# Presentation: 762768

## WilTel Communications 

**Nationwide Fiber-optic Network**
- Scott Beaudoin
- Chief Network Architect

## _ Consistent Leadership in Services & Delivery

| Atlantic ACM Customer Survey Results | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Customer Service | #1 | #1 | #1 | #1 |
| Provisioning Intervals | #1 | #1 | #1 | #1 |
| Billing | #1 | #1 | #1 | #1 |
| Sales Rep | N/A | N/A | #1 | #1 |

- SUPERQuest, Best Outsourced & Managed Service – StorageXtend (2005)
- Frost & Sullivan Customer Value Enhancement Award – StorageXtend (2005)
*Communications Solutions *Product of the Year Award – StorageXtend (2004)
*Communications Solutions* Product of the Year Award – Managed Ethernet WAN (2004)
- National Association of Broadcasters Innovation in Media Award – HD VenueNet® Solution (2004)
- SUPERQuest, Best Back Office OSS –  DNA (2003)
- SUPERQuest, Best Backbone – EWAN (2003)
- Interop Infrastructure Award, Most Innovative Backbone Network Provider  (2000)
- SUPERQuest, Best Built: Core Backbone (2000)
- Infovision, Public Network Architecture (1999)

**Notes:**
WilTel’s  has achieved the respect of industry analysts, professional associations and its customers, and our commitment to excellence has been validated repeatedly with awards and honors by respected third parties such as Atlantic-ACM and Frost and Sullivan.  We’re also regular award winners at industry events like SuperQuest and InfoVision. 

## _ WilTel Optical Services – Current Offerings

- _Features_:
- Protected Private Lines
- DS-1 to OC-48
- Physically diverse fiber paths with automatic protection switching
- 1+1 equipment protection
- Unprotected Private Lines
- DS-3 to OC-12
- “Work-only” service; use your own switching & routing equipment
- Wavelengths
- 2.5 to 10 Gbps

- _Benefits:_
- Innovative Muxing Options
- DS-n & OC-n Muxing
- FocalPoint
- Regional SONET Rings
- Meshed Optical Architecture
- Unmatched Expertise
- Over 240 customer wave segments implemented
- Award-Winning Provisioning Timeframes
- As little as 10 days
- Access
- More than 1,000 direct access points

**Notes:**

WilTel offers a variety of private line services, each of which are delivered across an award-winning optical platform that maximizes performance and on-time delivery.

Customers can choose from protected or unprotected private lines, or from wavelengths at speeds up to 10 gigabits. WilTel provides a range of choices to meet their needs.  The private line network is accessible from more than 1,000 access points, including wireless options. This ensures that customers can connect to the network from just about anywhere.  And WilTel’s SONET rings and meshed optical-switched network provide resiliency needed for the most critical network traffic.

Customers who choose WilTel for private line services can rest comfortably knowing that they are getting the best service available.  WilTel has unmatched expertise. We have deployed more than 240 customer wavelengths, and can provision DS-1’s in as little as 10 days.

## _ Optical Services Roadmap

**_**** Optical Services Roadmap**

- 10GE LAN PHY

- 40G Transport

- G.709 Wrapper Transport

- 10GE WAN PHY

- Fibre Channel Transport

**2007**

**2008**

**2010**

**2004**

**2005**

**2006**

**2009**

- Spectrum Services

- PL Service on Demand

## _ Optical Technologies Roadmap

**_**** Optical Technologies Roadmap**

- Electronic Dispersion Compensation

- CWDM

- Electronic PMD Compensation

- Digital Optical Transport

**2007**

**2008**

**2004**

**2005**

**2006**

- Enhanced GMPLS/UNI Interworking

**2010**

- Silicon Lasers

- Edge Packet/TDM Integration

- Integrated Layer 1/2 in Core Switch

**2009**

- GFP/VCAT/LCAS in Core Switch

## _ Interoperability Considerations Roadmap

- Control Plane
- While provider-provider and provider-customer GMPLS/UNI interoperability is possible, back-office control mechanisms are lagging
- IT control and tracking mechanisms are imperative to successful implementations
- Digital Wrapper
- G.709 implementations will vary (different FEC codes, overhead byte usage, etc.)
- Interoperability at the OTU layer (minus FEC) is the first step
- Data Framing
- PL Ethernet transport across various provider and customer networks may require framing/encapsulation interoperability
- Will provide flexible PL to Ethernet handoff and transport options
- GFP and VCAT are the most prevalent but must guarantee like-implementations between providers

## _ WilTel Optical Roadmap Summary

- Consolidate functions and integrate platforms/components where possible to drive down cost
- Metro Packet/TDM Integration
- Layer 1/Layer 2 Core Switching Consolidation
- Drive component level integration (Si, InPh)
- Continue to drive efficiency and scalability in the core of the network
- Customize bandwidth usage for data centric customers
- GFP/VACT/LCAS implementations
- Continue to enable customer control of their bandwidth
- Supply higher rate and more data-centric services to high bandwidth customers
- 10GE WAN and LAN PHY Transport
- 40G Transport
- Digital Wrapper services
- Automate the customer-provider request process
- Streamline the turn up process through control plane implementations
- Ultimately open up a portion of the control plane to facilitate dynamic customer control of connection, change, & disconnect requests