Engineering Research Center for Telecommunications

电信研究中心是哥伦比亚大学的一个工程研究中心，负责先进电信网络领域的研究和教育项目。主要努力集中在两个系统项目上，即磁铁网络试验台和光波网络项目，这两个项目作为广泛调查的协调中心和新想法的试验台。已经研制出一个原型光纤网络，并以前所未有的12.5 GHz速度运行。目前正在与几个行业合作伙伴探讨城域网络的概念。在半导体材料加工方面正在进行创新，包括激光辅助化学蚀刻方面的进展。在实施包括集成电路芯片之间的光学互连的“微区域网络”方面取得了令人振奋的进展。这些活动将继续，并将汇聚在智能分布式光网络的概念上。这一行动是五年一次的续签。

The Center for Telecommunications Research, an Engineering Research Center at Columbia University conducts research and education programs in the domain of advanced telecommunications networks. Major efforts are concentrated on two systems projects, the MAGNET network testbed, and a Lightwave Network project, which serve as focal points for a broad range of investigations and as testbeds for new ideas. A prototype fiber-optic network has been developed and its operation has been demonstrated at the unprecedented speed of 12.5 GHz. A concept for a metropolitan area network is being explored with several industry partners. Innovations are being pursued in semiconductor materials processing, including advances in laser-assisted chemical etching. Exciting progress has been made in implementing "micro-area networks" involving optical interconnections among integrated circuit chips. These activities will continue and will converge on the concept of intelligent distributed optical networks. This action is a five-year renewal.