11th CEF Networks Workshop 2023
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The 11th Customer Empowered Fibre Networks Workshop shall be held in Prague from April 18th to 19th.
Workshop should disseminate knowledge needed for further development of dark fibre footprint and advanced applications for the worldwide Research and Education Community (REC).
The scope of the 11th CEF Networks workshop topics is traditionally quite open, presentations will be focused on the following topics:
- Photonic (all-optical) services, spectrum services, spectrum sharing, dark spectrum channels, alien waves, optimal or dynamic usage of transmission spectrum, and virtual fibre networks
- SDN approach, end to end services for high precision and high bandwidth, performance applications, real-time applications of wide-area all-optical networks
- Multi-vendor/disaggregated lighting of CEF networks, interoperability and vendor-independent description of transmission systems
- Dark fibre or channel test-beds and experimental facilities (in campuses, regional, national, or continental) used for experiments and additional production traffic
- Rapidly developing applications of photonic or dark fibre connectivity (cryptography, metrology, seismology, security, space applications, sensing, sensor networks, etc.)
- Deployments and testing of high-speed transmission systems, power, and footprint consumption reduction
- Development of dark fibre footprint used for Research and Education, spectrum sharing, and new types of fibres including acquisition
Registration
All participants must be registered.
You can register here.
If you have any questions contact Jindřich Kára at jkara@cesnet.cz.
The workshop programme
All programme is in CEST time zone.
Tuesday, April 18th, 2023,
9.00 | Registration starts |
10.00 | Opening of the 11th CEF Networks workshop Jakub Papírník, CESNET executieve chief, and Jan Gruntorád, CESNET director emeritus |
10.15 | Advanced services in CESNET3 network – preliminary title Josef Vojtěch, CESNET |
10.50 | PIONIER-LAB and PIONIER-Q Artur Binczewski, PSNC |
11.20 | Quantum networking – preliminary title Joe J Mambetti, NORTHWESTERN UNI |
12.00 | Buffet lunch |
13.00 | ESnet6 overview and the QUANT-NET project – preliminary title Inder Monga, ESNET |
13.45 | Spectrum sharing – preliminary title Jani Myyry, FUNET |
14.15 | Network evolution GARR-T: Current and future development Gloria Vuagnin/Paolo Bolleta, GARR |
14.45 | Tea and coffee break |
15.15 | Data Center Interconnection over Spectrum Sharing Matteo Colantonio, GARR |
15.45 | Connecting the North: how Brazilians are building large scale shared subfluvial fibre optic infrastructure with service operator neutrality – remote presentation Michael Stanton/Eduardo Grizendi, RNP |
16.15 | Distribution of precision frequencies and/or white rabbit style time services – preliminary title, not definitely confirmed yet Fabian Mauchle/Felix Kugler, SWITCH |
16.45 | End of presentations, discussion |
19.00 | Dinner |
Wednesday, April 19th, 2023
9.00 | Free consultations |
09.30 | Coherent migration of Legacy 1G and 10G services – remote presentation Tim Rayner, AARNET |
10.00 | Enabling the deployed fiber communication infrastructure for future sensing services – remote presentation Kurosh Bozorgebrahimi, UNINETT |
10.30 | Entagled photon source Elisabeth Adriantsarazo CESNET |
11.00 | Tea and coffee break |
11.30 | CWDM / DWDM / C+DWDM boxes with fixed wavelength optics in user equipment, and the nms-controlled countrywise wdm (Ribbon / ECI) – preliminary title, remote presentation Jan Ferré, DeIC |
12.00 | A brief update on the status of ACOnet backbone transition and plans for national reserve fiber pairs available for QCI projects (Metrology and QKD) for mid-2023 – preliminary title, not definitely confirmed yet Christian Panigl, ACOnet |
12.30 | Buffet lunch |
13.30 | TF-QKD trial with Toshiba, Deploying commercial QKD equipment on the same dark fibre as Internet traffic, Spectrum service trials and service launch, Time/frequency services in GEANT – preliminary title Guy Roberts/Karel van Klink, GEANT |
14.00 | SUBMERSE project: monitoring submarine cable – preliminary title, not definitely confirmed yet Chris Atherton, GEANT |
14.30 | Tea and coffee break |
15.00 | reserved (proposal expected) |
15.30 | reserved (proposal expected) |
16.00 | High speed Nyquist-subcarriers coherent signals and so called legacy optical networks Jan Radil, CESNET |
16.30 | Discussion and Workshop Recommendations |
17.30 | Closing of 11th CEF Networks workshop |
This programme is not final, changes may still occur.
Venue
Vienna House Andel’s Prague
Stroupeznickeho 21. 150 00 Prague
How to get there
The venue: ANDEL´S, a hotel with conference halls, and modern premises. There are large shopping center premises nearby, services and restaurants, etc. Easily reachable by Prague´s public transportation system, Metro station “Andel” is very near the place.
How to get there:
First, you have to buy a general public transport ticket directly at the airport, there are more possibilities, see https://www.dpp.cz/en/fares/fare-pricelist . A simple paper version can be bought in yellow vending machines there; do not forget to stamp it inside the bus.
From the airport:
Bus no. 119 (the stop is right outside, in front of the middle of the arrival hall, just walk straight and look for the signs) the bus will take you to the Metro station “Nadrazi Veleslavin” (15 minutes). Bus 119 ends there, no need for stress. Then, change to Metro (subway) and go 6 stations (in the direction mentioned in the signs as “Depo Hostivar”) to the station “Můstek” (10 minutes) where you have to change to line B (follow the yellow colour signs for changing). Then, go 3 stops to the station “Anděl” (6 minutes). There are two exits out of the metro station there, so the shorter way to the venue is to go direction mentioned as “Anděl”. And there, the venue is, just round the corner, 300 meters from the exit. Good luck!
From anywhere else:
Use the subway (Metro). By any line go, and change to line B (yellow) and get to the station “Anděl” and then, see above.
You can also use trams or buses to get there. If a taxi is used from any place, it is recommended to ask them for the expected final price before you start the journey with them.
Enjoy the journey!
Accommodation tips
We can recommend the following accommodation options for the participants of the workshop. All hotels are located nearby the workshop venue.
We have no contracts with the hotels below. Feel free to use booking.com or any other generic accommodation website to find a hotel suitable to your preferences.
- Andel’s Hotel **** – venue of the CEF workshop (you can ask for a discount on the accommodation when you are attending the CEF Networks Workshop)
- Orea Angelo **** – very close to the venue of the CEF workshop
- Diplomat Hotel **** – close to the CESNET headquarters
- Hotel International Prague **** – close to the CESNET headquarters
- Pyramida Hotel **** – close to the CESNET headquarters
- Masarykova Dormitory – close to the CESNET headquarters
Previous CEF Networks Workshops
2019, 2017, 2014, 2012, 2010, 2009, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004
Last change: 23.3.2023