Optical Networking Fundamental CISCO
Optical Networking Fundamental CISCO
Fundamentals
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• Introduction
• What is DWDM?
• Optical Fiber Crash Program
Agenda • DWDM Components
• DWDM in Routers
• Conclusion
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Traditional IP Engineer’s view of Optical Networking
- Grey optics connect buildings/floors
together, a mystery beyond
- Layer 1 demands a different skillset
from Ethernet
- Fiber optic technology has a steep
learning curve
- Traditional Engineers understand IP,
not Transport, hard to find both
skillsets
- Fiber optic networks are costly
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What is DWDM
What is WDM – Wavelength Division Multiplexing
Optical (light) signals of different wavelengths do not interfere with
each other on a fiber
Each wavelength represents an independent optical channel
Channel 1
Channel 2
Fiber optic cable
Channel 3
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WDM is Agnostic
• Protocol Agnostic—Any-Rate
Ethernet, TDM, Fiber Channel, etc.
• Bit-Rate Agnostic—Each
Wavelength can be different bit-
rates
• Allows Infrastructure Evolution to
meet your needs – i.e. Future
Rates
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xWDM Channel Overview
WDM CWDM DWDM (C-Band)
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ITU-T Grid
ITU wavelengths = lambdas = channels centered around 1550 nm (193 THz)
0.4 nm spacing
Wavelength
(nm)
1528.77 nm 1552.52 nm 1578.23 nm
(Center channel)
50 GHz spacing
Frequency
(THz)
196.2 THz 193.1 THz 190.1 THz
(Center channel)
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Optical Fiber
Crash Program
Applications for Different Fiber Types
Fiber Type Application Notes
SMF (G.652) • Good for Single-Channel at 1310 nm
1 NDSF • OK for Single-Channel at 1550
• Good for DWDM (w/Dispersion Mgmt when needed)
DSF (G.653) • OK for Single-Channel at 1310 nm
• Good for Single-Channel at 1550 nm
• Bad for DWDM (C-Band) (causes non-linear effects)
NZDSF +/- (G.655) • OK for Single-Channel at 1310 nm
2 • Good for Single-Channel at 1550 nm
• OK for DWDM (C + L Bands)
Extended Band (G.652.C) reduced • Good for Single-Channel at 1310 nm
water peak • OK for Single-Channel at 1550 nm
• OK for DWDM (With Dispersion Mgmt.)
• Good for CWDM (>8 wavelengths)
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Fiber Evolution
G.652 NDS Fiber
G.653 DS Fiber
0.6 G.655 NZDS Fiber
20
Dispersion (ps/nm*km)
Water Mark
0.5
Attenuation (dB/km)
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
1200 1300 1400 1500 1600 1700
Wavelength(nm)
(nm) C-Band
L-Band
S-Band
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Transmission Impairments Loss (dB/km)
L-band:1565–1625nm
2.0
C-band:1530–1565nm
S-band:1460–1530nm
Attenuation—Loss of Signal Strength
0.5
0.2
Time Slot
S+N
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Attenuation: Optical Budget
Basic Optical Budget = Tx Output Power – Rx Input Sensitivity
Max Budget = 10 dB
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Reference Slide
Laser Output Power and
Receiver Sensitivity and dBm
• Fiber loss expressed in dB but transmitter/receiver power is expressed in dBm
• This is why both the transmitter output power and the receiver sensitivity is
expressed in dBm:
PowerdBm=10log(PmW/1mW)
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Chromatic Dispersion (CD)
Bit 1 Bit 2 Bit 1 Bit 2 Bit 1 Bit 2 Bit 1 Bit 2 Bit 1 Bit 2
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Solution for Lower Speed Signals:
Dispersion Compensating Unit
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Solution for Higher Speed Signals:
Coherent Detection
Direct Detection
• Must correct for impairments in the physical domain (insert DCU’s)
• Forced to live with non-correctable impairments via network design (limit distance,
regenerate, adjust channel spacing)
• Dumb detection (OOK), no Digital Signal Processing, only FEC
DCU DCU DCU
DD DD
Regen
Coherent Detection
• Moves impairment correction from the optical domain into the digital domain
• Allows for digital correction of impairments (powerful DSP) vs. physical correction of
impairments (DCU’s). Adds advanced FEC
• Massive performance improvements over Direct Detection
CD
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Optical Signal-to-Noise Ratio (OSNR)
• OSNR is a measure of the ratio of signal level to the level of system noise
• As OSNR decreases, possible errors increase
• OSNR is measured in decibels (dB)
• EDFAs are the source of noise
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Final Solution: Regeneration
Regeneration involves the 3‘R’s:
e- Reshape Retime Reamplify
e-
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DWDM
Components
Typical Components of DWDM Systems
• DWDM Mux/Demux filters
• Optical Add/Drop Multiplexers (OADMs)
• Reconfigurable OADM (ROADM)
• Optical amplifiers (EDFA or RAMAN)
• Transponders/Muxponders
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DWDM Mux and Demux Filters Block Diagram
N light pulses of different wavelengths
Cisco MD-64 Mux/Demux
1, 2, ….N
1 1
Composite
2 signal 2
Demux
Mux
3 3
DWDM
fiber
N N
From N To N
transmitters receivers
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ROADM Types
“Broadcast and Select” Architecture “Route and Select” Architecture
Degree B
Per Degree Degree B
Add/Drop Select Route
WSS WSS WSS
M/D
Per Degree
M/D
Select Add/Drop
Route
WSS
Select
Fiber Connections
WSS
Select
WSS
Degree A
Degree C
Fiber Connections and/or
Degree C
Degree A
and/or
Mesh Mesh Patch Panel
Select
WSS
Route
WSS
Patch Panel
Select
WSS
Flexible Add/Drop
Per Degree
Add/Drop
M/D Structure
DWDM Services
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ROADM Types
“Broadcast and Select” Architecture “Route and Select” Architecture
Degree B
Per Degree Degree B
Add/Drop Select Route
WSS WSS WSS
Second WSS added at ingress of each degree
M/D
Per Degree
M/D
Add/Drop ➢
Select
➢ WSS on Mux (TX) side of each degree
➢ Demux WSS ‘routes’ any combination of waves to
➢ Ingress channels from each degree are passively
any output port (drop and other degrees)
Route
WSS
Select
split (broadcast) to all other degrees (plus the per- Fiber Connections
WSS
Select
WSS
Degree A
Degree C
Fiber Connections
degree add/drop) and/or
Degree C
Degree A
Select
WSS
➢
Route
WSS
its input ports (add and other degrees)
Patchthat
degree (selects those Panel
are)
Select
WSS
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ROADM Types
“Broadcast and Select” Architecture “Route and Select” Architecture
Degree B
Per Degree Degree B
Add/Drop Select Route
WSS WSS WSS
M/D
Per Degree
M/D
Select Add/Drop
Route
WSS
Select
Fiber Connections
WSS
Select
WSS
Degree A
Degree C
Fiber Connections and/or
Degree C
Degree A
and/or
Mesh Mesh Patch Panel
Select
WSS
Route
WSS
Patch Panel
Select
WSS
Flexible Add/Drop
Per Degree
Add/Drop
M/D Structure
DWDM Services
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Simple ROADM Architecture
Software Controlled Selectors – n Ch.
(Pass-through/Add/Block)
West Splitter
Pass
Pass-Through Wavelengths
DWDM
Add
Pass
Signal
Drop DWDM
Add Modules
Wavelengths
drop drop Wavelengths
n Ch. Demux Add
DWDM Pass
West Splitter
Pass
Pass-Through Wavelengths
DWDM
Pass
Signal
n Ch. Demux
DWDM
Modules
DWDM
Modules
n Ch. Demux
DWDM Pass
West Splitter
DWDM
Add
Signal
Drop DWDM
Add Modules
Wavelengths
drop drop Wavelengths
n Ch. Demux Add
DWDM
Signal
East
Add
Splitter
West Splitter
Pass
Pass-Through Wavelengths
DWDM
Add
Pass
Signal
Drop DWDM
Add Modules
Wavelengths
drop drop Wavelengths
n Ch. Demux Add
DWDM Pass
A M
T X
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DWDM Services Types
these terms are often interchanged, and many cards can support multiple
A M
T X
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Optical Modulation Brief
Constellation diagram of QSPK modulation
Polarization Total BW
Modulation Description bps
Multiple Multiple
OOK On-off Keying 1 1 1
BPSK Binary Phase Shift Keying 1 2 2
(D)QPSK (Differential) Quadrature Phase Shift Keying 2 2 4
8-QAM 8-state Quadrature Amplitude Modulation 3 2 6
16-QAM 16-state Quadrature Amplitude Modulation 4 2 8
Constellation diagram of 16-QAM modulation
32-QAM 32-state Quadrature Amplitude Modulation 5 2 10
64-QAM 64-state Quadrature Amplitude Modulation 6 2 12
All of these can be and generally are polarization-multiplexed to double the symbol rate
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DWDM Service Card Shelves vs. Native Routers
Add Pluggables as
Cisco NCS 1014
needed
2-RU Use 400G Coherent or
4x Service Slots
Up to 12.8Tbps
Gray Optics
Up to 2,500W
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DWDM in
Routers
DWDM Directly in Routers with simple Optical
Line Systems
Pre-Amplifier Booster
Optical Line System (as needed)
(EDFA) (EDFA)
EDFA
EDFA
Fiber Infrastructure
Booster Pre-Amplifier
(EDFA) (EDFA) OTDR (optional)
4, 48, 64-ch
M/D M/D
Optical
Mux/Demux
Client Infrastructure
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400G DCO’s: Native DWDM Interfaces in Routers
400G-ZR 400G-ZR+ 400G-ZR+
Bright
Single or Multi-Channel
Amplified, Point-to-point DWDM
400G-ZR and 400G-ZR+
max distance is ~120km
Multi-Channel
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What’s the Reach – including Bright ZR+
Single channel
Unamplified, Dark Fiber
~20dB Span Budget
400G-BrZR+ supports up to 2x the loss and distance
(approx. 80km distance)
Single or Multi-Channel
Amplified, Point-to-point DWDM
400G-ZR, 400G-ZR+, 400G-BrZR+ 400G-BrZR+ could require less amplification due to the
max distance is ~120km increased TX Power
Multi-Channel
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QSFP-DD OLS: EDFA’s Native to Routers
OR
Mux/Demux
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Traditional vs. Coherent Deployments
Prior Nx Muxponders
4x 100G 4x 100G
Outside Plant
+ + + + + + ROADM
Fiber
Router / Gray 4x Fiber Gray Transponder/ Optical Chassis Fiber Jumper ROADM – OLS
Switch Pluggable Jumpers Pluggable Muxponder Layer
Now Consolidates
transponder onto Reduces redundant
400G pluggable Eliminates need for
client pluggable optic
optical transponder /
module spend on
Outside Plant
muxponder chassis spend
+ + optical line system OLS
Fiber
Latency
400G Capable QDD-400G
Fiber Jumper
Service Separation ROADM or
Router / Switch ZR/ZR+/BrZR
+ Traffic Engineering simpler OLS Layer
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Comparison of Network Protection Mechanisms
Optical Protection Schemes
IP Protection
None – 1:1 1+1 1+1+R PSM
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Demo Time!
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Summary
• DWDM is not any harder than IP Optical Networking Simplification
Networks
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Good links
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/optical/15000r5_0/planning/guide/r50engp
l/r50appc.html
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/routed-optical-
networking/routed-optical-networking-wp.html
https://www.ciscolive.com/on-demand/on-demand-
library.html?search=dailey#/session/1707505548618001pxaU
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2007.pdf
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