Colorless and Directionless Technology: Increasing the Agility of Optical Networks

Brandon C. Collings, Ph.D.

JDSU Chief Technology Officer Communications and Commercial Optical Products brandon.collings@jdsu.com ECOC, Market Watch September 21, 2010

The Agile Optical Network (2006)

Bandwidth increasingLow predictabilityCost pressure Operators need to improve network efficiency
TDM/Packet

Transport

Photonic

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The Agile Optical Network (2006)

Bandwidth increasingLow predictabilityCost pressure Operators need to improve network efficiency
TDM/Packet

Transport

Agile Optical Network

Photonic

2006
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The Agile Optical Network (2006)

Bandwidth increasingLow predictabilityCost pressure Operators need to improve network efficiency
TDM/Packet

Transport

Agile Optical Network

Photonic

2006
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The Self Aware Network (2010+)

Bandwidth increasingLow predictabilityCost pressure Operators need to further improve overall network efficiency
TDM/Packet

Transport OTN

Self Aware Network

Photonic

2010
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Next-Generation Agile Photonic Networking

Colorless, Directionless and Contentionless Add/Drop is a key feature Next-Generation Optical Network Agility For
Dynamically Maintain Network Topology Efficiency
Continuously re-balance network load optimize topology Photonic layer restoration reducing redundancy requirement on higher layers

Increase Velocity and Simplicity of New Capacity Deployment

Pre-deploy transponders for remote and high-speed turn-up Simplified deployment procedures

Support linerate scalability beyond 100Gb/s

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Colorless, Directionless, Contentionless (CDC) Add/Drop Every add/drop port pair has the flexibility to:
Use any wavelength (Colorless) Connect to any direction or degree (Directionless) Utilize any wavelength channel independent of all other channels in use (Contentionless)
NORTH

Mesh Node

WEST

EAST

CDC Mux/Demux

CDC Mux/Demux

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T R

Colorless, Directionless, Contentionless (CDC) Add/Drop Every add/drop port pair has the flexibility to:
Use any wavelength (Colorless) Connect to any direction or degree (Directionless) Utilize any wavelength channel independent of all other channels in use (Contentionless)
NORTH

Mesh Node

WEST

EAST

CDC Mux/Demux

CDC Mux/Demux

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T R

Colorless, Directionless, Contentionless (CDC) Add/Drop Every add/drop port pair has the flexibility to:
Use any wavelength (Colorless) Connect to any direction or degree (Directionless) Utilize any wavelength channel independent of all other channels in use (Contentionless)
NORTH

Mesh Node

WEST

EAST

CDC Mux/Demux

CDC Mux/Demux

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T R

Colorless, Directionless, Contentionless (CDC) Add/Drop Every add/drop port pair has the flexibility to:
Use any wavelength (Colorless) Connect to any direction or degree (Directionless) Utilize any wavelength channel independent of all other channels in use (Contentionless)
NORTH

Mesh Node

WEST

EAST

CDC Mux/Demux

CDC Mux/Demux

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T R

Colorless, Directionless, Contentionless (CDC) Add/Drop Every add/drop port pair has the flexibility to:
Use any wavelength (Colorless) Connect to any direction or degree (Directionless) Utilize any wavelength channel independent of all other channels in use (Contentionless)
NORTH

Mesh Node

WEST

EAST

CDC Mux/Demux

CDC Mux/Demux

T R

T R

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T R

Traffic Load Balancing (Network Defragmenting)

Network traffic deployed as demand arises (growth not planned)

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Traffic Load Balancing (Network Defragmenting)

Network traffic deployed as demand arises (growth not planned)

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Traffic Load Balancing (Network Defragmenting)

Network traffic deployed as demand arises (growth not planned) Rebalance network load to relieve congestion and improve overall efficiency (green traffic rerouted as new red traffic pattern)

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Traffic Load Balancing (Network Defragmenting)

Network traffic deployed as demand arises (growth not planned) Rebalance network load to relieve congestion and improve overall efficiency (blue traffic rerouted as new pink traffic pattern)

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Traffic Load Balancing (Network Defragmenting)

Network traffic deployed as demand arises (growth not planned) Rebalance network load to relieve congestion and improve overall efficiency New network connectivity installed as need identified
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Traffic Load Balancing (Network Defragmenting)

Network traffic deployed as demand arises (growth not planned) Rebalance network load to relieve congestion and improve overall efficiency New network connectivity installed as need identified (yellow traffic more efficiently routed)
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Photonic Layer Restoration

x R Tx

Photonic network rapidly reconfigured to restore wavelength connectivity Increase availability of photonic layer and transponders
Equipment always in use Reduces likelihood of simplex operation Less manual modification of network Removes need for urgent fault repair Less redundancy incorporated at higher levels
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x R Tx x R Tx x R Tx

Photonic Layer Restoration

x R Tx

Photonic network rapidly reconfigured to restore wavelength connectivity Increase availability of photonic layer and transponders
Equipment always in use Reduces likelihood of simplex operation Less manual modification of network Removes need for urgent fault repair Less redundancy incorporated at higher levels
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x R Tx x R Tx x R Tx

Photonic Layer Restoration

x R Tx

Photonic network rapidly reconfigured to restore wavelength connectivity Increase availability of photonic layer and transponders
Equipment always in use Reduces likelihood of simplex operation Less manual modification of network Removes need for urgent fault repair Less redundancy incorporated at higher levels
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x R Tx x R Tx x R Tx

TxRx Pre-Deployment and Deployment Velocity

x R Tx x R Tx

Deploy multiple transponders in one action in growing node

Streamlines deployment operations

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TxRx Pre-Deployment and Deployment Velocity

xx RR Tx Tx xx RR Tx Tx

Deploy multiple transponders in one action in growing node

Streamlines deployment operations

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TxRx Pre-Deployment and Deployment Velocity

xx RR Tx Tx xx RR Tx Tx

Deploy multiple transponders in one action in growing node

Streamlines deployment operations

Once need materializes, wavelength and route remotely provisioned

New capacity provisioned rapidly for quick response and revenue capture Transponders can be used for local traffic or regeneration functions

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Example Colorless and Directionless Node Architecture (Not Contentionless)

NORTH
Power Splitter

WSS

WSS

WSS

WEST
Power Splitter Power Splitter

EAST

WSS

Power Splitter

WSS WSS
Rx Rx Rx Rx Rx Rx Rx Rx

Power Splitter

Not Contentionless
Add/Drop Group 1
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WSS
Rx Rx Rx Rx Rx Rx Rx Rx

WSS
Tx Tx Tx Tx Tx Tx Tx Tx

WSS
Tx Tx Tx Tx Tx Tx Tx Tx

Add/Drop Group 2

General Next-Generation Network Requirements

Colorless, Directionless and Contentionless (CDC) Modular and scalable to support:
Cost-effective degree growth Cost-effective total add/drop port growth

Support for >8 degrees Support for >100Gb/s linerate wavelengths

Improved OSNR transport performance for acceptable reach
Support for higher Spectral Efficiency transmission (>2 bit/Hz/s)

Flexible channel bandwidth definition

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More rapid wavelength switching and provisioning Cost Efficiency

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High Port Count WSS for Line Side Requirements

WSS WSS

WEST
WSS To colorless & directionless add/drop WSS To colorless & directionless add/drop

EAST

Large number of WSS ports to efficiently support:

More than 8 degrees Direct and loss efficient connections to colorless, directionless and contentionless add/drop modules

WSS on both mux and demux reduces node loss for better system OSNR
versus broadcast and select architecture

Support flexible channel allocation (gridless)

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General Building Blocks for CDC Add/Drop

(Power Splitting Architecture-Demux Only)
WSS WSS

WEST
WSS
Power Splitter Power Splitter Power Splitter Power Splitter Power Splitter Power Splitter Power Splitter Power Splitter

EAST
WSS

Amplification 1:8 Power Splitting 8:1 Space Switching Channel Filtering

Rx
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Rx

Rx

Rx

Rx

Rx

Rx

Rx

General Building Blocks for CDC Add/Drop

(Wavelength Routing Architecture-Demux Only)
WSS WSS

WEST
WSS WSS WSS WSS WSS WSS WSS WSS WSS

EAST

1:8 Wavelength WSS Routing 8:1 Space Switching

Rx
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Rx

Rx

Rx

Rx

Rx

Rx

Rx

CDC Add/Drop Port Scalability

Modular and Scalable: up to 50 or 100% of node capacity
Node degree and add/drop capacity growth is unpredictable Cost optimize for ~25%...the majority of nodes
400 400 Numberof ofAdd/Drop Add/DropPorts Ports Number
1 % 00
% 75

300 300 200 200

120 60 15 30

5 0%

25%

100 100 0 0 0 0
year 2

year 6

year 4

year 0

25 25

50 75 100 50 75 100 Network 6-degree node NetworkUsage Usage[%] [%]

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Summary
Next-Generation Self-Aware Photonic Networks
Increased functionality and flexibility for more efficient network operations Colorless, Directionless, Contentionless is a central feature Scalability and pay-as-you-grow is critical

Simultaneous consideration of Line-side and CDC architectures critical

High port count WSS for line application to support degrees and fanout to CDC modules CDC implementation options:
Power Splitting: conventional components, inefficient Wavelength Routing: complex components, efficient

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Thank You!!

brandon.collings@jdsu.com