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Plethora of OIF Activities at OFC Include Live Physical & Link Layer Interop Demo, SDN Transport API Interop Demo Results and 100G Workshop
[March 15, 2017]

Plethora of OIF Activities at OFC Include Live Physical & Link Layer Interop Demo, SDN Transport API Interop Demo Results and 100G Workshop


The Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) announced today an abundance of activities and demos at OFC 2017 in Los Angeles, March 21-23. The OIF is hosting live demonstrations showing 56Gbps, CFP2-ACO and FlexEthernet by 11 OIF member companies. The Forum will share details from its SDN Transport API Interoperability Demonstration which concluded in December of 2016 and, finally, the OIF is offering a half day 100G Serial Electrical Interconnect Needs workshop, which is open to the public.

OIF Delivers on Enabling Next Generation Networks (News - Alert)!

OIF member companies have teamed up to demonstrate significant progress in delivering an interoperable ecosystem of suppliers and solutions for critical market needs:

  • 56Gbps live electrical signaling over all reaches
  • CFP2-ACO Optical Interoperability
  • FlexE (Flex Ethernet)

Public demonstrations will be on display March 21-23, 2017 at OFC in OIF Booth #3853. Additional information can be found here.

OIF Presentation: Enabling Next Generation Physical Layer Solutions

This session will cover the operating, live, interoperability demonstrations that OIF members are displaying in booth #3853. The panelists will discuss the OIF Implementation Agreement development work that has led to these demos and provide an update on the current status. In addition, some of the OIF's new, future work in process will be discussed.

This session will take place Tuesday, March 21, 2017 - 1:45pm-2:45pm - in Expo Theater III

Moderator: Steve Sekel, Keysight Technologies, Inc., OIF PLL Interoperability WG Chair

Panelists: Ed Frlan, Semtech, OIF Technical Committee Vice Chair; Karl Gass, OIF PLL WG Optical Vice Chair; Tad Hofmeister, Google (News - Alert), OIF Representative

SDN Transport API Interoperability Demo Public Read-Out

The OIF helps operaors unlock the benefits of SDN for their optical networks through three interrelated projects: interop demonstrations hosted by participating operators leveraging key interfaces such as the Transport API to bind together multi-layer and multi-domain carrier networks; Implementation Agreements that document new interoperability industry standards; and a new certification program that will address the gap between paper specifications or early implementations and products that carriers can realistically deploy. Learn how these help realize commercial Transport SDN deployment and the promised benefits of accelerated time-to-revenue coupled with increased operational efficiency.



This session will take place Tuesday, March 21, 2017 - 3:00pm-4:00pm - in Expo Theater III

Moderator: Dave Brown, Nokia (News - Alert), OIF President.


Panelists: Jonathan Sadler, Coriant, OIF Board Member and Networking Interoperability WG Chair; Lyndon Ong, Ciena, OIF MA&E Committee co-chair Networking; Victor Lopez, Telefonica (News - Alert).

OIF Workshop - 100G Serial Electrical Interconnect Needs

The OIF will host a half-day workshop focusing on potential electrical link and interconnect technologies being developed to support serial data rates of 100 Gb/s and higher. The workshop, which is open to the public, will give an industry view and discuss the application spaces for the next generation interconnects, including Networking Trends and Cloud Scale applications.

Thursday, March 23, 2017 - 12pm-6pm

Los Angeles Convention Center

Level Two, West Hall - Room 518

To register for the workshop, click here.

Workshop Agenda

12:00pm: Registration and Box (News - Alert) Lunches

12:30pm: Intro - Tom Palkert, OIF PLL WG Electrical Vice Chair, Molex

1:00pm: Industry Analyst - Alan Weckel, 650 Group

Session 1 - User Demand

  • High Level Systems - Katharine Schmidtke, Facebook
  • Equipment Perspective - Andreas Bechtolsheim, Arista

Session 2 - Component Suppliers' Vision

  • Optics - Mark Nowell, Cisco
  • SERDES/semiconductor - Bart Zeydel, MACOM
  • Alternate Modulation - David Stauffer, Kandou Bus
  • Copper cable/connector/PCB trace - Greg Walz, Molex

5:15pm: Wrap-up - Nathan Tracy, OIF VP of Marketing, TE Connectivity

About the OIF

The OIF facilitates the development and deployment of interoperable networking solutions and services. Members collaborate to drive Implementation Agreements (IAs) and interoperability demonstrations to accelerate and maximize market adoption of advanced internetworking technologies. OIF work applies to optical and electrical interconnects, optical component and network processing technologies, and to network control and operations including software defined networks and network function virtualization. The OIF actively supports and extends the work of national and international standards bodies. Launched in 1998, the OIF is the only industry group uniting representatives from across the spectrum of networking, including many of the world's leading service providers, system vendors, component manufacturers, software and testing vendors. Information on the OIF can be found at http://www.oiforum.com.


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