DCI: It’s a Brave New World

Jim TheodorasJune 2016

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Status Quo

ChannelMultiplexer

OpticalAmplifier ROADM Optical

Amplifier

XFP XFP

ColoredTransponder

RouterSwitchVendor

OpticalTransport

Vendor

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The Sky is Falling!

ChannelMultiplexer

OpticalAmplifier ROADM Optical

Amplifier

XFP XFP

ColoredTransponder

RouterSwitchVendor

OpticalTransport

Vendor

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Separating Out the Transponders

ChannelMultiplexer

OpticalAmplifier ROADM Optical

Amplifier

XFP XFP

ColoredTransponder

RouterSwitchVendor

OpticalTransport

Vendor

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Disaggregation• No Disaggregation: Entire transport network acts as one element

• Partially: Transponding is one element, OOLS is second.

• Fully Disaggregated: Everything is a separate network element

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Starting Value

Residual Value

OLSXPR

Fiber(is forever)

TransponderDepreciation

Optical Line SystemDepreciation

Differing Depreciation Curves

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3 Ways of Connecting Routers• Traditional clients to transponders

• Transponders integrated into switch/router

• Colorizing client ports and extending their reach

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Pizza Boxes• Where’s the optical transport vendor value-add?

CFP2

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Feeding the OOLSXFP XFP

• WDM Vendor Transponder

ChannelMultiplexer

OpticalAmplifier ROADM Optical

Amplifier

CFP2

• Integrated WDM

QSFP

• Direct-Detect Plug

• Whitebox Transponder

Client Client

• 2nd Source WDM Vendor

XFP XFP

• Wave Services

Open Optical Line System

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Feeding the OOLS

ChannelMultiplexer

OpticalAmplifier ROADM Optical

Amplifier

Open Optical Line System

• WDM Vendor Transponder

• Whitebox Transponder

• 2nd Source WDM VendorDoing it today

• Direct-Detect Plug

• Integrated WDM

• Wave ServicesDoing it today

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Where is the Growth Coming From?

* “Internet host count history”, Internet Systems Consortium, May 16, 2012.* By Kopiersperre (talk) - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=36391402

• While cloud is exploding, most of growth is from machine-to-machine.

*Najam Ahmad, Facebook, @Scale

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TIP: Telecom Infra Project

*https://telecominfraproject.com/

• 1/3rd of planet connected – How do we connect the remaining 2/3rds

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• Objectives: Electro-optical technology platform for monolithic integration of (Bi)CMOS electronics withSi- and III-V photonics

• Duration: 01 Feb 2016 – 31 Jan 2020 (48 months)• Total costs: 3,422,128.75 €• EU contribution: 2,621,758.75 €• Partners: (1 uni, 2 research, 3 companies)

• TU Dresden Coordination, IC design, comp verification• IBM Research Monolithically integrated active optical comps• ADVA Optical Networking Exploits, demos, characterization• IHP Microelectronics Electro-optical co-integration tech• AIT System and component specifications, dissemination• Optocap Demonstrator packaging

Concept IP protected

Directly Modulated Lasers on Silicon

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Expected outcomes

• First CMOS embedded laser combining (Bi)CMOS electronics, with passive and active optical functions• Flexible electro-optical chip design, overall on-chip control and cost-effective electro-optical

integration on large-area silicon substrates• 3 technology proof-of-concept demonstrators:

• 8 l, 25 Gbaud PAM4 direct laser modulation, monolithic III-V/BiCMOS integration for 400 GbE• Monolithic integrated narrow linewidth tunable laser, modulator and driver for coherent transmitter• Novel directly-modulated 25 Gb/s NRZ laser directly grown on silicon photonics

HybridState-of-the-art

Semi-Hybriddemonstrated

Monolithic

III-V on silicon integration

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