01 Jan 0001
00:00 - 00:00
Optical technologies are a key enabler but also a main contributor to the cost and complexity of telecommunications infrastructure, both for fixed and mobile access networks. This workshop aims to explore the commercial potential of optical connectivity solutions in the rapidly evolving landscape of 6G mobile systems and ultra-broadband fixed access networks. The session will bring together experts from academia, industry, and operator communities to discuss how optical technologies can be harnessed for profitable applications in telecom. Participants will delve into state-of-the-art and evolution trends of particularly promising optical technologies, and will consider the specific complexities of designing, deploying and evolving access networks to imagine new possible business opportunities. The workshop will also cover the role of industry collaboration initiatives, where module suppliers, systems vendors and operators join forces to overcome technical challenges and unlock new markets supported by volume optical solutions.
The key questions to address in this workshop are:
- Which optical technologies could help to reduce the cost of deployment or operation of networks?
- Which new use cases and service enhancements could produce new revenues?
- Can we exploit synergies and reuse opportunities for datacom technologies and services?
- Are there synergies or overlaps between mobile and fixed access?
- PON for mobile transport, Fixed Wireless Access, both?
- What is the role of standards in these hybrid networks?
- Open/disaggregated or bookended/proprietary access networks?
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Frank Effenberger
Futurewei Technologies Inc., USA
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Sudip Shekhar
University of British Columbia, Canada
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Antonio Tartaglia
Ericsson, Italy
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Jim Zou
Adtran, USA