Technologies and Services Convergence

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Technologies and Services Convergence

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R/Evolution vs. User demand
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Networking Technologies
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IP,ATM, Optical Technologies

Core
Access
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Evolution of Transmission Technology

• 1st Generation Copper is transmission medium
• 2nd Generation Optical Fiber (late 80s)
• Higher data rates longer link lengths
• Dense Wavelength-Division Multiplexing (DWDM,
  1994)
• Fiber exhaust forces DWDM
• Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs) lower DWDM
  transmission cost
• 3rd Generation Intelligent optical networking
  (1999)
• Routing and signaling for optical paths

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Dense Wavelength-Division Multiplexing (DWDM)
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DWDM Evolution

• Faster (higher speed per wave),
• 40 Gb/s on the horizon
• Thicker (more waves),
• 160 waves possible today
• Longer (link lengths before regeneration)
• A few thousand km possible today
• 160 waves at 10 Gb/s 1.6 Tb/s
• 25 million simultaneous phone calls
• 5 million books per minute

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Optical Pass-Through (Routing)
Node A
Node B
Node C
Node A
Node B
Node C
IP/ATM/ SDH
IP/ATM/ SDH
IP/ATM/ SDH
IP/ATM/ SDH
IP/ATM/ SDH
IP/ATM/ SDH
No optical pass-through
With optical pass-through
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Intelligent Optical Networking

• Optics is not merely a transmission technology
• Optics provides a flexible layer upon which to
  deliver network service
• DWDM provides enormous link capacities
• DWDM Physical layer of Intelligent Optical
  Network
• Routing and signaling of optical paths
• Provides significant economies over conventional
  network architectures
• Enables revolutionary new services
• 2.5 Gb/s path from anywhere to anywhere, on
  demand!

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Next Generation Networks International
Initiatives
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IETF IP Next Generation

• Main issue transition from IPv4 to IPv6
  technology
• Expanded Routing and Addressing Capabilities
• Header Format Simplification
• Improved Support for Options
• Quality-of-Service Capabilities
• Authentication and Privacy Capabilities
• Autoconfiguration
• Multihoming
• http//www.ietf.org
• IPv6 Forum (http//www.IPv6forum.com)
• Associated to IETF, founded in Europe to promote
  IPv6 among industry partners for smooth transition

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3GPP Third Generation Partnership Project

• 3GPP will provide globally applicable Technical
  Specifications for a 3rd Generation Mobile System
  based on the evolved GSM core network, and the
  Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA), to be
  transposed by relevant standardization bodies
  (Organizational Partners) into appropriate
  deliverables (e.g., standards).
• UMTS Forum and 3GPP are working together for the
  successful introduction and development of
  UMTS/IMT-2000 third generation mobile
  communications systems.
• www.3gpp.org

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Internet 2

• Develop and deploy advanced network applications
  and technologies, accelerating the creation of
  tomorrows Internet
• Enable new generation of applications
• Re-create leading edge RE network capability
• Transfer technology and experience to the global
  production Internet
• Focus Areas
• Advanced Applications
• Middleware
• Advanced Network Infrastructure
• New Network Capabilities
• Partnerships

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IPv6 testing backbone network
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CANARIE Inc Canadian Initiative

• MISSION
• To facilitate the development of Canadas
  communications infrastructure and stimulate next
  generation products, applications and services
• Canadian equivalent to Internet 2 and NGI
• private-sector led, not-for-profit consortium
• consortium formed 1993
• federal funding of 300m (1993-99)
• total project costs estimated over 600 M
• currently over 140 members 21 Board members

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European Initiatives

• DANTE pan-European network to interconnect the
  European National Research Networks SURFNET
  (NL), JANET (UK), WIN (G), SWITCH (CH), RENATER
  (F)
• DANTE's European dimension
• TEN-155 Network (Quantum)
• Q-MED TEN-155 network interconnection with
  national research networks of Israel and Cyprus
• GEANT (follow-up of TEN-155 towards multi Gigabit
  core network interconnecting national research
  networks)

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TEN-155/GEANT Network
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European experiments Telia Example
Customer perspective
Telephony, VoD, IP-VPN Audio/video, broadcast,
e-commerce WWW, File transfer, Games, On-line
shopping, E-mail, etc
Services Businesses
Ethernet
Services Networks
FTTx, xDSL
IP based broadband access
PSTN/ISDN, MPLS, IP-net, etc
Optical network (DWDM)
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Telia Experiment
The IP-Plug is the next generation
communications-plug for both Ring and Web-tone
Customer equipment/Home LAN
Ethernet
10 -gt 100 -gt 1000 -gt . Mbit/s
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Next Generation Network Initiative

• A European IST project to promote the converging
  next generation networking technologies
• A group of IST projects representatives would
  work towards an international co-operative work
  through developing roadmaps, benchmark reports
  and well established links to international
  research groups.
• Will establish different focus topical groups
• Will manage a central secretariat
• Will provide links to research projects
• promotes the contribution to standards groups

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Conclusions

• NGN initiative launched to study innovative NGN
  R/Evolution
• Networks will have variety of access and core
  networks to serve the society
• Interworking and interoperability would be major
  issues
• NGN (IPv6, 3G and WDM) would be widely deployed
  to provide broadband, high quality and secure
  services
• New communication software will drive the
  evolution with differentiated value added
  services
• Standards play a key role in NGN vision