TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 2003
OFC Exposition- Off to a Great Start
Improved Programming Designed to Increase Exposition Success
Covering 196,000 square feet of the Georgia World Congress Center, the OFC 2003 Exposition is an impressive
sight to behold for technical registrants and both first-time and long-time exhibitors. This year OFC management
has made every effort to assure that the floor space is worth the investment of time and material to the exhibitor,
and a dynamic opportunity for business and research for visitors during the Expo's three-day run, March 25-27.
One can find everything at OFC from the smaller booth displays of White Rock Networks, Topfiber Tech. Co., Ltd.
and Speer Fiber Optics, Inc., to larger booths like JDS Uniphase, Cisco Systems Inc., Infineon Technologies,
Bookham Technology and Intel Corp. All sizes and aspects of the optical fiber industry are represented.
"Logistically, everything is going smoothly," said David Coray, OFC Exhibit Manager, "We got in early and I'm looking
forward to a good show." Exhibitors are optimistic about floor traffic this year with the addition of several programs
on the exhibit floor, including the Exhibitor Showcase, Market Watch Program and the Career Center. Additionally,
coffee breaks have been moved to the exhibit floor to support walk-through traffic.
The Exhibitor Showcase features presentations by exhibitors in 40-minute blocks. Each presentation is divided
into two tracks, a "White Paper Track" focusing on solution based research and a "Product Presentation Track"
highlighting specific products and systems. A complete list of Exhibitor Showcases is available online in the OFC
Buyer's Guide. Market Watch: Business and Technology™ is a new series of programming to focus on "real-time"
applications and business issues that drive telecommunications. Each session focuses on either business or
technology issues and includes audience question and answer time. Timely discussions from prominent leaders
present topics at the forefront of the telecommunications field.
The OFC Career Center is an ideal place to connect with employers and job seekers from all sectors of optical
communications. The Center offers on-site interview facilities, an online resume database, job posting access
and interview scheduling before, during and after the conference. The OFC Career Center is located on the
exposition floor, Hall B, during the following hours: Tuesday, March 25, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm; Wednesday,
March 26, 9:00 am - 6:00 pm; Thursday, March 27, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm, New this year for the Career Center
will be free Career Workshops for all interested attendees. Workshops provide information, advice, and guidance
to candidates seeking employment in the optics and photonics industry. Topics will include interview skills, resume
writing, networking and much more.
Overall, the 2003 Exposition promises to be rewarding for all parties, including those who have traveled from the
Pacific Rim where travel bans have been commonplace; OFC is fortunate to have groups from China, Korea and
Taiwan within the ranks of other national and international exhibitors.
Industry's Leading Event Shows Stability Despite Troubled Times in U.S. Economy
The Optical Fiber Conference and Exposition (OFC) continues to be the optical communication industry's leading
event, with the March 23-28, 2003 conference highlighting nearly 900 exhibitors and a nine percent increase
in technical paper submissions. Despite a struggling U.S. economy, a trend in corporate downsizing and the
war with Iraq, OFC registration and exhibit numbers remain stable. This year's exhibit floor features an inspiring
blend of technology and development, including Sumitomo Electric Lightwave, Fiber Optic Center, Inc.,
DataRay, Inc., Infineon Technologies, Cisco Systems Inc., Bookham Technology, JDS Uniphase, Intel Corp. and
many others from local and international companies.
One of OFC's three sponsoring organizations, OSA's Cynthia Gady, Senior Director of Meetings and Exhibits,
summarizes OFC's international appeal, stating, "In spite of the economic pressure faced by the industry, we
continue to see strong interest in OFC from around the world. In fact, more than 25% of our exhibitors in 2003
come from outside the United States, including at least one government sponsored delegation from China."
OFC's strength and international appeal can in part be attributed to the cooperation of its' three sponsoring
organizations: the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers/Communications Society (IEEE/ComSoc), the
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers/Lasers and Electro-Optics (IEEE/LEOS) and the Optical Society
of America (OSA). Together the societies support over 30 meetings and conferences and constitute a
membership from over 100 countries and 85,000 scientists, engineers, educators and technicians.
Technical registrants can look forward to an exciting array of programming, featuring 576 presentations,
90+ short courses, nine tutorial talks, a rich array of workshops, a Plenary Session and a full-day Service
Provider Summit. OFC management also unveils a new program this year called Market Watch: Business
and Technology™.
The Service Provider Summit has been designed to cater to the needs and interests of carriers and service
providers. A keynote presentation by Bill Smith, Chief Product and Technology Officer, BellSouth Corporation
is scheduled for Wednesday, March 26, 8:30-9:15 am. "OFC is one of the leading events in our industry,"
said Smith. "2003 marks the first year that the conference designed programming to specifically meet the needs
of the service provider sector. The Service Provider Summit is the innovative, refreshing forum that our industry
needs. The panel discussions, education and networking opportunities make for an intriguing, comprehensive event."
Another new program, OFC's Market Watch: Business and Technology™, addresses emerging trends in industry
developments. An aim of the program is to maintain an emphasis on "real-time" applications and practical ways to
prepare and prosper in the near future. Topics include: global market potential, telecom trends - analyst and investor
views, business and management topics, tunability in the network, broadband access: the years ahead,
customer-owned optical networks, and the future of video services. Panel organizers include Milton Chang, Incubic;
Serge Melle, Infinera; and Matt Steinberg, Ample Communications.
The Plenary Session and Award Ceremony took place today in the Thomas Murphy Ballroom. This year's Plenary
included W. Eric Mentzer, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Intel Communications Group and
Kevin Kalkhoven, Co-founder, Kalkhoven, Pettit & Levin Ventures LLC. The John Tyndall Award and OSA, IEEE/LEOS,
and IEEE/ComSoc Fellowship Awards were also presented during this session.
Other programming that shouldn't be missed includes the Postdeadline Paper presentations, a session that is always
competitive and gives participants the opportunity to hear new and significant materials in rapidly advancing areas.
This year's Postdeadline Papers received over 120 submissions to be scored and selected by the OFC Program
Committee. Presentation of these select papers is scheduled for Thursday, March 27th.
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 2003
Analogies for Change- OFC Plenary Session Examines Industry's Future
The Plenary Session on Tuesday, March 25, examined the future of the optical communications industry through
several analogies drawn by the invited speakers, including Eric Mentzer, Kevin N. Kalkhoven and Eduardo Gelbstein.
Eric Mentzer, V.P. and Chief Tech. Officer, Intel Corp, used an analogy to the trucking industry's decline after federal
deregulation in 1979. He described how the truck industry metamorphosed to survive after deregulation.
Aerodynamics of truck bodies helped reduce the mile-per-gallon costs of the industry and revive itself; similarly,
Mentzer's words encourage the industry to realize that "long term growth is real" with examinations of internet usage
in the next ten years at "1,000 times the current traffic" and demonstrated wireless technology by chopping a laptop
computer's internet connection with a silver-bladed axe. In summary, Mentzer states that "underlying growth is real
and the rules are changing."
Kevin N. Kalkhoven, Co-founder of Kalkhoven, Pettit & Levin Ventures LLC, former President, CEO and Chairman of JDS
Uniphase, talked about the industry using a "Survivor" game-show theme, and thus his title was appropriate: "Survival:
Optics" Kalkhoven inquired, "Is this a game? No, it's reality," and described the necessity to understand the end-user
in the industry. Kalkhoven's presentation investigated the past 20-years within the industry, from the high point of the
ate 90's to the current "flat" point of 2003. Describing the current and ongoing trend of consumers and a 2% GDP,
Kalkhoven spoke of the need to introduce new markets, new trends and not just the core technology; otherwise,
Kalkhoven said, "this is it, 2% GDP is all we're going to get." In conclusion, after a section where he discussed the
explosion of cellular, Kalkhoven stated that in the end, "There will be survivors, and these will be winners."
Eduardo Gelbstein, Special Fellow with the United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland described in his Plenary presentation,
"Connectivity for a Better World" a planet where there are geographic and technological distinctions, or in his own
words, places like "the Land of the Have-Nots" and the "Oasis of Knowledge." An uneven distribution of technology
shows that New York City has more telephone lines than the whole of rural Asian and London has more Internet
subscribers than Africa. He calls this the "Digital Divide." Gelbstein describes an "information rich economy" and points
out that there is vast potential in a country like Costa Rica, who went from being primarily an agricultural exporter of
bananas to a country that now shares agriculture with 40% technology exports. The evidence described in Gelbstein's
presentation asks the audience to consider the digital divide as an industry opportunity rather than a problem.
OFC Exposition Features the Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF)--
Interoperability Demonstration and Technical Presentations
Located in Hall B, Booth 7620, 24 OIF Member Companies Demonstrate Interoperability
UNI/NNI Interoperability Demonstration
For the first time, the integrated UNI/NNI solution will be demonstrated. Participating companies include Alcatel,
Avici Systems, Ciena Corporation, Data Connection, Elematics, Mahi Networks, Motorola/ Netplane, NEC,
Nortel Networks, Sycamore Networks, Tellabs, and Tellium.
Physical & Link Layer Interoperability Demonstration
OIF Members will show interoperability on SFI-4.1, SPI-4.2, SFI-5, VSR-4, TFI-5 and Tunable Lasers. Participants
include AM CC, Big Bear Networks, Intel, Iolon, Multiplex, NEC, Network Elements, Santur, Tyco Electronics, Velio,
Vitesse and Xilinx.
Member Technical Presentations
Key OIF speakers will give their perspective on the tests and the optical networking industry through interactive
presentations at the OIF booth. Multi-media shows and educational material will provide details of the collaborative
work of a broad cross-section of industry-leading companies. Stop by our beautiful garden booth and have a
cup of coffee on us.
Schedule of Presentations for Wednesday, March 26
10:40 am Interoperability: Key issue for carriers and ISPs. Vishnu Shukla, Verizon
11:00 am Achieving Seamless IP Optical Network Integration. Amy Wang, Avici
11:20 am Testing OIF Electrical Implementation Agreements. Gary Goncher, Tektronix
11:40 am Hierarchical Routing using GMPLS-OSPF. Dean Cheng, Polaris &
Lyndon Ong, Ciena
12:00 pm OIF Implementation Agreements for Optical Modules, both Electrical and Optical. Raj Savara, NEI
12:20 pm An evolutionary approach to G-MPLS ensuring a smooth migration of legacy
networks. Ben Martens, Alcatel
12:40 pm SPI-4.2: System Packet Interface. Tom Palkert, AMCC
1:00 pm Making GMPLS Real. Ian Hood, Mahi Networks
1:20 pm Applying TFI-5 and Understanding the Backplane Environment. John D'Ambrosia, Tyco
1:40 pm OIF NNI: The Roadmap to Non-Disruptive Control Plane Interoperability.
Dimitris Pendarakis, Tellium
2:00 pm SPI-4.2 IP Core on Virtex-II and Virtex-II Pro FPGAs Speeds Development
and Delivers Interoperable Solution. Chris Eberling, Xilinx
2:20 pm Intra-carrier Solutions Enabled by the OIF NNI. Erning Ye, Nortel Networks
2:40 pm Test equipment for physical layer conformance testing of parallel buses
exemplified for SFI4/5. Michael Fleischer-Reumann, Agilent
3:00 pm Emergence of Control Plane Standards and Impact on Optical Network
Services. Tom DiMicelli, Sycamore Networks
3:20 pm A New Tunable Laser MSA based upon the OIF Implementation Agreement. Jeff Hutchins, iolon
3:40 pm OIF SFI-5 Compliant 40G Transponder. Laura Adams, Big Bear
Plenary Session Award Ceremony
A number of distinguished awards were presented on Tuesday, March 25th, during the OFC Plenary Session in the
Murphy Ballroom. A large crowd was present for the Plenary Session, Daniel E. Noble Award, Tyndall Award and
Fellowship Presentations by OSA, IEEE/ComSoc and IEEE/LEOS.
The IEEE Daniel E. Noble Award was presented by Michael S. Adler, 2003 IEEE President to its 2003 recipient,
Kenichi Iga, Executive Director, Japan Society for Promotion of Science, Japan. Kenichi Iga is regarded as the
father of surface emitting semiconductor lasers (VCSELs), and his work has significantly impacted high-speed
communications. Since his first demonstration of a VCSEL in 1979 at Tokyo Institute of Technology, he has
established the fundamental technical and theoretical bases for the lasers and inspired much research in the field.
2003's John Tyndall Award was awarded to Andrew Chraplyvy, Director of Lightwave Systems Research at
Bell Labs, Lucent Technology. The Tyndall Award was presented by G.D. Khoe, IEEE/LEOS President;
G. Michael Morris, OSA President; and Douglas W. Hall, Vice President and Technology Director for Amplifiers and
Compensation Development, Photonic Technologies Division, Corning, Inc. Andrew Chraplyvy is credited for
pioneering research on optical fiber nonlinearities and their dispersion management, and leading wavelength-
division-multiplexed fiber transmission systems beyond Terabit/second capacities.
The IEEE/Communications Society Fellow Presentations were presented by Celia Desmond, IEEE Communications
Society President to Jan Conradi, Corning, USA.
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he IEEE/Laser and Electro-Optics Society Fellow Presentations were awarded by G.D. Khoe, IEEE/LEOS
President to: Silvano Donati, Universita Di Pavia, Italy; Kazuo Hotate, the University of Tokyo, Japan;
Ken-ichi Kitayama, Osaka University, Japan; Prem Kumar, Northwestern University, USA; El-Hang Lee,
Inha University, South Korea and W. John Tomlinson, JDS Uniphase Corp., USA.
The OSA Fellow Presentations were presided by G. Michael Morris, OSA President to: Neal S. Bergano,
Tyco Telecommunications, USA; Christian Bosshard, Swiss Center for Electronics and MicroTechnology,
Switzerland; John E. Bowers, Calient Networks, USA; Silvano Donati, Univ. di Pavia, Italy; Benjamin Eggleton,
OFS Laboratories, USA; Chongcheng Fan, Tsinghua Univ., China; El-Hang Lee, Inha Univ., South Korea;
David Mendlovic, Civcom, Israel; Hiroshi Nishihara, Univ. of the Air, Japan; Kenneth L. Walker, OFS Fitel Laboratories, USA
and Jay M. Wiesenfeld, Celion Networks, USA.
Alan E. Willner, Editor-in-Chief, presented the IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology Presentations to:
Sandeep Vohra, Optinel Systems, Inc.; Hiroaki Inoue, OPNext Japan Inc. and Katsunari Okamoto, NTT Electronics Corporation.
Poster Session Highlights and Profiles
The Poster Session was a popular event that marked the end of Monday's day of programming: mostly composed of
Short Courses and Workshops. With 116-posters displayed on 4' by 8' boards, in all ranges of display aesthetics,
the Georgia Ballroom was a buzz of activity, fervent conversation, inquiry and laughter among coworkers and comrades.
The crowd enjoyed a cheese and bread buffet, along with soda and beer refreshments. At its high point, every poster
seemed to have anywhere from two to seven people listening to the author's presentation. What makes the Poster
Session so valuable to the industry and to OFC is the interaction the poster board style instills in the fiber optic community.
The following authors were selected as a sampling of OFC's depth of talent and diversity within the poster sessions.
A review of their work in both title and abstract form is included for those who were not fortunate enough to view
these and the other 100+ posters represented during Monday's Session.
Jian Wang
Economic Modeling and Analysis of the Evolution Path in Current and Projected IP-Backbone Networks
J. Wang, Telecommunication & Information Technology Inst., Florida International University, Miami, FL
Abstract: We report a network-evolution model that imitates the changes in IP backbone infrastructure. We discover
the existence of "rapid CapEx increasing" periods, when the network operators have no choices but to perform
major network upgrading.
Elaine Wong
Packet-Over-WDM Demonstration and Performance Evaluation of Baseband Optical Carrier-Sense Multiple Access
E. Wong, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; M. Summerfield, VPIsystems, Melbourne, Australia
Abstract: We present the first WDM demonstration of baseband optical carrier-sense multiple access with collision
avoidance. We evaluate the performance of the node through experiment and theory, showing excellent crosstalk
performance and minimal power levels (< -50 dBm) for reliable operation.
Won Kyu Lee & Han Young Ryu
A Discretely Tunable Erbium-Doped Fiber Ring Laser with 273 Ch. 50 GHz-Spacing ITU-T Grids in C- & L-band Regions
H. Ryu, H. Moon, W. Lee, H. Suh, Center for Information and Telecommunication Standards, Korea Research Istitute of
Standards and Science, Daejeon 305-340, Republic of Korea; D. Lee, Department of Physics, Chungnam National
University, Daejeon 305-764, Republic of Korea
Abstract: We fabricated a wide-band discretely-tunable erbium-doped fiber laser with 50 GHz-spacing ITU-T grids in
the C- and L-bands by incorporating a solid Fabry-Perot interferometer(SFPI) and a fiber Fabry-Perot(FFP) tunable
filter. This laser was tunable over 111 nm with 273 channels.
Fabio Ghiringhelli
BER and Total Throughput of Asynchronous
DS-OCDMA/WDM Systems with Multiple User Interference
F. Ghiringhelli, M. Zervas, Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom;
M. Zervas, Southampton Photonics Inc., Southampton, United Kingdom
Abstract: The BER and Throughput of Direct-Sequence OCDMA/WDM systems based on quadripolar codes and
superstructured fiber Bragg gratings are statistically derived under asynchronous operation, intensity detection,
and Multiple User Interference. Performance improvements with Forward Error Correction are included.
Govind P. Agrawal
Parametric Amplification for Controlling Timing Jitter in Dispersion-Managed Lightwave Systems
J. Santhanam, G. Agrawal, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Abstract: We show that the timing jitter in dispersion-managed lightwave systems can be reduced considerably
by replacing erbium-doped fiber amplifiers with the parametric amplifiers in which four-wave mixing is used to
generate a phase-conjugated signal.
Carsten Bernholdt
Jitter Analysis of All-Optical Clock Recovery at 40 GHz
C. Bornholdt, J. Slovak, M. Möhrle,
B. Sartorius, Heinrich-Hertz-Institut,
Berlin, Germany
Abstract: The jitter of optical clock recovery based on self-pulsating PhaseCOMB-lasers is analyzed using a
new generation sampling scope. An excellent restoration function of the clock is demonstrated at 40 GHz
even for strongly degraded signals.
Tristan Kremp
Fast Wavelet Collocation Method for WDM System Parameter Optimization
T. Kremp, Institut fuer Geometrie und Praktische Mathematik, Aachen University of Technology, Aachen, Germany;
W. Freude, High-Frequency and Quantum Electronics Laboratory, University of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
Abstract: Using a wavelet collocation method, which is substantially faster than the standard split-step Fourier
method, accurate optimizations of WDM system parameters become possible. For a typical 40-Gbit/s system, the
optimum power level is determined and compared to analytical approximations.
L. Ukrainczyk
Integration of Fiber Optic Lenses with Small Form Factor MEMS Components
A. Mirza, G. Wu, S. Gamage, GE NovaSensor, Fremont, CA; L. Ukrainczyk, N. Shashidhar, Corning Inc., Corning, NY
Abstract: Passively alignable lensed fiber was designed to enable significantly reduced component assembly
costs with optical MEMS devices. Passive alignment with < 0.5 dB loss/pair was demonstrated. Integration of
lensed fiber with small form factor MEMS switch on silicon chip was demonstrated.
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THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2003
Service Provider Summit- Bill Smith's Keynote Address
A new program debuted at OFC yesterday, as part of an effort to address the information needs and interests
specific to those in the carrier and service provider sector: The Service Provider Summit.
Registration to the Summit included a full day of programming, panels and networking opportunities, breakfast,
lunch and an evening Networking Reception, along with free admission to OFC's Market Watch: Business and
Technology™. The programming and panels were designed to help answer questions like: what new technologies
are on the horizon that will spur the next round of growth? Another question familiar to the Summit is: how does
competition from other industries (cable, wireless, etc.) affect your strategy?
The Service Provider Summit kicked off on Wednesday, March 26 for the 8:30 am Keynote Address by Bill Smith,
Chief Product Development and CTO, BellSouth Corporation, USA. Smith's presentation was titled "Lighting the
Path to Optical: Customer Needs & Product Development."
Recognizing the tough times the industry is undergoing, Bill Smith described "the overall network transform plan"
at BellSouth Corp., to include access networks, core networks, and optical based products.
One of Smith's first presentation slides depicted this transformation taking place as BellSouth Corp. moves from
electrical to optical, circuit to packet, overlay to shared networks and narrowband to broadband.
As some of the challenges facing his team with broadband access networks, Smith highlighted the delivery of
voice, video and highspeed data to an integrated network as a requirement, network band requirements with
increasing volume and traffic that is changing in nature, streaming audio and voice, derived voice, and content
that demands high speed.
Smith believes that broadband access evolution is the key in the transformation, as part of his "overall network
transform plan." "I long for the day that I can take a fresh piece of paper out and start a new network," Smith said,
"however, this isn't possible. There isn't a single solution but a set of tools that solve the broadband need."
Some of these tools include DSLAM deployment deeper in the distribution network, FDI-based solutions, ADSL over
Fiber-in-the-Loop and Improved Reach ADSL 2 (> 18kft).
In conclusion, Smith highlighted several key areas in the transformation plan, such as integration versus specialization,
fault management across layers, operations - legacy and next generation, packet versus circuit or packet plus circuit,
metro versus longhaul technology and investment and the outcome of broadband treatment in FCC Review Order.
Other Service Provider Summit Panel Discussions included:
"Technology, Cost Reduction, and Revenue in the Metro Area Networks: Challenges and Opportunities" featuring Dana
Cooperson, RHK, USA; Kathy Tse, AT&T, USA; Andreas Gladisch, Deutsche Telekom: T-Systems, Germany; Francois
Tillerot, France Telecom R&D, France; Kazuhiro Gomi, NTT Communications Corp., Japan.
"The Challengers to Traditional Carriers: A Competitive Focus", featuring Brian Van Steen, PointEast Research, USA;
Brad Kummer, Cogent Communications, USA; Mark Jones, Sprint Global Markets Group, USA; Sabrina Calhoun,
Cox Communications, USA; Dave Williams, Cingular Wireless, USA.
Press Conference Reviews Technical Session Highlights
A scientific press conference took place on Wednesday March 26 at 10am at the Georgia World Congress Center
to provide details on technical advancements and to provide an overview of industry progress and trends. The
following topic highlights and upcoming OFC technical sessions within these topics include:
Bandwidth on Demand: ThH3 "The Value Proposition for Bandwidth on Demand", Ronald Skoog, Telecordia
Technologies, will ponder the fundamental forces that drive future developments of Bandwidth on Demand (BoD)
services and the network design that will make them work. He will also explore how dynamic, flexible networking
capabilities will most likely be used, what types of services will ultimately be available to BoD customers, and how
this will change the industry.
Fiber to the Home: ThAA2 "Traffic Analysis of Ethernet-PON in FTTH Trial Service", Kazuho Ohara, KDDI R&D Labs,
will show that EPON is feasible for delivering streaming video and voice in addition to data, even when many consumers
on the network use these services at the same time.
Multicolored Laser Lights if Red-Hot: FH3, "24 Channels x 10GHz Spectrally Sliced Pulse Source Based on Spectral
Broadening in a Highly Nonlinear Holey Fiber", Zulfadzli Yusoff, Univ. of Southampton, investigates sending intense
picosecond pulses through a holey optical fiber, a fiber with a geometric pattern of holes running along its length.
This pattern causes light to interact with the fiber in a nonlinear fashion, converting the single-colored laser light into
a broad spectrum of colors.
Switchable Photonic Crystals: ThI7, "2D and 3D Tunable Photonic Crystals Fabricated in Liquid Crystal/Polymer
Composites", Jun Qi, Brown University, will discuss switchable H-PDLC photonic crystals.
Microstructured Fiber Amplifiers: ThT2, "Microstructure-Fiber Based Optical Parametric Amplifier in the 1550nm
Telecom Band", Renyong Tang, Northwestern Univ., discusses Northwestern being the first to build a microstructure
fiber-based optical parametric amplifier in the telecom band. Research shows that their new microstructured fibers
provide high gain with lengths on the order of tens of meters and modest pump powers of about 1 watt.
Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF)--
Interoperability Demonstration and Technical Presentations
The OIF invites you to stop by and relax in our beautiful garden surroundings and have a cup of coffee on us.
While you're there attend one of many technical presentations or take a guided tour of our live interoperability demos.
UNI/NNI Interoperability Demonstration
For the first time, the integrated UNI/NNI solution will be demonstrated. Participating companies include Alcatel,
Avici Systems, Ciena Corporation, Data Connection, Elematics, Mahi Networks, Motorola/ Netplane, NEC, Nortel
Networks, Sycamore Networks, Tellabs, and Tellium.
Physical & Link Layer Interoperability Demonstration
OIF Members will show interoperability on SFI-4.1, SPI-4.2, SFI-5, VSR-4, TFI-5 and Tunable Lasers. Participants
include AMCC, Big Bear Networks, Intel, Iolon, Multiplex, NEC, Network Elements, Santur, Tyco Electronics, Velio,
Vitesse and Xilinx.
Donating Unique Booth Materials to Habitat for Humanity
This year the OIF booth is like nothing you've seen before. The booth includes a beautiful garden of plants,
colorful flowers, and even a water feature with a coffee stand and a relaxing sitting area. After OFC, the OIF
will be donating its booth materials, live plants and flowers, to the Atlanta chapter of Habitat for Humanity, which
will be utilized by the Habitat for Humanity Atlanta ReStore, to help generate much needed additional funds. The
Habitat for Humanity Atlanta ReStore helps fund additional Habitat homes by selling donated building products,
home accessory items and landscaping products.
Member Technical Presentations
Key OIF speakers will give their perspective on the tests and the optical networking industry through interactive
presentations at the OIF booth. Multi-media shows and educational material will provide details of the collaborative
work of a broad cross-section of industry-leading companies that are working towards dynamic optical internetworking.
Thursday, March 27
11:00 am Applying TFI-5 and Understanding the Backplane Environment, John D'Ambrosia, Tyco
11:20 am Achieving Seamless IP Optical Network Integration, Amy Wang, Avici
11:40 am OIF SFI-5 Compliant 40G Transponder, Laura Adams, Big Bear
12:00 pm Interoperability: Key issue for carriers and ISPs, Jennifer Yates, AT&T
12:20 pm Testing OIF Electrical Implementation Agreements, Gary Goncher, Tektronix
12:40 pm An evolutionary approach to G-MPLS ensuring a smooth migration of legacy networks, Ben Martens,
Alcatel
1:00 pm A New Tunable Laser MSA based upon the OIF Implementation Agreement, Gurinder Parhar, Santur
1:20 pm Call Detail Records for UNI 1.0 Connections, Dan Spears, Ciena
1:40 pm OIF Implementation Agreements for Optical Modules, both Electrical and Optical, Raj Savara, NEI
2:00 pm Making GMPLS Real, Colm O'Brien, Mahi Networks
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