The OIF fosters development and adoption of interoperable optical networking technologies. It brings together industry groups to work on challenges like managing network complexity while supporting innovation, standards, and collaboration. The OIF identifies technology gaps, selects best ideas for projects, drafts implementation agreements, and conducts interoperability demonstrations to prove concepts and contribute to standards. It is organized into committees, working groups, and a board that oversee technical work, interoperability testing, and publication of specifications.

1. The Mission and Work of the OIF
OIF Workshop at NGON 2018
June 26, 2018
Dave Brown – OIF President, Nokia

2. What is the OIF?
• Since 1998, OIF has brought together industry groups from
the data and optical worlds
• Mission: To foster the development and deployment of
interoperable products and services for data switching and
routing using optical networking technologies
• Our 100+ member companies represent the entire industry
ecosystem:
• Network operators and network users
• Component and systems vendors
• Testing and software companies

3. The Challenge
• Allow network operators to
manage the underlying technical
complexity of their networks
• Support vendor innovation while:
• Preserving interoperability
• Maximizing performance
• Minimizing costs

4. Roadblocks to Progress
• Proprietary solutions
• Lacking or lagging standards
• Lack of opportunities for collaboration
OIF Removes those Roadblocks
• Building industry consensus
• Contributing to formal standard bodies
• Accelerating progress through collaboration

5. OIF Offers a Formal Process for:
• Identifying gaps and presenting new ideas
• Selecting among the best ideas and creating
work projects
• Drafting and adopting Implementation
Agreements
• Proving concepts through interoperability
demos
• Presenting proposals to formal standards
bodies

6. Where OIF Fits
IETF
TMF
Interoperability Testing
GMPLS
Protocols
ASON Architecture
& Requirements
Ethernet
Services
CP Management
IEEE
Ethernet
Alliance
InfiniBand
Trade Assn
OTN/Optical Interfaces
Fibre
Channel T11
100G Interfaces
100G Interfaces
Common Electrical Interfaces
ITU-T
MEF
ONF
NFV
Transport SDN
Implementation
Agreements
Consortium for
on board optics
100G, Optical &
Mgmt Interfaces
ETSI
NFV PoC

7. How OIF is Organized
Market
Awareness
and
Education
Committee
Technical Committee
Board of Directors
Networking
& Operations
WG
Interop
WG
Physical &
Link Layer
WG
NetOp
WG
Physical
Layer User
Group
Interoperability
Demonstrations
Implementation
Agreements
Implementation
Agreements

8. OIF Implementation Agreements
• Formal agreements between OIF members to
adopt a particular technology
• Detailed technical specifications that ensure
interoperability of compliant systems
• Free for public download and unlicensed use
• Complementary to the work of formal standards bodies
Approved and
Published IA
Principal BallotStraw Ballot
In Progress/
Draft
IA Development Process:

9. OIF Interoperability Demonstrations
• Proof of concept based on working prototypes
• Presented at major industry trade shows
around the world
• An opportunity to clarify and enhance the
details of Implementation Agreements
• Incorporation of results in the work of formal standards bodies

10. OIF News
• June 26, 2018: OIF Concludes SDN Transport API Interoperability Testing –
Results To Be Revealed Today At NGON
• June 12, 2018: OIF Initiates New CEI-112G-XSR Project for D2D/D2OE
Common Electrical Interface, Addresses Multiple Chip Integration
• Apr 10, 2018: OIF Confirms Participants For 2018 Joint-Network Operator,
Multi-vendor SDN Transport API Interoperability Demonstration
• Mar 8, 2018: OIF and Ethernet Alliance Join Forces to Operate Live FlexE
Traffic Running over 400G Network at OFC
• Jan 16, 2018: OIF CEI Technology for 56 Gbps Available for Wider Industry
Adoption

11. OIForum.com