Established in March 2001, the OpNeAR Lab at the University of Texas at Dallas brings together those professionals and students who share an interest in the general area of networking. The main objective of the OpNeAR Lab is to conduct collaborative research and develop excellence in the field of wired and wireless networking. The original meaning of the OpNeAR acronym was Optical Networking Advanced Research. Since 2006 its name has been modified to Open Networking Advanced Research Lab to best reflect the various research activities carried out in the OpNeAR Lab.
The mission of the OpNeAR Lab includes
- Conducting research and development activities in
- Reliable architectures and protocols for high-speed, optical and wireless networks
- Cross-layer optimization and network design
- Implementation and testing of open network function virtualization, control, and monitoring
- Promoting collaboration with other national and international universities
- Promoting industry-university partnerships to pursue proof-of-concept public demonstrations
- Teaching and providing support for courses in networking
The Telecom OpenLab is a recently launched initiative to support and validate the interoperability of hardware and software with the open specifications published by the OpenROADM MSA.