Prospects for a Future JANET

Abstract

A brief overview of JANET and its transmission services is provided, noting those of particular relevance to Radio Astronomy and eVLBI. High transmission-rate operation at 40Gbit/s and a trial at 100Gbit/s are described. JANET Aurora, a dark-fibre facility supporting photonics and optical systems research is presented, leading to a view of technology options and potential new services which may be seen in the JANET network in 2013/14 following re-procurement and re-engineering.