Communications Systems Enabling the Cloud

新千年带来了人与人之间更多的知识共享和智能设备中的分布式智能。智能设备使用不受限制的无线链路接入网络，通过光传输将大量数据传输到云端。云处理为智能设备带来了巨大的智能，前提是提供高性能的无线和光链路。加拿大通信系统使能云研究主席将进行研究，以最大限度地提高数据中心和长途链路的光学系统的容量，并优化光纤到户的无线/光学接口。我们将在材料和设备方面取得进步，并在这些新能力的推动下创造创新系统，搭建从玻璃到封装的桥梁。

The new millennium brought increased knowledge sharing among people and distributed intelligence in smart devices. Smart devices use untethered, wireless links to access networks whose optical transport moves vast volumes of data to the cloud. Cloud processing brings enormous intelligence to smart devices, provided high performance wireless and optical links are available. The Canada Research Chair in Communications Systems Enabling the Cloud will perform research to maximize capacity in optical systems in data centers and long haul links, and to optimize the wireless/optical interface for fiber to the home. We will take advances in materials and devices and create innovative systems catalyzed by these new capabilities, building bridges from glass to packets.