Frank Ruhl Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Australia

Blue Ocean Networks is a Telecommunications Technology Consultancy and Training Provider in advanced Telecommunications Technologies. It is a Start-Up Member of the Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and of the ETSI Network Function Virtualisation Industry Specification Group (ETSI NFV ISG).Blue Ocean Networks' strategies and training in advanced telecommunications technologies like SDN and NFV, deliver competitive business advantage by focussing on and leveraging innovative network and product technologies- Software Defined Networks (SDN)- Network Function Virtualisation (NFV)- Packet-Optical Networking- Broadband Access Networks

Australia

Lead for Orchestration and AutomationEricsson Certified 5G Core AssociateCloud and Network Slicing Orchestration, 5G Core Applications, Cloud Native Solution Design and Application Deployment

Melbourne, Region South East Asia And Oceania (Raso)

Cloud and NFV Infrastructure, Software Defined Networking (SDN)Hyperscale Data Center System (HDS), Rackscale Architecture (RSA) and Data Center AutomationOpenstack, Ericsson Cloud System (ECS, ECEE, ECM) , Software Defined Infrastructure (SDI)Enterprise IT Cloud and Telecom Network Virtualisation (NFV) and ApplicationsNext Generation IP Networks5G Network Architecture and Network Orchestration, 5G Network Slicing, Radio Transport Interaction (RTI)

Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

IP50 Account Manager Member of Ericsson Specialist IP50 ProgramLead SDN NFV and IP ActivitiesLead Center of Excellence on Programmable Networks (SDN & NFV) Program and ActivitiesNext Generation IP/MPLS Mobile Backhaul with SDN for 5GNext Generation IP Networks with SDN and NFVNext generation SDN enabled routersNext generation virtualised routersRadio-Transport Interaction for end-end mobile network optimisationEnd-end network orchestration with SDN and NFVNetwork Slicing for telecommunication networksSDN based network services for telecom operators (vCPE, SC, Transport SDN)Autonomous real-time network optimisation with SDN and AnalyticsOpen SDN and NFV Network technologies for telecom networksCarrier grade NFV network, MANO and NFVIVirtual Enterprise GatewayNetwork Cloud, Openstack, Ericsson Cloud Execution Environment, Ericsson Cloud Manager, Hyperscale Datacenter SystemOpenFlow WAN network, Service Chaining, Hyperscale Openflow Switches

Melbourne, Australia

Analyse emerging future technologies and develop strategic network directions and innovation opportunities for the Telstra fixed network (Optical Transport, Aggregation and IP Networks, Broadband Access, Network Control Plane, Software Defined Networking, OpenFlow, Network Function Virtualisation ..).Terabit Optical Network, Packet-Optical Networks, Optical Switching, ROADMs, Optical Burst and Packet switching, HFC Network Evolution, FTTP evolution, FTTN, VDSL2 Vectoring, G.Fast, FTTdP, SDN Service Chaining, SDN Platforms, SDN Architectures and Use Cases, Virtual CPE, NFV Architecture and Use Cases ...

Develop Emerging Technology Strategy for all Fixed Network Technologies (Optical Transport and Switching, Broadband Access, Aggregation and IP Networks, Network Control Plane, Software Defined Networking, OpenFlow, Network Function Virtualisation, Virtual CPE ..)Lead and deliver several proof-of-concepts in SDN and advanced technologies.Innovation and Chief Technology OfficeTelstra Corporation

Lead development of network technology strategy for broadband access evolution (VDSL2, FTTN, HFC DOCSIS 3, GPON, FTTH, NGPON)Lead development of network technology strategy for optical transport network evolution (inter-capital, metro, regional and submarine cables)

Lead and manage all optical transport and optical fibre technology research programmes and research teams.

Lead technical analysis, system design and development of test methods for amplified optical systems. Lead technical analysis of Bass Strait optical submarine link, design of and introduction of highly cost effective DWDM systems.

Tenured Lecturer PositionLead research programmes in the UNSW Optical Communication GroupReceived several ARC research grants for optical communication research projectsAwarded industrial visiting researcher fellowship from Telstra Research LaboratoriesSupervise postgraduate students (PhD and M.Eng)Lecturing in postgraduate optical communication subjectsRun 'Optical Fibre Communications Technology' workshopsLecture undergraduate electrical engineering courses and run laboratory classes

Advanced Technology Branch, Clayton, Melbourne

Analytically and experimentally analyse the potential opportunity for fluoride optical fibres as ultra-low loss telecom fibre infrastructure.

Hamburg Area, Germany

Analytic and experimental investigation of optical fibre sensor arrays.

Optical Fibre Networks Section, Clayton, Melbourne

Analyse impact of single mode optical fibre refractive index profile design on transmission parameters of optical fibres. Optimise design parameters for single mode fibres and dispersion shifted fibres.

Optical Networks System Section, Clayton, Melbourne

Analytically and experimentally analyse Raman amplification in single mode optical fibre with a view to creating potential communication sources for the 1300nm and 1550nm windows through wavelength shifting of solid state laser source via higher order Raman scattering

Phd, Optical Fibre Communications

Activities and Societies: Design of optimised optical fibres for coherent optical networks

B.Sc. Honours, Physics

Activities and Societies: Science Faculty Scholar John McNeill Prize for Top Honours Student in Physics

Education record

Activities and Societies: Abitur (Physik, Mathematik) - Jahr 12