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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