OIF to Demonstrate Industry Leadership in Interoperability at Network X 2024, 2024 OCP Global Summit, TEF 2024 and a Heavy Reading Webinar

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Fremont, CA – Oct. 3, 2024 – OIF, where the optical networking industry’s interoperability work gets done, will participate in several upcoming global conferences – Network X 2024, the 2024 Open Compute Project (OCP) Global Summit and Ethernet Alliance’s Technology Exploration Forum (TEF) 2024 – reinforcing its leadership role in shaping the future of interoperability in the networking and Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Machine Learning (ML) industries.

OIF will also participate in an upcoming webinar with Heavy Reading and host its own Common Management Interface Specification (CMIS) Tutorial Webinar.

OIF’s ongoing work developing and promoting interoperability standards is critical to the industry, enabling seamless communication and performance across diverse platforms. At these upcoming events and webinars, OIF experts will speak and share key insights on coherent optics, reducing optical power consumption, CMIS, IP over DWDM and AI-driven networks.

“By providing updates on critical projects during global events and webinars, OIF is actively helping the industry adapt to emerging challenges,” said Nathan Tracy, OIF President and TE Connectivity. “Through driving interoperability and advancing standards, OIF ensures the industry is prepared for tomorrow’s data-intensive demands while demonstrating thought leadership on today’s most pressing technology issues.”

OIF experts will participate in the following events, sharing insights and updates on the latest advancements in interoperability:

NGON @ Network X 2024 Oct. 8-10, 2024 – Paris, France

OIF will present an update on interoperable pluggable coherent optics, critical for the future of high-speed networks.

  • “Pluggable Coherent Optics – The New Frontier, An OIF Update”
    • Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024 – 2:30 pm – 2:50 pm CEST
    • Presenter: Dave Brown, OIF Director of Communications and Nokia

OIF CMIS Tutorial Webinar Series Oct. 9, 2024 – Webinar

OIF will host the fifth webinar in a series of free tutorial webinars, open to the public, that are designed to provide engineers, developers and industry professionals with a comprehensive understanding of CMIS.

  • “Network Path State Machine”
    • Wednesday, Oct 9, 2024 – 9 am-10:30 am PDT
    • Presenter: Eric Maniloff, Ciena

2024 OCP Global Summit Oct. 15-17, 2024 – San Jose, California

OIF will provide a crucial update on standards and how new guidelines are reducing optical power consumption in networking.

  • “Standards Update: Reducing Optical Power Consumption”
    • Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024 – 8:40 am – 9:00 am PST
    • Presenter: Nathan Tracy, OIF President and TE Connectivity

Light Reading Webinar Oct. 22, 2024 – Webinar

Working with partners including OIF, Heavy Reading has launched an Industry Initiative project aimed at making the case for IP over DWDM adoption, particularly among CSPs. In this special webinar, Heavy Reading and project partners dive into the details of IP over DWDM architectures, including opportunities, challenges, use cases and enabling hardware and software technologies.

  • “Making IP over DWDM a Reality”
    • Tuesday, Oct. 22 – 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
    • Presenter: Ian Alderdice, OIF Physical and Link Layer (PLL) Working Group Management Co-Vice Chair and Ciena

TEF 2024: Ethernet in the Age of AI Oct. 22-23, 2024 – Santa Clara, California

OIF will play a significant role in several sessions at EA’s TEF 2024, addressing the intersection of Ethernet, AI and next-gen interconnect technology.

TEF 2024 Day 1 – Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024

  • “The State of Today’s Industry SDOs and MSAs”
    • Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024 – 10:00 am PST
    • Presenter: Nathan Tracy, OIF President and TE Connectivity – Topic: OIF Addresses The Paths To Next Generation AI
  • “The Future of Ethernet, Networks and AI”
    • Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024 – 1:00 pm PST
    • Presenter: Jeff Hutchins, OIF Board Member and OIF PLL Working Group EEI Vice-Chair and Ranovus – Topic: Considerations for Next Generation AI Compute Interconnect
  • “Exploration of AI Interconnect”
    • Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024 – 3:55 pm PST
    • Presenter: Cathy Liu, OIF Vice President and Broadcom – Topic: Performance Analysis at 400+Gbps Over Next-Generation VSR Channels

TEF 2024 Day 2 – Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024

  • “The Future of Electrical Signaling”
    • Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024 – 9:50 am PST
    • Presenter: Mike Li, OIF Board Member and Intel – Topic: Electrical I/O at 448 Gbps
  • “Industry SDOs and MSAs – Going Forward”
    • Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024 – 4:20 pm PST
    • Presenter: Nathan Tracy, OIF President and TE Connectivity

For further details on OIF speaking engagements and webinars, please visit: https://www.oiforum.com/meetings-events/speaking-engagements-and-supported-events/

About OIF

OIF is where the optical networking industry’s interoperability work gets done. With more than 25 years of effecting forward change in the industry, OIF represents the dynamic ecosystem of 150+ industry leading network operators, system vendors, component vendors and test equipment vendors collaborating to develop interoperable electrical, optical and control solutions that directly impact the industry’s ecosystem and facilitate global connectivity in the open network world. Connect with OIF on LinkedIn, on X at @OIForum and at https://www.oiforum.com/.

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Lightwave – An OIF Overview

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OIF creates benchmarks, performs worldwide interoperability testing, builds market awareness, and promotes education for technologies, services and, solutions.

Launched in 1998, OIF promotes the development and deployment of interoperable networking solutions and services through the creation of Implementation Agreements (IAs) for optical networking products, network processing elements, and component technologies. IAs are based on requirements developed cooperatively by end users, service providers, equipment vendors, and technology providers, and aligned with worldwide standards, augmented if necessary.

https://www.lightwaveonline.com/optical-tech/article/14072370/an-oif-overview

OIF Unveils OFC Interoperability Demo Plans

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The Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) today released the slate of public demonstrations that it will conduct at OFC in Anaheim, March 22-24, 2016. The demo will showcase multi-vendor interoperability of two key technologies; Pluggable Coherent Optics and 56G Electrical Interfaces.  These technologies will cover a range of channel reaches from Very Short Reach (VSR) to Long Reach (LR) and includes using both NRZ and PAM4 modulation formats. Live CFP2-ACO pluggable coherent optics, based on the recently announced OIF implementation agreement, and attendant test equipment are also part of the display. The demonstrations will be conducted in the OIF Booth #3619. In addition to the live demonstration, OIF industry experts will conduct two panel discussions at OFC on Tuesday, March 22.

“The OIF will be extremely busy at OFC this year,” said Steve Sekel of Keysight Technologies and the OIF Physical & Link Layer Interoperability Working Group Chair. “This is a very ambitious interoperability demo and we have a large slate of thought leaders speaking during the conference. In addition, the OIF’s industry leadership at OFC will conduct a public workshop on 100G Serial Electrical Links.”

The technologies on display during the live interoperability demonstration include CFP2-ACO Optical Modules, Coherent DSPs and Compliance Boards.  Also included will be CEI-56G silicon for PAM4 and NRZ demonstrated in VSR NRZ and PAM4 channels, medium reach NRZ and PAM4 cable channels and a long reach PAM4 backplane channel. Participating companies include Amphenol, Anritsu, ClariPhy, Credo, Fujitsu Optical Components, Inphi, Keysight Technologies, Molex, MultiLane, TE Connectivity, Tektronix and Yamaichi Electronics.

OIF Panel Discussions at OFC

CEI-56G – Signal Integrity to the Forefront
Tuesday, March 22, 2016 – 10:30am-11:30am – Expo Theater II (Hall B)
Moderator: Nathan Tracy, TE Connectivity, OIF Technical Committee Chair
Panelists: Tom Palkert, Molex and OIF Physical & Link Layer Working Group Vice Chair – Electrical; Steve Sekel, Keysight Technologies, OIF Physical & Link Layer Interoperability Working Group Chair; Dave Stauffer, Kandou Bus, OIF Physical & Link Layer Working Group Chair

Transport SDN – Getting Down to Business

Tuesday, March 22, 2016 – 2:45pm-3:45pm – Expo Theater III, (Hall A)
Moderator: Dave Brown, Nokia, OIF Vice President – Marketing
Panelists: Lyndon Ong, Ciena, OIF MA&E Committee Co-Chair – Networking; Jonathan Sadler, Coriant, OIF Technical Committee Vice Chair; Vishnu Shukla, Verizon, OIF Carrier Working Group Chair

OIF Workshop on 100G Serial Electrical Links

The OIF will host a public workshop addressing the latest developments in 100G Serial, immediately following OFC 2016 in Anaheim, California. The event, OIF Workshop – 100G Serial Electrical Links and Beyond, is open to the public and scheduled for Thursday, March 24, 2016, from 12:30 pm to 6:15 pm at the Anaheim Marriott Hotel. The workshop will feature subject matter experts from the OIF and will include an industry view presented by Dale Murray, Principal Analyst at LightCounting Market Research.

Registration fee includes a one-hour cocktail reception. For details including registration information, please click HERE.

OIF PLL Interoperability Demo 2016

OIF member companies will demonstrate multi-vendor interoperability of Pluggable Coherent Optics and 56G Electrical Interfaces in live, operating environments. The OIF’s Physical and Link Layer Working Group demonstrations include live 56G electrical interface interoperability over a range of channel reaches from VSR to LR and a range of modulations including NRZ and PAM4. The expanding ecosystem will be showcased through live demos. 56G and coherent optics test equipment will also be demonstrated. Public demonstrations will be on display March 22-24, 2016 at OFC in Anaheim, CA in OIF Booth #3619. Additional information can be found at http://www.oiforum.com/meetings-and-events/oif-ofc-2016/

 

About the OIF
The OIF facilitates the development and deployment of interoperable networking solutions and services. Members collaborate to drive Implementation Agreements (IAs) and interoperability demonstrations to accelerate and maximize market adoption of advanced internetworking technologies. OIF work applies to optical and electrical interconnects, optical component and network processing technologies, and to network control and operations including software defined networks and network function virtualization. The OIF actively supports and extends the work of national and international standards bodies. Launched in 1998, the OIF is the only industry group uniting representatives from across the spectrum of networking, including many of the world’s leading service providers, system vendors, component manufacturers, software and testing vendors. Information on the OIF can be found at http://www.oiforum.com.