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Photonics Briefing #21
Metro Optical Networks II - When Will it Take Off?
December 5, 2001
9am to 5:00pm
Burlington Marriott, Burlington, MA
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Metro Optical Networks II - When Will it Take Off?
Photonics Briefing Objective
Metro is Hot! the question is when will it take off?. Issues to be addressed by this Briefing include 10-Gigabit Ethernet vs. SONET, IP over SONET, role of mesh networks and optical switching, will 40G be used in the Metro, and the role of resilient packet rings.
Who should be interested:
Executives from the following companies
- CLECs
- Component Suppliers
- Long Distance Carriers
- Telephone Companies
- Systems Suppliers
- Entrepreneurs
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- Consultants
- Venture Capitalists
- Investors
- CATV Companies
- Integrated Service Providers
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Contents
- "Overview of the Optical Networks Business and Introduction to the Metro Markets" -
Dr. Paul Polishuk, President and CEO, IGI Consulting
- "Financing Metro Optical Networks" -
Glenn Waldorf, UBS Warburg
- "Tunable Laser Applications in Metro Optical Network" -
Arlon Martin, Agility
- "Carriers View of DWDM Metro Networks" -
Betsy Broihier, Progress Telecom
- "Special Fiber Designs for Metro Optical Networks" -
Andy Coombe, Corning Inc.
- "Utilizing High speed ethernet Optical Ring Architecture for Metropolitan Are Networks" -
Peeya Iwagoshi, LuxPath Networks
- "Enabling Mutil-Service Metro Optical Networks" -
Yaki Luzon, Packet Light Networks ltd.
- "All Optical Metro DWDM Networking" -
Andrew Vernon, Movaz Networks.
- "Architectural and Economic Analysis of Scalable Optical Networks for Regional and Metro Applications" -
Eric Schmidt, Centerpoint Broadband Technologies Inc.
- "Enabling In-Service Migration from Ring to Mesh Architectures" -
John Gudgel, Sr Market Manger, Lightscape Networks.
- "Metropolitan Dark Fiber - The Broadband Enabler" -
David Rusin, American Fiber Systems
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