NEXT GENERATION OPTICAL NETWORKING 2015

Exclusive interview with Dell'Oro

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Ahead of this year's event, Conference Director, Dr. Jane Watson interviews, Jimmy Yu, VP, Optical Transport Market Research, Dell'Oro Group. Jimmy will be chairing the session; Packet Optical Integration - what are the options and timeframes?

JW: What are you looking forward to at the Next Generation Optical Networking Nice 2015?
JY: I’m looking forward to all the great presentations that address the latest areas in Optical Networking from CDC-F ROADMs to Carrier SDN. But more importantly, I’m looking forward to all the great conversations and discussions.

JW: What do you feel are the key challenges that the optical networking industry is facing in 2015 and what do you hope the conference will answer?
JY: Challenges for 2015. For operators, it’ll be deciding on what their future architecture will be, including the level of packet optical integration and use of carrier SDN. For equipment manufacturers, it’ll be refining their product portfolio to address the next generation architecture. I hope this conference helps the operators and equipment manufacturers come together and answer this common challenge.

JW: Where has 100G has taken us so far and where is 400G & 1T likely to take us?
JY: I think 100G has a long ways to go. 100G dominates the long haul system market. Now it’s time for the metro market. I’m forecasting a large growth in demand for 100G in metro applications, especially as prices take a step down with the introduction of coherent CFP2-ACO.

JW: What are you views on OTN and ROADMs and their role in the next generation optical network?
JY: I think it’s practically a given, for a number of years now, that both OTN switching and ROADMs are a critical component to the next generation optical network. The first ROADM was installed around a decade ago and has since advanced in size reduction and number of degrees. Now everyone is talking about CDC-F ROADM. It’s just a matter of time, when CDC-F ROADM is incorporated in a large share of the optical network. The same is for OTN switching.

JW: What do Cloud and SDN mean for next generation optical networking?
JY: I think Carrier SDN is a new architecture that is important to the evolution of the optical network. It is an architecture that can allow operators to reduce the barriers in their network that were created over time as they expanded their network. In return for lowering the obtrusive barriers, operators are expected to be rewarded with lower operating costs and given an instrument to generate new sources of revenue as well as maximize company profits.

JW: More specifically your session is covering Packet Optical Integration and can you give the attendees a quick view of what will be covered during this session?
JY: The Packet Optical Integration session will be a time when a number of industry specialists will have an opportunity to share the items they are working on or challenged with in the area of Optical and Packet. By the end of this session, we hope everyone has a better understanding of what packet optical integration is, why it is important in our industry, when we’ll see more of it, and to what level of integration. These insights will be brought into the session via numerous presentations from operators and equipment manufacturers.


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