Wavelengths 2024 Agenda

Develop your service provisioning skills on the 7750 SR through a series of lab exercises in this 3.5-hour expert-led workshop from the Nokia Service Routing Certification (SRC) Program. 

You’ll have the chance to configure various IP/MPLS service components at your own pace, including:

• Routing protocols (IS-IS, OSPF)
• MPLS (RSVP-TE, LDP)
• Layer 2 and Layer 3 services (ePipe, VPLS, IES, VPRN)

This workshop is intended for network engineers, those preparing for the NRS II lab exam, or anyone with an IP/MPLS background who wants to put their knowledge into practice. Attendees must bring a laptop to participate.

The network engineer’s role is changing, and automation knowledge is becoming an essential skill for success. During this instructor-led primer on SR OS and model-driven management, participants will gain the knowledge and practical skills they need to address a topic of their choosing in the afternoon hackathon.  

The network engineer’s role is changing, and automation knowledge is becoming an essential skill for success. During this instructor-led primer on SR Linux and model-driven management, participants will gain the knowledge and practical skills they need to address a topic of their choosing in the afternoon hackathon.  

The network engineer’s role is changing, and automation knowledge is becoming an essential skill for success. During this instructor-led primer on the Network Services Platform (NSP), participants will gain the knowledge and practical skills they need to address a topic of their choosing in the afternoon hackathon.  

Start your journey toward optical network automation with an overview of network automation applications and areas that can benefit from automation. Next, we will cover the Nokia optical network automation ecosystem, consisting of several critical building blocks for eight essential use cases. After that, you will learn how to make these use cases possible by adopting a set of standard enablers, such as interfaces, protocols, and models for representing and encoding the accessible data.  We’ll introduce the four most popular use cases: service provisioning, bandwidth on demand and calendaring, optimization and analysis, and analytics. You will see which building blocks are needed to support each of these use cases and how the building blocks are connected to enable the necessary communications to enable these applications.

AI has taken center stage in the tech world and compelled organizations to look carefully at the business value this powerful tool can (and cannot) deliver. At the vortex of this storm is the AI infrastructure and its crucial networking component. In this workshop, we will bring you a story of how we imagined a user can create business value from an in-house AI training and inference. We then expand this conversation to take you through the journey to scale these operations using Network as the key enabler, tackling critical infrastructure challenges on the way. Join us for a no-sales, all-technology conversation about this space.

Join us for an immersive experience in our exhibition, where a vast array of demonstrations awaits your discovery.

According to salary.com, the average pay for a Network Engineer in US is $92,786 – while a Network Security Engineer gets paid $145,963.  Want to add DDoS Security to your skills set? Or update your DDoS Security knowledge from last year’s bootcamp? This session is right for you!

In this interactive workshop, you will learn from Deepfield experts new threats and trends in the DDoS landscape and how you can use Deepfield to protect your network against all types of DDoS attacks including application-floods, carpet-bomb attacks and other DDoS threats. We will also share exciting updates to Nokia Deepfield portfolio, such as the new Nokia 7750 DMS-1-24D scrubber. The session will be divided in two parts, being the second one where we will do live demos."
 

This session will be delivered in Spanish only.

Learn how new technologies and evolving trends in LATAM networks will enable you to overcome your growth and scale challenges. Understand how AI will reshape data center networks and take you to a new era of automation and self-managed networks.

For power utility customers only!

Join us for an insightful workshop that will bring industry experts and utility professionals together to discuss utility networking challenges and practical applications for enhancing the reliability, safety and efficiency of your operations. The seating will be arranged in a U shape to facilitate open discussions and collaborative learning throughout the session. We encourage utility participants to discuss their own use case priorities in addition to the agenda below. The primary audience for the workshop will be utility professionals but we also welcome participation from industry professionals and stakeholders in the utility segment.

Nokia welcome and opening statement (Vach Kompella, VP, Network Infrastructure IP Networks, Nokia) Kickstart the workshop with an engaging welcome and opening statement from Nokia leadership. We’ll discuss our vision and priorities and how we see the utility market as critical to many exciting trends in the communications industry today. This will set the stage for a day of valuable knowledge sharing.

Utility introductions and use case discussions
Get to know your peers as utility professionals give quick introductions and share their unique experiences and top challenges. This segment will allow everyone to discuss their expectations and priorities for the workshop and provide the base for continued peer networking on innovative solutions and best practices.

Use case 1: Time sync strategies
Explore time synchronization strategies that are essential for maintaining the precision and reliability of your utility network. Understand how accurate time sync can optimize your operations and improve system performance.

Use case 2: Enabling IP multicast
Dive into the intricacies of IP multicast and discover how it can be effectively enabled in utility networks. Learn about its benefits relative to bandwidth efficiency and use cases that are enhanced by its deployment, including VoIP, CCTV and LMR.

Use case 3: Virtualized Protection, Automation and Control
Discover the potential of vPAC. This session will look at how utilities can use software-defined technologies and infrastructure to drive substation digitalization and enable an adaptive, resilient and intelligent electrical grid for the future. This new grid control paradigm enables utilities to manage increasingly bidirectional, highly dynamic and fast evolving power systems.

Use case 4: Line differential protection with ADC and multipath 
System protection requires low-latency, highly reliable communication to avoid damage to power delivery equipment. This session will explore lessons learned and provide insights into migrating system protection circuits from SONET to Ethernet with IP/MPLS using low-latency active/active multipath methods. Learn how these methods can enhance network reliability and ensure seamless protection.

Segment routing with EVPN evolution (Nokia Presenter)
Explore the evolution of Segment Routing (SR) and Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN) technologies. This session will look at how they can be applied to simplify the management and scaling of IP/MPLS networks and provide tools that make traffic engineering more flexible and simpler to deploy for some use cases. We’ll discuss ways to fine-tune service delivery for demanding next-generation applications while allowing new operating protocols to thrive in a more virtualized, cloudified and automated world.

Join us!
This workshop is an excellent opportunity to network with fellow professionals, gain actionable insights and stay ahead in the rapidly evolving field of utility networking. Don’t miss out on this chance to enhance your knowledge and deliver exceptional user experiences on your network— today and tomorrow.

During this session, participants from the three morning primer sessions will come together to tackle practical hands-on activities in a range of curated topic areas. Our aim is to challenge participants and enhance their knowledge regardless of their prior experience. 

After a full day of workshops and hachathons, we invite you up to the exhibition to forge connections and embrace the spirit of the SReXperts and Wavelengths community.  Join us for an evening filled with great conversations, delicious food, and opportunities to connect with fellow professionals all while getting a closer look at all the demonstrations prepared for you.

Join your host, Mike Mangino, and discover how the latest Nokia IP and optical technology can help you amplify your network for the AI era. This session will include a synopsis of the coming day and things you need to know. You’ll probably hear some really bad jokes, too. 

TBC

Leslie Shannon will survey the landscape of emerging AI technology in the consumer and enterprise realms. Join this session to hear about intriguing applications of AI technology and some of the implications for network infrastructure.   

Join us for an exploration of the dynamic evolution of IP and optics integration over the past year, focusing on the latest advancements and innovations in this critical technology area. We’ll examine the practical experiences of customers that have deployed our integrated solutions, sharing valuable lessons learned from real-world implementations. You’ll gain insights into customer challenges and successes and emerging best practices. 

Join us for an immersive experience in our exhibition, where a vast array of demonstrations awaits your discovery.

Kevin Drury extends a warm welcome to all participants of Wavelengths Americas 2024.

This session will explore the constant evolution driving the North American Optical Networking market, including new technologies and architectures, changes in bandwidth requirements and services, and market trens around cost per bit and bandwidth pricing.

This session presents the key pillars driving Nokia's investments to enable continued solution and service leadership in the global optical market.  Learn how to amplify your network, and what Nokia does differently to enable our customers to partner with us and achieve success.  

Industry analyst Sterling Perrin will present results from a survey about the impact of network automation on networking.  

Networks are only as robust as the tools available to operationalize them.  Learn how optical network automation can accelerate network and bandwidth deployment, simplify operations and maintenance, and enable the growth required for an AI enabled infrastructure.

Amplify your network through knowledge. Join us to explore our five optical networking domains of expertise and learn how our Optical Network Certification (ONC) Program equips professionals with industry-leading skills. Don't miss this chance to elevate your skills in the dynamic world of optical networking.

Hear how Nokia's 6th-generation super-coherent optics (PSE-6s) are being deployed across the globe in different networks and applications.  We will cover what how the PSE-6s can enhance your network competitiveness and provide examples of deployment successes in different customers' networks.  

Metro networks continue to grow in bandwidth and flexibility requirements.  This session will cover new innovations and solutions optimized for the metro edge that will enable greater scale and enable new services across a wide range of metro use cases.  

New generations of pluggable coherent optics offer the opportunity to transform both IP and Optical network architectures.  Hear about new technologies that are enabling pluggable coherent optics capable of much higher bandwidths and/or performance, and the new Nokia solutions that will make this possible.

Autonomous networks requiring less human intervention have been a desire for many years.  This session will cover how Nokia's tool suite makes this more of a reality.  

Join us for an immersive experience in our exhibition, where a vast array of demonstrations awaits your discovery.

The age of quantum computing has created valid concerns for network security.  This session will highlight some of the techniques under evaluation to overcome the ability of quantum computing to decode encryption mechanisms, and how these are being applied to network security to provide Quantum-Safe security solutions.  

Simplifying management of optical networks is high on all operators' requirements list.  Learn how Nokia is listening to the needs of network operators and delivering new innovations in our WaveSuite solutions to enable streamlined management and operations of optical networks.  

AI-enabled applications are driving explosive growth in network bandwidth requirements, especially for Data Center Interconnection across metro and long-haul.  Hear how Nokia has been introducing several innovations specifically designed to scale and simplify optical networks for Data Center Interconnection.  

Power and cooling are increasingly becoming limiting factors in scaling network platforms and networks.  This session will cover some various design options and new features and technologies being used to scale power consumption of optical network platforms.  

The bandwidth requirements for transport networks continue to experience explosive growth, straining today's deployed fiber optic networks.  This session will cover promising new technology developments  that could help to alleviate these challenges in the future networks of tomorrow.

As we near the end of the event we invite you to join us for a special closing session—a moment of reflection, celebration, and inspiration.  Will you be the lucky one in our prize drawing?

See you again next year!