The Inteligent Optical Network Lab (ION) research group at PGCOMP/UFBA focuses on Optical and Mobile Network. The purpose of the lab is for faculty as well as graduate and undergraduate students to do research in fiber optics, EON, SONET, IP over SONET, 5G, 6G, Cellular Networks, Mobile Networks, VoiceIP, digital telephony, and wireless networks among other technologies. Our mission is to create an environment in which ideas can be studied and experimented with and new technologies developed. For this purpose, we have incorporated the technology found in the experimental test in our research projects. In addition, the lab serves as a laboratory where graduate and undergraduate students can learn about new technologies. ION has established alliances with several industrial partners that include Huawei Networks, to name a few. Also, we have been working together on research projects with other national and international institutions of higher education.