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SHOW REVIEW WDM2014
with more than 100 speakers across the three days, Next Generation Optical Networking provided a fully comprehensive agenda with a wealth of discussion, networking that covered all the major challenges and solutions for the optical networking industry for 2014 and beyond. Tis year’s event was the third time Xilinx
had exhibited at the show – the company’s director of wired communication Gilles Garcia was also a speaker. He said: ‘Tis event is one of the most important in Europe to meet with service providers and operators. Tis year again was very positive for Xilinx, especially with the joint announcement and presentation at the show on 400GE (with Spirent). It has generated a lot of interest from, and discussion with, the service providers and operators. Te location (quality of venue, cost of hotels, food) clearly contributed to event’s success and the large increase of attendees made this show highly valuable for Xilinx.’ Transmode’s Jon Baldry was equally
enthusiastic: ‘Yet again, WDM and Next Generation Networking proved to be a highly successful event with great attendance by key decision-makers from across the industry. Te event managed to address the key topics concerning the industry without too much overlap from vendors that can sometimes happen at events like this. ‘From a Transmode point of view we were
very busy with meetings and there was a lot of interest in metro 100G and how this is being addressed with new Coherent 100G pluggable optics. Te event was the perfect location to discuss packet-optical integration and how this now extends from the CPE to the 100G core. We also used the event to launch a new 3x CPRI + 2x SyncE/GbE Muxponder for mobile fronthaul applications, which again generated lots of interest.’ Bertrand Clesca of Xtera described a
‘productive and interactive conference’ that was ‘an outstanding networking event’. He continued: ‘At a time where Raman optical amplification is crucial for long-haul 100G and 100G+ optical networking, Xtera shared the outcomes of recent field trials with robust and easy-to-operate equipment that validated the possibility to transport 24 Tbit/s on more than 4,500 km and 64 Tbit/s on more than 1,500 km. ‘More specifically, 200G/400G channels
relying on 16QAM modulation format can be transmitted with large margins on more than 2,000 km of aged fibre, with high average loss and the presence of multiple optical
CISCO WORKSHOPS DRAW THE CROWDS
As one of the few companies delivering a workshop, Cisco provided a well appreciated overview of optical evolved programmable networks. The workshop was driven by
David Bianchi and Valerio Viscardi, both from the EMEAR SP architecture team. Bill Gartner, VP/GM of high-end routing and optical group at Cisco, made the keynote speech at the conference hall, talking about ‘Network Evolution:
Evolved Programmable Networks’. Walid Wakim, principal engineer, pariticpate spoke about: ‘SDN, what does it mean for Transport/DWDM/ Optical networking’, while Mauro Macchi spoke about about ‘400G and beyond’. Finally Lorenzo Ghioni,
manager of product line management, participated in the ‘FlexGrid and evolving role of ROADM’ panel. David Bianchi told Fibre
Systems: ‘At the Cisco stand, leading-edge products and technologies were demonstrated – including the NCS4016 network convergent platform, the NCS2006 next generation DWDM, with FlexSpectrum and superchannel, as well as the ME4600 GPON/FTTH Cisco offer, ranging from access to core. WDM2014 had high-quality material, high-quality speakers and impressive stands.’
distribution frames and lumped losses all along the optical path. Unrepeated 100G transmission results were reported as well over distance exceeding 550 km. In the Submarine Optical Networking session, Xtera delivered an update on recent contracts for the supply and installation of new subsea cable systems relying on its innovative Raman-based subsea repeater.’ TransPacket offers a novel technology
enabling carriers to offer wavelength-services over an Ethernet-based infrastructure. Björn Gustavsson said: Our offering attracted a number of visitors from both carriers and system-vendors to our booth. Carriers showed great interest in our Fusion H1 node capability of enabling wavelength-services in their Ethernet network. ‘Te virtual wavelengths enables a
transparent service with zero packet loss, low and fixed latency end-to-end across an Ethernet network. System-vendors developing routers, switches and optical transport systems where attracted by our FPGA-based Fusion technology offering. Tey clearly saw the advantage of embedding the Fusion technology into their system, enabling wavelength-services through routers and Ethernet switches and packet switched throughput efficiency in OTN nodes.’ Olaf Herr of JDSU added: ‘We had the
opportunity to speak directly to our customers and their customers about optical component and network and service enablement test solution innovations that JDSU is bringing to the market to help them optimise their networks for their end customers. A lot of our discussions focused on CFP2-based designs for both the line and client side as well as the latest in ROADM technology enhancements.’
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‘The event managed to address the key topics concerning the industry without too much overlap from vendors’
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