated logic at this layer Interoperability at the Never? Too complicated. Single-vendor optical layer islands are good enough Presentation_ID © 2001, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 11
  • 12.
    Presentation_ID © 2001, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 12
  • 13.
    Other potential topicsfor discussion (let me know which ones to expand upon) • Why stat muxing should be part of the transport layer? (interesting for the infocom crowd) – we have good slides on this • The future of ULH, 40G and up • How everything changes if OEOs become real cheap – AON may go away or become a band level solution • Photonic switching (from 1000 port OOO to OADM w varying levels of agility) • Fully automated photonic layer (pre-deployment issue) Presentation_ID © 2001, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 13
  • 14.
    MSTP Architecture λ: 150M to 10G λ3 DWDM Fiber λ2 λ1 ADM/ Packet Transponder DCS Switch Muxponder Gigabit Ethernet Three Core Functions: Internet VoIP LAN 1. SONET/SDH transport with 10G SDH/SONET TDM aggregation λ1 2.5G 600M 2. Native Ethernet, IP, SAN 150M switching and aggregation E-3/DS-3 3. Intelligent DWDM with wavelength services Streamlines CapEx Presentation_ID © 2001, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 14