Expected Outcome:
The main outcome will be the availability of higher speed optical access networks and future end-to-end packet optical network architecture to be integrated and interfaced to the overall 6G architecture. Such systems can be applied to all domains in the system and allow a very energy-efficient data transport for very high throughput rates. Main targets are:
- Integration of high performance and highly efficient passive optical network based on various technologies (e.g., PON or DWDM) and adaptive multiband optical transmission, including xhaul into the overall 6G architecture.
- Integration of photonics and wireless systems including sensing.
- Protocols for the future end-to-end packet optical network architecture by taking into account adaptive multiband optical transmission, open and disaggregated optical networks.
- AI enhanced green optical networks and systems and AI enabled optical network automation as well as optical sensing for environment and networks.
- Enhanced trustworthiness with security enhancement and increased resilience.
The proposed activities should cover both R&I issues for low TRL topics and plan, towards the end of the SNS implementation, for demonstration of an end-to-end architecture, especially for very wideband use cases to demonstrate the overall energy consumption.
Necessary photonics components are expected to be provided by other initiatives such as Photonics 21 and/or Chips JU for use
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