About ALLEGRO ‘Agile ultra low energy secure networks’
ALLEGRO aims at designing and validating a novel end-to-end sliceable, reliable, and secure architecture for next-generation optical networks, achieving high transmission/switching capacity
- with 10 Tb/s for optoelectronic devices and 1 Pbt/s for optical fiber systems
- low power consumption/cost
- with > 25% savings
- and secure infrastructures and data transfers.
The architecture relies on key enabling innovations:
- smart, coherent transceivers exploiting multi-band & multi-fiber technologies for P2P and P2MP applications, based on e.g., high-speed plasmonic modulators/photodetectors and programmable silicon photonic integrated waveguide meshes;
- loss-less, energy-efficient transparent photonic integrated optical switches, eliminating OEO conversions, e.g., with on-chip amplification in the O-band for datacom applications;
- a consistent approach to security, in terms of functional/ protocol architectures and communications, further improving QKD systems, enabling optical channel co-existence and researching on quantum-resistant (post-quantum) cryptography, developing systems based on physically unclonable functions; and
- a scalable AI/ML assisted control and orchestration system, responsible for autonomous networking, dynamic and constrained service provisioning, function placement and resource allocation, leveraging devices increasing programmability and overall network softwarization.
To achieve the target objectives and KPIs, ALLEGRO has defined a clear methodology ending in ambitious demonstrators. The consortium includes a good balance of industry and research/academia with know-how in complementary fields.
The results of ALLEGRO will be disseminated in leading conferences, events, and high-impact journals. They will have a concrete and measurable economic and social impact, contributing towards achieving key European objectives, reinforcing European leadership and digital sovereignty in the ongoing digital and green transition.
Project News
Allegro EU Project Presents SDN-Enabled CV-QKD at SPIE Photonics West 2024
We are delighted to announce our latest contribution presented at SPIE Photonics West 2024: M. Svaluto Moreolo, M. Iqbal, L. Nadal, R. Muñoz, J. Morales, A. Pastor, R. Canto, S. Etcheverry, B. Villanueva, I. Núñez, and J. Cunha,“SDN-enabled CV-QKD for Quantum Secure...
Allegro EU Project Demonstrates 400G Bi-Directional Transmission over Single Fiber at OFC 2024
We are pleased to highlight an important contribution from the Allegro EU Project presented at OFC 2024: P. Torres-Ferrera, J. Sime, T. Duthel, E. Virgillito, V. Curri, R. Gaudino, C. Fludger, and A. Napoli,“Single-Fiber Bidirectional Transmission using 400G Coherent...
New IEEE Communications Letters Paper: Analyzing Noise in Quantum–Classical Coexistence
We are pleased to share a recent publication by the Allegro EU Project team: P. Mehdizadeh, M. R. Dibaj, H. Beyranvand, and F. Arpanaei,"Quantum-Classical Coexistence in Multi-Band Optical Networks: A Noise Analysis of QKD," IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 28, no....
Allegro EU Project Unveils Green Networking Strategy at ONDM 2024
We’re pleased to announce a notable contribution presented at ONDM 2024: F. J. Moreno-Muro, G. Otero Pérez, E. Fernández Sánchez, D. Larrabeiti, J. P. Fernández-Palacios, P. Pavón-Marino, and C. Vázquez,“Next-Gen Green Networking: Fusing Power-over-Fiber and Solar...
Invited Tutorial: DSP-Based Planning Tools for >50 G Passive Optical Networks
We are pleased to announce the publication of an Invited Tutorial in the Journal of Optical Communications and Networking: G. Rizzelli and R. Gaudino, “Planning tools for Next Generation DSP-based Passive Optical Networks above 50 G” [Invited Tutorial], J. Opt....
Allegro EU Project Presents New Model for Filtering Penalties in Coherent Systems at ONDM 2024
Allegro EU Project Presents New Model for Filtering Penalties in Coherent Systems at ONDM 2024 We are pleased to share that Allegro EU researchers presented a valuable contribution at ONDM 2024: P. Torres-Ferrera, G. Rizzelli, A. Napoli, and R. Gaudino,“Filtering...
Invited Talk at OFC 2024: “Physical Layer in Coherent PON”
We are pleased to announce that Prof. R. Gaudino delivered an invited talk at the Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 2024 workshop: Workshop: “Coherent Optics for Next Generation 100G/200G PON: Single-Carrier or Multi-Carrier?”Talk title: “Physical layer in...
Allegro EU Project Recognized at OFC 2024 with 400G Coherent Metro-Access Demonstration We are pleased to announce that the Allegro EU Project team presented a top-scored paper at the Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 2024, which was also nominated for the...
Allegro EU Project Demonstrates 400 Gb/s Coherent Metro–Access Transmission in Real-World Conditions
We are proud to announce a significant experimental milestone from the ICTON 2023 conference: M. Casasco, G. Rizzelli, A. Pagano, R. Mercinelli, M. Valvo, V. Ferrero, and R. Gaudino,“Experimental Demonstration of a 400 Gb/s Full Coherent Transmission in an in-field...
Allegro EU Project Publishes High-Speed AI Equalizer for Coherent Optical Systems
We are excited to announce a recent publication in the Journal of Lightwave Technology: S. Srivallapanondh, P. J. Freire, B. Spinnler, N. Costa, A. Napoli, S. K. Turitsyn, and J. E. Prilepsky,“Parallelization of Recurrent Neural Network-Based Equalizer for Coherent...