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Past projects

 

ONUBLA

Co-funded by European Space Agency (ESA)

Partner: DLR Airbus-DS, LOA (Laboratoire d'optique atmosphérique, Université Lille)

Duration: July 2017 - July 2018

Dr.-Ing. Nicolas Perlot

VALIMOS

Validation of turbulence mitigation techniques for high-data-rate optical links

Co-funded by European Space Agency (ESA)

Duration: April 2014 - December 2019

Dr.-Ing. Nicolas Perlot

Q.Link.X

Co-funded by Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

Q.Link.X Projektseite

Duration: August 2018 - July 2021

Dr.-Ing. Nicolas Perlot

 

QuPAD

Co-funded by Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

QuPAD project page

Duration: March 2019 - February 2021

Dr.-Ing. Nicolas Perlot

NanoPhot

Co-funded by German Research Foundation (DFG)

Partner: Humboldt University Berlin

Duration: January 2016 - December 2019

Dr.-Ing. Nicolas Perlot

CoMoDe

Co-funded by German Research Foundation (DFG)

Duration: July 2016 – June 2019

Dr.-Ing. Johannes Fischer

METRO-HAUL

 

METRO-HAUL project page

www.twitter.com/MetroHaul

https://www.researchgate.net/project/Metro-Haul

www.linkedin.com/groups/13543287

Co-funded by EU Horizon 2020 5G-PPP

Duration: June 2017 – May 2020

Dr.-Ing. Johannes Fischer

OPTIMUM

Co-funded by Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

Duration: March 2018 - February 2020

Project description

Dr.-Ing. Johannes Fischer

Secure Networking for a Data Center Cloud in Europe

Co-funded by Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

SENDATE project page

https://www.celticplus.eu/project-sendate-secure-dci/

Duration: June 2016 - May 2019

 

Silicon Photonics Enabling Exascale Data Networks

Co-funded by Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

SPEED project page

Duration: November 2015 - October 2018

 

The 5G Integrated fronthaul/backhaul

5G-Crosshaul project page

Co-funded by EU

Duration: July 2015 – January 2018

 

Dr. rer. nat. Volker Jungnickel

Dr.-Ing. Anagnostis Paraskevopoulos

4D Modulation Formats

Co-funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG)

Duration: March 2012 – March 2017

 

Dr. rer. nat. Colja Schubert

Dr.-Ing. Johannes Fischer

CHARISMA

Converged Heterogeneous Advanced 5G Cloud-RAN Architecture for Intelligent and Secure Media Access

 

Dr. rer. nat. Volker Jungnickel

Dr.-Ing. Kai Habel

High-Speed Digital Signal Processing for Terabit Speed in Optical Access Networks (DSP4ACCESS)

Co-funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG)

Duration: June 2014 – May 2017

 

Dr. rer. nat. Volker Jungnickel

Dr.-Ing. Christoph Kottke

EARNI (Energy-Aware Network Infrastructure EARNI)

Funding Organization: EU EIT

Duration: January 2015 - December 2015

Topic: The EARNI project tackles energy awareness of communication networks in two successive steps. The first is development of solutions to sustained energy savings in core elements of the communication infrastructure by network function virtualization. Second is derivation of business models for (virtualization-based) co-location concepts at communication infrastructure sites in conjunction with various energy sources.

 

Dr. rer. nat. Volker Jungnickel

Fiber-Optic Parametric Amplifier (FOPA)

Funding Organization: German Research Foundation (DFG)

Duration: September 2011 - August 2014

Topic: Fiber-optic parametric amplifier for signal regeneration in transmission systems with higher-order modulation formats

 

Dr. rer. nat. Colja Schubert

Semiconductor-Nanophotonics: Materials, Models, Components (Collaborative Research Centre 787)

www.sfb787.tu-berlin.de/

Funding Organization: German Research Foundation (DFG)

Duration: January 2008 - December 2015

Topic: Integration of quantum optical components into complex quantum networks and the transfer of quantum information in a classical fiber-based transmission network environment. (sub-project C2)


Dr. rer. nat. Colja Schubert

intelligent Converged network consolidating Radio and optical access aRound USer equipment (iCIRRUS)

Co-funded by EU Horizon 2020

iCIRRUS project page

Duration: January 2015 – January 2018

 

Dr. rer. nat. Volker Jungnickel

Dr.-Ing. Kai Habel

Industry-Driven Elastic and Adaptive Lambda Infrastructure for Service and Transport Networks (IDEALIST)

Funding Organization: EU

Duration: November 2012 - October 2015

Topic: The key objective behind IDEALIST: To research in detail a cost and power efficient transport network architecture able to carry a wide range of signal bandwidths, each of which will be varying in real time in direction and magnitude, and some of which will be extremely large and possibly exceeding 1Tb/s.

Dr. rer. nat. Colja Schubert

Dipl.-Ing. Markus Nölle

MultiReg

Funding Organization: Fraunhofer Society and Max-Planck-Society

Duration: January 2010 - December 2012

Topic: Development of an all-optical regenerator for QAM modulation formats.
 
Dr. rer. nat. Colja Schubert

Pan-European Photonics Task Force: Integrating Europe's Expertise on Photonic Subsystems (EURO-FOS)

Funding Organization: European Commission

Duration: May 2008 - April 2012

Topic: WDM/OFDM and OTDM transmission systems; ultrafast wavelength converters; study of dynamic properties of quantum-dot SOA's
 

Dr. rer. nat. Colja Schubert

Secure networks through efficient Tbps transport technologies (SASER-Siegfried)

Funding Organization: BMBF

Duration: August 2012 - July 2015

Topic: Development of a reliable and flexible transmission technology to transport 400+ Gbit/s. Different approaches are investigated analytically, numerically and through realisation of first laboratory prototypes.

Dr.-Ing. Johannes Fischer

SOftware-Defined Access using Low-Energy Subsystems (SODALES)

Funding Organization: EU - Seventh Framework Programme

Duration: November 2012 - November 2015

Topic: The project aims to develop a novel wireless access interconnection service that offers transparent transport services for fixed and mobile services. This will be achieved by developing an Active Remote Node (ARN) that will offer switching and multiplexing features together with radio, wavelength conversion and legacy systems compatibly.

Dr. rer. nat. Volker Jungnickel

STRAUSS - Scalable and Efficient Orchestration of Ethernet Services Using Software-Defined and Flexible Optical Networks

www.ict-strauss.eu/en/

Funding Organization: EU - Seventh Framework Programme

Duration: June 2013 - May 2016

Topic: The STRAUSS project addresses the call key targets by proposing and defining a highly efficient (notably in terms of cost and energy) and global (by considering an end-to-end approach in a multi-domain setting) optical infrastructure for Ethernet transport.

Dipl.-Inf. Michael Schlosser

Dr.-Ing. Ronald Freund

Subsystems for Quantum Repeaters

Funding Organization: sub-contract in the framework of BMBF-funding

Duration: July 2011 - Oktober 2013

Topic: Support in the design of sub-components and in transmission experiments using single-photon light sources. Investigation of protocols for quantum-key distribution in real transmission systems.
  
Dr.-Ing. Robert Elschner

Technologies for flexible optical transmission capacity in elastic ROADM networks (SASER-ADVAntage-Net)

Funding Organization: BMBF

Duration: August 2012 - July 2015

Topic: Dynamic allocation of transmission capacity by adaptive electro-optical interfaces in the network, which achieve an optimum mix of data rate, optical bandwidth allocation and reach under software control.


Dr. rer. nat. Carsten Schmidt-Langhorst

100GET-AL

Funding Organization: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Celtic-Eureka)

Duration: October 2007 December 2010

Topic: Architectures, concepts, technologies and prototype implementations for a flexible, efficient, reliable and service-independent core transport network to fulfil the requirements of the Future Internet.
 

Dipl.-Inf. Michael Schlosser

100GET-ER

Funding Organiization: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Celtic-Eureka)

Duration: October 2007 - December 2010

Topic: Innovative and cost-effective solutions on network, system, and component level for newly emerging 100GbE networks
 

Dr.-Ing. Ronald Freund

100GET-METRO

Funding Organization: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Celtic-Eureka)

Duration: October 2007 - December 2010

Topic: 100 Gb/s transport technology for metro network applications
 

Dr.-Ing. Ronald Freund

Next Generation Access using SCM

Funding Organization: Federal Ministry of Education and Research 


Duration: July 2010 - June 2013

Topic: The joint project NGOA (Next Generation Optical Access) aims to investigate future optical access networks based on coherent detection. This technology will be applied in commercial products for access networks.
 
Dr.-Ing. Johannes Fischer

Architectures, Technologies and Open Networks for Optical Access Networks Funding (ATOB)

Funding Organization: Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Duration: July 2010 - June 2013

Topic: The project aims to investigate the requirements for access networks of the generation after the next. Components and systems will be evaluated. The main focus will be on orthogonal frequency- division multiplexing (OFDM).

Dipl.-Ing. Kai Habel

Berlin Access

Funding Organization: Zukunftsfond Berlin, European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)

Duration: July 2005 - August 2008

Topic: Novel technologies, e. g. simulation tools, system test environments as well as polymer motherboard based optical transceivers, for optical access networks.


Dr.-Ing. Ronald Freund

Building the Future Optical Network in Europe (BONE)

Funding Organization: European Commission

Duration: January 2008 - February 2011

Topic: Building the future Optical Network in Europe

Dipl.-Ing. Klaus-Dieter Langer

Converged Heterogeneous Metro/Access Infrastructure (BMBF-Projekt CONDOR)

Funding Organization: Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Duration: April 2010 - March 2013

Topic: Investigation of network architectures, technologies and management processes for the cost effective implementation and the reliable operation of the optical infrastructure of future heterogeneous open-access network in the metro and access area
 
Dipl.-Inf. Michael Schlosser

Cooperation Proposal "Optical Burst Switching"

gepris.dfg.de/gepris/OCTOPUS/;jsessionid=ABA50649960BF8B22165633C521B97F3?module=gepris&task=showDetail&context=projekt&id=5455469

Funding Organization: German Research Foundation

Duration: December 2005 - August 2010

Topic: All-optical wavelength converters for phase and amplitude modulated data signals in system experiments.


Dr. rer. nat. Colja Schubert

Efficient Integrated Backbone Funding (EIBONE)

Funding Organization: Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Duration: September 2005 - August 2008

Topic: Robust DQPSK Transmission Technology


Dr.-Ing. Ronald Freund

Fiber Integrated Termination (FIT)

www.pianoplus.eu/fit.html

Funding Organization: EU - BMBF

Duration: October 2011 - September 2013

Topic: The project Fiber Integrated Termination (FIT) will focus on the following objectives and results:

  • GPON + AON configurable optical line/ network termination
  • Optical powered fiber monitoring
  • Open Interfaces and new service protocols permitting service providers to offer new business models by allowing the access network to enter the home
  • Development of scalable POF Interfaces

 

Dr. Anagnostis Paraskevopoulos

FTTX Plan

www.fttx-plan.de/

Funding Organization: Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Duration: April 2009 - July 2011

Topic: Tools and methods for planning future FTTx networks by combining photonics modeling and design expertise with network planning and optimization know-how

 
Dipl.-Inf. Michael Schlosser

High-Speed Electro-Optical Components for Integrated Transmitter and Receiver in Optical Communication Funding (HECTO)

Funding Organization: European Commission

Duration: November 2006 - February 2010

Topic: 100 Gbit/s Receiver Characterization

Dr. rer. nat. Colja Schubert

MAskless lithoGraphy for IC Manufacturing (MAGIC)

Funding Organication: European Commission

Duration: January 2008 - December 2010

Topic: In the CMOS manufacturing environment, the mask-based optical lithography technique is up to now driving solution to deal with all industry concerns.


Dr.-Ing. Anagnostis Paraskevopoulos

Next Generation Optical Networks for Broadband European Leadership (Nobel2)

Funding Organization: European Commission (FP6)

Duration: March 2006 - February 2008

Topic: 40 Gbit/s DQPSK transmission and measurement of constellation diagrams.


Dipl.-Inf. Michael Schlosser

OMEGA

Funding Organization: European Commission

Duration: January 2008 - March 2011

Topic: Communication technologies for an ultra-broadband home network (hOME Gigabit Access)


Dipl.-Ing. Klaus-Dieter Langer

Optical Networks: Towards Bandwidth Manageability and Cost Efficiency - ePhoton/ONe+

Funding Organization: European Commission

Duration: February 2004 - February 2008

Topic: Integrating and focusing the rich know-how available in Europe on optical communication and networks


Dr.-Ing. Ronald Freund

Optical Regeneration of Multi-level Modulation Formats (TEO)

www.optischetechnologien.de/index.php?id=590

Funding Organization: Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Duration: January 2009 - June 2010

Topic: Demonstration of a new Tb/s receiver concept based on coherent parallel optical sampling with subsequent electrical distortion equalization.


Dr. rer. nat. Carsten Schmidt-Langhorst

Opical Reliable Feeder Link Assessment (ORELIA)

Funding Organization: European Space Agency (ESA)

Duration: December 2008 - December 2009

Topic: Study of high bitrate optical free space communication links between ground station and geostationary satellite


Dr.-Ing. Carl-Michael Weinert

OOFDM for Cost Effective Access Networks (OCEAN)

www.pianoplus.eu/ocean.html

Funding Organization: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (nationally funded)

Duration: August 2011 - July 2014

Topic: The partners in the OCEAN project will develop the OOFDM technology for applications in future optical access networks. A demonstration of a WDM PONs capable of supporting 32 wavelengths at 100GHz frequency spacing, >20Gb/s over >60km per wavelength channel is planned.
 
Dipl.-Ing. Kai Habel

Optical WIreless networks for flexible car manufacturing CELLS (OWICELLS)

Co-funded by Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

Duration: December 2014 - April 2018

Dr. rer. nat. Volker Jungnickel

Dr.-Ing. Dominic Schulz

VLC MAINAU

VLC MAINAU - Press Release

The Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute HHI is providing the necessary Visible Light Communication (VLC) technology.

 

Dr. rer. nat. Volker Jungnickel

Dr.-Ing. Anagnostis Paraskevopoulos