<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001209191-18-010287.txt : 20180215
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-18-010287
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180206
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180215
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180215

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Warren Timothy
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001731241

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-25826
		FILM NUMBER:		18617188

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4300 NORTH FIRST STREET
		CITY:			SAN JOSE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95134

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HARMONIC INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000851310
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RADIO & TV BROADCASTING & COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT [3663]
		IRS NUMBER:				770201147
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4300 NORTH FIRST STREET
		CITY:			SAN JOSE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95134
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4084906242

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4300 NORTH FIRST STREET
		CITY:			SAN JOSE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95134

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	HARMONIC LIGHTWAVES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19950404
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        <footnote id="F1">Fifty percent of the Shares subject to the Option vested twelve months after the Vesting Commencement Date, and one twenty fourth of the Shares subject to the Option vested monthly thereafter.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Twenty-five percent of the Shares subject to the Option vested twelve months after the Vesting Commencement Date, and one forty eighth of the Shares subject to the Option vests monthly thereafter.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Forty percent of the shares subject to the restricted stock units vested on February 15, 2016, and fifteen percent of the restricted stock units are scheduled to vest semi-annually thereafter so as to be 100% vested on February 15, 2018.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Thirty three percent of the Shares subject to the Option vested twelve months after the Vesting Commencement Date, and one thirty sixth of the Shares subject to the Option are scheduled to vest monthly thereafter.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Fifty percent of the shares subject to the restricted stock units vested on February 15, 2017, and twenty five percent of the restricted stock units are scheduled to vest quarterly thereafter so as to be 100% vested on February 15, 2018.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">Fifty percent of the shares subject to the restricted stock units vested on August 1, 2017, and twenty five percent of the restricted stock units are scheduled to vest quarterly thereafter so as to be 100% vested on August 1, 2018.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">Fifty percent of the Shares subject to the Restricted Stock Units are scheduled to vest on February 15, 2018, and twenty five percent of the remaining Restricted Stock Units will vest each three months thereafter.</footnote>
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    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Laura Donovan
By Attorney-in-Fact: Laura Donovan</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2018-02-15</signatureDate>
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