MAKING GMPLS REAL

Colm O’Brien / Ian HoodMahi Networks, Inc.

Agenda: Interoperable Transport

Provide the industry with true ‘plug and play’ SONET transport interoperability at both transport and control plane.

A Unique Opportunity for the Industry Migration Path Significant Business Benefits Importance of OIF Forum Efforts Enabling New Services

Today’s Metro Core/IOF NetworkIncreasing Complexity

Increasing Costs

Declining Revenue Per Bit Declining MarginsDeclining Fulfillment Speed

Migration STEP 1: Ring Interoperability

Collapse Access and IOF Rings onto One Platform Significant Reduction in Manual DSX and Patch Panels

Mandatory Interoperability with Legacy ADMs Migration Path to OIF GMPLS Control Plane Standards

Migration STEP 2: Mesh Interoperability

Enable Mesh Control between Metro Core/IOF Offices (I-NNI) E-NNI Standards Enables Multi-Domain Interoperability Evolve GMPLS for Management Control Plane Interactions (OSS)

Migration Step 3: Automated Provisioning

Integrates STS-1 Grooming and M:N Path Protected Mesh Networking

Automates Multi-vendor Topology Discovery and Resource Allocation

Reduces Intensive Manual Provisioning for >75% Long-Term Savings

Business Benefits of Migration

Simplify Deployments – Open Standards Reduce Capex Costs by >50%

Collapse Network Elements in Tier1/2 Offices Reduce NOC Steps to Activate Services

Reduce Truck Rolls for Service Activation Activate Services in Minutes

New Service Types (Revenue) Possible Bandwidth on Demand UNI 1.0 Services (e.g. Optical VPNs) New SLA for Data Protection Services (~500ms)

Generate More Revenue Per Dollar Spent

OIF Forum Importance

Enabler for Interoperability Across Transport Domains Facilitator of Technology Requirements Platform for Service Providers to Voice their Needs Address All Deployment Aspects

Security OA&M Operations

Engage Vendors and Providers Together Enable Interoperable Solutions That Meet Business Goals

Conclusion

Transport network interoperability is a real

possibility for the telecommunications industry

OIF UNI/NNI demonstration shows how this vision

can be realized

A migration from today’s patch-panel and multiple

platforms is possible in a cost-effective manner

These new capabilities will dramatically reduce the

cost to deploy transport services

Thank You!