Towards 2020 – Photonics driving economic growth in Europe

30 Towards 2020 – Photonics driving economic growth in Europe
Pre-Horizon 2020 2014/2015
Broadband terrestrial
backbones and
datacentre hosted
cloud applications
n Novel concepts for an integration
of optical switched network
architectures and cloud server
technologies and their associated
control and data planes into a
singular architectural object
Proof of concepts in lab experiments
to derive required device and system
specifications.
Broadband fibre
based access
and in-building
networks
Applied research with the
focus on broadband fibre
based access and in-building
networks, funded in national
and EU projects, e.g.:
OCEAN focusing on >20 Gbps
OOFDM based access.
OTONES focusing on
OFDM-PON with colourless
transceivers.
CRITICAL focusing on
1 Gbps+ coherent access
systems with DSP.
TUCAN focusing on low cost
tunable transceiver technology.
OPTAIN focusing on LTE
backhauling.
FIT focusing on the gateway
functionality to central office
and home area networks.
C3PO focusing on colourless
and energy efficient optical
components for future access.
System demonstrations of on-going
research initiatives serving as a
catalyst to new concepts to increase
overall network performance with
respect to capacity, speed, power consumption,
security and flexibility to
deliver 10 Gbps+ to the user in metro/
access and 1 Gbps+ in
in-building networks with
the focus on:
n Convergence of wire-line and wireless
access network technologies
n Convergence of access /metro/core
network technologies
n Networking-assisted
virtualisation and pooling of IT
appliances for security, bandwidth
and content
n Cloud based access services
n Dynamic optimisation of Quality
of Experience by orchestration of
networking and content delivery
Value creation through extended field
tests with completed systems in smart
city environments.