Adtran has joined the EU-funded Software enabled Fiber optic multisensing Network (SoFiN) project. The initiative aims to create a flexible platform for fibre-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 fibre-optic and power distribution networks as well as to reduce leakage in water supply systems.

Adtran said its expertise in fibre assurance technology will be instrumental in engineering low-cost, energy-efficient and versatile multi-sensing systems. 

The project will produce low-cost and energy-efficient multi-sensing systems expected to address the monitoring needs of various industries, including telecom, 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-based signal interpretation. Adtran is leading the development of the interrogator platform and the new platform will be tested in a fibre network with Adtran customer and SoFiN partner, Tele2 Estonia, as well as a water supply network in Nicosia, Cyprus. 

Adtran’s initial participation in the SoFiN project was under the name Adva, prior to the merger of the two companies.

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