1 © 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Prashant Gandhi, Cisco Confidential Cisco-Caltech NSF CISE Proposal Caltech Site Visit Mar 4 th 2003 Steven Yip Cisco Systems Inc

© 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 222 Prashant Gandh i, Cisco Confidential Topics Why Cisco is working with Caltech on this project? An Overview Optical Networking Platforms Operation Overview

3 © 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Prashant Gandhi, Cisco Confidential Why Cisco is working with Caltech on this project?

© 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 444 Prashant Gandh i, Cisco Confidential Why Cisco is working with Caltech on this project? The Problem The Synergy What do we expect? What does Cisco bring to the table?

© 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 555 Prashant Gandh i, Cisco Confidential The Problems Very High Bandwidth Connections over long distance High and “Predictable” Quality of Service requirements Bandwidth Delay Predictability Today versus Tomorrow A real test platform versus simulation problem

© 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 666 Prashant Gandh i, Cisco Confidential The Synergy Why Cisco is not enough –Research versus Development –Diversity of different opinions and innovations –Acceptance/Adoption Why Caltech is not enough –Hardware, Software and real operating platforms –Operation knowledge –Access to Leading edge technology

© 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 777 Prashant Gandh i, Cisco Confidential What do we expect Close cooperation Diversity of opinions and innovations Middle term solution(s) “Experiment” Platforms for next generation applications Long term innovations

© 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 888 Prashant Gandh i, Cisco Confidential What does Cisco bring to the table Optical Networking platforms Optical Networks operation expertise High Bandwidth Routing Platforms and programmability Real World Problems

9 © 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Prashant Gandhi, Cisco Confidential An Overview of Optical Networking Platforms

© 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 10 Prashant Gandh i, Cisco Confidential An Overview of Optical Networking Platforms Systems and Configurations Equipments Fibers, Optical Channels and Protocol Testers Costs and Operations

© 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 11 Prashant Gandh i, Cisco Confidential Systems similar to the Proposed WAN Labs Lots of pictures here Probably 10 pages

© 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 12 Prashant Gandh i, Cisco Confidential Pictures

13 © 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Prashant Gandhi, Cisco Confidential Operation Considerations

© 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 14 Prashant Gandh i, Cisco Confidential Operation Considerations Programmable platforms –Programmability and Flexibility –Intellectual Properties, Trade Secrets, Innovation freedom and pubic goods Selection of experiments Expectations –Primary Problems –Secondary problems –Other innovations Duration

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