There's a lot of packet routing in this week's Friday 5, along with advances in metro network technology, expansion of SD-WAN services, and G.fast getting ready to deploy...uh, fast. Sponsored by Senko Advanced Components.
Lightwave Editorial Director Stephen Hardy goes high speed in this week's Friday 5. He discusses quantum communications and the prospects for 600G, for example. He also touches upon what's new at the MEF as well as transceiver sales forecasts.
We step outside our optical comfort zone a bit this week, with looks at Wi-Fi and Gfast advances (and how they related to FTTH). We also turn our attention to FTTx M&A, SDN/NFV in access networks, and why the data center market is a pain in the butt.
SDN/NFV is getting less chaotic, PON OLTs are getting more exotic, and transceiver vendors are hopefully getting less neurotic. Lightwave Editorial Director Stephen Hardy runs through it all. Sponsored by Senko Advanced Components.
