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OFC Conference and Exhibition
San Diego Convention Center
111 W Harbor Drive
San Diego, California, 92101
Technical Conference:
11 - 15 March 2018
Exhibition:
13 - 15 March 2018
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Wifi Access
Complimentary and available throughout the convention center.
SSID: OFC
Password: OFC2018
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Registration
Exhibit Hall E
Thursday, 15 March
07:30 – 17:00
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Exhibition
Thursday, 15 March
10:00 – 16:00
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Technical Session Content
Approximately 40% of this year's technical sessions are being digitally captured (slides and audio) for on-demand viewing. Presentations are posted within 24 hours of being recorded. (Access limited to Full Technical Attendees only.)
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Postdeadline Papers
The Digest, which includes 3-page summaries of accepted postdeadline papers, is available online. Printed copies will be available by 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, 15 March, at Registration.
Papers will be presented on Thursday, 16:30 – 18:30.
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The Suzanne R. Nagel Lounge
10:00 – 17:00, Exhibit Hall, #6444
A special addition to OFC and sponsored by IEEE Communications Society, IEEE Photonics Society and OSA, this professional development destination supports gender equity both at OFC and the field of optical communications.
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OFC Career Zone
10:00 – 17:00, Exhibit Hall C
Job seeking or exploring career options? We have representatives from companies like Corning, Finisar, Infinera and Viasat on-hand to meet you.
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The Optical Society
2010 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, D.C., 20736
USA
www.osa.org
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The Last Day
Still so much to see and do today, with another full day of technical sessions, the second Poster Session and the Postdeadline Papers Session. In the Exhibition, the Expo Theaters feature the concluding two panels for Market Watch, one product showcase and five show floor programs.
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Thursday Program Highlights
Market Watch
Panel V: Software Innovations in the Next-generation Optical Transport
10:30 – 12:00, Expo Theater I, Exhibit Hall G
A panel discusses the most important, immediate software innovations in the next-generation transport, including current challenges, and enablers in their adoption; and the strategy and business case for in-house and outsourcing DSP for various markets. Speakers come from Intel, Elenion Technologies, NTT and others.
Panel VI: IP and Optical Integration: Physical or Control Management Plane?
12:30 – 14:00, Expo Theater I, Exhibit Hall G
This panel looks at both SDN-based multi-layer interworking and physical multi-layer integration from an architectural perspective, with a focus on the drivers, benefits, technology enablers and primary applications for each. Speakers come from Oclaro, Verizon, Sedona and others.
Postdeadline Papers
16:30 – 18:30, Rooms 6C, 6D, 6E and 6F
The best and most cutting-edge research in optical communications is presented in this session, with a program selected by the 2018 OFC Technical Program Committee.
The Postdeadline Paper Digest includes the 3-page summaries of accepted papers. Print copies of the Digest are available to all technical conference registrants at 10:00 at Registration (Exhibit Hall E). They are also available for download online.
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The OFC Video Library
Plenary Presenters
John C. Doyle, California Institute of Technology, USA
The speaker recounts how his talk used the nervous system and cell biology to illustrate universal laws and architectures that must converge as we try to make our systems more efficient and robust. [go to video]
Marcus Weldon, Nokia Bell Labs, USA
Taped shortly after his presentation, the speaker reviews his talk, "The Future of Dynamic Deterministic Networking" and the importance of optical networking in the future. [go to video]
Exhibitor Highlights
Nathan Tracy, TE Connectivity & Optical Internetworking Forum
An overview of demonstrations presented at OFC, including the 56 Gbps electrical channel and the next generation 112 Gbps electrical interface. [go to video]
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Dispatches from the OFC Blog
OFC Is Abuzz, 5G Plays a Role, Which Brings Us to PON
By Julie Kunstler, Broadband Access at Ovum
What does 5G have to do with PON? 5G requires significant upgrades to wireline networking in order to support the bandwidth along with numerous bandwidth-intensive applications. PON, with its point-to-multipoint architecture has a role to play in supporting the massive 5G rollout and cell densification plans. In addition, WDM-PON may have found an application, finally.
On Monday, the Beyond 10G Workshop was packed with attendees interested in technical presentations on 25G, 50G and 100G PON. Several service providers are well on their way to 10G PON upgrades, such as China Telecom with 10G EPON OLT upgrades and Verizon with NG-PON2 deployments. Both China Telecom and China Mobile will be deploying XGS-PON later this year along with AT&T. By 2023, Ovum expects next-gen PON OLTs to dominate shipments, reaching almost 70% of total OLT shipments. [more]
Optics to Enable 5G Mobile Networks
By Lisa Huff, Discerning Analytics
The wireless infrastructure market is evolving. While mobile operators must maintain their 2G and 3G networks, they are also busy upgrading as much of them as they can to LTE and LTE-A now and planning for 5G in the next few years. As a result, we are now starting to see entirely new types of equipment. This article highlights content to be presented in Market Watch Panel 2 where industry experts discuss these and other optical technologies that are poised to enable the deployment of 5G. [more]
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Make the most of your day at OFC.
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