Contract Notice - Services

Study on European Internet traffic: monitoring tools and analysis - SMART 2012/0046

2012/S 133-220198 - 13/07/2012

Short description of nature and quantity or value of supplies or services

1. Collection and analysis of appropriate European Internet traffic data from existing sources for:
   • long-term/offline purposes e.g. planning of EU backbones/infrastructures, research and innovation priorities,etc.
   • short-term/online purposes e.g. early warning system for cyber attacks, prioritisation of traffic in case ofemergency, etc.
2. Gap analysis for monitoring tools and methods:
   • What tools exist to effectively monitor European Internet traffic?
   • What do we miss and what do we need more?
   • What broadly accepted metrics should be defined?
   • What monitoring is necessary for public Interest uses beyond commercial purposes?
   • What monitoring facilities areexisting/needed and what sort of federated monitoring models can be applied in Europe?
   • What 'telescopes' and'microscopes' we need for the Internet in Europe?
     

- Maximum Value: 400.000 €
- Deadline for receipt of tenders/requests: 7 September 2012
- Contact for all requests: infso-internet-traffic@ec.europa.eu