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Cost Per Home Connected: Automation and FTTH

Thursday, June 19 • 11:20 AM - 12:05 PM • Room S113

In this panel, we will introduce the Advanced Fiber Connectivity and Switching Forum being launched by industry-leading service providers, optical switch vendors, network infrastructure providers and manufacturers. This newly formed organization is focused on accelerating the adoption and deployment of optical switching and advanced fiber connectivity solutions. The AFCS Forum will facilitate knowledge sharing and cross-industry dialogues in an open environment.

We will then present a demonstration that showed how an automated fiber optic cross-connect (AFOX) can improve the economics of an FTTH network. The AFOX systems provide automated cross-connections between input and output fibers, without manipulating light or performing O/E/O conversion. The demonstration showed how AFOX can delay or avoid other capital expense and reduce the operating expense associated with provisioning, management, and troubleshooting, by eliminating truck rolls and minimizing the dependence on skilled labor. Specifically, AFOX was used to automate: network characterization, service activation, service disconnection / churn management, load rebalancing, service grooming, monitoring, troubleshooting, and 1:N protection. Significant cost reductions can be achieved by deploying AFOX for these tasks.

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Automated Fiber Connectivity and Switching (AFCS) Forum — Cost Per Home Connected: Automation and FTTH

Moderator

Sandy Roskes, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development, FiberZone Networks

As FiberZone’s VP of Marketing and Business Development, Sandy brings diverse communications industry experience from the start-up, venture capital, and consulting worlds. He most recently served as Director, Business Development of Vocaltec, a provider of voice-over-IP solutions. Prior positions include Investment Manager of Portview, a communications-focused venture capital firm, and Senior Associate of HK Catalyst, a technology-focused strategy and investment consultancy. Previously, Sandy co-founded a consulting firm that provided marketing and financial advisory services to Israeli high-tech companies. Sandy holds an MS in Civil Engineering from Stanford University, and a BS in Engineering from Harvard.

Speakers

Karen Liu, Vice President, Components, Ovum
Dave Rapp, Program Manager for Core Fiber Solutions, ADC Global Connectivity Solutions Group
Glenn Wellbrock, Director of Backbone Network Design, Verizon Communications
Dr. Tiejun (TJ) Xia, Distinguished Member of Technical Staff (DMTS), Verizon Business Global, LLC

 

Karen Liu is responsible for market analysis of enabling technologies in video, telecom and datacom. She has worked on a number of custom advisory projects on a range of disruptive technologies, including the first detailed forecast for ATCA platforms. Recent coverage areas include high-speed optical components, IPTV and CATV.
Karen has eight years of experience in analysis and over 20 years of experience in networking. Prior to joining Ovum RHK, Karen worked at Tellabs as a senior product planner, with responsibility for optical architecture and product definition of a metropolitan DWDM product. Before Tellabs, Karen was a research staff member at the IBM Research Division, responsible for the optical design of one of the earliest commercial DWDM system products. Karen received a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Stanford University and a B.S.E. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University.

 

Dave Rapp is Program Manager for ADC’s Core Fiber Solutions. In this position, Mr. Rapp is responsible for the profitability and growth of these innovative and varied products. Mr. Rapp has been with ADC for over 12 years. During this time, he has held a variety of positions of increasing responsibility in Applications Engineering, Systems Engineering and Product Management. Mr. Rapp has worked with service providers around the world to design, engineer, and manage fiber optic networks. Mr. Rapp holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder and a MBA from the University of St. Thomas.

 

Dr. Tiejun (TJ) Xia is an expert in photonic technologies and optical communications. He is Distinguished Member of Technical Staff with Verizon Communications. In 2007, as a team leader, TJ accomplished the industry’s first 100G field trial with live traffic. TJ is one of the drivers for Automated Fiber Optical Cross-connect (AFOX). Dr. Xia is also Adjunct Professor at University of Texas at Dallas and Mentor Advisor at STARTech Early Ventures. He served as Director for Network Technology Development at Chorum Technologies. Prior to Chorum, he worked with MCI Communications as a senior engineer. Before joining MCI he was a research faculty member in Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan. Dr. Xia holds his Ph.D. degree in Physics from University of Central Florida. He has published more than 90 technical papers and holds more than 30 granted or pending US patents.

 

Glenn Wellbrock is responsible for the development of new optical and data technologies for the converged Verizon backbone infrastructure.  Previous positions include running the advanced technology lab, establishing evaluation criteria, and setting engineering guidelines for all backbone transport equipment as well as various positions within network operations.  In addition to his 20+ years at Verizon (1984-2001 & 2004-present), Glenn was responsible for Product Architecture within the optical networks group at Marconi and Product Planning at Qplus Networks with a specific focus on developing alternative modulation techniques.