OFCnet Show Floor Theater Schedule

Monday, 06 March, 16:30 – 18:30

Room 14B

Starting in 2023, OFCnet brings a new opportunity to the exhibition to demonstrate products, concepts, solutions, research, and architectures in a live high-speed optical network connected to the leading research and education networks worldwide. This increased focus on designing and building the next generation of Optical Networks will enable OFCnet to bring emerging technologies, Quantum Computer networks, programmability, and network software applications for big data applications to the forefront of the industry.

In this BOF, we propose a workshop series that solicits papers and demonstrator's reports on all aspects of building networks out of components and using those networks for the whole range of commodities to extreme applications. Furthermore, we will solicit input on possible challenges for demonstrating novel new architectures, technologies, and implementations.

Organizers

Cees de Laat, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Reza Nejabati, University of Bristol, United Kingdom

Tuesday, 07 March, 13:15 – 13:45

Theater III

Details available soon.

Tuesday, 07 March, 14:15 – 14:45

Theater III

In this panel we will discuss the different challenges that are in play for OFCnet and how each of the panelists are addressing them.

Moderator

Marc Lyonnais, Ciena, Canada

Tuesday, 07 March, 16:15 – 16:45

Theater III

Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) is a relatively mature technology that has been commercially available for point-to-point links for more than two decades.  In recent years systems have become available that allow for the coexistence and switching between the coexistence of quantum and classical channels.  Integration of these QKD systems with high-speed optical-layer encryption has provided additional means of securing classical networks.  Demonstration and QKD management systems have enabled more complex topologies enabling ring, star, or mesh configurations.   This panel will discuss these advances and what is likely to come next.

Moderator

Carl Williams, Optica, USA

Wednesday, 08 March, 11:00 – 11:30

Theater III

Recent advances in quantum communication have moved beyond simple quantum key distribution protocols to more generalized protocols that enable the transmission of entangled photons and the sharing of a single fiber for both classical and quantum channels.   These advances allow, in principle, more complex quantum protocols to be used between two distance nodes and may one day enable quantum operations between separate, potentially disparate, quantum computers or quantum sensors.   This panel will discuss these advances and the additional developments and hardware requirements necessary to build a complex quantum network.

Moderator

Carl Williams, Optica, USA

Wednesday, 08 March, 11:40 – 12:10

Theater III

High performance research networks continue to drive fundamental science and innovation.  There are many layers of a research network that must be considered in order to be successful in achieving these goals.  This panel will begin by describing the architecture of the external connectivity to Research and Education (R&E) networks provided by OFCnet.  It will also discuss topics like data transfer for data intensive science, detailed monitoring of science flows within the network, and applications like distributed computing that take advantage of these networks.  Finally we will discuss ways in which the R&E community can become more involved in OFC and OFCnet for 2024 and beyond.

Moderator

Scott Kohlert, Ciena, USA

Wednesday, 08 March, 13:00 – 13:30

Theater III

OFCnet is live and active at OFC 2023. Participants can drop by booth 5917, booth 6109, and others to see the gear and experience the available demonstrations for this project. It’s an amazing display of what can be done to bring a live network to the OFC 2023 show floor.
 
What did it take to make this happen? Listen to what was happening behind the scenes, who was involved, and why networking companies and organizations would want to be part of OFCnet. This panel explores these questions and provides insights into what it takes to bring this network, and these demonstrations, to OFC.

Thursday, 09 March, 11:00 – 11:30

Theater III

The Emerging Technologies Panel focuses on select topics that are showcased in the OFCnet demonstrations.  The panelists and topics include:

Verizon Remote Fiber Sensing.  TJ Xia, Verizon: Distributed fiber optic sensing leverages existing fiber optical communications infrastructure as a sensing medium. In this session, applications of fiber sensing for and with fiber networks will be discussed that both enhance network operation efficiency and enable novel services and products.

Open edge Innovation.   Jörg Elbers, ADVA:  Optical spectrum services and coherent 100ZR bring new innovation to the network edge.  100G-800G coherent connectivity is demonstrated live in an OFCnet showcase.

Open Optical Transport System.  Koji Asahi, NEC:  The IOWN Networking Hub showcases an open muxponder/DC switch integrated with disaggregated hardware and software by NEC. Its OEM open hardware supports multi-vendor interoperable pluggable transceivers up to 400G. The system allows for plug-and-play DWDM data-center interconnect networks with a potential reach of up to 1000 km over OFS low-loss SMF, and a live interop transmission of around 500 km is showcased. A DC operator-friendly containerized application on Kubernetes is also featured.

CENIC ZR Integration.  Sana Bellamine, CENIC:  CENIC will discuss the validation of coherent pluggable optics over their production network, and additional interoperability lab testing. These tests included ZR, ZRP and the latest ZRP with integrated amplifier, over different host platforms.
Targeted use cases for coherent pluggable optics will also be described.

Moderator

C. Randy Giles, Optica, USA