Conference Session: New Trends In Optical Networking New Optical Network for Europe GANT 2

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Conference Session New Trends In Optical
NetworkingNew Optical Network for Europe -
GÉANT 2
10th Anniversary of PSNCPoznan, October 20-22
2003

• Dai Davies General Manager DANTE Ltd
• dai.davies_at_dante.org.uk
• www.dante.net

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GÉANT

• Huge Increase in Network Capacity
• TEN-155 3 Gbps
• GÉANT 150 Gbps
• 9 10 Gbps Accesses
• 20 Gbps Global Interconnection
• Regional Initiatives
• Mediterranean
• Latin America

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GÉANT Issues

• Divergence of Costs
• New Usage patterns
• Hardware Costs

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Divergence of Costs
45
40
35
30
25
1996
1999
2002
20
15
10
5
0
Range of Shared Costs
Range of Connectivity
Smoothing of Shared Costs
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Support for European VLBI
Radio Telescope
Correlator
Data Flows (RT or non-RT)
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EVN Traffic Flows over GÉANT
SE
UK
JIVE
PL
CZ
BE
NL
DE2
DE1
FR
CH
AT
256M ? 512M ? 1G ?
2.5G 10G
IT
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Technical Challenges

• Move from Connectivity to Controlability
• Role of DIY Transmission
• New Architecture

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Move from Connectivity to Controlability

• A Fata Morgana ???
• GMPLS versus ONI
• The End-to-End Question
• A Lambda Platform

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Relative Cost 2.5 Gbps routes/km
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Relative Cost 10 Gbps routes/km
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DWDM Cost Data
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Amplification needed
Regenerators needed
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New Architecture

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