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Workshop: Disaggregation, then Automatization of the Optical Layer

21 September 2019, 10:30 am–4:00 pm

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A pre-ECOC (European Conference on Optical Communication) workshop consisting of eight invited talks by experts followed by a panel discussion. We will explore the potential value of more general and systematic disaggregation of the optical layer.

Event Information

Open to

All

Availability

Yes

Organiser

Dr Georgios Zervas – Optical Networks Group - UCL

Location

G08 Sir David Davies LT
Roberts Engineering Building, UCL
Torrington Place
London
WC1E 7JE
United Kingdom

Description

In recent years, “disaggregation” appeared as a buzz word commonly seen in both compute and network, pushed by the Hyperscales.

While it suggests promising merits from a technological point of view, it is pointed out that the disaggregation of optical transport layer has been introduced only to reduce the cost of DCI transport which has relatively simple configurations of point-to-point WDM links and ROADM networks.

In this regard, its more general and thorough definitions have yet to be addressed with technical validations for wider applications, considering the trend that compute and network are to converge in the era of 5G/IoT-big data.

This workshop, consisting of eight invited talks by experts followed by a panel discussion, will explore the potential value of more general and systematic disaggregation of optical layer, which calls for automation, fully usable by upper layers for better efficiency and versatility.

Panel: 

“Why, how, and who should disaggregate optical layer?”
Questions to be asked in this panel may include, but not limited to:

  • What will be the architecture/role of optical layer in the beyond-5G era, where edge- and cloud-computing are adaptively balanced according to varying demands? And what/who will drive it?
  • What are the roles of the disaggregation of optical layer, and their unique advantages?
  • What are the challenges to disaggregate optical layer? Is the disaggregation of optical layer technically feasible at all?
  • Can standardization make disaggregated optical layer feasible and/or sustainable? If so, then who and how to standardize?
  • Will there be any killer apps of disaggregated optical layer?

Draft programme available now via the eventbrite page.


The event is co-sponsored by Cyber Photonic Platform Consortium; supported by EPSRC TRANSNET Programme, www.transnet.org.uk.