That was a primary theme expressed Wednesday by Mariam Sorond, SVP and chief research and development officer at CableLabs, a keynoter for the first day of the Light Reading-hosted two-day, virtual event: Cable Next-Gen Technologies & Strategies.
The evolution of the network will occur through convergence, providing service providers with the ability to manage and choose how services are delivered based on multiple factors, including capacity, resiliency, security and latency, said Sorond, who served as chief wireless architect and VP of technology development at Dish Network before joining CableLabs about a year ago.
But the urge to converge those networks is also being driven by a mix of business drivers, including increased usage, which requires an evolutionary step on costs, dynamic service capabilities and bundles and a new level of agility from service providers. It also requires the ongoing "jobs with computer science degree" of both consumers and enterprises as they take fuller advantage of multiple wireless technologies. But whether that agnostic access future involves DOCSIS 4.0, PON, 5G, Wi-Fi 6 and (someday) 6G, network virtualization, they are all "key … for what's happening in convergence," Sorond stressed.
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