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IST-FP6 – STREP project n. 027549 – POF-ALL
Paving the Optical Future with Affordable Lightning-fast Links
POF-ALL Project
Paving the Optical Future with Affordable Lightning-fast Links
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IST-FP6 – STREP project n. 027549 – POF-ALL
Paving the Optical Future with Affordable Lightning-fast Links
Summary
The goal
Partners
Activities
Impact
Contacts
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IST-FP6 – STREP project n. 027549 – POF-ALL
Paving the Optical Future with Affordable Lightning-fast Links
The goal
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IST-FP6 – STREP project n. 027549 – POF-ALL
Paving the Optical Future with Affordable Lightning-fast Links
POF-ALL: The goal
IST-FP6 STREP project n. 027549
POF-ALL means “Paving the Optical Future with Affordable Lightning-fast Links”Duration: 01/2006 – 06/2008 (30 mo.)Total Cost: €2.6 mEC Contribution: €1.6 m
“POF-ALL shall develop a technology based on Plastic Optical Fiber (POF) to allow delivery of 100+ Mbit/ssymmetrically to residential users at costs far lower
than existing alternatives.”
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Paving the Optical Future with Affordable Lightning-fast Links
POF-ALL: The goal
The technical goal is to design and build low-cost “optical modems” based on large-core POF, operating
symmetrically (upload speed = download speed)at 100 Mbit/s or moreover distances of 200 meters or more
The purpose is to enable broadband Internet access to everybody, by means of a low-CapEx optical technology
optimised for the last part of residential access networks (edge networks),targeting in-building networks of large apartment houses, condominiums and high rise buildingssimple enough to be installed by anyone, with no special tools, in in-house networks
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Paving the Optical Future with Affordable Lightning-fast Links
POF-ALL: The goal
The use of large core POF (1mm diameter) greatly eases installation with respect to standard glass optical fiber (GOF)
Large core POF is mechanically resilient, easy to connectoriseand tolerant to dusty environmentInstallation can be done by unskilled personnel
BUT
The use of POF introduces significant challenges, due to physical transmission impairments
POF has much higher attenuation and dispersion with respect to GOF
The ultimate technical target of the project is to optimize components, devices, transmission and protocol to make “POF optical modems” possible
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POF-ALL: The goal
POF-ALL will also gauge market’s potential and assess customers’ requirement, to ensure that the project outcome will be an economically viable and cost-effective solution matching real user’s requirements.
An appraisal of the project’s economic impact in Europe will be carried out, in order to evaluate how can a low-cost POF-based solution for edge access networks accelerate the accomplishment of EU’s broadband-for-all policy.
A constant work of information and dissemination will be carried out in order to attract interest, share results within EU and increase knowledge and accelerate adoption of POF-ALL’s technical achievements.
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Partners
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POF-ALL: Partners
1. Istituto Superiore “Mario Boella” (Italy) 2. Luceat SpA (Italy) 3. DieMount GmbH (Germany)4. Plastic Optical Fiber Application Center
(Germany)5. Fraunhofer Institute (Germany)6. Universität Duisburg-Essen (Germany)7. Technische Universiteit Eindhoven (The
Netherlands)8. Fastweb SpA (Italy)9. STMicroelectronics (Italy)
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POF-ALL: Partners
The consortium includes:two ICT research institutes (ISMB and Fraunhofer)two SME companies specifically devoted to POF (Luceat and Diemount)one large optoelectronic company (STMicroelectronics)one FTTH national telecom operator (Fastweb)three universities (POFAC, DUE and TUE)
The consortium was created in order to put together:Basic research capabilities (through research centers and universities)Small companies working in the POF marketA big optoelectronic vendor (STMicroelectronics)A perspective final user (Fastweb)
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Activities
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Paving the Optical Future with Affordable Lightning-fast Links
POF-ALL: Activities
The project is organized in seven work-packages:
WP1 – Advanced transmission techniques for 100 Mbit/s over long distances (300+ m)WP2 – Module conception and transmission experiments of high speed data (1 Gbit/s and more) over intermediate distances (100+ m)WP3 – Component supportWP4 – Fiber supportWP5 – Demonstration and Test-bedsWP6 – Economic impact, DisseminationWP7 – Management
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POF-ALL: Activities
Increasing POF system speed and distance
WP1 (medium speed
long distance)
WP2 (high speed medium
distance)
Optimizing Components and Fibers
WP3 (Component
Support)
WP4 (Fiber
Support)
WP5 Demonstration and Testbeds
WP6 Economic impact - Dissemination
WP7
MANAGEMENT
Increasing POF system speed and distance
WP1 (medium speed
long distance)
WP1 (medium speed
long distance)
WP2 (high speed medium
distance)
WP2 (high speed medium
distance)
Optimizing Components and Fibers
WP3 (Component
Support)
WP3 (Component
Support)
WP4 (Fiber
Support)
WP4 (Fiber
Support)
WP5 Demonstration and Testbeds
WP6 Economic impact - Dissemination
WP7
MANAGEMENT
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Impact
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POF-ALL: Impact
Europe will take advantage of a low-cost and low-CapEx technology, ideal for telecomm operators to deliver true broadband to businesses and households
Europe will be independent from extra-EU technologies for access networks implementation, as it is today with ADSL technologies
European companies will be able to export knowledge developed by the POF-ALL consortium, promoting further investments and improving the competitiveness and technological role of Europe
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ISMB and PoliTo
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ISMB & PoliTo
Istituto Superiore Mario Boella is a non-profitresearch institution born with the task of transferring technology from university to enterprise
Politecnico di Torino is one of the most importantitalian techincal universities
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ISMB & PoliTo: PhotonLab
ISMB and PoliTO share PhotonLab, a research facilicyinside ISMB premises, in which the photonics groupof ISMB works 5 research groups coming from the electronics and chemistry departments of PoliTO
In particular, the OPTCOM group of PoliTO workswith the phtonics group of ISMB in the POF-ALL project
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ISMB & PhotonLab: photonics background
Backgound of PhotonLab mainly involves glassfibers and related components, for high speedand long distance communication.
Microvawe photonics, optical sensors and special glasses are other research activities of interest in PhotonLab
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IMB & PoliTo: POF research activities
POF research activities in PhotonLab started in 2003
First approach was with low-speed data communications
Research topics also moved towards POF sensorsand actuators
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ISMB & PoliTo: The Fast-POF project
The last research project about opticalcommunications with PMMA POF held the record result of 425m @ 10Mb/s, fully compliantEthernet transmission
At OFC: poster JThB77
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Contacts
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POF-ALL & PhotonLab: Contacts
WEB site: www.ist-pof-all.org
For any info regarding the project: [email protected]
To contact the POF-ALL coordinatorDr. Roberto Gaudino
E-mail: [email protected]
To contact the PhotonLab coordinatorIng. Silvio Abrate
E-mail: [email protected]