Joint Keynote: 10:00 am EST
Market Forecasts for High-Speed
and Access Networks
In many ways, the explosion of high-bandwidth services to businesses and residences in the access space is one of the main drivers for increasing metro and core network speeds. The two markets are therefore closely aligned. Our joint keynote will include two presentations from Infonetics Research analysts.The first will be presented by Jeff Heynen, who will look at "The Future of FTTH/B." The second presentation, by Andrew Schmitt, will discuss "The Future of 40G/100G."
Sponsor Session: 11:00 am EST
Top Techniques & Tools for Overcoming
High-Speed Optical Network Challenges
The communications industry is faced with expanding bandwidth in the network’s core and the demand for faster data interconnects is resulting in extensive R&D into high-speed physical-layer circuits and devices. Manufacturers performing optical modulator testing are concerned with the physical manifestations of the communication channel including: the accuracy with which the photonic system generates different polarizations, signal interactions in the optical domain and the effectiveness of pre-coding to mitigate losses in the fiber optic cable. Anritsu's Daniel Gonzalez will address key challenges related to high-speed networks and the inspection capabilities necessary to support device development and manufacturing.
High-Speed Access Track: 12:00 pm EST
Optical Internetworking Forum's 100G Activities
The Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) has received plenty of attention for its attempt to create a supplier ecosystem for 100-Gbps technology based on dual-polarization quadrature phase-shift keying (QPSK) with coherent detection. But the effort requires more than just picking a modulation format. Joe Berthold, Vice President Network Architecture at Ciena and former OIF president, will review the different implementation agreements and specifications required to make the ecosystem a success, as well as provide updates on how the efforts to put these building blocks in place are proceeding.
Optical Access Track : 12:00 pm EST
Beyond Triple Play—Alternative FTTx Services
The value of FTTx architectures in bringing triple-play voice, video, and data services to residences and businesses is well documented. But at some point, the triple play won’t be enough to maintain competitive differentiation – and may not be enough to create a viable business model initially. Sanjay Patel, CTO, Wireline Networks Product Division of Alcatel-Lucent, will review how carriers are leveraging optical access technology to provide innovative services beyond triple play, and lower capex and opex for other network requirements.
General Session : 2:00 pm EST
High-Speed Access Networks
Standards activity is well underway for 10-Gbps PONs, with initial 10G EPON specifications already ratified. GPON standards should follow in the near future. However, other approaches to next-generation access infrastructure have been both proposed and, in some cases, fielded. These include WDM-PON as well as the use of orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM). This session, featuring speaker Sayeed Rashid, Senior Manager-Marketing Broadband Access Products at Huawei Technologies USA, reviews the different approaches to next-generation high-speed access, including the adoption prospects for each.
