Title :
Optical networking: Supporting the digital agenda and future broadband services in Europe
Author :
Houghton, Andrew
Author_Institution :
DG Inf. Soc. & Media, Eur. Comm., Brussels, Belgium
Abstract :
This presentation describes the importance of communication network infrastructure to support the achievement of European Union policy goals, economic growth and employment. The future Internet will run on a high-speed broadband optical fibre infrastructure. Research is required to match the requirements of users, applications and services to the capabilities of the infrastructure.
Keywords :
broadband networks; optical fibre networks; telecommunication services; European Union policy goals; broadband services; communication network infrastructure; digital agenda; economic growth; employment; future Internet; high-speed broadband optical fibre infrastructure; optical networking; Broadband communication; Europe; Internet; Investments; Mobile communication; Next generation networking; Wireless communication;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010 36th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Torino
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8536-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8534-5
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621213
