Check out Jörg-Peter Elbers’ slides from his ECOC 2014 presentation, as he takes a look at secure WDM connectivity for high-bandwidth applications

1. Jörg-Peter Elbers, VP Advanced Techology
ECOC 2014, Market Focus, Data Center Session
Secure WDM Connectivity for
High-Bandwidth Applications

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Data Centers Are the Heart of Communications
Global Data Center
IP Traffic
Source. Cisco Global Cloud Index 2011
By 2016, 90% of the Global Internet/
IP WAN Traffic Passes Through Data Centers.
Cisco Global Cloud Index

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In a Networked World, It Is All About …

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Security Becomes a No. 1 Concern
* Information public domain from The Guardian,
reused for educational purposes only.
Inter-Datacenter Network

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Inter-Data Center Connectivity Challenges
requires
Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM)
- As Private Network or Managed Service -

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Efficient and Scalable 100G Connectivity
Leveraging established eco-systems has been crucial.
Efficient connectivity:
„Scale up from datacom“
Leverage:
• 100GBASE-LR4 ecosystem
• 10G DWDM transmitters
Solution:
• 100G Direct Detect
• 4x28G DWDM
Sweet Spot:
• Point-to-point inter-connects
High-performance networking:
„Scale down from LH telecom“
Leverage:
• OIF 100G LH DWDM framework
• Relaxed specifications
Solution:
• 100G Coherent
• DP-QPSK
Sweet Spot:
• Metro & core networking

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Adding Security: 100G Layer-1 Encryption
World‘s First
100G Encyption Demo

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Connectivity Beyond 100G
Evolution to more capacity, programmability and lower cost per bit.
Efficient connectivity:
„Scale up from datacom“
High-performance networking:
„Scale down from LH telecom“

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Outlook: 400Gb/s DMT Demonstration
DMT Transmitter DMT Receiver See Paper P.4.10

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Outlook: QKD Demonstration
See Paper P.5.15
AES encrypted
10G Data
10G
Tx/Rx
Real-Time
Qantum Keys
10G Client
Data
Key exchange
QKD Tx
AES
En/Decryption
AES
En/Decryption
QKD Rx
Counter mode Counter mode
10G
Tx/Rx
10G Client
Data
Real-Time
Quantum Keys

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• Data centers are driving global traffic growth
• Require efficient, scalable and secure DWDM inter-DC connectivity
• Commercial solutions with 100G per channel are available
• Pressure to lower cost, power, size while increasing capacity continues
• The next big thing: 400G!
Key Take-Aways

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Efficiency
Protocol Transport
Lowest Latency
Widest Protocol Support
Storage/HPC Qualifications
Service Mapping
Flexible Client Multiplexing
Fixed/Reconfigurable Optics
Management & SDN Control
Equipment Design
Lowest Power
Highest Density
Least Cost
Improve Economics.

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Scalability
Speeds
From 100 Mb/s to 100 Gb/s
Reach Optimized Modules
Prepared for 400Gb/s
Topology
From 10 to 3000 km
Point-to-Point, Ring, Mesh
Fixed or Flexible l-Grid
Wavelengths
From 1 to 192 Channels
Grey, CWDM, DWDM
Single or Dual Fiber
Boost Capacity.

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Security
Layer 1 Encryption
AES-256 Encryption
Dynamic Key Exchange
100% Throughput
Hardened HW/SW
Access Authorization
Secure Communication
Tamper-Proof Hardware
Fiber Monitoring
Optical Power Tracking
Intrusion Detection
Spatial Incident Isolation
Enforce Security.

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Cloud Data Center Trends
10-100k links
1-10k links
0.1-0.3k links
Evolution of speeds from 40G over 100G to 400G, trend to single-mode & WDM.
1-10k links
0.1-1k links
Source: B. Booth, T. Issenhuth, Microsoft

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Metro connectivity:
• Data center distances < 100km
• Ethernet, Fiber Channel, some Infiniband
• DWDM w/ minimum processing (latency)
Optical Network Virtualization
Core connectivity:
• Globally distributed data centers
• IP/MPLS over OTN/DWDM
• Standard core network technologies
Metro
Core
Increased resource efficiency and reduced interconnection costs
by optical capacity sharing.
Programmable optical
connectivity for
cloud data center
operators & tenants

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World’s First 100G Encryption Demo
10G Ethernet MUX
Video
Local
“Sender”
Remote
“Receiver”
Intermediate
“Hacker”
Optic Coupler
100G AES MUX
Passive WDM MUX
XG-210
10TCE-AES100G
4CSM
XG210
10TCE-AES100G
4CSM &
EDFA VGC
Video
Command Line Interface (CLI) CLI
Video
?
CLI