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

2. © 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 222 Prashant Gandh i, Cisco Confidential www.cisco.com Topics Why Cisco is working with Caltech on this project? An Overview Optical Networking Platforms Operation Overview

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

4. © 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 444 Prashant Gandh i, Cisco Confidential www.cisco.com Why Cisco is working with Caltech on this project? The Problem The Synergy What do we expect? What does Cisco bring to the table?

5. © 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 555 Prashant Gandh i, Cisco Confidential www.cisco.com 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

6. © 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 666 Prashant Gandh i, Cisco Confidential www.cisco.com 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

7. © 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 777 Prashant Gandh i, Cisco Confidential www.cisco.com What do we expect Close cooperation Diversity of opinions and innovations Middle term solution(s) “Experiment” Platforms for next generation applications Long term innovations

8. © 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 888 Prashant Gandh i, Cisco Confidential www.cisco.com What does Cisco bring to the table Optical Networking platforms Optical Networks operation expertise High Bandwidth Routing Platforms and programmability Real World Problems

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

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

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

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

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

14. © 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 14 Prashant Gandh i, Cisco Confidential www.cisco.com 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

15. 15 © 2002, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 4064_01_2002_c7