DocumentCode
3257853
Title
Optical technology and networks in IST: status and opportunities
Author
Houghton, Andrew
Author_Institution
Commision of the Eur. Communities, Brussels, Belgium
fYear
2001
fDate
2001
Firstpage
1
Abstract
Research on optical networks and photonics technologies is a key topic area of the Information Society Technologies (IST) programme. Seven optical networking projects are active since 2000, complemented by 11 components projects. An additional 4 network projects and 10 component projects started in 2001, and there are further opportunities to propose new projects, for 2002
Keywords
information technology; optical fibre networks; photonic switching systems; research initiatives; DWDM networks; IST; IST programme; Information Society Technologies programme; component projects; dense wavelength division multiplexing; optical networking projects; optical networks; optical technology; photonics technology; research; Bandwidth; Communications technology; FETs; IP networks; Intelligent networks; Optical devices; Optical fiber networks; Photonics; Wavelength division multiplexing; Web and internet services;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Transparent Optical Networks, 2001. Proceedings of 2001 3rd International Conference on
Conference_Location
Cracow
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7096-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICTON.2001.934703
Filename
934703
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