| PROJECT: | A Global Optical Network: seamless integration of Fiber and SatCom | |||||
| ACRONYM: | GLOB-N | |||||
| MAIN OBJECTIVE: | The GLOB-N project aims to establish a seamless integrated global backbone combining fiber and FSO-SatCom networks. A fully transparent interface between the optical ground station (OGS) and satellite is essential, eliminating optical-to-electrical conversion, reducing system latency, improving overall energy efficiency, and adding unprecedented network flexibility. In that sense, turbulence-induced power fading must be compensated optically through cost-effective approaches. Furthermore, due to the asymmetric resource availability (SWaP constraints) between the terrestrial- and satellite-based transmitters/receivers, the entire DSP framework must be redesigned to reduce complexity on the satellite side by implementing pre-compensation techniques. | |||||
| Reference: | 2024.16107.PEX | |||||
| Funding: | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia | |||||
| Approval Date: | 24-11-2025 | |||||
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| Team: | Gil Gonçalo Martins Fernandes, Fernando Pedro Pereira Guiomar, Maria do Carmo Raposo de Medeiros, Paulo Miguel Nepomuceno Pereira Monteiro, Bruno Tavares Brandão, Manuel dos Santos Neves, Manuel José Matias de Freitas, Diogo de Assis Magalhães Malheiro, Vitor Diogo Fernandes Correia | |||||
| Groups: |
Optical Communication Systems and Networking – Co Optical Communication Systems and Networking – Av |
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| Partners: | FCT | |||||
| Local Coordinator: | Gil Gonçalo Martins Fernandes |
This project falls under the following United Nations Strategic Development Goals (SDGs):
