Networks/Telecoms
installation. “Although we have tangible and intangible because this
standardised on one manufacturer, we arrangement gives us a direct
The biggest
will continue to buy through a relationship with the Manufacturer and
tendering process between the to their technical experts whenever we
experiment on
preferred installers. The cabling they need it. They not only discuss their
supply though has to be that which is forward development plans with us
earth
being specially manufactured for us but they actively court our input and
by Brand-Rex.” as a result we can influence the
course of their development which is Professor Tejinder Virdee from the
Recognising that the College is a to Imperial’s significant advantage. Department of Physics leads a
significant customer, Brand-Rex has 2,000 strong team of scientists
created fibre and copper cables “We’re already benefited because as from around the world on the
specifically for Imperial College with part of our move to reduce the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS)
the words Imperial College and the number of comms rooms we decided particle detector experiment, one of
year of installation printed along their to go against the conventional the two general purpose
length for easy identification. These wisdom of OM3 multi-mode fibre for experiments due to start collecting
new cables will help Imperial’s backbone with OS1 single-mode for data when the Large Hadron
engineers now and in years to come. only the long campus runs – and use Collider (LHC) particle accelerator
For example they will be able to only OS1 single-mode because is turned on later in 2008.
immediately identify cabling which has standardisation gives us much greater Professor Virdee and his team are
been put in according to our new efficiency and flexibility. As a result aiming to find new particles, detect
standards and legacy links which have Brand-Rex is already developing new mini black holes and solve some of
not. OS1 products to support us. You the mysteries of the universe such
simply wouldn’t get that sort of as where mass comes from, how
“Being able to see the year of support if you just bought lots of many dimensions there are and
installation at a glance will make different products for each section of what constitutes dark matter.
troubleshooting problems easier,” the network. The LHC will accelerate beams of
says Barbosa. “In addition, when particles around a 27km circular
planning for refurbishment and Summing up, Barbosa said, “Of tunnel underneath the
replacement, spotting cables of a course products from different French/Swiss countryside. These
specific age will help us identify when manufacturers ought to work OK with particles will collide with each other
a cable may be approaching the end each other but to be honest, as long – with higher energies than in any
of its viable life and need replacing.” as you chose one of the top brands, previous experiment – at the
it’s not the technology that’s the main precise moment that they are
Asked why Imperial opted for a single issue in a major network, it’s the level passing through the CMS detector.
manufacturer standard, he explained, of technical and operational support The high-energy conditions of
“There are massive benefits, both that is the key to success.” these collisions will be similar to
those that occurred in the first
instants of the universe,
immediately after the Big Bang.
The collisions will create many new
particles, which will fly away from
the site of the collision in all
directions. The different layers of
the CMS detector will measure
their energies and track their paths.
Professor Virdee and his colleagues
hope to record the presence of
particles that have never been seen
before, including the Higgs-Boson
particle which has been theorised
but never recorded.
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