Reference number : GC-2017-Q3-00625, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Tremblay, Christine (École de technologie supérieure), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Quebec|Québec, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Engage Grants for universities, program name french : Subventions d'engagement partenarial pour les universités, program purpose english : Transmission speed has always been an important factor in telecom networks carrying voice, data and video_x000D_
applications. However, with the emergence of new applications such as cloud computing, video and wireless_x000D_
Long Term Evolution (LTE) services and storage area network (SAN) applications in the last years, as well as_x000D_
the requirements for future 5G networks, transmission speed and low latency are now crucial in many activities_x000D_
of companies involved in the Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) sector._x000D_
The current problem faced by ICT companies is mainly related to the speed of information propagation in_x000D_
conventional fiber-optic networks. Latency in fiber-optic networks is generated by the optical fiber itself, the_x000D_
optical amplifiers and dispersion compensating fibers, as well as the optoelectronic devices. Because of the_x000D_
actual design of the current optical fibers, the speed of propagation of light waves is much less than the_x000D_
propagation speed of free space waves, mainly because of the material that constitutes its core. Current_x000D_
approaches to address this problem are multifold and include transponders without forward-error-correction_x000D_
(FEC), Raman amplifiers, dispersion compensating modules based on Fiber Bragg Gratings (FBG), as well as_x000D_
advanced switch architectures and packet-optical technologies or even microwave links. However, these_x000D_
solutions have limitations and do not fully address the problem. Progress has been made in the last few years in_x000D_
the development of new fiber waveguides with much lower core refractive indices ?refs?. The applicability of_x000D_
these new fiber structures in real network deployment conditions has not yet been demonstrated._x000D_
The proposed project will explore low latency fiber technologies. Microstructured optical fibers based on_x000D_
innovative waveguide designs do offer some unique optical properties that are impossible to attain with current_x000D_
conventional singlemode optical fibers. The project will consist in evaluating different microstructured fiber_x000D_
technologies, with the objective to determine the most promising approaches for realizing low latency optical_x000D_
links., program purpose french : Transmission speed has always been an important factor in telecom networks carrying voice, data and video_x000D_
applications. However, with the emergence of new applications such as cloud computing, video and wireless_x000D_
Long Term Evolution (LTE) services and storage area network (SAN) applications in the last years, as well as_x000D_
the requirements for future 5G networks, transmission speed and low latency are now crucial in many activities_x000D_
of companies involved in the Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) sector._x000D_
The current problem faced by ICT companies is mainly related to the speed of information propagation in_x000D_
conventional fiber-optic networks. Latency in fiber-optic networks is generated by the optical fiber itself, the_x000D_
optical amplifiers and dispersion compensating fibers, as well as the optoelectronic devices. Because of the_x000D_
actual design of the current optical fibers, the speed of propagation of light waves is much less than the_x000D_
propagation speed of free space waves, mainly because of the material that constitutes its core. Current_x000D_
approaches to address this problem are multifold and include transponders without forward-error-correction_x000D_
(FEC), Raman amplifiers, dispersion compensating modules based on Fiber Bragg Gratings (FBG), as well as_x000D_
advanced switch architectures and packet-optical technologies or even microwave links. However, these_x000D_
solutions have limitations and do not fully address the problem. Progress has been made in the last few years in_x000D_
the development of new fiber waveguides with much lower core refractive indices ?refs?. The applicability of_x000D_
these new fiber structures in real network deployment conditions has not yet been demonstrated._x000D_
The proposed project will explore low latency fiber technologies. Microstructured optical fibers based on_x000D_
innovative waveguide designs do offer some unique optical properties that are impossible to attain with current_x000D_
conventional singlemode optical fibers. The project will consist in evaluating different microstructured fiber_x000D_
technologies, with the objective to determine the most promising approaches for realizing low latency optical_x000D_
links., agreement title english : Microstructured Optical Fiber Technologies for Advanced Optical Network Applications, agreement title french : Microstructured Optical Fiber Technologies for Advanced Optical Network Applications, agreement number : EGP, agreement value : 25000.0, agreement start date : 2017-12-13, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2018-2019)., owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada