Next-Generation Telecom Switch

下一代电信交换机

• 批准号: 77741
• 金额: $ 6.99万
• 依托单位: ROADMAP SYSTEMS LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Small Business Research Initiative
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=77741
• 关键词: Next; Generation; Telecom; Switch

ROADMap Systems is a global leader in high-capacity optical telecom switching technology. In this project ROADMap will conduct a feasibility study in partnership a multinational telecom systems vendor. This study will identify the best designs for a next-generation high-capacity optical switch based on ROADMap's novel technology platform. This optical switch will transform the data capacity of current and next-generation telecom networks. This will enable substantial bandwidth increases for business and domestic subscribers, providing widespread Gigabit internet services while simultaneously lowering subscription costs. The COVID 19 pandemic has illustrated that the broad availability of high-bandwidth internet is essential for the continued function of the UK and global economies under lockdown restrictions. Business, social and leisure services are moving increasingly online. This trend has already shown significant environmental benefits, reducing the carbon emissions and localised pollutants produced by commuting and leisure travel. Improving the performance and availability of high-speed internet access will be essential to support the economic recovery, while simultaneously maintaining and further enhancing the environmental benefits of this societal transformation. ROADMap was spun out of the University of Cambridge in 2014, to commercialise the optical switching technology developed in the Department of Engineering. The company will leverage its proprietary technology in high-capacity optical switching together with its established relationships with telecom network operators, to design a product that will transform the optical network capacity in the near term. ROADMap has a track record of successfully delivering advanced optical switching technology platforms, and will now work with end users to develop a product to match the current needs of the market. The project will apply ROADMap's proprietary two-dimensional beam-steering technology. This uses liquid-crystal-on-silicon (LCoS) microdisplays to steer free-space optical beams in two-dimensions, providing greater capacity than the state-of-the-art one-dimensional steering. ROADMap will also leverage their unique experience with new 4k-resolution LCoS microdisplays. These provide significantly greater switching capacity than the current 1080p-resolution microdisplays, but have not yet been successfully integrated into a telecom switching product. Combining these two technologies will allow ROADMap to design optical switches with an order-of-magnitude greater capacity than existing products. In turn this will significantly decrease the cost, size and power consumption for each unit of bandwidth switching capacity. This will be of enormous significance in enabling a high-capacity network, capable of fully supporting Gigabit landline and 5G mobile services.

路线图系统公司是大容量光电信交换技术的全球领先者。在这个项目中，路线图将与一家跨国电信系统供应商合作进行可行性研究。这项研究将确定基于路线图的新技术平台的下一代大容量光开关的最佳设计。该光开关将改变现有和下一代电信网络的数据容量。这将大幅增加企业和国内用户的带宽，提供广泛的千兆互联网服务，同时降低订阅成本。新冠病毒19大流行表明，高带宽互联网的广泛使用对于英国和受封锁限制的全球经济的持续运行至关重要。商业、社交和休闲服务越来越多地转向在线。这一趋势已经显示出显著的环境效益，减少了通勤和休闲旅行产生的碳排放和局部污染物。改善高速互联网接入的性能和可用性对于支持经济复苏，同时保持和进一步加强这一社会转型的环境惠益至关重要。路线图是2014年从剑桥大学剥离出来的，目的是将工程系开发的光交换技术商业化。该公司将利用其在大容量光交换方面的专有技术，以及与电信网络运营商建立的关系，设计一种将在短期内改变光网络容量的产品。Roadmap在成功提供先进的光交换技术平台方面有着良好的记录，现在将与最终用户合作开发符合当前市场需求的产品。该项目将应用路线图公司专有的二维波束控制技术。它使用硅上液晶(LCoS)微显示器在二维方向引导自由空间光束，提供比最先进的一维转向更大的容量。路线图还将利用他们在新的4k分辨率LCoS微显示器方面的独特体验。与目前的1080p分辨率微显示器相比，这些显示器提供了更大的交换容量，但尚未成功集成到电信交换产品中。将这两项技术结合在一起，将使路线图能够设计出比现有产品大一个数量级的光开关。反过来，这将显著降低每单位带宽交换容量的成本、大小和功耗。这将对实现能够完全支持千兆固话和5G移动服务的大容量网络具有巨大意义。