Optical network research and development in European Community programs: from RACE to ACTS

Author

Fabianek, Bernhard ; Fitchew, Ken ; Myken, Stig ; Houghton, Andrew

Author_Institution

Eur. Comm., Brussels, Belgium

Volume

35

Issue

4

fYear

1997

fDate

4/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

50

Lastpage

56

Abstract

The European Union programs of cooperative research and development in telecommunications aim to ensure the realization of the future information society. The RACE Program (1988 to 1995) made an important contribution to the development of advanced optical communications. The current ACTS Program has an increased focus on field trials and networking. ACTS projects in the field of optical networks are studying multiwavelength network concepts, customer access, high-speed multiplexing and transport, and components and subsystems

Keywords

optical fibre networks; research initiatives; subscriber loops; wavelength division multiplexing; ACTS; European Community programs; European Union; RACE; advanced optical communications; components; customer access; field trials; high-speed multiplexing; multiwavelength network concepts; networking; optical network; research and development; subsystems; telecommunications; transport; Bandwidth; Cable TV; Europe; IP networks; Intelligent networks; Internet telephony; Monopoly; Optical fiber networks; Research and development; Telecommunication traffic;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/35.570719

Filename

570719