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ANNOUNCING Packet Optical Transport Networking 2012
This year's event will take place in Berlin in November. A full announcement will be released later in the spring.
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After the unprecedented success of the 1st edition in Berlin last November, at the request of key partners and in recognition of the unusual speed of evolution of this key area of innovation in transport networking, Layer123 has advanced the 2nd edition of this experts' meeting and debating forum to May 2011.
Packet Optical Transport Networking is your opportunity to meet and debate with the specialists shaping the future architecture of Packet-Optical networks for the new decade. The coming years will be a time of unprecedented change and upheaval for service provider networks. SDH is nearing its end of life and the new optical and packet networking paradigms with which it is being replaced are very different and challenging. This is your opportunity to influence and anticipate the important developments that will impact your short to mid term planning and investment outcomes.
This event is a timely opportunity to get up to speed with packet optical networking ideas and their practical implementation in key application areas – Mobility, Video (Content Delivery Networks/IPTV/MobileTV), Cloud Computing, Data Centre Virtualisation and high performance Ethernet services for business users.
The stage is set for new evolution, new strategies, new optimisation potential and new convergence options. As a stakeholder in the future packet optical transport networking world, you will find this collection of influential people, focused debate and structured networking of significant value.
Operators are looking for answers to the following questions:
- What are the strategic issues facing service providers and how can P-OTN help?
- How can P-OTN be used to build and ease the migration to 4th Generation mobile infrastructure?
- How and why has P-OTN developed as a technology – what are the drivers and origins of P-OTN?
- How are service providers planning to use P-OTN – what services are driving P-OTN and what are the network evolution options?
- What are the key developments in standards from the operator’s point of view, and where are the gaps?
- What role will Ethernet play?
- How will the new MPLS-TP-OTN convergence be applied in mobile networks?
- What are the key issues in evolving from today's heterogeneous mixed-technology networks?
- How can P-OTN help in designing infrastructure to support new business applications and architectures – data centre connectivity, data centre virtualisation, Cloud Computing, video?
This best of breed conference provides a uniquely focused forum to examine this new vision, uncluttered by history and bringing the best of packet and the best of optical together, to formulate a wider understanding of the future Packet Optical Transport Network.
Our ambition
Layer123 is more than an events company, it is a focus for thought leadership, an incubator for innovative ideas and an active support system for the business and technology ecosystems that drive advancement in key technologies, architectures, services and standards in optical, switching and IP/services layers.
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