dave weymouth
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The Need for SpeedDave Weymouth - Optelian
2The Need for Speed
• What aspects of the telecom infrastructure are needed for our i-communities?
• What advances have come about to meet these needs?
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High-Speed NetworksHigh-Speed Networks
Points of Presence
core router network
transportnetwork
accessnetwork
4Network infrastructure – what’s needed?
• Bandwidth– Voice/Video/Data– Cloud
• Packet delays and delivery• Assurance• Reliability• Service Costs• Service access and turn-up
5Core: Optical Networks
• Packet switched• Low latency• High port counts• Massively scalable
core router network
6Transport: Optical Networks
• High speed• Agile / reconfigurable• Long distances
transportnetwork
100 Gbps/wavelength80 wavelengthsreconfigurable add/dropamplified
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Access: Optical NetworksAccess: Optical Networks
video
OLT
Passive
Active
GPON
WDM PON
passive splitter
WDM
video
OLT
WDM
DWDM
10 Gb/s 100 Gb/s
muxponderedgeswitches
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Access: AlternativesAccess: Alternatives
ADSL/VDSL
copper pair
coax cable
Cable
CellularWiFi
9Fibre installation
• Cables• Installation costs• Installation techniques
10Other advances
• Standards organizations• Software Defined Networking (SDN)
11Summary of Optical Network Advances
• Bandwidth:– Transport– Access
• Packet delays and delivery• Assurance• Reliability• Low costs• Service access and turn-up
12Conclusion
• We are at a new technological level which can enable our i-communities
• There are innovative Canadian companies that are contributing and providing much of this new technology