ICT Challenge 1: Pervasive and Trusted Network and Service Infrastructures

The 'Future Internet' is emerging globally as a federating research theme. The current Internet architecture was not designed to cope with the wide variety, and the ever growing number of networked applications, business models, edge devices, networks and environments that it has now to support. Its structural limitations in terms of scalability, mobility, flexibility, security, trust and robustness of networks and services are increasingly being recognised world-wide. The challenge is to comprehensively and consistently address the multiple facets of a Future Internet, with energy efficiency also appearing as an important societal concern. Clean slate or evolutionary approaches or a mix of those can be equally considered.
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The Future of the Internet - a federating theme for activities on future networks, software and service architectures, networked media systems and the internet of things. Read more...
This section of the ICTWeb site includes information on:
- an overview of the workprogramme for Challenge 1 of the ICT research theme;
- research projects carried out in this field under FP7;
- contact details for further information on participating in this challenge;
- related research carried out from 2002 to 2006 in the IST activity area of FP6.
- related events.
- related publications (books and presentations)
The ICT Challenge 1 'Pervasive and Trusted Network and Service Infrastructures' will be implemented by seven specific and highly interlinked objectives:
Read the FP7 portfolio analysis.

ICT Work Programme 2011-2012
Timetable for calls related to ICT Challenge 1
| Objective | Funding schemes | Budget (M€) | Duration years | |||
| Call 7 | ||||||
| ICT-2011.1.3 Internet-connected objects | IP/STREP CSA | 30 | ||||
| ICT-2011.1.5 Networked Media and Search Systems | IP/STREP CSA | 70 | ||||
| ICT-2011.1.6 Future Internet Research and Experimentation (FIRE) | IP NoE | 20 | ||||
| Call 8 | ||||||
| ICT-2011.1.1 Future Networks | IP/STREP NoE | 160 | ||||
| ICT-2011.1.2 Cloud Computing, Internet of Services and Advanced Software | IP/STREP CSA | 70 | ||||
| ICT-2011.1.4 Trustworthy ICT12 | IP/STREP NoE CSA | 80 | ||||
| ICT-2011.1.6 Future Internet Research and Experimentation (FIRE) | IP/STREP CSA | 25 | ||||
| Future Internet Public Private Partnership (FI-PPP) | ||||||
| Call FP7-2011-ICT-FI | ||||||
| FI.ICT-2011.1.7 Technology foundation: Future Internet Core Platform | 1 IP | 41 | 3 | Open | ||
| FI.ICT-2011.1.8 Use Case scenarios and early trials | 8 IP | 40 | 1 | Open | ||
| FI.ICT-2011.1.9 Capacity Building and Infrastructure Support | CSA | 3 | 3 | Open | ||
| FI.ICT-2011.1.10 Programme Facilitation and Support | CSA | 6 | 5 | Open | ||
| Call FP7-2012-ICT-FI | ||||||
| FI.ICT-2011.1.8 Use Case scenarios and early trials | 5 IP | 13,5 | 1 | |||
| FI.ICT-2011.1.9 Capacity Building and Infrastructure Support | 1 IP | 12,5 | 2 | |||
ICT Work Programme 2009 - 2010
Timetable for calls related to ICT Challenge 1
| Objective | Publication date | Closure date | Budget (M€) | Funding schemes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALL 4 | |||||
| 1. The network of the future | 18/11/08 | 1/04/09 | 110 | IP/STREP | |
| 5. Networked media & 3D Internet | 18/11/08 | 1/04/09 | 80 | IP/STREP, NoE, CSA | |
| CALL 5 | |||||
| 1. The network of the future | 31/07/08 | 3/11/09 | 80 | IP/STREP, NoE, CSA | |
| 2. Internet of Services, software & virtualisation | 31/07/08 | 3/11/09 | 110 | IP/STREP, CSA | |
| 3. Internet of things and enterprise environments | 31/07/08 | 3/11/09 | 37 | IP/STREP, CSA | |
| 4. Trustworthy ICT | 31/07/08 | 3/11/09 | 90 | IP/STREP, NoE, CSA | |
| 6. Future Internet Experimental Facility & Experimentally-driven Research | 31/07/08 | 3/11/09 | 50 | IP/STREP, CSA | |
See the ICT Work Programme 2009-10 for a full description of each objective (482KB)
ICT Work Programme 2007 - 2008
Timetable for calls related to ICT Challenge 1
| Objective | Publication date | Closure date | Budget (M€) | Funding schemes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALL 1 | |||||
| 1. The network of the future | 22/12/06 | 08/05/07 | 200 | CP, NoE, CSA | Closed |
| 2. Service and software architectures, infrastructures and engineering | 22/12/06 | 08/05/07 | 120 | CP, NoE, CSA | Closed |
| 3. ICT in support of the networked enterprise | 22/12/06 | 08/05/07 | 30 | CP, CSA (one CA for coordination of EU activities on RFID and one SA for global RFIDrelated standardisation activities involving in particular organisations from China, Japan, Korea and USA) | Closed |
| 4. Secure, dependable and trusted infrastructures | 22/12/06 | 08/05/07 | 90 | CP, NoE, CSA | Closed |
| 5. Networked media | 22/12/06 | 08/05/07 | 85 | CP, NoE, CSA | Closed |
| CALL 2 | |||||
| 6. New Paradigms and Experimental Facilities ICT-2007.1.6 | 12/06/2006 | 09/10/2007 | 40 | CP, NoE, CSA | Closed |
| JOINT | |||||
| 7. Critical Infrastructure Protection (Joint Call between ICT and Security Themes FP7-ICT-SEC-2007-1) | Expected 30 August 07 | / | / | CP,CSA | Open |
See the ICT Work Programme 2007-08 for a full description of each objective (479KB)

