Zaffire/Margalit at NGN 2000
I'd like to listen in on some of the sidebar discussions between these 4...
Speakers:
Glen Falcao, EVP, Corvis Corporation
Thomas Alexander, CEO & President, LuxN
Hugh Martin, President & CEO, ONI Systems Corp.
Dr. Near Margalit, CTO, Zaffire, Inc.
4.Transparent Optical Networking: Pure Plays
Industry experts have long believed transparent networking to be the ultimate answer. New transparent optical solutions promise to deliver several million times the capacity of current SONET-based networks with comparable reliability and a smaller footprint, enabling whole new classes of applications and services. Now, with several prominent vendors actually shipping products and more entering the fray, it is time to understand where this technology fits and how it compares to the available alternatives in terms of functionality, manageability and price.
Questions:
What is state of the art for transparent optical networking in long haul, regional/metro and access arenas?
What are the important technical breakthroughs in photonics that enable new products?
What are the operational advantages of these solutions?
Can wavelength-level granularity be cost effective in delivering metro and regional services?
How can carriers implement the protocols and management associated with optical networking and wavelength level routing, while maintaining the lower speed and service-level granularity necessary for metro and regional applications?
Which carriers will adopt transparent solutions first? Where in their networks?
When will we have fully-interoperable, multi-layer optical access network applications?
Speakers:
Glen Falcao, EVP, Corvis Corporation
Thomas Alexander, CEO & President, LuxN
Hugh Martin, President & CEO, ONI Systems Corp.
Dr. Near Margalit, CTO, Zaffire, Inc. |
