JANET OPTICAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

JANET(UK) has established a five year optical development programme, which aims:

• to utilise the current JANET infrastructure in order to investigate mechanisms to improve the management and delivery of network capacity wherever it is needed; and
• to examine developments in optical networking technologies and network architectures to inform the approach to future JANET network services.

The programme has grown out of experiences in recent years with the deployment and management of UKLight, and the procurement of SuperJANET5, including feedback from community representatives on their potential requirements.

In order to understand the requirements and technologies further a broad range of projects will be established under this programme, extending from transmission and switching technologies to usability issues with a linking theme of control and management.

An outline of the JANET Optical Development Programme is available.