Abstract
In order to overcome the limitatin of low-power-consumption and communication capacity of the equipment forming the present communication network, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) has carried out a demonstration of a new prototype optical path network to support the ultra high-definition large-capacity image contents era, in collaboration with five IT-related companies and with the support of National Institute of Information and Communications Technology(NICT) and Nippon Hoso Kyokai Science and Technology Research Laboratories (NHK/STRL) . The experiment was a trial to demonstrate the performance of the dynamic optical path network developed mainly by AIST under practical conditions, using a network testbed of field optical fiber links connecting Akihabara, Otemachi and Koganei offices in Tokyo. The demonstration included the cross-border-connection with the optical packet and circuit integrated network realized by NICT and transmission of ultra high-definition video signals developed by NHK. In this paper, we describe the objectives, targets, technology syntheses based on the elemental technologies for the demonstration, and outcomes.
