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Impact of AI Traffic in Transport Networks - BRKSPG-1180#

Cisco Live US 2025 (San Diego) digest Program Adjacent pick San Diego · 8–12 June 2025

Abstract

Virginia Teixeira (Cisco)

  • Why: Near-core for anyone responsible for DC/WAN interconnect: AI traffic patterns (RAG, grounding, agents, edge distribution) change DCI and WAN dimensioning assumptions in ways transport teams haven't absorbed yet.
  • What: An analysis of AI traffic characteristics across a set of AI use cases and their impact on WAN and DCI design requirements (from abstract only).
  • How: Traffic-pattern characterization mapped onto transport network design levers.
  • Where applicable: Service-provider and large-enterprise transport. The speaker's own framing is honest that AI deployment models are still settling, so expect early directional analysis rather than settled engineering rules.