PETER DYKES OFC PREVIEW
FROM 5G TO AUTONOMOUS CARS, THIS EVENT HAS THE LOT OFC HITS THE ROAD
T he Optical Fibre San Diego Convention Centre in San Diego, California. OFC is the industry’s stage where global leaders, academia and innovators present, debate, launch and demonstrate the innovations driving applications that are on the cusp of changing the world. This year’s event is expected to draw more than 15,500 attendees and 700+ exhibitors from 65 countries. Among the highlights, speakers from Acacia Communications, Deutsche Telekom and Waymo, who will take the stage on 5th March 2019 to share their visions on open network innovation, the future of vehicular mobility and optical integration as catalyst for higher data rates. Communication Conference and Exhibition 2019 is being held 3rd – 7th March, with the exhibition from 5th –7th March at the
hundreds of exhibitors demonstrating the latest innovations necessary to meet bandwidth demands. Organisers have aggregated the more than 60 technical and business sessions, workshops and short courses that offer content and training related to data centre networks. Among the business-focused sessions is the Data Centre Summit, on 5th March, which will feature a keynote from Dave Temkin, Vice President of Networks, Netflix, USA, who will discuss the evolution of content delivery. Another session will debate the adoption and main similarities and differences in open transport architectures. A variety of technical sessions will dig deeper into next-gen technologies such as switching, optical interconnects, coherent systems, direct detection, architecture, machine learning and more. “Optical technology remains a critical component of data centre networks,” said Gabriella Bosco, Politecnico di Torino, Italy and OFC general co-chair. “Recent advances explore ways for these architectures to operate more cost- effectively, efficiently, and rapidly and the OFC program draws out emerging opportunities for operators, and content and service providers.”
in 5G and will change the way networks will be built. And finally, electro-photonic integration appears to be the only path to increase data rates while lowering size and power,” explained Jörg-Peter Elbers, SVP of advanced technology, standards & IPR, ADVA Optical Networking and OFC general co-chair. Of the 700+ exhibiting companies at OFC 2019, more than 100 companies will showcase innovations in all levels of the infrastructure that impacts the network, including: transceivers, routers, switches and intra- and inter- data centre equipment. Additionally, several multivendor interoperability demonstrations will be featured on the show floor: OIF will demo Common Electrical I/O(CEI)-112G, FlexE (Flex Ethernet) and 400ZR; and Ethernet Alliance will demo 10GbE, 25GbE, 50GbE, 100GbE and 400GbE technologies and solutions. Other demonstrations include the Open ROADM MSA SDN and 100G Coherent Transceivers. OFC 2019 will feature world-renowned speakers from top data centre operators presenting on the latest networking architectures, leading technical experts reporting on advancements and
“OFC 2019 is the place to be if you want to know about the latest advancements in optical
communications. Our plenary speakers will cover exciting topics: Self-driving vehicles are pioneering optical sensing and machine-learning, they create demand for future communications. Openness has become a new imperative
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