Program duration: 2019-2026
This program is closing in 2026 and is no longer accepting new proposals.
Delivered by the NRC's Quantum and Nanotechnologies Research Centre, the High-throughput and Secure Networks Challenge program is developing disruptive technologies and technologies that improve the cost and performance of delivering secure, affordable and high-speed internet services in rural and remote communities across Canada.
Going beyond the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission's universal service objective of 50 Mbps download and 10 Mbps upload with unlimited data, the vision of this Challenge program is "1 Gb/s everywhere".
High-throughput and Secure Networks Challenge program (Transcript)
About the program
The High-throughput and Secure Networks Challenge program works with stakeholders to develop technologies enabling the implementation of next-generation, and next-after-next-generation high-speed telecommunication networks. Through collaborative partnerships with key stakeholders, the program is developing disruptive solutions in:
Optical satellite communications
- Link models and digital testbeds
- Free space optical link testbeds and field demonstrations
- Satellite on-board photonics for space communications
- Adaptive optics for free space communications
Photonics for fibre and fixed wireless access
- Quantum-dot lasers for telecommunications
- Advanced photodetectors
- Silicon photonics
- Printable antennas
Quantum communications
- Building blocks of quantum communication
- Quantum links
- Quantum-enhanced security
Network metrology
- Metrology for quantum communications components and devices
- Looking ahead to 6G technologies
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Program team
The NRC's High-throughput and Secure Networks Challenge program is made up of a highly-skilled and multi-disciplinary team possessing a broad range of expertise in photonics, business and advisory services, and program management.
- Lynne Genik, Program Director
- Dr. Sylvain Raymond, Deputy Director and Optical Satellite Communications Lead
- Dr. Boris Lamontagne, Photonics for Fibre and Fixed Wireless Access Lead
- Dr. Nida Haram, Quantum Communications Lead
- Dr. Donna Witter, Network Metrology Lead
- Dr. Rebecca Trueman, Lead Innovation Investment Advisor
Contact us
Lynne Genik
Program Director, High-throughput and Secure Networks Challenge program
Telephone: 343-550-4174
Email: NRC.HTSN-RHDS.CNRC@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
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