IOWN Global Forum

The IOWN Global Forum is a trade association that develops technical standards for an all-photonics telecommunications network.[1]

IOWN Global Forum
Formation2020 (2020)
Type501(c)(6)
President and Chairperson
Dr. Katsuhiko Kawazoe
WebsiteOfficial website

Introduction

The IOWN Global Forum focuses on collaboration within its multiple committees and working groups to create Proof of Reference (PoC) documents as well as white papers, use cases, and fact sheets on the advancement of communication infrastructure.[2] The Forum has a goal of achieving lower power consumption, higher transmission capacity, lower latency, and more in its technology by 2030 which it calls its Vision 2030 goal.[3][4]

History

Innovative Optical and Wireless Networks (IOWN) is an NTT led project developing IT infrastructure for networking and information processing.[5]

Formed in 2020 by founding members NTT, Intel and Sony, the IOWN forum focuses on two key technologies to improve communication infrastructure.[4][6] First, it focuses on photonics networks.[7] An All-Photonics Network (APN) is an end-to-end optical communication system.

Standards and Resources

In 2022 the forum released the functional architecture of the open All Photonics Network (APN) which the aim of creating high speed communication networks together with radio communication systems.[8]

Use Cases

The purpose of the IOWN Global Forum's use cases is to identify the requirements of various applications that could use the contemplated next-generation optical network that the Forum is investigating. Current use cases available for the public included topics such as AI integration and cyber-physical systems.[9]

Membership

The founding members are the organizations that created the Forum in 2019 were Intel,NTT and Sony.[4]

As of 2023, sponsor members included Red Hat,[10] KDDI,[11] Cisco, Dell Technologies, Samsung and Toyota.

References
  1. "IOWN Initiative | NTT R&D".
  2. "What's IOWN | NTT R&D".
  3. "Introduction to a Smarter World | IOWN Global Forum".
  4. Hannah Fodale; Michael J. Green; Nicholas Szechenyi (2022). Toward a U.S.-Japan Technology Alliance Competition and Innovation in New Domains. Center for Strategic & International Studies. ISBN 9781538170571.
  5. Boris Otto; Michael ten Hompel; Stefan Wrobel (2022). Designing Data Spaces The Ecosystem Approach to Competitive Advantage. Springer International Publishing. ISBN 9783030939755.
  6. "Intel, NTT and Sony join forces on a new global form for 'smart world' | Fierce Telecom". Fierce Telecom. 31 October 2019.
  7. "Immediate Focus | IOWN Global Forum".
  8. Bridgwater, Adrian (19 December 2022). "NTT lays groundwork for next cloud developers, conducts open APN PoC". Computer Weekly Developer Network.
  9. "Use Cases | IOWN Global Forum".
  10. "RedHat OpenShift and data-centric infrastructure initiatives in IOWN Global Forum | Red Hat".
  11. "NTT to start offering services under next-gen network initiative". Japan Times. 3 March 2023.
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