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ULTRAFAST OPTICAL NETWORKS.

04/12/23 Slide 2

Introduction to PhotonEx: Agenda

• Objectives & Expectations

• PhotonEx – Who We Are & What We Stand For– Deep Experience & Strategic Leadership

– Network Evolution Paths

• Issues & Solutions:– Bandwidth & Services – changing network

topologies

– PhotonEx Revolutionary Solution

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Who is …

“The Ultrafast Optical Networking Company”

• Efficient High-Capacity Transmission

– Cost-per-bit, Footprint

• Ultra-Fast, Ultra-Long-Haul Bandwidth

• Direct Path to “Optical Internet”

A World Class Team, laying the tracks for the All-Optical Packet Network

04/12/23 Slide 4

PhotonEx Corporation

• Incorporated September 1999

• $8M first round, November 1999

• Matrix Partners, North Bridge Venture Partners

• 90 Employees, growing rapidly

• 33,000 sq.ft. office/lab in Bedford, MA

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Who is …


•Experienced players

Lucent MCI WorldCom Nortel MIT–Lincoln Lab

Bay Networks Ciena WellfleetCascade

•more than 700 years of combined industry experience

•over 100 patents, 300 published papers

•Industry leadership in optical & data networking:

–ultra high speed optical transport technology–advanced optical networking carrier products–industry leading, carrier-grade IP router products

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Who is …

– Kristin Rauschenbach, Ph.D. – Chief Executive Officer• Former Member MIT Lincoln Lab Steering Committee and Assoc.

Division Head of Information and Communications Systems Division• Created & led the MIT Lincoln Labs Advanced Networks Group• 6 patents & 45 published papers in optical networking

– Katie Hall, Ph.D. – Chief Technical Officer• Former Group Leader of the Advanced Networks Group• Pioneering research in high-speed, long-reach optics technology• 8 patents & 100 published papers in high-speed optics

– Nanying Yin, Ph.D. – Exec. Vice President, Product Development• Former Director of the Core Router Group at Nortel Networks• Initiated & led development of Nortel Carrier Core Router – Versalar 25000®

• 20 patents & 20 published papers in data networking

Founding the company:

04/12/23 Slide 7

PhotonEx Development Team

Hardware &Test

RF Electronics

Network ManagementSoftware

Optics PhysicalDesign

• Industry Leaders• Recognized Pioneers• 11 PhDs• Product design experience

• Line Card-Chassis• Novel Optical Circuit Pack Realization• “Carrier-Class” System Realization

• Complex Board Design• Board and System-level

Diag and Test• >25 Past Product

Developments

• Unique design expertise

• Space-qualified System design & “Field”

• Network Management Architectures for Carriers

• Carrier operationsexperience

• GUI Development

• Embedded Operating Systems• Routers/Switches• SONET• IP Protocols

A world-class team, 90 strong, and growing…

04/12/23 Slide 8

PhotonEx Advisors & External Directors

• Director, Hassan Ahmed President & CEO, Sonus Networks

former Exec. VP/GM, Ascend

• Director, Paul SeverinoFormer President & CEO, Wellfleet/Bay Chairman, NetCentric

• Director, Tim Barrows General Partner, Matrix VP

• Director, Jeff McCarthy General Partner, North Bridge VP

• Advisor, Cheng Wu CEO, Founder, ArrowPoint

• Advisor, Steve Finn Former CEO, Founder, Bytex

• Advisor, Gary Vacon CEO, Founder, NetICs

• Advisor, Hermann Haus Institute Professor, MIT

• Advisor, Erich Ippen Professor, MIT, President OSA

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topologies


04/12/23 Slide 10

PhotonEx™ Evolution of Backbone Network Equipment

Optical Switch Mesh

Optical Packet Switching

• Best-in-Class Capacity & Distance

• Efficient: Cost and Footprint

• Point & Click Provisioning

• Beta: Aug. 2001, 1.6Tb/s

PhotonExpress

SONET

PhotonExpress

Point to Point

• Fast Provisioning

• Distributed Restoration

• All-Optical Packet Network

• Real-time Provisioning

• Novel Services

SONET

UltraPOP

UltraPOP

UltraPOP

UltraPOP

UltraPOP

UltraPOP

UltraPOP

PhotonFlex

PhotonFlex

UltraPOP

UltraPOP

UltraPOP

UltraPOP

UltraPOP

UltraPOP

UltraPOP

04/12/23 Slide 12

PhotonExpress™High Level Architecture

OC48OC48cOC192OC192c10GbE

1.6 Tb/sec

Optical Packet

Processor

Service & Network Management Software

UltraFastExpress Trunk™

Interface

Optical

Mux /

Demux

LowSpeed

Interfaces

04/12/23 Slide 13

PhotonFlex™High Level Architecture

Service & Network Management Software

Optical Packet Switch

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04/12/23 Slide 14

PhotonExpress™Multiple Upgrade Options for your Network

Enabling the“Data Aware”

Backbone

PhotonExpress™40 Gb/sec per channel

1.6 Tb/sec per fiber (C-Band)

80+ Gb/sec per channel

3.2 Tb/sec per fiber (C+L Bands)

Optical Packet Processing &

Switching

Turning up theLine Speed

Squeezing more Capacity into the Fiber

Laying tracks for the “All Optical Packet Network”

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topologies


04/12/23 Slide 16

Regional UltraPOP

• Ultra long haul

• Ultra high capacity

• Ultra long haul

• Ultra high capacity

• Ultra high capacity cross-connect

• Simplified, seamless network management

• Future: Packet provisioning

• Ultra high capacity cross-connect

• Simplified, seamless network management

• Future: Packet provisioning

Framework for the Internet Backbone --Today

How to scale network capacity and provide new services?

In the Future

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Backbone Optical NetworkingEvolution: Near Term – Point-to-Point

• Best-in-Class channel speeds, capacity, & reach

• 50%+ space savings over traditional DWDM

• Flexible, economic add/drop for manageable networking

• Rapid service turn-up via simple point & click provisioning

Foundation for the All-Optical Packet Network

• Best-in-Class channel speeds, capacity, & reach

• 50%+ space savings over traditional DWDM

• Flexible, economic add/drop for manageable networking

• Rapid service turn-up via simple point & click provisioning

Foundation for the All-Optical Packet Network

•40+ Gb/sec Channel Speed•1.6+ Tb/sec Fiber Capacity•Multi-megameter Reach

•40+ Gb/sec Channel Speed•1.6+ Tb/sec Fiber Capacity•Multi-megameter Reach

Low Speed Interfaces:•OC-48, OC48c,•OC-192, OC-192c, 10 GbE

Low Speed Interfaces:•OC-48, OC48c,•OC-192, OC-192c, 10 GbE

CoreRouters

&SONET ADMs

CoreRouters

&SONET ADMs

PhotonExpress™ PhotonExpress™

SONET ADM SONET ADM

04/12/23 Slide 18

PhotonEx PhotonExpress™ CapabilitiesDelivering on the needs• Ultrafast, long-reach single channel bit rates

– “Express Trunking” at 40 Gb/s channel rates– Multi-wavelength capable – for multi-terabit scalability– Cost-effective, multi-megameter reach for UltraPOP interconnect

• Backbone network optimization– World class spectral efficiency for multi-terabit transport– IP-Optimized™ – for maximum network efficiency

• built to capitalize on the characteristics of IP traffic• targeted at long-haul WAN solution across UltraPOPs

– Networking flexibility:• mesh & add/drop topologies combined with ultra-long reach

• Seamless network management– Service & transport network operations, maintenance &

provisioning– Self-provisioning for instant network bandwidth allocation

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Meeting the Bandwidth ChallengeBuilding the Scaleable Backbone

Bandwidth Roadmap Comparison

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*Source – RyanHankinKent, Jan-2000

PhotonEx–PhotonExpress™

PhotonEx–IP Optimized™

Traditional DWDM

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Efficient Solutions: FootprintMulti-terabit solutions in a much smaller footprint

DWDM Terminal(1.6 Tbps – with transponders)

PhotonExpress™ Solution(1.6 Tbps)

VS.

~50% Footprint Savingsover Traditional DWDM approaches

1.6 Tb/s Footprint

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Efficient Solutions: Bandwidth Best-in-Class Transport Efficiency

(Bandwidth, Reach & Footprint)

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PhotonEx–PhotonExpress™

PhotonEx–IP Optimized™

>5X Transport Efficiency

Gain

>5X Transport Efficiency

Gain

Traditional DWDM

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The PhotonExpress™ AdvantageThe Values of Spectral Efficiency – Service Revenue Opportunities

PhotonExpress

SONET

PhotonExpress

SONET

AlternativeLong-Haul

DWDM

SONET

AlternativeLong-Haul

DWDM

SONET

up to 3.2 Tbpsper fiber @ 3000 km

up to 1.2 Tbpsper fiber @ 3000 km

Increased Service Opportunities & Fiber Savings

– Services Opportunity Savings: up to $64M per month• at $50K/month per OC48 service for a single fiber pair carrying

3.2 Tbps

– Fiber Savings: up to $50M capital installation• for a 2,500 km route, at $60K per mile full deployment cost

$$

VS.

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The PhotonExpress™ AdvantageThe Values of Spectral Efficiency – Core Network Scalability

PhotonExpress 10 Tbps OpticalCross-Connect

250 x 250 ports10 Tbps Optical Switchat 40Gbps per channel

Enabling scalability for emerging optical cross-connect technologiesBackbone running at 40Gbps v. 10Gbps reduces the optical cross-connect fabric required by a factor of 4 or 16:1.

PhotonExpress

1000 x 1000 ports10 Tbps Optical Switchat 10Gbps per channel

AlternativeLong-Haul DWDM10G

40G40G

10GAlternative

Long-Haul DWDM

AlternativeLong-Haul DWDM10G10G

AlternativeLong-Haul DWDM





10 Tbps OpticalCross-Connect

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Building Real Optical NetworksCan OXC Devices Keep Pace with DWDM Channel Counts?

20 Tb/sec Optical Office: 6 OXC, ~18 racks, 2400 fibers

160Alternative

Long-Haul DWDM

160Alternative

Long-Haul DWDM

160Alternative

Long-Haul DWDM

160Alternative

Long-Haul DWDM

160Alternative

Long-Haul DWDM

160Alternative

Long-Haul DWDM

160 Alternative

Long-Haul DWDM

160 Alternative

Long-Haul DWDM

160 Alternative

Long-Haul DWDM

160 Alternative

Long-Haul DWDM

160 Alternative

Long-Haul DWDM

160 Alternative

Long-Haul DWDM

32 per connection

512x512 OpticalCross-Connect






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The PhotonExpress™ AdvantageValues of Spectral Efficiency – Core Network Scalability

40G

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20 Tb/sec Optical Office: 1 OXC, ~ 3 racks, 480 fibers

PhotonExpress1.6 Tbps












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Network Management FeaturesExpected Features:– “Point&Click”

provisioning &management

– TL1 Alarms & CLI

– Web & Java Enabled

– CORBA IDL to OSS

– Full configuration, fault, accounting, performance & security management

Advanced Features:– Platform portability &

Action-oriented atomics (Enterprise Java Beans)

– Off-line network planning with direct downloadable deployment

– Meta-data information model

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500 1000 2000 5000 10000

Transmission Distance (km)

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st

The PhotonExpress™ AdvantageEnabling economical, flexible, high-density networking

Traditional WDM

2 Tb/s

100 Gb/s

PhotonEx2 Tb/s

100 Gb/s

X3

Long-Haul UltraFast Savings: up to 3:1

04/12/23 Slide 28

Future Competitive LandscapeUltra High Capacity & Ultra Long-Haul DWDM (2001)

Ultra High-Speed & Ultra Long-Haul Competitors Marketplace

Competitor C-Band Capacity (Gbps)

Overall Fiber Capacity

(C & L: Gbps)

Reach(Km)

Channel Rate (Gb/sec)

Algety 1020 1020 1000 20

Ciena 800 1600 5000 10

Corvis 400 800 3200 2.5

OptiMight 400 tbd 2500 10

Qtera (Nortel) 560 1120 3400 10

PhotonEx 1600 3200 2500+ 40 / 80

Alcatel 800 1600 1000 10 / 40

Pirelli (Cisco) 400 800 600 10

Lucent 800 1600 500 10 / 40

Nortel 800 1600/3200 600 10 / 40 / 80

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The PhotonExpress™ DifferenceThe Solution for Backbone Network Optimization

– Long-Haul Transport Efficiency: >5X improvement• multi-terabit capacity and multi-megameter reach in a compact

footprint

– Cost-Effective: up to 67% savings• ultra-long haul reach without intra-path O-E-O regeneration• economy of high bit rate interfaces, combined with DWDM

– Space Efficiency: ~50% savings• interconnect density improvements of ~2:1 over traditional DWDM

– Ease of Operation:• service & transport network operation, maintenance & provisioning • integrated network planning, deployment & management• self-provisioning – instant bandwidth allocation on demand

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Who is …


• Efficient High-Capacity Transmission

– Cost-per-bit, Footprint

• Ultra-Fast, Ultra-Long-Haul Bandwidth

• Direct Path to “Optical Internet”

A World Class Team, laying the tracks for the All-Optical Packet Network

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Backbone Optical NetworkingEvolution: Intermediate Term – Optical Switch Mesh

•Distributed Restoration

•Distributed Restoration

SONET

SONET

But is this enough to scale networks to the future service & capacity demands?

But is this enough to scale networks to the future service & capacity demands?

UltraPOP

UltraPOP

UltraPOP

UltraPOP

UltraPOP

UltraPOP

UltraPOP

•Improved Network Provisioning

•Built on circuit-switching model

•Improved Network Provisioning

•Built on circuit-switching model

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Backbone Optical NetworkingEvolution: Future – Optical Packet Switching

•Dynamic Network Provisioning

•Customer-Level Granularity & QOS

•Expanded Bandwidth Services

•Dynamic Network Provisioning

•Customer-Level Granularity & QOS

•Expanded Bandwidth Services

•Built on packet-switched model

•Backbone IP networking(at 40+ Gb/sec channel rates)

•Real Time Restoration

•Built on packet-switched model

•Backbone IP networking(at 40+ Gb/sec channel rates)

•Real Time Restoration

PhotonExUltra

Switch

PhotonExUltra

Switch

UltraPOP

UltraPOP

UltraPOP

UltraPOP

UltraPOP

UltraPOP

UltraPOP

vs.

DWDM

DWDM

OpticalPacketChann

el

OpticalPacketChann

el

“Packets Love Big Pipes”

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Enabling the Optical Packet Network

Layer 2/3 Switching& Restoration

Long-Haul Transport &Optical Packet Switching

(40+ Gbps)

Layer 3 Routing & Switching

Optical Packet Networking

Layer 1 Protection(network redundancy)

Optical Routing/Switching(OC12-OC192)

WAN Access(T1-OC12)

DWDM & SONET Transport(OC48-OC192)

Remote AccessInternet, VPN

Optical Edge

Flow Aggregation

Distribution

WAN Backbone Mesh

RAS

Packet Processing Capacity

Source: Adapted from Tenor Networks

400G40G4G >1T

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Initial Protection & Restoration Options

Router 0:1 SR Router1.6 Tbps Tx, Rx fibers (2)

Router 0:1 SR Router1.6 Tbps Tx, Rx fibers (2)

0:1 SR

0:1 SR

EdgeRouter

EdgeRouter

EdgeRouter

EdgeRouter

Unprotected transport with Layer 3 Restoration

1:1 ultra-long haul link equipment and fiber (route diverse) protection

Two 0:1 SR

or 1.6 Tbps Tx, Rx on

working fibers (2)Router Router1:1 APS

Two 0:1 SR

or

1:1 APS

PhotonEx PhotonEx

1+1 ultra-long haul link equipment and fiber (route diverse) protection

0:1 SR

1.6 Tbps Tx, Rx

working fibers (2)

protect fibers

1.6 Tbps Tx, Rx

Router 0:1 SR Router

PhotonExPhotonEx

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Survivability

Point-to-Point: optical 1+1 APS Protection

Terabit optical link

…..

OC-48/192,STM16/64

Optical lineamplifier

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OC-48/192,STM16/64

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Protection

Working

Point-to-Point Unprotected: Client APS Protection

Terabit optical link

…..

Optical lineamplifier

…..

Router/Switch Router/Switch

Router/Switch/SONET Mux

Optical 1+1 protection of 1.6 –3.2 Tbps equipment and fiber

Two 1.6 –3.2 Tbps ultra-long haul links(unprotected transport)

Protection

Working

OC-48/192,STM16/64

OC-48/192,STM16/64

Protection

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Technology

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