Concepts Add/DropRings Trial Network Nodes Components Management Applications Consortium COBNET contact: Jacques Saint-Blancat Corporate Optical Backbone Networks l COBNET's goal is to establish concepts and technologies for the next generation of Corporate Backbone Networks Objectives and Concepts l COBNET is applying evolving optical multichannel technologies l COBNET is pursueing the concept of Add/Drop Rings l wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) l optical space division multiplexing (SDM) Concepts
Concepts Add/DropRings Trial Network Nodes Components Management Applications Consortium COBNET contact: Jacques Saint-Blancat The Customer Premises Network Backbone l builds on Optical SDM Add/Drop Rings for short CPN distances or inside buildings l and on WDM Add/Drop Rings for larger CPN distances or for private MANs Add/Drop Rings
Concepts Add/DropRings Trial Network Nodes Components Management Applications Consortium COBNET contact: Jacques Saint-Blancat The SDM Ring l combines 12 space channels on a SM fibre ribbon l operates at 1300 nm Add/Drop Rings
Concepts Add/DropRings Trial Network Nodes Components Management Applications Consortium COBNET contact: Jacques Saint-Blancat The WDM Ring l combines 12 wavelengths on one SM fibre l operates around 1550 nm l with 1.6 nm channel spacing Add/Drop Rings
Concepts Add/DropRings Trial Network Nodes Components Management Applications Consortium COBNET contact: Jacques Saint-Blancat The Trial Network Norwich Ipswich London Cambridge GEC Marconi Labs BT Labs l CPN backbones are established at two partner sites. l A field trial in East England verifies concepts and technologies. Trial Network
Concepts Add/DropRings Trial Network Nodes Components Management Applications Consortium COBNET contact: Jacques Saint-Blancat The Trial Network Norwich Ipswich London Cambridge GEC Marconi Labs BT Labs l Wide-area CPN interconnection is provided across fibres of BT's London East Anglian Network LEANet Trial Network
Concepts Add/DropRings Trial Network Nodes Components Management Applications Consortium COBNET contact: Jacques Saint-Blancat The Trial Network Norwich Ipswich London Cambridge GEC Marconi Labs BT Labs l allowing clear-channel WDM connectivity across 180 km Trial Network
Concepts Add/DropRings Trial Network Nodes Components Management Applications Consortium COBNET contact: Jacques Saint-Blancat The Trial Network Norwich Ipswich London Cambridge GEC Marconi Labs BT Labs A closer look at the nodes Trial Network
Concepts Add/DropRings Trial Network Nodes Components Management Applications Consortium COBNET contact: Jacques Saint-Blancat The Trial Nodes l Wavelength or space channels are added/dropped in simple, low-cost Optical Add/Drop Nodes l all other channels are bypassed optically Nodes
Concepts Add/DropRings Trial Network Nodes Components Management Applications Consortium COBNET contact: Jacques Saint-Blancat The Trial Nodes l Wavelength and/or space channels are interchanged in a hybrid WDM/SDM Cross-Connect Node Nodes
Concepts Add/DropRings Trial Network Nodes Components Management Applications Consortium COBNET contact: Jacques Saint-Blancat The Trial Nodes l Alternatively, channels may be switched to the WDM WAN via a Public Network Interface Unit Nodes
Concepts Add/DropRings Trial Network Nodes Components Management Applications Consortium COBNET contact: Jacques Saint-Blancat Economy is supported by the development of specific technological components... The Components l WDM Lasers Components
Concepts Add/DropRings Trial Network Nodes Components Management Applications Consortium COBNET contact: Jacques Saint-Blancat The Components l SDM Laser Arrays Components
Concepts Add/DropRings Trial Network Nodes Components Management Applications Consortium COBNET contact: Jacques Saint-Blancat The Components l Single-channel Receivers Components
Concepts Add/DropRings Trial Network Nodes Components Management Applications Consortium COBNET contact: Jacques Saint-Blancat The Components l Receiver Arrays Components
Concepts Add/DropRings Trial Network Nodes Components Management Applications Consortium COBNET contact: Jacques Saint-Blancat The Components l Clear-channel Retiming Chips Components
Concepts Add/DropRings Trial Network Nodes Components Management Applications Consortium COBNET contact: Jacques Saint-Blancat The Components l Planar WDM (De)Multiplexers Components
Concepts Add/DropRings Trial Network Nodes Components Management Applications Consortium COBNET contact: Jacques Saint-Blancat The Components l Tunable, planar WDM Add/Drop Muxes Components
Concepts Add/DropRings Trial Network Nodes Components Management Applications Consortium COBNET contact: Jacques Saint-Blancat The Components l Optical Switches and Switch Arrays for SDM protection switching Option 1: Bistable Micromechanical Fibre Switch Option 2: Monostable Thermo-optical Digital Switch Components
Concepts Add/DropRings Trial Network Nodes Components Management Applications Consortium COBNET contact: Jacques Saint-Blancat The Network Management Norwich Ipswich London Cambridge GEC Marconi Labs BT Labs l An SNMP Agent interacts with the individual Node Controllers l Each CPN is managed by a CPN Manager Node Control Node Control Node Control Node Control Node Control MIB SNMP Agent CPN Manager MIB Node Control Node Control Node Control Node Control Node Control MIB SNMP Agent CPN Manager MIB Management
Concepts Add/DropRings Trial Network Nodes Components Management Applications Consortium COBNET contact: Jacques Saint-Blancat The Network Management Norwich Ipswich London Cambridge GEC Marconi Labs BT Labs l A single COBNET Manager is reponsible for the entire Corporate Network COBNET Manager MIB Node Control Node Control Node Control Node Control Node Control MIB SNMP Agent CPN Manager MIB Node Control Node Control Node Control Node Control Node Control MIB SNMP Agent CPN Manager MIB Management
Concepts Add/DropRings Trial Network Nodes Components Management Applications Consortium COBNET contact: Jacques Saint-Blancat The Network Management Norwich Ipswich London Cambridge GEC Marconi Labs BT Labs l Management information is exchanged inside CPNs via tone-modulated subchannels within the optical channels. COBNET Manager MIB Node Control Node Control Node Control Node Control Node Control MIB SNMP Agent CPN Manager MIB Node Control Node Control Node Control Node Control Node Control MIB SNMP Agent CPN Manager MIB Management
Concepts Add/DropRings Trial Network Nodes Components Management Applications Consortium COBNET contact: Jacques Saint-Blancat The Application Trial Infrastructure Norwich Ipswich London Cambridge GEC Marconi Labs BT Labs l ATM and IP layer equipment, l includes SDH layer equipment, l proprietary transport layer equipment ( Siemens Atea OTN ), ATM IP SDH OTN Applications
Concepts Add/DropRings Trial Network Nodes Components Management Applications Consortium COBNET contact: Jacques Saint-Blancat The Application Trial Infrastructure Norwich Ipswich London Cambridge GEC Marconi Labs BT Labs ATM IP SDH OTN l allowing Video on Demand and Video Conferencing applications by ACTS project AMUSE, VoD Server MM Terminals MM Server l voice PBX applications, PBX Applications
Concepts Add/DropRings Trial Network Nodes Components Management Applications Consortium COBNET contact: Jacques Saint-Blancat The Application Trial Infrastructure Norwich Ipswich London Cambridge GEC Marconi Labs BT Labs ATM IP SDH OTN l traditional business applications, VoD Server MM Terminals MM Server l and a high-quality video transmission application. PCs PBX Applications
Concepts Add/DropRings Trial Network Nodes Components Management Applications Consortium COBNET contact: Jacques Saint-Blancat The Consortium Consortium