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.
£400M in the 2016 Autumn statement for new Digital Infrastructure Investment Fund
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.
UNLOC provides researchers with the skills to succeed
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.
UNLOC Director, Prof Polina Bayvel awarded CBE
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.
Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories gift progresses our goal of unlocking the capacity of optical communications
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.
UNLOC benefits from the latest technology to increase bandwidth
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.
New combination of techniques could double data rates
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.
Revolutionising data centre design
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.
One step closer to calculating the capacity of fibre-optic communication systems
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.