At present, the development of China’s 5G and data centers has pressed the “fast forward button.” 5G is considered to be the leader of the seven major “new infrastructures” and takes the lead in responding to the market. 5G centralized procurement continues to be implemented, and operators’ centralized procurement of 5G infrastructure construction is implemented. 5G has become a part of the national strategy and the key to seizing the commanding heights of science and technology globally. The rapid development of 5G has also promoted the advancement of the optical communications industry.
Optical fiber communication is a modern communication technology that uses laser as the information carrier and optical fiber as the physical basis. Due to the wide frequency band, low attenuation, anti-interference, and corrosion resistance of optical fiber, optical fiber communication has achieved rapid growth in the 30 years since its inception. Development has gradually formed a communication pattern that is now dominated by optical fiber communications, supplemented by microwave and satellite communications.
Optical communication is an important foundation of 5G communication, and policy dividends have been released one after another. The scale of optical cable network installation continues to grow, and optical fiber communication networks have become one of the key infrastructures for the development of the information society. The encouragement and support of government policies will strongly promote technological innovation in the industry and inject strong impetus into the development of the optical communications industry.
China’s proposes to accelerate the progress of “new infrastructure” construction such as 5G networks and data centers, which will further accelerate the development of new optical communications technology innovation and industrial applications.
Under the current environment, what is the future development trend of 5G optical communication? What is its prospect?
The 17th “China Optics Valley” International Optoelectronics Expo and Forum (hereinafter referred to as “Wuhan Optics Expo”) will be held from November 11-13 at the China Optics Valley Technology Exhibition Center.
Multiple forums will be held in this year’s Optical Expo. The report will focus on display topics, covering cutting-edge fields and industrial hot spots such as advanced laser manufacturing, silicon-based optical chips, and 5G. We warmly invite experts with high reputation in industry segments, such as Academician Luo Qingming of Hainan University, Academician Xu Hongxing of Wuhan University, and more than 140 experts, scholars and well-known entrepreneurs such as Huawei’s fellow Cui Xiuguo to give reports in over 160 speeches.
The Optical Communication Forum will fully display the latest developments in the academic and industrial development of optical fiber sensing, discuss in-depth the development direction and future trends of optical fiber sensing, and promote the scientific research level and industrialization process of optical fiber sensing technology in China. Focusing on the development opportunities of optical access networks in the 5G era, from 5G network security, 5G+ artificial intelligence, 5G+ industrial Internet, 5G+ big data, 5G base station construction and business expansion, China’s 5G development advantages and 6G development prospects, and the difficulties of 5G new infrastructure and other aspects to share the latest views and ideas, the forum explore new industrial needs, research and put forward industrial development policy recommendations.
In addition, this year’s Optical Expo will focus on industrial hot spots such as 5G communications. The quality of exhibitors in the optical communications sector has once again risen. It will invite first-line device vendors and leading communications equipment vendors such as Huawei. A group of optical communication detection and analysis instrument manufacturers, China Mobile, China Unicom, and Broadcasting and Television participated in the exhibition, presenting a complete 5G application industry chain.
With the theme of “Connecting Everything, Wisdom Leading the Future”, with the goal of “Gathering Global Resources and Building the World Optical Valley”, the Optical Expo plans to set up four themed exhibition areas- laser and intelligent manufacturing, optical communication and 5G communication, chip and terminal applications and optics and precision optics. With an exhibition area of 20,000 square meters, it is expected that there will be more than 300 exhibitors at home and abroad, and the professional audience is expected to exceed 20,000, showing new products, new technologies and innovative achievements of leading optoelectronic companies.
