Barry McGinley
Senior Systems Engineer for EMEA at EPS Global
Barry is based in Dublin, and provides the first layer of tech support to customers in EMEA. Barry works on POCs for Data Centre, Service Provider and Enterprise deployments and leads the adoption of new bare metal hardware for carrier and telecom solutions. Barry has in-depth expertise of the disaggregated networking landscape covering all of the open-source software and open and traditional hardware available. He has a BSc Networking Applications & Services from TU Dublin.
There will be 4 speakers on the day looking after their section of the PON network
EPS/Edgecore - Barry McGinley will introduce the history of disaggregation.
Radisys - Prathap Thammanna will speak about the ONT, OLT, and management aspects of the PON network.
RtBrick - Hannes Gredler will talk about the vBNG part of the solution.
IP Infusion - Lalit Kumar will take us through the software required for the aggregation, routing, and backhaul.
Session
EPS Global along with Edgecore Networks, IP Infusion, Radisys, and RtBrick, will present an open solution for a fiber-to-the-home deployment (FTTH). The focus of the workshop will be on an open, disaggregated, XGS-PON network from the central office to the subscriber's home. Comprising of the ONT to OLT, aggregation of OLTs, vBNG, routing, and transport to the core.
Disaggregation has become a key driver for Tier 1 providers like Deutsche Telekom, AT&T, Orange, Telefonica, and more. With the help of the Telecom Infra Project (TIP), and the Open Networking Foundation (ONF), the benefits of building open and disaggregated networks are now realizable for all providers, regardless of scale.