Descripción del proyecto
Redes ópticas autónomas de bajo consumo
Las próximas generaciones de redes de comunicaciones móviles tienen que ser compatibles con el uso de tecnologías emergentes para satisfacer una amplia gama de demandas de consumidores y empresas, incluida la transmisión de datos al instante para aplicaciones de misión crítica y el transporte de servicios de realidad virtual y aumentada. El objetivo del proyecto SEASON, financiado con fondos europeos, es diseñar y validar una infraestructura de red óptica de bajo consumo que pueda soportar capacidades más allá de la 5G teniendo en cuenta la flexibilidad. Su equipo propone aprovechar la telemetría de emisión en directo y la gestión de servicios basada en inteligencia artificial para lograr operaciones casi al instante, con un sistema distribuido basado en múltiples agentes y bucles de control cerrados. En el proyecto se incluirá una alianza de operadores europeos de telecomunicaciones, proveedores de sistemas, centros de investigación de referencia y universidades.
Objetivo
The goal of the SEASON project is to design and validate a sustainable transport network infrastructure able to support beyond 5G and new emerging services. The SEASON infrastructure will rely on the joint usage of Multi-Band (MB) and Space Division Multiplexing (SDM), spanning the access, aggregation, and metro/long-haul segments, supporting the requirements for x-haul, further integrating the packet/optical and computing layers, and targeting cost-effective capacity increase. A critical objective of such architecture is to ensure energy efficiency. SEASON will rely on power-efficient Digital Signal Processing (DSP), MBoverSDM optical switching, point-to-multipoint transceivers allowing traffic aggregation/router bypassing, and converged packet-optical solutions reducing the number of O/E/O conversions. Such complex infrastructure requires rethinking the control and orchestration systems towards autonomous optical networks, addressing not only the integration - in overarching control systems - of the Radio Access Network (RAN), access and transport segments but also adopting more agile DevOps methodologies. SEASON will leverage on cognitive networks powered by streaming telemetry, real-time network measurements and Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML)-aided service management and orchestration for near-real time network operation, moving intelligence as close as possible to the data plane, and devising a distributed system based on multiple communicating agents and data-driven closed control loops.
SEASON will have a clear impact on the society, in a context with increased needs of connectivity and higher capacity demand required for services such as VR/AR.
The SEASON consortium includes major European telecom operators (Telefonica, TIM), major vendors (ADVA, Infinera P/G, Ericsson), three consolidated SMEs (Accelleran, Wings and WestAquila) and four top-reputed research centres and academia (CNIT, CTTC, Fraunhofer HHI, and UPC).
Ámbito científico
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringcontrol systems
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsignal processing
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligencemachine learning
- social sciencessocial geographytransportsustainable transport
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationstelecommunications networksoptical networksfiber-optic network
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Programa(s)
- HORIZON.2.4 - Digital, Industry and Space Main Programme
Régimen de financiación
HORIZON-JU-RIA - HORIZON JU Research and Innovation ActionsCoordinador
43124 Parma
Italia
Organización definida por ella misma como pequeña y mediana empresa (pyme) en el momento de la firma del acuerdo de subvención.