Surveillance of the URban Environment exploiting deployed optical NETworks
This is a research project funded by the Italian research Agency (MIUR) by means of PRIN 2022 Program.
SURENET project aims at the advancement of the operation of already deployed telecommunication (TLC) optical networks (ONs) to support urban infrastructures surveillance and monitoring through the exploitation of breakthrough fibre optic sensors (FOSs).
SURENET will experimentally demonstrate the possibility of anomalies detection, such as dynamic stresses and anomalous vibrations in civil buildings passed by FTTH and Metro ONs, also monitoring seismic events or human-induced problem in civil infrastructures, focusing on increasing urban resilience and hazards early detection. Also innovative fibers such as multi-core fibers (MCFs) will be considered in order to add the spatial dimension to the portfolio of optical multiplexing technologies. FOSs adoption and their integration in standard TLC networks will represent a breakthrough innovation providing new tools for the real-time, dynamic study of anthropogenic, seismic and geophysical events. Optical monitoring will anyway not only useful for civil protection, but it is also greatly interesting for TLC operators, to improve the early-warning of anomalous events on the TLC infrastructure itself, through the continuous surveillance of the embedded network and real-time safety diagnostic. SURENET outcomes could support institutional decision makers in fields of civil to the environment protection, offering tools for the prompt detection of structural faults, seismic and natural hazards in populated areas.
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Industry
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Research Services
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Company size
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2-10 employees
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Type
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Government Agency
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Founded
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2023
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Specialties
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Optical Sensing, Optical Networks, and Optical Communications
