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Wednesday 25 th September – Afternoon Optical Network Agility/Software Defined Networks Telefonica Advances in Telefonica’s optical disaggregated networks program Speaker: Victor Lopez Alvarez Time: 13:50 Disaggregation is a trend that is changing the way to architect and to operate networks. The disaggregation concept does not come originally from the network area, but it comes from the IT world, where the hardware and switches were decoupled from the operating system that was installed on it. The disaggregation concept in optical networks is based on the separation of the transponders from the open line system or even the elements within the line system. This presentation will present how Telefonica is evolving in its disaggregation approach for optical networks. Lumentum The Many Reasons for Today’s Growth of ROADM Networks Speaker: Brandon Collings Time: 14:25 Global optical network capacity continues to grow at an average of 26% CAGR driving increased deployments. Shipments of wavelength selective switches are poised to be double that of only 4 years ago and in 4 years time are predicted to be 150% of current levels. This increase in ROADM deployment is being driven by broadly based motives, global in nature, largely uncoupled and expected to be durable. This presentation will review the underlying trends that have enabled this growth including (i) deployment in regions where ROADM have typically not been deployed (ii) Evolution of existing ROADM networks to next generation infrastructure and (iii) the impact of more fiber pairs being deployed per route to support network capacity growth VPIphotonics Designing for flexibility and scalable capacity in optical networks Speaker: Andre Richter, General Manager Time: 15:00 Triggered by the demand for multi-vendor operation of optical networks and the demand for higher flexibility, resource utilization efficiency and scalability of capacity, new challenges for system design and network planning arise. Eventually, advanced coding/modulation formats utilizing probabilistic and geometric shaping in WDM operation over multiple frequency bands need to be addressed by fast estimators, able to predict the performance of any transmission link – whether existing, or to be established – within a multi-vendor, software defined network environment. We aim to present important system design and modelling considerations and latest results demonstrating viable solution approaches.
Intel High-Volume applications of 3D sensing in consumer and automotive markets (panel) Speakers: Robert Blum Director of Strategic Marketing and
New Business for Intel Silicon Photonics Products Division plus 3-5 other speakers in the industry (Lumentum, Finisar, II-VI, Yole Development etc
Time: 12:05 3-d sensing has many applications in consumer markets (which include gesture and facial recognition, gaming, AR/VR, security and many others) and in automotive markets, specifically for LIDAR and other advanced driver-assistance systems. The recent years have seen initial volume deployments in several of these segments, already driving significant volumes for optical components and related hardware. Yet the 3-d sensing market overall is still in a nascent stage, demanding significant future innovation, but also posing a tremendous revenue opportunity for optics and related hardware. This workshop will give an overview of the various technologies involved and discuss recent developments and opportunities for both component and integrated system suppliers. Corning Multi-core fiber: does it make sense and where? Speaker: Sergei Makovejs, Market and Technology Development Manager Time: 12:40 Multi-core fiber (MCF) has been the topic of active research in recent years and is frequently perceived as one of the last available frontiers for transmission capacity increase. This talk will provide a fresh perspective on whether MCF represents a viable capacity increase pathway and under what conditions, by revisiting the very problem statement that MCF is trying to solve. We will also review MCF ecosystem advantages and challenges, discuss the application spaces where MCF is more likely to happen, and evaluate other potential options for capacity and density improvement pathways. Optasense Distributed Fibre Sensing for Protecting Linear Infrastructure Assets and Critical Optical Communication Networks Speaker: Andrew Hall, Product Line Manager, OptaSense Ltd. (a QinetiQ company) Time: 13:15 Critical linear infrastructure assets in diverse sectors such as oil and gas, telecommunications, roadways and railways, are increasingly coming under threat from disruptions due to malicious actions. This is driving a need for a cost-effective distributed sensing capability which can pin-point malicious events to enable preventive actions or provision of back-up services. Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) has emerged as an attractive technology as it can convert a single dark fibre within standard telecoms fibre optic cable into an array of distributed sensors spanning many tens of kilometres. This can allow infrastructure owners and operators with a low capital expenditure to gain an understanding of what is happening across the entire length of their critical infrastructure, enabling them to deter hostile activity and reduce damaging incidents. OptaSense is one of the earliest industry players to have deployed DAS technology across the world and this presentation will provide an insight into the technology, an overview of real-world application examples, and describe technology and application advances.
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