A rede GÉANT e as tendências de desenvolvimento das novas redes de comunicação em fibra óptica [The GÉANT network and development trends of new communication networks over fiber optics]

Tiago Araújo (), Jorge Costa (), André Gonçalves () and Ivo Rodrigues ()
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Tiago Araújo: Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Jorge Costa: IET, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Ivo Rodrigues: IET, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia

No 02/2010, IET Working Papers Series from Universidade Nova de Lisboa, IET/CICS.NOVA-Interdisciplinary Centre on Social Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology

Abstract: In this paper we will present the last generation of fiber optics communication networks. We introduce the main concepts related to the fiber optics, and then we show the results of the research made about the chosen case study: GÉANT – the European network to share scientific data. We focus on the network components, it structure and functionality, and also the benefits that it brought, not only in terms of technology, but also the ones related to social sciences. In the end, we do a brief comparison between GÉANT and the other similar networks around the world, and we contextualize GÉANT in Portugal, from its partners to the network topology. The reader in the end will have a general idea of the fiber optics technology, and will know the benefits of this technology to a network so important as GÉANT.

Keywords: fiber optics; dark fiber; GÉANT; networks; data share; Portugal (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O32 O33 O38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 30 pages
Date: 2010-02
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