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H2020Doctoral network2019–2023

WON · Wideband Optical Networks

Horizon 2020 — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Duration
2019-01-01 → 2023-06-30
EU contribution
€3,664,145
Participants
14
Scheme
MSCA-ITN

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Results in brief

Wideband Optical Networks

WON is a research and training programme funded by the European Commission under the MSCA GA 814276. WON consists of internationally leading teams from industry and academia who provide training to 14 Early Stage Researchers in the emerging field of wideband optical networks. In an era of exceptional internet expansion, accelerated by the global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, advancements in the field of optical networks are crucial. In this context, solutions identified in WON enable fuller exploitation of the information-carrying capacity of standard optical fibres to sustain internet traffic growth and to overcome a possible capacity crunch. A special focus of the research was to develop physical layer aware planning tools for accurate estimation of overall system performance and prediction of network capacity. WON provides cost effective and realistic solutions to current bandwidth saturation, which is already limiting the capacity of deployed networks. The WON project focuses on a pivotal concern – the full utilization of the optical fibre already globally deployed by network operators. This endeavour takes on profound significance, answering the imperative call for efficient data transmission, uninterrupted connectivity, and dependable information exchange, all of which lie at the core of today's interconnected world, while simultaneously supporting a sustainable society and a greener future. The project has achieved its main goals and proven to be a successful collaboration.

Data: CORDIS, © European Union

Project objective

The annual global Internet traffic will 127-fold increase from 2005 to 2021, with a Compound Annual Growth Rate of 24% from 2016 - 2021. In the context of such extraordinary traffic growth, we are proposing the Wideband Optical Networks (WON) European Training Network, to promote international, inter-sectorial and multi/inter-disciplinary research activities and career development. WON will train 14 early-stage researchers (ESRs) in the area of wideband optical networks through collaboration of 14 academic and industrial highly qualified institutions. Solutions identified within WON will enable to overcome a possible traffic-crunch by achieving a 10-fold increase in the usable optical bandwidth of single-mode fibres. Being highly multidisciplinary, WON will cover all topics and expertise from design and development of photonic components, novel digital signal processing algorithms and system modelling to network and control management. WON is a doctoral-level training network that will benefit of rich interactions between the academia and industry. Eight academic and six industrial partners from nine different European countries will constitute the consortiumThe ESRs will benefit from a comprehensive training programme featuring inter-sectorial and multidisciplinary technical courses, rich transferable skills training and international inter-sectorial secondments with a strong focus on industrial experience. WON ESRs will be capable of leading interdisciplinary research activities with unique expertise on designing physical-layer-aware wideband optical communication networks. In this context, the WON training networks will serve as a European platform for outstanding doctoral training in the field of ultra-high capacity next generation optical networks.

Original text from CORDIS.

Participants

  • ASTON UNIVERSITY · BirminghamCoordinatorUnited Kingdom
  • CORIANT R&D GMBH · StuttgartGermany
  • DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET · Kongens LyngbyDenmark
  • FINISAR GERMANY GMBH · BerlinGermany
  • FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV · MunchenGermany
  • INFINERA UNIPESSOAL LDA · CARNAXIDEPortugal
  • KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES DEUTSCHLAND GMBH · BoeblingenGermany
  • ORANGE SA · Issy-les-MoulineauxFrance
  • POLITECNICO DI TORINO · TorinoItaly
  • TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT BERLIN · BerlinGermany
  • TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT EINDHOVEN · EindhovenNetherlands
  • UNIVERSITEIT GENT · GentBelgium
  • UNIVERSITY OF PELOPONNESE · TripolisGreece
  • VPIPHOTONICS GMBH · BerlinGermany

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Data: CORDIS, © European Union