Neuro-augmented 112Gbaud CMOS plasmonic transceiver platform for Intra- and Inter-DCI applications [January 2020 – December 2022] PCRL participated in the NEBULA Project. NEBULA aimed to provide the foundations for a common future-proof transceiver technology platform with ultra-high bandwidth capabilities, offered by a CMOS-compatible toolkit and tailored to meet performance, cost, and energy metrics in both…
Accelerating Photonics Deployment via one Stop Shop Advanced Technology Access for Researchers [January 2019 – December 2023] PCRL participated in ACTPHAST 4.0 project. ACTPHAST 4.0 was a unique “one-stop-shop rapid prototyping incubator” for supporting photonics innovation by European companies, which was financially supported by the European Commission under Horizon2020. ACTPHAST supported and accelerated the innovation…
Affordable Quantum Communication for Everyone: Revolutionizing the Quantum Ecosystem from Fabrication to Application [October 2018 – June 2022] PCRL participated in UNIQORN project. Quantum communication was recognised as one of the pillars for the second quantum revolution thanks to its unique potential for information-theoretical data security. Turning this promise into tangible assets depends however, on…
Low-coSt and energy-efficient hybrid Photonic integrated circuits for fibeR-optic, free-space optIcal and mmWave commuNication systems supporting Time critical networking in industrial EnviRonments [September 2022 – February 2026] PCRL coordinates the SPRINTER Project. SPRINTER will provide a set of low-cost, energy-efficient, and ultra-dynamic optical transceivers and an optical switching solution to cope with the diverse needs…
5G integrated Fiber-Wireless networks exploiting existing photonic technologies for high-density SDN-programmable network architectures [September 2017-August 2021] PCRL participated in 5G-PHOS project. 5G-PHOS aimed to architect and evaluate 5G broadband wireless networks for dense, ultra-dense and Hot-Spot area use cases drawing from recent results in the area of optical technologies towards producing and exploiting a powerful…
Green Technologies for 5/6G Service-Based Architectures The 6Green project aims to conceive, design, and realize an innovative service-based and holistic ecosystem, able to extend “the communication infrastructure into a sustainable, interconnected, greener end-to-end intercompute system” and promote energy efficiency across the whole 5/6G value-chain. The ultimate objective is to enable and to foster 5/6G networks…
European level 6G Flagship project Hexa-X-II is a flagship European 6G project, with the ambition of designing a holistic 6G network platform and system towards achieving sustainability, trustworthiness, green deal efficiency, and digital inclusion, while inspiring the world for digital transformation through novel 6G services. Hexa-X-II will work, beyond enabler-oriented research, to optimized systemization, early…
Accident Avoidance by Active Intervention for Intelligent Vehicles The interactIVe project is co-funded by the European Commission in the 7th Framework Programme and its full title is “Accident avoidance by active intervention for Intelligent Vehicles”. It addresses the development and evaluation of next-generation safety systems for Intelligent Vehicles, based on active intervention. Safety technologies have shown outstanding…
The general objective of the eCall project is the development of a national pilot system of the pan-European automated initiative “eCall” dealing with emergency calls in the transportation sector. The pan-European “eCall” system was developed based on the initiative of the eSafety forum and its use within the European cars aims at significant live saving…
Specification, Implementation, Field Trial, and Standardisation of the Vehicle-2-Grid Interface PowerUp aims to develop the Vehicle-2-Grid (V2G) interface, involving a full development cycle of physical/link-layer specification, charging control protocol design, prototyping, conformance testing, field trials, and standardisation. Its results will ensure that Fully Electric Vehicles (FEVs) smoothly integrate into emerging smart-grid networks. V2G technology will…
