IP/Optical awareness and correlation for traffic optimization

With the introduction of 5G, IoT, Cloud infrastructure, and increased internet traffic demand, the network is going through a profound shift. Emerging application …

With the introduction of 5G, IoT, Cloud infrastructure, and increased internet traffic demand, the network is going through a profound shift.  Emerging applications and services will bring explosive growth in traffic volume in the near term, followed by traffic demands that become increasingly dynamic and elastic and require higher network resiliency along with continuous SLA monitoring and optimization across all layers in a transport infrastructure.  The distinction between core, metro, and local area and treatment of traditionally siloed IP/Optical network layers will disappear over time.  Today’s static networks, which require manual intervention to adapt to changes in services, bandwidth, and protection, will need to evolve to become a single automated network fabric built from awareness and correlation of network resources across all transport layers for more optimal placement, dynamic optimization, and increased reliability of ever demanding service and application traffic. This talk will cover the value of coordination across IP/Optical transport layers.  It will focus on customer derived use cases from a technology perspective; starting with a clear definition of the problem and gaps today, discuss the importance of awareness and correlation between these layers, followed by discussing real SDN use cases highlighting IP and Optical coordination with the goal of ensuring identified service or application SLA optimization constraints are met.

Filipe Correia: I am a Regional Product Line Manager and Consulting Engineer in Nokia Networks’ IP & Optical Network Division, focused on network management portfolio, automation, and network optimization solutions including Software Defined Network (SDN) Controllers for enterprise, web scale, and provider networks. I am a regular speaker at Nokia Networks and industry conferences. Currently based in Dallas, TX, and have more than 20 years of experience in Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent as well as over 11 years focused in the IP division working on Enterprise and Service Provider IP/MPLS networks including time based in Melbourne, Australia in the IP Division focused on Asian Pacific accounts and networks.