The Telecom Infra Project (TIP) Open Optical & Packet Transport

The transport networks can be divided into different domains, for example vendor domains, technology domains, optical domains, geographical domains, and operator domains. Open-Optical Networks (O-ON) aim to enable more efficient Dense Wavelength-Division Multiplexing (DWDM) network architectures with enhanced management of multi-domain networks, by providing flexible combinations of network elements from different vendors (disaggregation) and open end-to-end control and management based on standard SDN architecture. 

To disaggregate the DWDM systems into the building blocks, Open Optical Terminals (O-OTs) and Open Optical Line System (O-OLS), becomes a priority objective for operators.

To summarize, the areas of benefits introduced by Open Optical Networks are:

• Expand supply chain flexibility and foster competition.
• Mix and match O-OLIs over the same O-OLS.
• Decouple the lifecycle of closed optical systems network elements taking benefit, for example, of best technology for transponders/muxponders when available.
• Enable vendor’s independent DWDM networks design and impairment validation to fully exploit network capacity avoiding vendor lock-in.

OCP Accepted™ hardware plays an important role in this architecture. UfiSpace and Edgecore provide a portfolio of Disaggregated Cell Site Gateway (DCSG), aggregration and core routers to provide a truly open reference design for operators. The devices profiled in this architecture are all OCP Accepted™ and TIP compliant.

Product Information

• Model #: TIP Open Optical & Packet Transport

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