Company receives Ontario Centers of Excellence award for optical research partnering
Ottawa, Canada—Wednesday, May 2, 2007 // BTI Photonic Systems Inc., a global supplier of microWDM networking solutions for the delivery of gigabit services, today announced it is working with leading Canadian universities to drive the advancement of optical networking solutions. BTI is working with Queen’s University on advanced Agile All-Photonic Networks (AAPNs) and the University of Ottawa on next generation WDM Fiber to the Home (FTTH) architectures.
For its collaboration with Queen’s University on assessing the feasibility of AAPNs, BTI received the prestigious Ontario Centres of Excellence Mind to Market Award at the Discovery 2007: To Next conference on May 1st. In partnership with the AAPN Research Network, BTI worked closely with Dr. John Cartledge, Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Queen’s University, researching new forms of wavelength conversion for all-photonic networks.
“Bridging the gap between leading-edge research and the building of next generation advanced networks is a constant challenge for research institutions,” said Dr. Cartledge. “With BTI’s collaboration, we have access to industry and deployment expertise which is critical to the success and technology transfer to commercialization of our research.”
Continuing its commitment to optical networking research, BTI partnered with the University of Ottawa’s Dr. Hanan Anis, Professor, Electrical Engineering to drive the advancement of WDM techniques in PON architectures used in FTTH networks. BTI’s advanced technology team is working closely with the University of Ottawa which utilizes BTI’s microWDM platform, Netstender, for its research test bed.
“Supporting the advancement of optical networking technology while engaging the expertise of Canada’s outstanding research institutes is a win-win situation,” said Lance Laking, President and CEO, BTI Photonic Systems. “Queen’s University and the University of Ottawa have proven to be outstanding partners and we are looking forward to seeing the culmination of their efforts, as well as the new solutions and strategies they will offer the industry.”
