Panel: How Will Optical Internet Evolve

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Panel How Will Optical Internet Evolve?

• Moderator Chunming Qiao
• SUNY at Buffalo
• All-optical Networking Conf. Sept. 19 -22,
  Boston, MA

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Panelists

• Bill St. Arnaud CANARIE Inc
• Joseph Bannister ISI/USC
• Charles Rohrs Tellabs Res. Center
• David Su NIST
• Yijun Xiong Alcatel USA Corp. Res.

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Issues to be Addressed

• What is Optical Internet?
• Will ATM play a role (for how long)?
• Should the SONET/SDH framing be used as it is, or
  modified / replaced?
• Do we need an all-optical WDM layer?
• Which layer(s) should provide QoS,
  protection/restoration, and other functionalities?

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Additional Topics (also Globecom99 Panel on
IP/ATM/SONET/WDM)

• What will happen to ATM switches ?
• Multi-protocol Label Switching (MPLS)?
• Whats wrong w/ Packet-over-SONET?
• What about using SONET-lite or Gigabit Ethernet
  framing?
• Optical packet/burst switching realistic?
• Will static or semi-permanent lightpaths between
  switches/routers (wavelength services) be
  sufficient?

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Agenda

• Panelists Position Statement
• limited to 10 mins for each panelist
• brief answers to clarifying questions only
• Discussion
• questions/comments from the audience
• debates encouraged!