Past projects
100GET-AL
Architectures, concepts, technologies and prototype implementations for a flexible, efficient, reliable and service-independent core transport network to fulfil the requirements of the Future Internet.
Funded by Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Celtic-Eureka)
Duration: October 2007 - December 2010
Dipl.-Inf. Michael Schlosser
100GET-ER
Innovative and cost-effective solutions on network, system, and component level for newly emerging 100GbE networks
Funded by Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Celtic-Eureka)
Duration: October 2007 - December 2010
Dr.-Ing. Ronald Freund
100GET-METRO
100 Gb/s transport technology for metro network applications
Funded by Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Celtic-Eureka)
Duration: October 2007 - December 2010
Dr.-Ing. Ronald Freund
4D Modulation Formats
Co-funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG)
Duration: March 2012 – March 2017
Dr. rer. nat. Colja Schubert
Dr.-Ing. Johannes Fischer
AI-NET-PROTECT
>Providing Resilient and Secure Networks Operating on Trusted Equipment to CriTical Infrastructures
AI-NET: Accelerating digital transformation in Europe by Intelligent NETwork automation
PROTECT: Providing Resilient & secure networks [Operating on Trusted Equipment] to CriTical infrastructures
Funded by Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Duration: February 2021 - January 2024
Dr. rer. nat. Colja Schubert
Dr.-Ing. Johannes Fischer
AIRBORNE-DE-LIGHT
Co-funded by Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) (Funding number: 01ME18003F)
Duration: July 2018 - June 2021
Dr.-Ing. Anagnostis Paraskevopoulos
Architectures, Technologies and Open Networks for Optical Access Networks Funding (ATOB)
The project aims to investigate the requirements for access networks of the generation after the next. Components and systems will be evaluated. The main focus will be on orthogonal frequency- division multiplexing (OFDM).
Funded by Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Duration: July 2010 - June 2013
Dipl.-Ing. Kai Habel
Berlin Access
Novel technologies, e. g. simulation tools, system test environments as well as polymer motherboard based optical transceivers, for optical access networks.
Funded by Zukunftsfond Berlin and European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
Duration: July 2005 - August 2008
Dr.-Ing. Ronald Freund
Building the Future Optical Network in Europe (BONE)
Building the future Optical Network in Europe
Funded by European Commission
Duration: January 2008 - February 2011
Dipl.-Ing. Klaus-Dieter Langer
CERTAIN
>Code-based Physical-Layer Security for Terahertz-MIMO-Communication
Funded by Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Duration: October 2020 - September 2023
Dr. rer. nat. Carsten Schmidt-Langhorst
CHARISMA
Converged Heterogeneous Advanced 5G Cloud-RAN Architecture for Intelligent and Secure Media Access
Dr. rer. nat. Volker Jungnickel
Dr.-Ing. Kai Habel
CoMoDe
Co-funded by German Research Foundation (DFG)
Duration: July 2016 – June 2019
Dr.-Ing. Johannes Fischer
Converged Heterogeneous Metro/Access Infrastructure (BMBF-Projekt CONDOR)
Investigation of network architectures, technologies and management processes for the cost effective implementation and the reliable operation of the optical infrastructure of future heterogeneous open-access network in the metro and access area
Funded by Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Duration: April 2010 - March 2013
Dipl.-Inf. Michael Schlosser
Cooperation Proposal "Optical Burst Switching"
All-optical wavelength converters for phase and amplitude modulated data signals in system experiments.
Funded by German Research Foundation
Duration: December 2005 - August 2010
Dr. rer. nat. Colja Schubert
The 5G Integrated fronthaul/backhaul
Co-funded by EU
Duration: July 2015 – January 2018
Dr. rer. nat. Volker Jungnickel
Dr.-Ing. Anagnostis Paraskevopoulos
EARNI (Energy-Aware Network Infrastructure EARNI)
The EARNI project tackles energy awareness of communication networks in two successive steps. The first is development of solutions to sustained energy savings in core elements of the communication infrastructure by network function virtualization. Second is derivation of business models for (virtualization-based) co-location concepts at communication infrastructure sites in conjunction with various energy sources.
Funded by EU EIT
Duration: January 2015 - December 2015
Dr. rer. nat. Volker Jungnickel
Efficient Integrated Backbone Funding (EIBONE)
Robust DQPSK Transmission Technology
Funded by Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Duration: September 2005 - August 2008
Dr.-Ing. Ronald Freund
ELAMUR
Funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
Partnership with Universität Stuttgart
Duration: September 2020 - December 2023
Dr. rer. nat. Volker Jungnickel
Jonathan Andree
ELIoT
>Enhance Lighting for the Internet of Things
Co-funded by EU Horizon 2020 (Grant 825651)
Duration: January 2019 - June 2022
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Volker Jungnickel
Dr.-Ing. Christoph Kottke
Pan-European Photonics Task Force: Integrating Europe's Expertise on Photonic Subsystems (EURO-FOS)
WDM/OFDM and OTDM transmission systems; ultrafast wavelength converters; study of dynamic properties of quantum-dot SOA's
Funded by European Commission
Duration: May 2008 - April 2012
Dr. rer. nat. Colja Schubert
Fiber Integrated Termination (FIT)
The project Fiber Integrated Termination (FIT) will focus on the following objectives and results:
- GPON + AON configurable optical line/ network termination
- Optical powered fiber monitoring
- Open Interfaces and new service protocols permitting service providers to offer new business models by allowing the access network to enter the home
- Development of scalable POF Interfaces
Funding Organization: EU - BMBF
Duration: October 2011 - September 2013
Dr. Anagnostis Paraskevopoulos
Fiber-Optic Parametric Amplifier (FOPA)
Fiber-optic parametric amplifier for signal regeneration in transmission systems with higher-order modulation formats
Funded by German Research Foundation (DFG)
Duration: September 2011 - August 2014
Dr. rer. nat. Colja Schubert
FTTX Plan
Tools and methods for planning future FTTx networks by combining photonics modeling and design expertise with network planning and optimization know-how
Funded by Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Duration: April 2009 - July 2011
Dipl.-Inf. Michael Schlosser
Semiconductor-Nanophotonics: Materials, Models, Components (Collaborative Research Centre 787)
Integration of quantum optical components into complex quantum networks and the transfer of quantum information in a classical fiber-based transmission network environment. (sub-project C2)
Funded by German Research Foundation (DFG)
Duration: January 2008 - December 2015
Dr. rer. nat. Colja Schubert
High-Speed Digital Signal Processing for Terabit Speed in Optical Access Networks (DSP4ACCESS)
Co-funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG)
Duration: June 2014 – May 2017
Dr. rer. nat. Volker Jungnickel
Dr.-Ing. Christoph Kottke
High-Speed Electro-Optical Components for Integrated Transmitter and Receiver in Optical Communication Funding (HECTO)
100 Gbit/s Receiver Characterization
Funded by European Commission
Duration: November 2006 - February 2010
Dr. rer. nat. Colja Schubert
IEEE P802.11bb
Light Communication
TIG Report
SG Website
PAR of IEEE P802.11bb
Laufzeit: Juli 2018 - Juli 2022
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Volker Jungnickel
IEEE P802.15.13
Multi-Gigabit/s Optical Wireless Communications
http://www.ieee802.org/15/pub/TG13.html
Duration: March 2017 - June 2020
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Volker Jungnickel
Industry-Driven Elastic and Adaptive Lambda Infrastructure for Service and Transport Networks (IDEALIST)
The key objective behind IDEALIST: To research in detail a cost and power efficient transport network architecture able to carry a wide range of signal bandwidths, each of which will be varying in real time in direction and magnitude, and some of which will be extremely large and possibly exceeding 1Tb/s.
Funded by EU
Duration: November 2012 - October 2015
Dr. rer. nat. Colja Schubert
Dipl.-Ing. Markus Nölle
intelligent Converged network consolidating Radio and optical access aRound USer equipment (iCIRRUS)
Co-funded by EU Horizon 2020
Duration: January 2015 – January 2018
Dr. rer. nat. Volker Jungnickel
Dr.-Ing. Kai Habel
MAskless lithoGraphy for IC Manufacturing (MAGIC)
In the CMOS manufacturing environment, the mask-based optical lithography technique is up to now driving solution to deal with all industry concerns.
Funded by European Commission
Duration: January 2008 - December 2010
Dr.-Ing. Anagnostis Paraskevopoulos
MELINDA
Compressed Sensing supported LiDAR with coherent detection at eye-safe wavelengths for autonomous driving
Supported by the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Duration: March 2020 – March 2023
Sarah Cwalina
Dr.-Ing. Christoph Kottke
METRO-HAUL
https://www.researchgate.net/project/Metro-Haul
www.linkedin.com/groups/13543287
Co-funded by EU Horizon 2020 5G-PPP
Duration: June 2017 – May 2020
Dr.-Ing. Johannes Fischer
MultiReg
Development of an all-optical regenerator for QAM modulation formats.
Funded by Fraunhofer Society and Max-Planck-Society
Duration: January 2010 - December 2012
Dr. rer. nat. Colja Schubert
NanoPhot
Co-funded by German Research Foundation (DFG)
Partner: Humboldt University Berlin
Duration: January 2016 - December 2019
Dr.-Ing. Nicolas Perlot
Next Generation Access using SCM
The joint project NGOA (Next Generation Optical Access) aims to investigate future optical access networks based on coherent detection. This technology will be applied in commercial products for access networks.
Funded by Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Duration: July 2010 - June 2013
Dr.-Ing. Johannes Fischer
OMEGA
Communication technologies for an ultra-broadband home network (hOME Gigabit Access)
Funded by European Commission
Duration: January 2008 - March 2011
Dipl.-Ing. Klaus-Dieter Langer
ONUBLA
Co-funded by European Space Agency (ESA)
Partner: DLR Airbus-DS, LOA (Laboratoire d'optique atmosphérique, Université Lille)
Duration: July 2017 - July 2018
Dr.-Ing. Nicolas Perlot
OPEN QKD
The project aims at demonstrating a new use-case of quantum key distribution (QKD) for protecting the distribution of digital movie data in a real-world scenario.
OpenQKD BerlinaleQ project page
Funded by the EU Horizon 2020 programme
Duration: October 2021 – March 2022
Dr. Nino Walenta
Opical Reliable Feeder Link Assessment (ORELIA)
Study of high bitrate optical free space communication links between ground station and geostationary satellite
Funded by European Space Agency (ESA)
Duration: December 2008 - December 2009
Dr.-Ing. Carl-Michael Weinert
Optical Networks: Towards Bandwidth Manageability and Cost Efficiency - ePhoton/ONe+
Integrating and focusing the rich know-how available in Europe on optical communication and networks
Funded by European Commission
Duration: February 2004 - February 2008
Dr.-Ing. Ronald Freund
Optical Regeneration of Multi-level Modulation Formats (TEO)
Demonstration of a new Tb/s receiver concept based on coherent parallel optical sampling with subsequent electrical distortion equalization.
www.optischetechnologien.de/index.php?id=590
Funded by Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Duration: January 2009 - June 2010
Dr. rer. nat. Carsten Schmidt-Langhorst
OptiCON
In the project OptiCON, it is investigated how the capacity of the existing fiber infrastructure can be increased cost-efficiently by factor of 5 when using all available transmission bands.
Co-funded by Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Duration: June 2019 - May 2022
Dr.-Ing. Robert Elschner
OPTIMUM
Co-funded by Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Duration: March 2018 - February 2020
Dr.-Ing. Johannes Fischer
OOFDM for Cost Effective Access Networks (OCEAN)
The partners in the OCEAN project will develop the OOFDM technology for applications in future optical access networks. A demonstration of a WDM PONs capable of supporting 32 wavelengths at 100GHz frequency spacing, >20Gb/s over >60km per wavelength channel is planned.
Funded by Federal Ministry of Education and Research (nationally funded)
Duration: August 2011 - July 2014
Dipl.-Ing. Kai Habel
OTB-5G+
Co-funded by Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Duration: September 2019 - Dezember 2022
Dr.-Ing. Kai Habel
Dr.-Ing. Johannes Fischer
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wilhelm Keusgen read more
Optical WIreless networks for flexible car manufacturing CELLS (OWICELLS)
Co-funded by Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Duration: December 2014 - April 2018
Dr. rer. nat. Volker Jungnickel
Dr.-Ing. Dominic Schulz
PERFECT
The PERFECT project will demonstrate the next generation LiFi system, with new high-speed VCSEL-arrays as transmitters, advanced transmission techniques, sophisticated software-defined networking (SDN) protocols and new features for user localization.
Co-funded by EFRE and the European Regional Development Fund
Duration: June 2022 - May 2024
Dr.-Ing. Christoph Kottke
Matthias Koepp
Q.Link.X
Co-funded by Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Duration: August 2018 - July 2021
Dr.-Ing. Nicolas Perlot
QuPAD
Co-funded by Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Duration: March 2019 - February 2021
Dr.-Ing. Nicolas Perlot
QR.X
Co-funded by Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Duration: August 2021 - July 2024
Dr.-Ing. Nicolas Perlot
Dr. Nino Walenta
SAMOA-NET
Within the framework of the SAMOA-NET project, HHI is going to work on architecture and system concept of SDM/PON, the coupling into and out of the multicore fiber and the algorithms for the MIMO DSP. The results of the work packages will be integrated into the demonstrator and a system simulation will be used to show that the results shown can also be scaled to a real scenario.
Funded by Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Duration: August 2021 - July 2024
Dr.-Ing. Christoph Kottke
Dr.-Ing. Kai Habel
Technologies for flexible optical transmission capacity in elastic ROADM networks (SASER-ADVAntage-Net)
Dynamic allocation of transmission capacity by adaptive electro-optical interfaces in the network, which achieve an optimum mix of data rate, optical bandwidth allocation and reach under software control.
Funded by Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Duration: August 2012 - July 2015
Dr. rer. nat. Carsten Schmidt-Langhorst
Secure Networking for a Data Center Cloud in Europe
Co-funded by Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
https://www.celticplus.eu/project-sendate-secure-dci/
Duration: June 2016 - May 2019
SESAM
The SESAM project aims to develop a holistic concept for reliable, low latency and secure wireless communication between mobile robots in a flexible manufacturing hall in future Industry 4.0 scenarios.
Co-funded by Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Duration: May 2017 - December 2021
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Volker Jungnickel
Dr.-Ing. Anagnostis Paraskevopoulos
Secure networks through efficient Tbps transport technologies (SASER-Siegfried)
Development of a reliable and flexible transmission technology to transport 400+ Gbit/s. Different approaches are investigated analytically, numerically and through realisation of first laboratory prototypes.
Funded by Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Duration: August 2012 - July 2015
Dr.-Ing. Johannes Fischer
Silicon Photonics Enabling Exascale Data Networks
Co-funded by Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Duration: November 2015 - October 2018
SOftware-Defined Access using Low-Energy Subsystems (SODALES)
The project aims to develop a novel wireless access interconnection service that offers transparent transport services for fixed and mobile services. This will be achieved by developing an Active Remote Node (ARN) that will offer switching and multiplexing features together with radio, wavelength conversion and legacy systems compatibly.
Funded by EU - Seventh Framework Programme
Duration: November 2012 - November 2015
Dr. rer. nat. Volker Jungnickel
STARFALL
>Scalable terminal architectures and subsystems for fiber-optical space division multiplexing
Funded by Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Duration: July 2021 - June 2024
Dr. rer. nat. Carsten Schmidt-Langhorst
Dr.-Ing. Johannes Fischer
STRAUSS - Scalable and Efficient Orchestration of Ethernet Services Using Software-Defined and Flexible Optical Networks
The STRAUSS project addresses the call key targets by proposing and defining a highly efficient (notably in terms of cost and energy) and global (by considering an end-to-end approach in a multi-domain setting) optical infrastructure for Ethernet transport.
Funded by EU - Seventh Framework Programme
Duration: June 2013 - May 2016
Dipl.-Inf. Michael Schlosser
Dr.-Ing. Ronald Freund
Subsystems for Quantum Repeaters
Support in the design of sub-components and in transmission experiments using single-photon light sources. Investigation of protocols for quantum-key distribution in real transmission systems.
Funded by sub-contract in the framework of BMBF-funding
Duration: July 2011 - Oktober 2013
Dr.-Ing. Robert Elschner
SuperDAC
Digital-to-analog converters (DACs)
Funded by Fraunhofer Gesellschaft
Duration: April 2015 - December 2018
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Volker Jungnickel
Dr.-Ing. Christian Schmidt
TERRANOVA
TERRANOVA envisions to extend the fibre-optic systems’ Quality of Experience to wireless links by exploiting frequencies above 275 GHz.
Co-funded by EU Horizon 2020
Duration: July 2017 - March 2020
Dr. rer. nat. Colja Schubert
VALIMOS
Validation of turbulence mitigation techniques for high-data-rate optical links
Co-funded by European Space Agency (ESA)
Duration: April 2014 - December 2019
Dr.-Ing. Nicolas Perlot
Vertigo
Co funded by EU Horizon 2020
Duration: June 2019 - May 2022
Dr.-Ing. Nicolas Perlot
VISION
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Multi Initial Training Network (ITN) on Visible light based Interoperability
Co-funded by the European Union (EU)
Duration: September 2019 - September 2021
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Volker Jungnickel
VLC Classroom
With the help of Fraunhofer HHI, a classroom with VLC technology was openes in Stuttgart. VLC technology (also called Li-Fi) is a possible alternative to conventional WLAN technology.
Funded by the city Stuttgart
Duration: January 2017 - December 2019
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Volker Jungnickel
Dr.-Ing. Anagnostis Paraskevopoulos
VLC MAINAU
The Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute HHI is providing the necessary Visible Light Communication (VLC) technology.
Dr. rer. nat. Volker Jungnickel
Dr.-Ing. Anagnostis Paraskevopoulos
WON
>WON – Wideband Optical Networks
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement 814276
Duration: January 2019 - December 2022
Dr.-Ing. Johannes Fischer
Zero-SWARM
The Zero-SWARM ambition is to provide a methodological and technological framework, modular, open and reusable (to address quick uptake of advanced 5G technologies by European manufacturing sector), for the engineering of the following major aspects of a data-driven, connected, CPSoS-based, trusted (safe/secure) production.
Co-funded by the European Commission under Horizon Europe Program
Duration: June 2022 – September 2024
Dr. Behnam Shariati