46

Europe/London
Cathy Almond (Internet Systems Consortium), Chris Russell (UKNOF), Fearghas McKay (Flexoptix // UKNOF), Keith Mitchell (UKNOF)
Description

The UK Network Operators' Forum is currently only running online meetings.

UKNOF46 took place on Tuesday, 19 January followed by a BYO Pints n' Packets social event.


UKNOF events offer an OPEN environment for anyone within or interested in the Internet Industry. Network with industry colleagues, participate in knowledge sharing and freshen up on best practice around network operations and security.

For more information about UKNOF itself, please visit our primary site.

Social Media hashtag: #UKNOF46

We are currently looking for Sponsors and Corporate Patrons and sponsors to support UKNOF.

 


UKNOF PATRONS 2021

PRINCIPAL
BT  

 

PREMIUM

  Flexoptix
  IPv4 Market group
  RIPE NCC

 

PROMOTER

Internet Systems Consortium Secrutiny
   

We are currently looking for additional Patrons to support UKNOF. Contact us on patron@uknof.org.uk


SPONSORS

Arista

 


PARTNERS

Bogons Portfast

 

Participants
  • Adam Priestley
  • Adil Baghir
  • Adrian Bolster
  • Alan Barnett
  • Aled Morris
  • Alex Threlfall
  • Andrew Hicks
  • Andy Davidson
  • Andy Webster
  • Anthony Turner
  • Anton Karneliuk
  • Antony Worsley
  • Bartosz Miklaszewski
  • Basil Fillan
  • Ben Carter
  • Ben Cox
  • Blake Willis
  • Bloor '-
  • Brandon Butterworth
  • Brandon Daly
  • Cathy Almond
  • Charlie Boisseau
  • Chris Bridle
  • Chris Charlick-Roberts
  • Chris Russell
  • Chris Williams
  • Craig Aspey
  • Damien Ransome
  • Daniel Greaves
  • David Croft
  • David Murray
  • David Sullivan
  • David Townsend Townsend
  • David Wilkinson
  • Debbie Casey
  • Denesh Bhabuta
  • Dirk GöTzl
  • Doug Hulme
  • DóNal Cunningham
  • Esther Cobbinah
  • Euan Galloway
  • Farhan Razzak
  • Fearghas Mckay
  • Filip Cerny
  • Gary Hawkins
  • Geoff Bennett
  • George Daly
  • Gerard Gillan
  • Hariharan Jayaraman
  • Harshiva Matcha
  • Hisham Ibrahim
  • Ian Chilton
  • Ian Goodall
  • Ignas Bagdonas
  • Inga Turner
  • Jack Sephton
  • Jake Lee
  • James Bensley
  • Jamie Lesley
  • Jennifer Holmes
  • Jody Botham
  • Joe Waite
  • John Anthony
  • John Bourke
  • Jordan Fielding
  • Joseph Brown
  • Keith Mitchell
  • Laura Winters
  • Lee Pedder
  • Leo Vegoda
  • Lesego Leseka
  • Louise Ashtonhurst
  • Luke Kelsall
  • Marek Isalski
  • Mark Baker
  • Mark Fordyce
  • Martin Evans
  • Martin May
  • Martin Smith
  • Matt Mather
  • Matt Melbourne
  • Matt Mercer
  • Matthew Jepp
  • Maximilian Wilhelm
  • Melchior Aelmans
  • Mike Bullen
  • Mike Hughes
  • Nat Lasseter
  • Neil Lathwood
  • Nico Cartron
  • Nicola Bontempelli
  • Nicolai Thomson
  • Nigel Titley
  • Nina Saidi
  • Nuno Vieira
  • Olivier Benghozi
  • Paul Ayala
  • Paul Edwards
  • Paul Thornton
  • Paul Wright
  • Pavel Odintsov
  • Peter Stevens
  • Peter Taphouse
  • Piotr Malinowski
  • Portia Rabonda
  • Ralph Wanders
  • Ray Bellis
  • Rebecca Smiley
  • Rob Evans
  • Rob Lister
  • Ron Bonica
  • Ross Moya
  • Ruben Garbade
  • Sam Smith
  • Sean Flack
  • Shane Mc Cormack
  • Simon Fisher
  • Simon Lockhart
  • Srinivas Narayan
  • Stefan Wahl
  • Stephen Maloney
  • Steve Dyer
  • Steve Glendinning
  • Steve Jones
  • Steve Karmeinsky
  • Steve Seymour
  • Stuart Pearson
  • Stuart Steele
  • Susan Forney
  • Tim Bray
  • Tim Chown
  • Tim Jones
  • Tim Porter
  • Tom Bird
  • Tom Hill
  • Tom Rigg
  • Tom Strickx
  • Will Hargrave
  • Will Jones
UKNOF46 admin
    • 11:45
      Webinar room opens - while waiting, grab a drink and mingle with your peers in the ~UKNOF channel at https://chat.uknof.org.uk
    • UKNOF46: Session 1
    • 12:45
      15 minutes break
    • UKNOF46: Session 2
      • 4
        The future of 100G, 400G, 400+G & 800Gig optics. - It's Confused!

        With the advent of 100G, a wide range of different transmission standards and form factors were published by IEEE and MSA groups. This produced a plethora of transceivers and created a difficult choice for the best solution for networks and datacentres, for todays and also future needs.

        For 400G and 800G, IEEE and multiple MSA groups have published more than 30 transmission standards, with even more planned to be published in the near future. To make thing even more complex the different groups use different approaches for their standards and new technologies for transmission.

        This presentation will shine a light on the fuzzy variety of 100G, 400G, 400+G & 800Gig transmission standards, to show the activities of different MSA groups, to give an overview of existing and upcoming standards and to show which technologies will probably become most important in the future.

        Speaker: Mr Dirk Götzl (Huber+Suhner Cubeoptics AG)
      • 5
        XR Optics. Next generation access using all-optical subcarrier multiplexing

        One of the biggest costs in any access network is the need to adapt lower access data rates into higher data rate backbone transport. Historically this has been achieved using either OTN switching in legacy systems or packet switching for modern applications. All-optical communication would obviously remove the need for expensive Optical-Electronic-Optical interconnects, but until now it has not been possible to achieve data rate adaptation in the optical domain.
        This presentation introduces a new industry initiative to create an all-optical aggregation and multiplexing capability based on Nyquist subcarriers. The initiative is called XR Optics, and is an open consortium of optical component companies, coherent DSP developers and system vendors. The presentation will focus on a technical explanation of the new transponder design, the need for standardised form factors, implications for host support, and the implications for the optical access network.

        Speaker: Mr Geoff Bennett (Infinera)
    • 14:00
      1 hour break - Have a natter in our Zoom social room!

      Have a natter in our Zoom social room!

    • UKNOF46: Session 3
      • 6
        pygnmi : Developing Python module for gNMI

        There has been no good Python library to manage the network elements using the gNMI. To overcome this limitation, we’ve decided to create our own. Being non-professional software developers, it is also an interesting learning curve.

        As such, the talk will share the status of the pygnmi library development, examples of usage and integration with existing automation frameworks and story of the development.

        Speaker: Anton Karneliuk
      • 7
        RFC3849 and RFC5737

        Documentation is an important part of the life of a network engineer, whether we like it or not.
        Unfortunately, not all documentation is created equal, and there's well documented cases out there where bad documentation does more harm than no documentation.
        In this short talk, I'll talk about the deployment of 1.1.1.1, and how that relates to documentation.

        Speaker: Tom Strickx (Cloudflare)
    • 15:50
      15 minutes break
    • UKNOF46: Session 4
      • 8
        IPv6 at 25

        IPv6 turned 25 in December. While global adoption of IPv6 might not be where its architects thought, IPv6 has come of age and inserted itself firmly into the Internet. This talk takes a look at how far has come.

        Speaker: Susan Forney (Hurricane Electric)
      • 9
        RIFT - Engineering Simplicity in IP Fabric

        In this presentation we will take a look at a new and novel routing protocol for the datacenter underlay; Routing in Fat Trees. Or in short, RIFT.
        RIFT solves some of the challenges current datacenter underlays are facing; large IGP domains, zero touch provisioning, 5 or even 7 stage specific fabrics challenges, slow BGP convergence, etc.

        Speaker: Melchior Aelmans (Juniper Networks)
      • 10
        IP Flexalgo

        An IP Flexible Algorithm allows an IGP to compute constraint-based paths. Therefore, it allows an IP network to achieve some TE capabilities without deploying MPLS or Segment Routing.

        Speaker: Ron Bonica (Juniper Networks)
      • 11
        Wrap Up
        Speaker: Mr Keith Mitchell (UKNOF)
    • 17:10
      BYO Pints n' Packets - Stay for a natter after the great talks!