
Increasing internet throughput with machine learning
16 January, 2017
UNLOC researchers have developed a low complexity machine learning scheme that could help increase the throughput of fibre broadband.
16 January, 2017
UNLOC researchers have developed a low complexity machine learning scheme that could help increase the throughput of fibre broadband.
22 November, 2016
UNLOC gives initial reaction to the 2016 Autumn budget; £400M is set aside for a new Digital Infrastructure Fund and £740M for 5G and further rollout of fibre connections.
21 November, 2016
An important aspect of all EPSRC programme grants is that of career development. Recently, UNLOC has had particular success in providing its researchers with the skills to progress. UNLOC provides early career researchers with the chance to lead state-of-the art projects in a collaborative environment, giving them the mentoring and experience needed to excel and develop skills and independence.
06 January, 2017
Prof Polina Bayvel, Director of UNLOC and Professor of Optical Communications and Networks at UCL Electronic & Electrical Engineering, has been awarded a CBE in the 2017 New Year’s Honours list for services to engineering.
21 November, 2016
Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (MERL) have generously pledged $100,000 towards the work of Prof Polina Bayvel in the UCL Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering.
10 November, 2016
The UCL Optical Networks Group (ONG) has further improved its lab capabilities by investing in the most advanced technology. The latest addition solidifies the ONG lab as a world-leading university-based optical communications lab.
04 January, 2017
The latest theoretical work by UNLOC researchers has determined an optical communication system capable of transmitting 223 Tbit/s over 2000km of standard fibre.
21 November, 2016
Since June 2016, members of UNLOC have been working with Microsoft to design a new optical switch scaling to more than 1000 ports for future large data centres. A switch of this kind would allow for far higher data rates and shorter, more predictable delays between racks of servers in data centres as well as simplified management and lower cost for the data centre network. Data centres are key to ensuring an efficient, low-delay, high-capacity cloud infrastructure, an infrastructure many of us rely on without thought every time we watch video-on-demand or do an online shop.
26 October, 2016
We have established, for the first time, how to approach the capacity and spectral efficiency of optical systems when using nonlinear Fourier transform (NFT) methods in optical communication systems.