Niall Robinson's OFC 2017 workshop explored the innovation needed to enable deployment of white box technology.

1. White Box Optics:
Will It Kill or Encourage Innovation?
Niall Robinson
Workshop
OFC 2017, Los Angeles

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What innovation is required to allow practical
deployment of white box technology?

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Embracing an Open World

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Aggregated and Disaggregated Networks
Aggregated
Fully Aggregated: Entire transport network acts as a single managed system
End-to-End System
API
Fully Disaggregated: Everything is a separate network element
Partly Disaggregated: Transponder is one element, Open Line System (OLS) is second
Degrees
Open Line System
Disaggregated
APIAPI API
APIAPIAPI API API API
Transponder TransponderTerminal ILA ROADM Terminal

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Voyager
White box, the final frontier. These are the voyages
of ADVA Optical Networking. Its five-year mission:
to explore new architectures, to seek out new
approaches and new opportunities, to boldly go
where no company has gone before.
Source: Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Paramount Studios

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Voyager
Source: Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Paramount Studios

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Voyager
Source: Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Paramount Studios

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Voyager White Box Support
NOC Support (TAC) Troubleshooting
Documentation and
Training
OSS
EMS/NMS
Transponder SW
Transponder HW
Optical Line
System SW
Optical Line
System HW
Order
Fulfillment
Sparing RMA EFI/T&T
Offline
Tools
(Link
Eng
RWA)
SIT/SVT
• White box HW/SW still
requires
• Network management
• Professional services suite
• NOC support
• Documentation/training
• Etc.
System integrator to provide
Open OLS
White box HW
White box SW
Customer owned

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2nd Gen ‘Transport’ White Box
Reinventing the wheel? Source: Jake Flemming

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2nd Gen ‘Transport’ Whitebox
Reinventing the Wheel? Source: Jake Flemming
- Mechanicals (1RU)
- Power
- Controller
- Etc.
1 2 n…
- FCAPS
- Infrastructure
- DB/SW mngr
‘Card’ API
Shelf API
Shelf
Hardware Software
Pluggable cards

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The content of this presentation is strictly confidential. ADVA Optical Networking is the exclusive owner or licensee of the content, material, and information in this
presentation. Any reproduction, publication or reprint, in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited.
The information in this presentation may not be accurate, complete or up to date, and is provided without warranties or representations of any kind, either express or
implied. ADVA Optical Networking shall not be responsible for and disclaims any liability for any loss or damages, including without limitation, direct, indirect, incidental,
consequential and special damages, alleged to have been caused by or in connection with using and/or relying on the information contained in this presentation.
Copyright © for the entire content of this presentation: ADVA Optical Networking.
Niall Robinson
Vice President
Global Business Development
Phone: +1 972 759 1262
Fax: +1 972 759 1201
Mobile: +1 978 933 1081
nrobinson@advaoptical.com
ADVA Optical Networking NA. Inc.
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Suite 300
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USA
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