A future with stronger and greener internet infrastructure
Within just 30 years, half of the world's population has been connected to the Internet, and the ways that people use the internet are changing rapidly. With Internet of Things, Industry 4.0 and the increasing number of online applications such as self-driving cars, medical diagnostics and cloud services, the internet traffic continues to increase. This is resulting in huge amounts of energy consumed by the internet and a risk of running out of space in the communication infrastructure.
The next generation of communication infrastructure
The INCOM project is focused on creating new solutions for the next generation of communication infrastructure. Internet traffic is carried by intercontinental optical cables across countries and under oceans, and these connections transmit information from machine to machine and from human to human at high speeds. As the pressure on these connections is increasing, the world has an urgent need to make them stronger and greener. This is the goal of the INCOM project.
Higher capacity with lower energy consumption
Data traffic rises by approximately 40% annually, and global communication consumes so much energy that it emits more than 2% of all human-generated CO2. Therefore, the primary requirement for the new infrastructure is that it must deliver higher capacity with significantly lower energy consumption. In addition, the infrastructure should have a greater degree of reliability, minimal delays and increased safety. INCOM will make it possible to reduce the number of light sources to operate the internet by refining a so-called "frequency frame" so that one laser can replace several hundreds of lasers. This results in reduced energy consumption and increased data speeds.
Develco Products is participating in INCOM to further advance IoT technology and take the next steps towards enhanced IoT security.
Facts:
Project title: INCOM; Innovative Solutions for Next Generation Communications Infrastructure
Innovation fund investment: DKK 60 million.
Total project budget: DKK 100 million.
Duration of the project: 3 years
Develco Products in INCOM
Report: “Security level in private Smart Home Solutions”.
- Mapping of existing solutions and security flaw cases
- Evaluation of the above
Implementation of new security approach in Develco Products Generic gateway: “Squid.Link”.
- Selection of solution (HW, SW…)
- Implementation
- Evaluation
Report: “Attempt to hack secure Smart Home Solution”.
- Find ethical hackers
- Conduct hacking attempt
Partners
To achieve the objectives of the INCOM project, a consortium of 14 partners is composed, including two universities and 12 companies.
The partners are:
Accelink Denmark
Bifrost Communication
Chocolate Cloud
Comcores
Danish Optical Fiber Innovation
Develco Products
Mellanox Technologies Denmark
- Napatech
NKT Photonics
OFS Fitel Denmark
Telia Danmark
Zeuxion
Aarhus University
DTU