Title :
Optical networking research in Europe
Author :
Mahony, Mike J O
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Syst. Eng., Essex Univ., Colchester, UK
Abstract :
The Information Society Technologies (IST) programme is part of the Fifth Framework for Research of the European Union, and provides funding for research over the period 1998-2002. The programme covers a very wide area of objectives and topics and is structured as four inter-related key actions, namely: systems and services for the citizen; new methods of work and e-commerce; multimedia contents and tools; essential technologies and infrastructure. In addition, two supporting actions are defined: future and emerging technologies; research networking. Research on optical technologies and networks (Houghton, 2001) is covered in a number of areas. This paper describes the current active research projects for optical networks and components
Keywords :
integrated voice/data communication; multimedia communication; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; wavelength division multiplexing; Europe; Information Society Technologies programme; WDM; data/voice integration; e-commerce; infrastructure; multi-wavelength optical networks; multimedia; optical components projects; optical network projects; optical networking research; optical networks; optical technologies; research networking; Europe; Intelligent networks; Optical devices; Optical fiber networks; Optical interconnections; Optical network units; Optical packet switching; Optical solitons; Testing; Wide area networks;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2001. LEOS 2001. The 14th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7105-4
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2001.969143
