CLONETS – Clock Network Services : Optical-fibre network for clock services in Europe: recent progress

Dynamic development of long-distance methods of time and frequency signals transmission over optical fibers is giving the opportunity to create optical network with dedicated clock services. In order to prepare the deployment of this technology for a sustainable, pan-European fibre network, providing high-performance clock services to European research infrastructures and supporting wider services to industry and society, the CLONETS project, funded by the European Commission in H2020 program, is a coordination and support action intended to accelerate the transfer of these technologies to industry and to strengthen the coordination between research infrastructures and research and education network providers.. The optical network will cover a European area, and will be providing highest available performance for research infrastructures, commercial entities and other organisations.