Dynamic Optical Networks

Featuring: Bert Buescher, Group Product Manager

Rapid growth in end-user high bandwidth demands is helping to evolve today’s metro networks. That growth is driven by new
service offerings from carriers, both wire line and wireless. On the wireless side, end users are seeing new cell phones that have
higher-speed data capabilities; on the wire line side, there is growth in video and high-speed data over carriers’ network. Both of
those are driving increased demand for capacity in carriers’ metro core networks.
This episode of Get Schooled will explore how end-user high-bandwidth demands will affect service carriers as they plan and build
out their optical networks.

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Podcast Transcript
Dynamic Optical Networks
Featuring: Bert Buescher, Group Product Manager

Monsho: What’s up? Monsho now with capacity networks is that technology has can now just be added as you need to
another session of Get Schooled. changed. In the last several years, we’ve add capacity.
seen the benefit of optics, amplifiers
Are you ready for today’s pop quiz? Now, An additional benefit we see is mesh
and WDM, not only in cases for fiber
I want you to pay very close attention. optical networks means you don’t need
exhaust, but allowing carriers to build
Identify one of the main drivers behind to know where your capacity needs to
lower-cost networks than they tradition-
dynamic optical transport. Is it: (a) rapid get from—the beginning point and the
ally would build with standard SONET,
growth in rural areas, (b) handle mas- endpoint—today. Because these dynamic
SDH or packet-based transport equipment.
sive bandwidth growth via multichannel optical networks are flexible in design,
WDM, or (c) Fred? Get it, Fred? The Dave Morfas: Bert, let’s talk about how you can be wrong in your planning. And
driver’s name. Ah, never mind. Don’t dynamic optical networking helps opera- if you’re wrong in your planning, you just
know the answer? Don’t worry. Sit back tors save cost in their network. reprovision where your wavelengths go
and relax, it’s time to get schooled. to in the network and you don’t have to
Bert Buescher: Sure, Dave.
go through costly redesigns or equip-
Dave Morfas: Hi, I’m Dave Morfas, here
One of the key things we’ve seen with ment overhauls.
today with Burt Buescher. Today we’re
traditional networking is that at every
going to talk about dynamic optical Dave Morfas: Bert, what, then, is Tellabs
serving office electronics are placed,
networking. And I think the first thing doing with regard to dynamic optical
and those electronics are placed based
we need to do is set the stage by talking networking?
on the scale of the overall demand the
about what are some of the bandwidth
carrier needs to get in a metro area. And Bert Buescher: Tellabs has a portfolio of
demands that are driving today’s metro
one of the major benefits we’re seeing products in the packet optical transport
networks?
with optical networking is optical devices space. Tellabs defines packet optical
Bert Buescher: Thanks, Dave. allow you to pass through capacity at a transport as the combination of WDM,
much lower cost per bid than traditional TDM switching and packet switching in
I think we’re seeing bandwidth increase
electronics. Therefore, by putting in opti- a single network element. In that area,
in both wireless and wire line networks
cal networking Day 1, as your networks we have very large devices that sup-
driven by new service offerings from car-
require more capacity, you’re not placing port multi-degree ROADM capabilities
riers. On the wireless side, we’re seeing
high-cost electronics at every location; with n-by-40-gig wavelengths down to
3G start to take off, driving increased
you’re only placing electronics at the single-rack-unit devices that have the
high-speed data to people’s cell phones.
endpoints where you need the actual same capabilities, but in a smaller form
On the wire line side, we’re seeing new
service capacity. factor in smaller capacities. Tellabs views
technology drive high-speed data, video
having a scalable portfolio allows carri-
and other end-user applications to the Dave Morfas: Let’s talk a little bit about
ers to choose the right-size box for the
home, again driving more bandwidth capacity. How does dynamic optical net-
right-size application to truly build both a
in today’s metro core network. That in- working help operators when it comes to
scalable and a cost-effective network to
crease in metro and increase in demand increasing the capacity in their networks?
meet their service needs.
is driving people to reinforce their infra-
Bert Buescher: So one of the things
structures and drive more optical spend. Monsho: Now, you should be done
we’re seeing is, traditional networks are
already; that wasn’t very hard. The cor-
Dave Morfas: What are the most impor- built using electronics where the overall
rect answer is (b). Now, if you missed
tant considerations that operators have capacity in the network is limited by the
the answer, don’t worry. Go download a
to take into account when they’re build- bit rate of the high-speed interface of
cheat sheet at inspirethenewlife.com.
ing out these optical networks? those electronic devices. By putting in
an optical network Day 1, you’re really Come back tomorrow for another quiz.
Bert Buescher: Dave, one of the most
providing multiple high-speed interfaces I’ll still be here, with Fred. I don’t write
important considerations we’re seeing
per node. Those high-speed interfaces this stuff, guys.
as carriers build next-generation high-

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