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TRANSNET : Transforming networks - building an intelligent optical infrastructure
1 August 2018
Transforming optical networks for future society needs
Funder EPSRC
Amount £ 6 105 916
Project website www.transnet.org.uk
Description
TRANSNET is an EPSRC-funded multidisciplinary research programme aiming to transform optical networks. Led by UCL, in collaboration with Aston and Cambridge Universities. TRANSNET's aim is to create an adaptive intelligent optical network - able to dynamically provide capacity where and when it is needed - the backbone of the next-generation digital infrastructure.
The goal is to intelligently utilise the finite optical network resources and maximise performance, whilst also increasing robustness to future, as yet unknown, requirements. The route to this will be through the development of intelligent, self-driving transceivers and machine learning techniques tailored to optical networks operating in the nonlinear regime!