Pre-Conference Workshops Presentations

Jean-Charles Point

Biography & Abstract

Biography: Ir. Jean-Charles Point is CEO of JCP-Consult (France) and Euprocom (Estonia) since 2003, SMEs which activities are R&D in mobile computing and audiovisual content distribution, and consulting activities on set-up and management of European R&D projects. More particularly he is coordinator of Accordance and OASE projects.
Prior to this he was R&D manager in SEE (Be) (1986-1992, Optical Communication systems), Optical Development Manager in Thomson CSF (Fr) (1992-1995, Optical communication systems), Technical Marketing Manager in Thomson broadcast Systems (Fr) (1995-1998, audiovisual and networking), and Scientific Director in COM21 (USA and Ireland) (1998-2003, CATV, wireless and fiber Access network system, VOIP, VOD). He holds a Msc degree (Ingénieur Civil) in telecommunication engineering from Faculté Polytechique de Mons, Belgium (1982). He is member of IEEE.

Abstract: This talk will give an introduction to the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) and the different funding options. Moreover, an introduction to five FP7 projects (ALPHA, OASE, ACCORDANCE, SARDANA and GIGAWAM), dealing with optical access networks will be given.

Dr. Dirk Breuer

Biography & Abstract

Biography: Dirk Breuer received the Dipl.-Ing. and Dr.-Ing. degree in electrical engineering from Technical University of Berlin, in 1993 and 1999, respectively. During his Ph.D. his main research interest was in high capacity optical transmission systems, focusing on different modulation formats, fibre nonlinearities and different fibre types. In 2000 he joint the Technology Centre of Deutsche Telekom in Berlin, Germany where he was involved in several national and international research projects. He was mainly concerned with optimization strategies for the transport network of Deutsche Telekom. Since 2009 he is with Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, mainly involved in developing upgrade strategies towards next-generation broadband optical access networks and the technical leader of the EU FP7 project OASE (Optical Access Seamless Evolution) dealing with structural network changes in the access and aggregation network enabled by new optical technologies supporting new business scenarios.
Dr. Breuer is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the German Verein Deutscher Elektrotechniker (VDE). He authored or co-authored more than 70 refereed journal and conference papers.

Abstract: Potential challenges towards next generation optical access technologies, architectures and changes in business models and their principle impact on network architecture are discussed.

Dr. Claus Popp Larsen

Biography & Abstract

Biography: Claus Popp Larsen works as Senior Project Manager at Acreo where he is responsible for the company’s home and access network activities. He received the MSc degree from studies at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and the University of Strathclyde in Scotland. He holds an Industrial PhD in optical switching from DTU in a joint collaboration with Ericsson.
Claus has worked at different Ericsson sites in Denmark and Sweden; first doing research in components and networks for WDM applications, and later studying reconfigurable optical networks. In 2001 he joined Wavium - a Swedish start-up making wavelength switches where he had a number of responsibilities ranging from transmission design to sales & marketing.
Since 2005 Claus been with Acreo where he works with activities related to the next generation broadband networks and services. He has furthermore been involved in various European research projects including being a project coordinator of ACTS DEMON and the local project manager for FP7 ALPHA. He has actively participated in standardization work – primarily at the ITU in the area of optical networking.

Abstract: This talk will give a latest update on what happens in the Ethernet-based optical access networks and how they might evolve in the future, what technologies will be available and what challenges stand on this way.

Dr. Josep Prat

Biography & Abstract

Biography: Prof. Josep Prat (1962-) received the M.S. degree in telecommunications engineering in 1987 and the Ph.D. degree from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, in 1995. He is full professor in the Optical Communications Group of the Signal Theory and Communications Department of the UPC. He has mainly investigated on broadband optical communications with emphasis on high bit-rate optical systems, access networks and WDM transmission design and impairment control. He leads the FP7 European project SARDANA (“Scalable Advanced Ring-based passive Dense Access Network Architecture”) on next-generation FTTH networks, and has participated in the European projects Accordance, Euro-Fos, BONE, ePhoton/One, LION, MEPHISTO, MOON, SONATA and RACE1027, on optical transport and access networks. In 1998 he was a guest scientist in the University College of London; he has been subdirector of the ETSETB Telecom School and member of the Goverment Conseil of UPC; he has published more than 100 international papers and edited the books "Fiber-to-the-Home Technologies" and “Next-Generation FTTH Passive Optical Networks” (Springer Ed.).

Abstract: The 3-year FP7 SARDANA project has been completed with a demonstration of the hybrid FTTH PON test bed with enhanced functionality and performances. The practical experience and techno-economical balance with be here discussed. 

Dr. Ioannis Tomkos

Biography & Abstract

Biography: Dr. Ioannis Tomkos, is with AIT since 2002 where he founded and serves as the Head of the "High Speed Networks and Optical Communication (NOC)" Research Group that was/is involved with leading role in many EU funded research projects (including 7 running FP7 projects). He has been named "Distinguished Lecturer" of IEEE for the topic of transparent optical networking. Together with his colleagues and students he has authored about 360 peer-reviewed archival journal articles and conference/workshop presentations. He has many high profile roles including: Chair of the International Optical Networking Technical Committee of IEEE Communications Society (2007-2008), Chair of the IFIP group on "Photonic Networking" (2008-2009), Chair of the OSA Technical Group on Optical Communications (2009-2010), Chairman of the IEEE Photonics Society Greek Chapter (2010), Chair of the working group "Next Generation Access Networks" of the "Digital Greece 2020" Forum, Chairman of the working group on "Core Optical Networking and Transmission" within the GreenTouch Consortium, etc. He is also a member of the Fiber to the Home Council Europe and a member of the FTTH Innovation Award Evaluation Committee.

Abstract: Initial results and comparison of Optical field modulation and Optical Intensity Modulation OFDM for the ACCORDANCE ultra high-speed and long reach access network are presented. In addition, the impairments to be faced and possible ways to mitigate or reduce their effect are discussed, along with cost considerations regarding each OFDM technique.

Dr. Wansu Lim

Biography & Abstract

Biography: Wansu Lim received his B.Eng. (honours) degree from the Korea Aerospace University (KAU), Korea in 2006, and his M. Eng. and Ph.D. degrees from the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Korea in 2007 and 2010, respectively in the field of optical networks.

He is currently with the University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, U.K as a Research Fellow, where he has been engaged in an EU FP7 project entitled ACCORDANCE. His research interests include optical and wireless communication systems, dynamic bandwidth allocation schemes in passive optical networks and the performance analysis of free-space optical (FSO) systems.

Abstract: MAC protocol design for the ACCORDANCE network is presented and Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation (DBA) schemes are compared and contrasted by means of their Service Level Agreement (SLA) performance, demonstrated over the ACCORDANCE topology. Moreover, MAC implementation issues are discussed.

Dr. Christian Mikkelsen

Biography & Abstract

Biography: Christian Mikkelsen graduated as a physicist from the Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen in 2000. He obtained a Ph.D. from DTU in micro-fluidics and worked on industrial inkjet printers with Inca Digital Printers, Ltd., UK. He studied PLC filter design at DTU in Denmark, and worked on few-photon quantum optics in Oxford and Singapore. Since early 2009, Christian Mikkelsen is with Ignis Photonyx working on PLC component design and hybridization.

Abstract: Wavelength Division Multiplexing-Passive Optical Networking (WDM-PON) promises an abundance of bandwidth in Fibre-To-The-x circuits. A key impediment to the proliferation of WDM-PON systems has been prohibitive cost. GigaWaM addresses this by working towards an aggressive cost target of €120 per subscriber in volume. We now have an architecture that can reach this. 

Dr. Bart Lannoo

Biography & Abstract

Biography: Bart Lannoo received an MSc degree in electro-technical engineering from the Ghent University (Belgium) in July 2002. He received a PhD degree in May 2008. Since August 2002, he has been working at the IBCN (INTEC Broadband Communication Networks) research group of the Department of Information Technology of Ghent University, where he is currently a postdoctoral researcher. His main research interests are in the field of fixed and wireless access networks, including technical and techno-economic studies on FTTH, WiMAX and Internet on trains. He has been involved in various research projects like the European project IST-BREAD and the IBBT project Tr@ins, and is currently active in the European projects ICT-ALPHA and ICT-OASE, and in the IBBT projects TRACK, MoCo, TERRAIN and GreenWeCan.

Abstract: To economically compare different optical access solutions appeared to be more complicated than it originally looked. This presentation will address what should and should not be included in the calculation of the capital expenditures in an optical access network.
 

Dr. Marco Forzati

Biography & Abstract

Biography: Marco Forzati holds a Laurea degree in Telecommunication Engineering from Politecnico di Milano, Italy, a M.Sc. and a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, and a B.Sc. degree in Economics from Stockholm University.

Since 2000 he worked one year at Saab Ericsson Space AB in Gothenburg as satellite communications design engineer, one year at Ericsson AB in Stockholm, as research scientist, and seven years at Acreo AB, Stockholm as senior scientist. Between 2005 and 2007 he was visiting researcher for 4 months at TRLabs in Calgary, Canada, and 1 month at France Telecom in Lannion, France. His main research areas are high-speed transmission in optical networks as well as business models and the socio-economic impact of FTTH. He is the author or co-author of more than 50 journal publications, conference papers, and book chapters; and holds 3 patent applications.

Abstract: The different roles and actors involved in a next generation optical access network deployment will be identified, and existing and new business actors will be highlighted. Moreover, different business models with respect to the openness of the access network will be presented.

Helge Tiainen

Biography: Helge Tiainen has a very strong international business management background. He has held a number of senior positions in international companies. Two examples are Nokia, where he held the position as VP Sales & Marketing and Clavister, a Swedish IT security company developing UMA security systems, where he was COO. He  has a “down to earth” approach when implementing business and technology strategies to develop new business ventures.  His experience in solving business and marketing challenges is solid – especially in fast growing companies.

Hans Hultman

Biography: Hans Hultman is Technical Director at DellCron AB, a company specializing in FTTH. Previous positions as technical director at Lucent Technologies and AT&T, with responsibilities for passive and active optical products and systems. Swedish delegate in ISO for the standardization of data networks. Over 15 years of experience in building FTTH and broadband networks.