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| What is GigaHouse Town Project? | ||||||||||||||||||||
| During the past several years, the IT industry was flourishing and leading the economic growth. But recently, as symbolized by the situation in Silicon Valley, it has gone into a temporary stall. The main cause of the stall should be a large difference between the current status of hardware and software. While the broadband Internet access has not penetrated into homes and offices yet, more and more expectations are placed on software including contents. In order to break through the situation surrounding the IT industry, a new development is required for the field of information technology. And in order to make the new development, the biggest challenge will be how to install gigabit optical fibers to local area networks at homes and offices. The local area networks, often called as "the last one mile," are said to account for nearly 95% of the whole networks, and many connections and junctions are needed to install optical fibers there. However, the silica optical fibers used in the backbone of the networks have diameter less than one tenth of a hair. Therefore, installing the silica optical fibers in "the last one mile" has not been realized, as it requires enormous amounts of cost due to many connections and junctions. And it can be said that this is one of the main causes of the difference between the present status of hardware and software in the information and communication system. Under the circumstances, Keio University is leading the research and development of high-speed plastic optical fibers. The high-speed plastic optical fibers are as easy to make connections and junctions as the existing metal cables, and realize high-speed data transmission comparable to that of silica optical fibers. Part of the research results has already been put into practical use. Keio University is also leading the research and development of high-speed data communication system based on the Internet at its Fujisawa Campus. These technologies may enable us to realize our long-cherished dream of real-time video transmission and high-speed access to the Web with instant downloading of large data files. However, in order to construct this kind of gigabit-class information space within homes and offices, it will be necessary to start a future-oriented research and development project that closely coordinates hardware and software. For example, when elderly people get sick late at night, it will be a great relief if they can consult doctors online with real-time clear motion picture. Based on the above ideas, Keio Engineering Foundation has planned and suggested GigaHouse Town Project. Keio Engineering Foundation is an organization acting as a go-between of industrial world and universities to nurture new technologies of the 21st century. The project coordinates various kinds of business in order to return the research results of Keio and other universities to the community. The objective is to demonstrate the possibility, usefulness and economical efficiency of "GigaHouse Town" composed of highly computerized houses, and to contribute to the further development of information technology. It is the world's first attempt of this kind, and its success will offer new prospects for a true highly-networked information society. |
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Core Members
ASAHI GLASS CO.,LTD. Cisco Systems K.K. SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD. TAISEI CORPORATION TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC. (TEPCO) IBM Japan, Ltd. FUJI PHOTO FILM CO.,LTD. Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd. MITSUBISHI CORPORATION Developers TOKYU CORPORATION MITSUI FUDOSAN CO., LTD. MITSUBISHI ESTATE CO.,LTD. MORI BUILDING CO.,LTD. |
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| Demonstration experiment using Lucina |
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| Lucina was adopted in the demonstration experiment using high-speed, large-capacity plastic optical fiber that the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry entrusted to the Japan Telework Association. In this experiment, a network environment that is faster than ever before was set by connecting 1 Gbps lines between Lucina's "Gigabit Islands" , which were built on the premises of condominiums or primary schools. |
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| ■Network assuming WAN, LAN, SAN and a home network. ■Transmission exhibition using POF to the current data communications of Gigait Ethernet, FastEthernet, ATM, IEEE1394, and FiberChannel ■Comparison between real time image transmission and MPEG-2 compressed image transmission ■High-speed Web access using Gigait Ethernet ■Implementation of real time transmission systems by ATM/ IEEE1394 ■VOD using SAN ■Near future network simulation |
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