Tuesday 20th April 2010
09.00 Registration
09.30 Welcome address from IIR
09.35 Welcome address from the Chair and introductory comments
Michael Howard, Principal Analyst and Co-founder, Infonetics Research
Building a Packet Transport Network for the NGN
09.55 Lead Operator Keynote– Assessing the role and benefits of packet transport networks
- Explaining the Telecom Italia networking and services vision and identifying the significance of packet transport networks
- Considering the role of packet transport networks in reducing energy costs – the importance of thinking Green
- Examining the changing services landscape and identifying how and where Telecom Italia can deliver added value to customers
- Identifying the new networking requirements required to support the evolving services mix and to support changing customer expectations
- Examining how packet transport networks are emerging to enable the Telecom Italia vision
- What key aspects of packet transport networks need to be advanced to achieve success and how are Telecom Italia driving change?
Senior Representative, Telecom Italia
10.35 Migration solutions for evolving Packet Transport Networks
- As services continue to become more IP and Ethernet based, how will the network adapt to maximise bandwidth efficiency and scale, while reducing operational and capital expense?
- What is the role of SDH/SONET MSPP in the network?
- Is OTN the best answer for next generation packet transport?
- Are Hybrid Packet/TDM solutions (P-OTP, PONP etc…)?
- MPLS-TP: Can MPLS be adapted to provide SDH-like provisioning, protection, OAM?
- How does IP/MPLS interact with the next-generation transport layer?
- Can operational savings be derived from and end-to-end control plane across DWDM, TDM/OTN, Packet and IP/MPLS?
Amil Bhardwaj, Senior Product Line Manager, Optical Transport Business Unit, Cisco Systems
11.05 Exhibition & Refreshments
11.30 Building a flexible transport infrastructure to support rising demand for 1G and 10G Ethernet services in the access and 40G/100G in the metro and core
- Tracking the rise in demand for 1G/10G Ethernet services in the access and considering the impact on current transport resources
- Identifying the drivers for selecting OTN as an efficient transport solution for 1G and 10G Ethernet
- Highlighting the importance of new ODU0 Ethernet mapping and ODUflex sub lambda capacity management to provide new flexibility in packet transport networks
- Designing and deploying an OTN based infrastructure to support NGN transport requirements
- Considering demand for 40G and 100G in the core and metro aggregation network domains – how can these be met today and what does the future hold?
- Explaining the role of GMPLS – optical control plane – and considering how OTN and GMPLS can be harnessed to deliver a highly efficient and reliable transport infrastructure for the NGN
Vinay Rathore, Senior Director, Marketing, Ciena
PACKET OPTICAL TRANSPORT PLATFORMS
12.00 Assessing the benefits of converged Packet Optical Transport Network P-OTN systems/platforms – can a single unified platform meet service providers’ NGN requirements?
- Introducing P-OTN, explaining its evolution and highlighting its key features – considering current definitions and industry consensus
- Stating the benefits of packet optical transport networks – making the case for the integrated approach
- Considering practical examples of how Packet Optical Transport Networks can help operators migrate from TDM to packet transport – where might a P-OTN approach prove its value?
- Assessing how successfully P-OTN can address both the operators’ challenge of simultaneously supporting both TDM and packet services, while simplifying OAM
Thomas Rasmussen, VP Product Line Management, TPACK
12.30 Debate – Comparing different approaches to packet and optical network evolution – how will the NGN transport network develop?
- How do the optical and packet layers need to evolve to support the requirements of the NGN – what key characteristics should the NG transport infrastructure have?
- Where and what kind of convergence can help service providers to meet their targets of capacity scale-up, cost reduction, flexibility and responsiveness without compromising on quality – considering vertical integration and layer elimination
- Addressing operators’ concerns on manageability of packet transport networks– can PTN match TDM on management cost and performance?
- What is happening in the marketplace today and how is the current economic climate influencing operators’ investment plans – is this an incentive for revolution or evolution?
- Can PTN evolution have a substantial impact on networking power consumption - how ‘Green’ could Ethernet be when compared with a network based upon routers?
- With many operators already planning for 100G links in their core networks, what industry trends do they need to consider when selecting their Next Generation packet optical platform?
During this Analyst led Q/A session, an invited panel of senior industry spokespeople, analysts and operators share their visions on the future of packet optical transport
13.00 Networking Lunch
14.10 Packet optical transport trends – how are packet optical platforms evolving to meet the changing needs of operators in the metro and core?
- Examining how the optical layer is evolving to scale the number and speed of wavelengths whilst providing the flexibility of colourless and directionless add/drop
- Discussing how the packet layer is evolving with multi-terabit fabrics and connection oriented Ethernet technologies including PBB-TE and MPLS-TP
- Investigating how OTN technology is being added to added to provide mesh restoration, dynamic provisioning and multi-layer intelligence
- Exploring how packet optical platform factors are proliferating to meet the different needs of access, metro and core networks
Paul Momtahan, Director, Data and Transport Solution Marketing, Tellabs
14.40 Building a flexible and scalable transport network to support rising demand for 1G and 10G Ethernet services in the access and 40G/100G in the metro and core
Ali Mefleh, Senior Architect, KPN
15.10 Operator Case Study – Migrating from TDM to packet whilst maintaining customer relationships and keeping costs to a minimum
- Examining the drivers for migrating away from TDM – identifying new services and SLA’s supported by packet transport networks
- Introducing best practice principles for minimising the risks and managing the challenges of migrating the network from TDM to packet transport
- Analysing key packet transport design issues – what features can be put in place to ease the transitional phase?
- Addressing TDM service emulation in Ethernet/packet networks
- Is Synchronous Ethernet a mandatory technology for supporting TDM to packet services migration?
- Assessing leading packet transport technology options – how successful have they been so far?
- Connection-Oriented Ethernet
- Interworking IP/MPLS core with PBB/PBB-TE networks
- Determining the cost-optical evolution path for minimising OPEX and CAPEX
Oleg Dybajlo, Head of Capacity Product Management, Belgacom International Carrier Services
15.40 Exhibition and Refreshments
16.05 Building a Carrier Ethernet network, considering competing approaches to core, metro and access network design
- Explaining how the VPLS core network can be scaled, considering LDP and BGP approaches
- How can PBB be used to overcome scaling issues?
- How does this approach compare with an MPLS (LDP) approach?
- Explaining L2 VPN service redundancy solutions inside service provider networks, considering access, aggregation and core
- Integrating Ethernet into optical platforms – is this sufficient to meet operators’ service requirements – what L3 features could be profitably added and how?
- Addressing network resilience and protection switching in Ethernet networks- what are the options and what performance is guaranteed?
- Examining the prospects for connection-oriented services (PBB-TE/MPLS-TP) – where could they prove beneficial and what applications will they support?
Jan Hof, Senior Director, Field Marketing, EMEA-SAM Extreme Networks
16.35 COLT TELECM CASE STUDY – L2 & L3 Integration
- Why collapse L2 & L3 onto one network: technical and business benefits
- L2 & L3 integration phases and challenges: access, edge and core
- The OSS & BSS environments: service delivery, service activation and service assurance
- Progress review of the COLT L2 & L3 integration project
Nicolas Fischbach, Director, Network Architecture, COLT TELECOM
17.05 Evolving the SDH infrastructure to cost-effectively support the growth in packet based traffic
- Explaining the changing roles that the SDH/TDM infrastructure is being asked to play
- Sharing market fi gures on demand for SDH systems and platforms and identifying the services and customers they are being used to support
- Examining evolutionary developments in NG-SDH platforms and features – NG-SDH/MSPP/MSTP and highlighting the problems that they are designed to solve
- Extending the value of SDH/TDM as a transport platform for the NGN
Alan Corfield, New Technology Introduction, Cable & Wireless
17.35 Knowledge led – Roundtable sessions This highly successful tried and tested format allows you to share expertise, knowledge and experiences with your peers in a lively and open debate on one of the key themes of the event. Choose your preferred topics and settle in for a very valuable 40 minutes of expert led discussions.
Choose from:
Option 1 – Comparing different network management approaches in TDM/IP/ MPLS and Connection Oriented Ethernet networks- Led by Cisco Systems
Option 2 – Examining IP/Optical and P-OTN convergence
Option 3 – Examining the technical and business aspects of core and metro capacity upgrade – 10G/40G/100G
Option 4 – Packet solutions for video and IP transport- Led by Extreme Networks
17.45 The PTN Networking Drinks Reception – held in the exhibition area, this is a relaxed way to continue your discussions and networking experience
