Broadband Technology 

Society is becoming increasingly dependent on the Internet. Meanwhile more than half of the world’s population live in cities; in 2050 the figure will be 70 percent. Can you imagine what demands this makes on us to come up with new, powerful, secure and widely available IT infrastructures? At Acreo we can, that’s why we have the solutions.

In the next generation of broadband networks public services such as e-health, e-service, e-commerce, e-education, smart grid and telecommuting are increasing in importance. These services make unprecedented demands on security and availability. The security is central, while the solutions must work in an open multi-service and multi-operator environment. In other words - we have to be smart, build smart cities and smart homes. Acreo makes this possible.

Within the field of Broadband Technology Acreo addresses network design and optical transmission, we measure how networks are used and how network performance influences quality of experience of services such as video and IPTV. We perform technical research and development; we drive standardization and policy issues as well as analyze business models.

Among many things we have leading knowledge within the new Internet Protocol, IPv6. As the Internet use increases for every day, the current Internet Protocol in use, IPv4, won’t be sufficient for our future needs. By switching to the new protocol we make Internet services reachable even in the future and enable the Internet to develop further with more services and multiusers.

Want to turn tomorrow's challenges to future solutions? Welcome to Acreo, we have the expertise and the lab facilities. Visit our testbed or give us a call.

With increased bandwidth, and a number of Internet based services, there are vast changes yet to come. Get a glimpse of the future - follow the broadband technology research at Acreo!

What will next generation of broadband technology look like and how can it improve the environment? These are some of the questions answered in this interview with Jonas Mårtensson, scientist at Acreo.