Internship Optical network as a sensor

Job Description
Powered by the innovation of Bell Labs, Nokia is at the forefront of creating the technologies that are increasingly at the heart of our connected lives. The mission of Bell Labs is to define the future of communications and networking and deliver disruptive innovations that redefine human existence and business realities. Within Bell Labs, the "Optical Systems & Devices Research" lab investigates forward-looking research activities for the preparation of the future optical transport networks that will interconnect data centers, cities and continents. Until recently, such networks were expected to provide ever increasing capacity, flexibility and agility at reduced costs and energy footprint. Lately, a new dimension, security, emerges as a separate, high-priority need.

The future optical fabric offers digital services down to the physical network layer by introducing platforms to collect, visualize, analyze, and learn from the collected data. In this direction, recent works propose fiber sensing thanks to the telecommunication receiver as well as using the optical fiber infrastructure as a sensor.

We're seeking brilliant master's students to dive into the exciting topic

How You Will Contribute And What You Will Learn
As an intern, you will work with physical layer monitoring and environmental sensing techniques leveraging advanced capabilities of coherent receivers. You will gain hands-on experience with one of them on our small mesh optical network, giving you insights into real-life optical systems. By working closely with our research experts, you will conduct fiber sensing experiments using Nokia transponders alongside dedicated sensing equipment. Your mission? Investigate how critical parameters, from fiber types and network configuration to system length, directly impact sensing precision and resulting prediction.

You will also take the lead in designing and developing an engaging and interactive demonstration that brings technology to life for people to see, touch and understand the key concepts.

You will be part of a dynamic team contributing to groundbreaking research to shape the future of the industry beyond telecommunication applications

Objectives:

• Participating with other team members in lab experiments on fiber sensing
• Investigate the impact of different fiber types on sensing accuracy
• Extend the experimental evaluation to a networking approach with multiple lightpaths and a WDM configuration
• Design a demonstration scenario with audience participation

Key Skills And Experience

• Background in optical communications
• Eager to develop skills in a lab environment
• Strong spoken and written technical English

About Us
Advancing connectivity to secure a brighter world.
Nokia is a global leader in connectivity for the AI era. With expertise across fixed, mobile and transport networks, powered by the innovation of Nokia Bell Labs, we're advancing connectivity to secure a brighter world.

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About The Business Group
The Strategy and Technology organization drives Nokia's future innovation by identifying value-creation opportunities, setting a unified company vision, and developing coherent business, technology, and architecture strategies. It establishes a research foundation for new products and solutions while providing critical infrastructure to support secure and effective execution across all Nokia business units.

Nokia Bell Labs, the world-renowned industrial research arm of Nokia has pioneered breakthrough foundational technologies over the past 100 years like the transistor, laser, Unix, and solar cell - shaping modern communications, computing and connectivity. Today, it drives innovation in AI, quantum computing, 6G, and space communications, bridging groundbreaking research to real-world applications with meaningful impact on society. With ten Nobel Prizes and five Turing Awards, Nokia Bell Labs continues to define the future of technology.

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