1. The OIF: A Beacon for Industry Progress and Convergence

2. The Trends Users demanding lower cost, converged and personalized services Added complexity in networks, services, vendors and markets Increasing network diversity in: ― Industry standards ― Carrier models ― Product architectures

3. The Challenge Allow network providers to manage the underlying technical complexity of their networks Support vendor innovation while: ― Preserving interoperability ― Maximizing performance ― Minimizing costs

4. Pre-competitive collaboration leading to: The Goal Accelerated innovation, faster time-to-market Enhanced intelligence in networks and devices Reliable interoperation Reduced risk Global access

5. The Solution The Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) ― A nonprofit, member-driven collaborative organization that develops public-domain interoperability agreements for telecommunications and data networks Members include: ― Carriers ― Equipment vendors ― Component manufacturers ― Enterprise customers ― Academics ― Government agencies

6. Benefiting the Industry and its Customers Broad industry participation ― All technology tiers ― All market segments Accessible memberships ― Principal ― Small business ― Auditing ― Academic 90+ member companies Contribution-driven, pre-competitive cooperation to accelerate progress

7. Founding Member Comment: “AT&T has a proud history of leadership and innovation in the Telecommunication industry as demonstrated by its participation in the OIF. As a founding member of the OIF we've seen tangible benefits from working with both service providers and equipment vendors to create implementation agreements and open interoperability throughout the industry. The OIF has influenced the direction of many of the optical standards which are driving innovative solutions to the complex networking issues that confront our collective customers and as such AT&T looks forward to collaborating with the Forum and its members on future projects.” Monica Lazer, AT&T

8. Roadblocks to Progress Proprietary solutions Lacking or lagging standards Lack of opportunities for collaboration OIF Removes those Roadblocks Contributing to formal standard bodies Building industry consensus Accelerating progress through collaboration

9. OIF Offers a Formal Process for: Presenting new ideas Selecting the best ideas for formal projects Managing and monitoring projects Proving concepts through interoperability demos Drafting and signing Implementation Agreements Presenting proposals to formal standards bodies

10. Guiding-Light Groups Carrier ― Members: representatives from carriers ― Creates: consensus on requirements for new services and functions ― Asks: “Does the industry need this capability?” Physical Layer Users Group ― Members: representatives from system vendors ― Creates: consensus on requirements for new interconnects ― Asks: “What interconnects will our future systems need?” Working Groups that evaluate potential projects:

11. Technical Groups Physical and Link Layer Architecture and Signaling Operations Administration, Maintenance & Provisioning Software Working Groups that forge details of Implementation Agreements:

12. Solution Validation Working Group Interoperability Working Group that demonstrates project success:

13. The OIF Working Groups in Action

14. Technology Update Current Networking Projects: ASON/GMPLS Signaling Interworking E-NNI Routing 2.0 E-NNI 2.0 Signaling Extensions for the Interface Management API UNI 2.0 (approved as IA Feb 2008) Current Physical and Link Layer Projects: 40Gbps Optical Modulation Techniques Common Electrical Interface - 25Gb (CEI-25) Electronic Dispersion Compensation (EDC) Modeling Integrable Tunable Transmitter Assembly – MSA Compliance Software Integrable Tunable Laser Assembly - MSA SERDES Framer Interface (SFI-S) TFI-5/TDM-P Clause in CEI-P

15. The Output: Implementation Agreements Formal agreements between OIF members to adopt a particular technology Detailed technical specifications that ensure interoperability of compliant systems ― Free for public download and unlicensed use ― Complementary to the work of formal standards bodies

16. The Output: Interoperability Demonstrations Proof of concept based on working prototypes Presented at major industry trade shows around the world An opportunity to clarify and enhance the details of Implementation Agreements Measures of success: ― Requests for more information or quotes for the demonstrated technology ― De facto market adoption ― Incorporation in the work of formal standards bodies

17. Success Story: Industry-Standard Chip-to-Chip Interfaces SerDes to Framer Interface Level 4 Phase 2 ― Interface for 10 Gbps applications ― Specifies the interconnection between the SerDes component, FEC process and framer ― Enables parallel electrical bus operating significantly slower than the optical data rate Has been highly successful in the market ― Every 300-pin transponder that transports 10 Gbps data optically uses this electrical interface SFI-4.2

18. Success Story: Paving the Way for ASON/GMPLS ASON/GMPLS defines a distributed control plane that automates switching across carrier domains The OIF was an important enabling force for the ITU’s ASON and IETF’s GMPLS standards: Many essential aspects of ASON/GMPLS originated in the OIF’s Architecture and Signaling Working Group ― Carrier requirements of the OIF’s Carrier Working Group have set the reference for standardization work ― The OIF User Network Interface (UNI) and Network to Network Interface (NNI) specifications paved the way ― These signaling and routing protocols speed service provisioning and transport across heterogeneous networks.

19. Collaboration for Innovation Mission: To foster the development and deployment of interoperable products and services for data switching and routing using optical networking technologies The OIF is the only industry group that brings together professionals from the data and optical worlds Its 90+ member companies represent the entire industry ecosystem: ― Carriers and network users ― Component and systems vendors ― Testing and software companies

20. Member Companies Principal Members ADVA AG Optical Networking Agilent Technologies Alcatel-Lucent Altera AMCC Analog Devices Anritsu AT&T Avago Technologies Avanex Bookham Booz Allen Hamilton British Telecom Broadcom China Telecom Ciena Communications Cisco Systems ClariPhy Communications CoreOptics Cortina Systems Data Connection Department of Defense Deutsche Telekom Ericsson Finisar Flextronics

21. Member Companies Principal Members Force 10 Networks Foxconn France Telecom Freescale Semiconductor Fujitsu Furukawa Electric Japan Huawei Technologies IBM IDT Infinera Intel IP Infusion JDSU KDDI R&D Laboratories Level 3 Communications LSI Logic Marben Products MergeOptics GmbH Mintera MITRE Mitsubishi Electric Molex NEC NeoPhotonics Nokia Siemens Nortel Networks NTT Opnext

22. Member Companies Principal Members PMC Sierra Sandia National Laboratories Santur Sierra Monolithics Silicon Logic Engineering Soapstone Networks StrataLight Communications Sycamore Networks Syntune Tektronix Telcordia Technologies Telecom Italia Tellabs Texas Instruments Time Warner Cable Tyco Electronics Verizon Vitesse Semiconductor Yokogawa Electric ZTE

23. Member Companies Auditing Members ECI Telecom Enigma Semiconductor FiberHome Telecommunications Juniper Networks Kawasaki LSI Mayo Clinic Pirelli Broadband Solutions Telenor Academic Members Centre Tecnologic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya Internet2 Stanford University

24. The OIF: Lighting the Way www.oiforum.com