ACCOMPLISHMENTS
New Optical Coding &
Modulation Methods 2nd Generation CIAN
Chip Developed Cyber Physical Interde-
pendent Vulnerabilities
Identified
A team within CIAN led by Pro- The second generation CIAN chip Cyber physical interdependent
fessor Ivan Djordjevic at the was developed together with vulnerabilities were identified for
University of Arizona developed a Sandia National Labs. The design both software defined communi-
new spectral and energy efficient approach were revised and im- cation networks and smart grid
optical coding and modulation proved to enable more complex power networks. Methods were
technique that may enable 1 Pb/s and larger-scale integrated circuits developed to retrieve the grid state
data rates by using a non-binary to be designed and fabricated, information following joint failures
pm-ary or multinary modulation. approaching the achievement of of the power and communication
The new approach provides more single-chip systems that can allow networks by using tools from linear
energy efficient decoding, high- a high degree of electronically-ad- algebra and graph theory. The
er spectral efficiency and better dressed re-configurability with high results can provide insights into the
OSNR performance. energy efficiency. design of a robust control network
for the smart grid.
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