Meriton Networks Roadmap v1'0 06Sep05

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Meriton Networks - Roadmap v1.0 06Sep05
Meriton roadmap v1.0 06Sep05

• Denis Gallant, CTO

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About Meriton Networks

• Carrier-class, wavelength networking solution
• Enable the Growth of High-speed Metro/Regional
  Services, from Wall Street to Main Street
• Experienced team Leaders with Newbridge, Nortel
• Customers Growing base of enterprise and
  service provider customers
• Member of Internet2 HOPI Corporate Advisory
• Research Participant in CANARIE OBGP/UCLP
• Partnerships Fujitsu, Siemens, local partners
• Global Reach

46020 Network Management Platform
36170 MainstreetXpress
Corporate Headquarters Ottawa, Canada
USA Headquarters Raleigh, North Carolina
European Headquarters Bristol, UK
Asia Headquarters Hong Kong
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Roadmap Optical Services
Subject to change depending on demand.
LightpathAgility Scalability
Others TBD- driven by leading app. and org.
(e.g. RE)
O-VSNs O-VPNs
Lightpaths on-demand (W-UNI)
Dynamic re-try protection
Dynamic routed lightpaths (I.e. GMPLS)
Optical Multicast
Dedicated shared protection
Dedicated 11 protection
Auto-routed end-to-end lightpaths (centralized)
2007
2008
2009
2010
2005
2006
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Roadmap Optical Technology
Subject to change depending on demand.
Performance Cost
OOO Core switch
GMPLS
40G transmission
Electronic DCM
Multi-degree ROADM
GFP for data transport
Tunable lasers
WSS based ROADM, dynamic power management
Wavelength OEO and STS-1/VC-4 switching
Transparent 3R transponders, Layer 1 PM, G.709,
FEC
DWDM, CWDM, SFP XFP pluggables
2007
2008
2009
2010
2005
2006
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Roadmap Interoperability Issues

• Standardization with mandatory minimum sub-set
  functionality is critical in the following areas
  in the hopes of achieving multi-vendor service
  interoperability
• Optical signal and control for DWDM CWDM
  mid-span
• GMPLS for all dynamic lightpath services
• O-UNI for on-demand lightpath services
• GMPLS and management interfaces need to be
  extended and standardized to provide
  interoperability for O-VPN services in the future.

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Summary-1 Themes

• Wavelength Agility/Networking
• End-to-end lightpath operation (e.g. set-up,
  maintenance, etc)
• Automated and operator directed provisioning
• Automated network topology and resources
  discovery
• Consolidation of transport functions in single
  product solution
• Optical transmission (DWDM, CWDM, ROADM, OAs,
  etc)
• Wavelength transparent switching
• Sub-rate (SONET/SDH data) transport and
  grooming
• Simplicity of Deployment and Operations
• Minimize deployment complexity and time
• Minimize tech staff required to upgrade, make
  adds/moves, and run network

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Summary-2 Technology

• Significantly lower cost optical components via
  large-scale optical integration
• Commercial availability of key optical
  technologies
• Tunable SFP and XFP pluggables
• Programmable Electronic DCM
• Optical wavelength conversion
• For future services, more research required in
  the following technology areas
• OOO switching (cost, power, size, reliability)
• 100 Gb/s transmission
• Optical packet switching

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Thank You!
Meriton roadmap v1.0 06Sep05