CESNET - Czech Education and Scentific NETwork


Petr Münster
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication Brno, Czcech Republic


ABSTRACT - CESNET is a National Research and Education Network (NREN) operator and e-Infrastructure provider in the Czech Republic and connects all public organizations involved in research and development, science, and ternary education. Moreover it focuses on research activities and new technology trends. Except trial tests of e.g. 400 Gbps systems over its current fibre-optic network infrastructure CESNET is developing own transmission system under CzechLight trademark. It allows transmission of traditional and coherent data and especially together with special non-data applications like precise time, stable frequency, acoustic/mechanical vibrations sensing or newly QKD.