Packet-Optical Networking is your opportunity to meet and debate with the specialists shaping the future architecture of Packet-Optical networks for the new decade. The coming years will be a time of unprecedented change and upheaval for service provider networks. SDH is nearing its end of life and the new optical and packet networking paradigms with which it is being replaced are very different and challenging. This is your opportunity to influence and anticipate the important developments that will impact your short to mid term planning and investment outcomes.

This event is a timely opportunity to get up to speed with packet optical networking ideas and their practical implementation in key application areas – Mobility, Video (Content Delivery Networks/IPTV/MobileTV), Cloud Computing, Data Centre Virtualisation and high performance Ethernet services for business users.

The stage is set for new evolution, new strategies, new optimisation potential and new convergence options. As a stakeholder in the future packet optical transport networking world, you will find this collection of influential people, focused debate and structured networking of significant value.

Operators are looking for answers to the following questions:

• What are the strategic issues facing service providers and how can P-OTN help?
• How can P-OTN be used to build and ease the migration to 4th Generation mobile infrastructure?
• How and why has P-OTN developed as a technology – what are the drivers and origins of P-OTN?
• How are service providers planning to use P-OTN – what services are driving P-OTN and what are the network evolution options?
• What are the key developments in standards from the operator’s point of view, and where are the gaps?
• What role will Ethernet play?
• How will the new MPLS-TP-OTN convergence be applied in mobile networks?
• What are the key issues in evolving from today's heterogeneous mixed-technology networks?
• How can P-OTN help in designing infrastructure to support new business applications and architectures – data centre connectivity, data centre virtualisation, Cloud Computing, video?

This best of breed conference provides a uniquely focused forum to examine this new vision, uncluttered by history and bringing the best of packet and the best of optical together, to formulate a wider understanding of the future Packet Optical Transport Network.

Meet your peers, existing and potential customers, existing and potential suppliers, leading thinkers, technical experts, standards coordinators and specialist analysts and spend 3 days in engaging group discussions, case study examples, ice-breaking speed networking, one to one meetings, lunch debates, relaxed refreshment breaks, drinks reception and knowledge exchange.

It’s good to specialise and it’s very important to get a strategic view of the industry. Hear from knowledgeable and influential experts representing the systems, networks and applications point of view on packet transport. Find out how they are developing, implementing and leveraging packet-optical transport networking systems, architectures and networks to generate new business and reduce the cost of data transport.

Join the Layer123 packet transport community and connect with the experts – start networking now

16 May 2012 – OFC/NFOEC 2012: Some of the exhibition highlights
A round-up of some of the main announcements and demonstrations at the recent OFC/NFOEC 2012 exhibition and conference
Source: Gazettabyte
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14 May 2012 – Overview and Status of Future Networks Standardization in ITU-T
To overcome the limitations of the current Internet, research and development of future network technologies has been undertaken extensively
Source: NTT Technical Review
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14 May 2012 – New Strategic Initiatives Advance Transformation of Verizon's Global Optical Network
Expansion of Control Plane Strategy, 100G Metro Deployment Further Enhance Ability to Provide Integrated Industry Solutions
Source: Verizon
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10 May 2012 – ADVA Mixes OpenFlow With Optical
ADVA Optical Networking (Frankfurt: ADV) has run an experiment using OpenFlow to control wavelength-switched networks, showing that the software-defined networking (SDN) technology has some usefulness at the optical layer
Source: Light Reading
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10 May 2012 – Operators confirm transition to OTN switching is underway
Wavelength efficiency remains the key application for OTN, but service providers are rolling out more sophisticated management control planes as part of OTN switching deployments
Source: Infonetics Research
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9 May 2012 – Terabit Optical & Data Networking talk shifts to 100G
Several speakers, including those from AIT (Athens Information Technology), Ethernet Alliance, OIF, and Microsoft, talked about changing traffic patterns and the necessity to reconfigure network assets to support unpredictable demand
Source: Ovum
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13 March 2012 – DT Unveils New Network Vision at Cloud-Net
Deutsche Telekom AG (NYSE: DT) today unveiled a new vision of how it intends to cast off the shackles of cumbersome traditional networking operations and adopt a new model -- the TeraStream Architecture -- that takes its inspiration from the cloud
Source: Light Reading
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16 February 2012 – OIF to Demonstrate Ethernet over OTN Interoperability
Twelve OIF member companies are conducting a global interoperability test of Ethernet services over OTN transport, including data and control plane technology
Source: OIF
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15 February 2012 – OTN transport and switching equipment to hit $10.6 billion by 2015; Huawei leads
In 2011, OTN transport equipment spending made up 92% of the overall OTN hardware market, while OTN switching made up 8%; with the OTN switching segment growing much faster than OTN transport, these proportions will change significantly by 2015
Source: Infonetics Research
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6 January 2012 – The CFP4 optical module to enable Terabit blades
The next-generation CFP modules – the CFP2 and CFP4 – promise to double and double again the number of 100 Gigabit-per-second (Gbps) optical module interfaces on a blade.
Source: Gazettabyte
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13 September 2011 – OIF Approves 1st Implementation Agreement for 25G Generation
The CEI work is important to the networking industry because it paves the way to second generation 100G systems and even beyond
Source: OIF
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24 August 2011 – Next Gen Interconnect and 100G Projects from OIF Seek to Address Growing Pains for 100G and Beyond
The Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) members initiated a Next Generation Interconnect Framework project which explores various applications spaces for high speed optical and/or electrical interconnect and identifies the necessary elements for follow on implementation agreements (IA)
Source: OIF
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1 August 2011 – The OIF Turns Focus on OTN
Approves OTN-capable E-NNI Routing 2.0 IA
Source: OIF
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31 May 2011 – MPLS-TP: Jump too Early or Wait too Late?
Mark Lum reports on the status of MPLS-TP from the recent POTN event in Paris, where Europs's Tier 1 carriers shared candid views.
Source: CHANNEL123
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18 May 2011 – Cisco takes lead in market share for packet optical transport
Cisco bumped Alcatel-Lucent out of the top spot in Q1 2011 for packet optical transport providers in terms of market share, ACG Research reports in its latest study, which reveals a market on a solid growth trend of 21 percent year-over-year.
Source: FierceTelecom
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