A plethora of exciting technologies are
emerging that enable the development of novel network architectures,
services, and applications. Of particular interest to the Optical
Zeitgeist Laboratory are the following technologies currently under
standardization:
Part of these new technologies are already used in pre-standard products and interesting applications that indicate their enormous potential.
Top stories:
The biggest Smart Grid community is taking place in Korea The world's largest Smart Grid community is currently taking place in the entire Jeju Island, Korea. In order to complete the establishment of a national Smart Grid unit in Korea by 2030 to reduce CO2 by more than 30 %, the most noticeable Smart Grid experimentation is being built from 2009 to 2011 and further improvements and research will be done between 2012 and 2013. The project is funded by important organizations and corporations such as Hyundai, Kepco, LG Electronics and more. read more
Contactless e-mobility charging solution made by Bombardier PrimoveCity is an e-mobility solution that supplies contactless high power to all types of electric vehicles. It eliminates range and recharging hassles, and requires no above-ground clutter. No need to stop and wait while batteries recharge. This solution is based on Bombardier’s PRIMOVE technology which uses inductive power transfer through invisible cables in the road. read more
Making Vancouver the greenest city in the world by 2020 Vancouver is consistently ranked as one of the most livable cities in the world. In February 2009, city’s mayor launched the Greenest City initiative with a goal of making Vancouver the greenest city in the world by 2020. Cisco and Pulse Energy are joining this vision to explore opportunities that could transform the city’s energy and environmental strategy through the use of innovative technology. read more
Revolution for microgrids Rapidly growing solar, wind and wave technologies make the microgrid a viable solution to supply energy to local communities. Smart microgrid pilot projects are currently taking place across the USA, Europe and South Korea. For example, i-Sare, the Smart Microgrid initiative promoted by CEIT Spain, is seen as a laboratory for test and development of new products related to electricity generation, storage and transmission, and the efficiency, control and the management of this kind of grid. read more
World of ideas
Interdisciplinary research at the Optical Zeitgeist Laboratory investigates the pros and cons of emerging technologies from different angles with the goal to identify their shortcomings, to alleviate them, and to create out-of-the-box solutions and ground-breaking paradigms.
Hot docs:
Cloudlet Enhanced FiWi Access Networks
In this webinar, Bhaskar P. Rimal presents the first experimental testbed for mobile-edge computing (MEC) in cloudlet enhanced FiWi access networks. A novel unified cloudlet-aware resource management scheme is demonstrated for effectively handling both FiWi and MEC traffic without negatively affecting FiWi operations. The obtained experimental results prove the feasibility and effectiveness of implementing MEC in FiWi access networks by reducing offload packet delay while extending the battery life of edge devices. The introduced cloudlet enhanced FiWi network architecture represents a promising solution for future MEC applications such as the Tactile Internet.
Optimizing Electric Vehicle Coordination in a Scaled-down Smart Grid Testbed
In this webinar, Taycir Louati presents the Smart Grid Testbed (SGT) developed by Martin Levésque and Bishnu Prasad Bhattarai. She explains the smart grid network architecture and describes the developed scaled-down testbed, its configuration, and the implementation details of optimal PEV charging scheduling. The performance of the SGT is evaluated by demonstrating a variety of experimental results.
Experimental Validation of FiWi Routing Algorithms
We examine the validity of an analytical framework for FiWi network routing algorithms via an experimental FiWi access network testbed. The experimentally validated accuracy of certain modelling assumptions are of practical importance to help FiWi network designers and planners to better understand the limitations of FiWi network modelling studies.
Smart Grid Communications and Power Distribution Network Co-simulator
In this webinar, Martin Lévesque and Da Qian Xu present their co-simulator, which enables to measure the performance of a fiber-wireless network used to reactively control voltage fluctuations caused by plug-in electric vehicle chargings in an IEEE 13-Node power distribution network of 300 customer households.
Real-world energy traces for smart grid applications
In this webinar, Liviu Ivanescu and Xin Liu present their experience of recording real-world energy traces and investigate their potential for household smart grid applications.
Network Coding in Passive Optical Networks (PONs): An Emulation
In this webinar, Kerim Fouli and Xin Liu demonstrate how network coding can be used to enhance the throughput and delay performance of downstream transmission in standard Time Division Multiplexed (TDM) PONs. The presented emulation of network coding technology shows remarkable potential in boosting the throughput and Quality-of-Service (QoS) offered by current and future PONs.
Real-world traffic traces for EEE networks
In this webinar, Liviu Ivanescu and Xin Liu present their approach and methodology to capture real-world traffic traces that can be used to better evaluate the true potential and limitations of Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) based broadband access networks.
Fiber-Wireless (FiWi) access networks
In this webinar, Navid Ghazisaidi describes how we can improve the quality of video streaming using hierarchical frame aggregation techniques over integrated EPON/WLAN mesh based FiWi broadband access networks.
