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Adtran joins SoFiN project to drive flexible, low-cost multi-sensing for critical industries
News summary: Fiber optical sensing offers a way to boost visibility and control in critical networks EU-funded SoFiN project brings together experts in
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nNews summary:\n\n\n\nFiber optical sensing offers a way to boost visibility and control in critical networks\n\n\n\nEU-funded SoFiN project brings together experts in digital signal technology, fiber lasers, cloud connectivity and AI\n\n\n\nAdtran will contribute experience with its ALM fiber monitoring solution and lead the development of a new interrogator platform\n\n\n\n MUNICH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nAdtran today announced that it is playing a key role in the EU-funded Software enabled Fiber optic multisensing Network (SoFiN) project. The initiative will develop a flexible platform for fiber-based sensing applications in critical infrastructure. Involving a consortium of eight partners from Germany, Denmark, Cyprus and Estonia, the four-year project will harness cloud connectivity and AI to improve monitoring of fiber-optic and power distribution networks as well as to reduce leakage in water supply systems. Adtran’s expertise in fiber assurance technology will be instrumental in engineering low-cost, energy-efficient and versatile multi-sensing systems.\n\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230404005626/en/Adtran’s fiber monitoring technology will play a key role in the SoFiN multi-sensing project. (Photo: Business Wire)\n“We’re excited to contribute our know-how and experience to the SoFiN project. Together with our partners, we’ll develop and demonstrate an integrated and energy-efficient interrogator hardware setup that can easily be adapted to different sensing needs,” said Sander Jansen, GM of Infrastructure Monitoring, Adtran. “Our expertise in fiber assurance technology will play a crucial role in engineering low-cost, energy-efficient and versatile multi-sensing systems. This will deliver major benefits across a wide range of sectors from telecommunications to power grids.”\n\n\nThe SoFiN project has the potential to revolutionize the way critical infrastructure is supervised and protected. It will produce low-cost and energy-efficient multi-sensing systems expected to address the monitoring needs of various industries, including telecommunications, power grids and water supply networks. The platform will measure properties such as strain, temperature, vibration and acoustics through interrogator and sensor technology, cloud connectivity and AI...