Plenary Lecture

Key Technologies in Next Generation Optical Networks

Prof. Leonid Kazovsky
Photonic & Networking Research Laboratory (PNRL)
Stanford University, USA
kazovsky@stanford.edu

Abstract: Due to advances in photonics technologies and worldwide deployment of optical fibers, optical core transport networks have experienced an extraordinary increase of transmission capacity during the last decade. As long-haul optical networks and technologies were successfully deployed for inter- and cross-continental links, access networks and, to a lesser extent, metro networks emerge as the main challenge in terms of capacity, service and cost. New technologies need to be addressed for next generation optical networks include:
• Passive optical access networks evolving from TDM to WDM;
• Convergence of optical and wireless technologies;
• Efficient and transparent connectivity across access, metro and backbone networks;
• Burst-mode transmission underlying the aforementioned technologies.
This talk will discuss the opportunities and challenges in next generation optical networks, and present research results and future research directions in network architecture, routing algorithms and key enabling technologies.

Brief Biography of the Speaker:
Dr. Leonid G. Kazovsky joined Stanford University in 1990. He founded Photonic & Networking Research Laboratory (PNRL) at Stanford University, and leads PNRL since then. Prior to joining Stanford, Prof. Kazovsky was with Bellcore (now Telcordia) doing research on WDM, high-speed and coherent optical fiber communication systems. While on Bellcore assignments or Stanford sabbaticals, Prof. Kazovsky worked at the Heinrich Hertz Institute, Berlin, Germany; Hewlett-Packard Research Laboratories, Bristol, England; Scuola Superiore St. Anna, Pisa, Italy; and Technical University of Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Through research contracts, consulting engagements, and other arrangements, Prof. Kazovsky worked with many industrial companies and U.S. Government agencies including Sprint, DEC, GTE, AT&T, IVP, Lucent, Hitachi, KDD, Furukawa, Fujitsu, Optivision, and Perimeter on the industrial side; and NSF, DARPA, Air Force, Navy, Army, and BMDO on the government side. Recent spin-offs of Prof. Kazovsky’s research ideas include such companies as Luminous, Alidian and Matisse.
Prof. Kazozvsky serves or served on Editorial Boards of leading journals (IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, Wireless Netwroks) and on Program Committees of leading conferences (OFC, CLEO, LEOS, SPIE, and GLOBECOM). He also serves or served as a reviewer for various IEEE and IEE Transactions, Proceedings, and Journals; funding agencies (NSF, OFC, ERC, NRC, etc.) and publishers (Wiley, MacMillan, etc.). Prof. Kazovsky authored or co-authored two books, some 250 journal technical papers, and a similar amount of conference papers. He is a Fellow of IEEE and a Fellow of OSA.