Access to knowledge through the grid in a mobile world

Objective

Mobility has become a central aspect of life of citizens in business, education, and leisure. Related mobility-enabled 3G network infrastructures and user communities have surpassed corresponding Internet figures. Independently, Grid technology is evolving from a niche market solely addressing the HPC domain towards a framework useable within a broad business context. However, while affecting largely identical complex applications, user and provider domains, the Grid community has been basically Mobility-unaware.

Taking this into account, Akogrimo will architect and prototype a blueprint of a Next Generation Grids by generalizing the core Grid concept of resource-sharing into a 'Mobile Dynamic Virtual Organizations' framework, which supports knowledge-related, semantics-driven Web and Grid services over the Mobile Internet. Specifically, for the three key layers (Generic Application Services Layer, Grid Infrastructure Layer and Network Middleware)

Akogrimo will:
- Leverage Netwok Middleware components such as Mobile-IPv6-based Mobility Management, AAA, QoS, security e.g. from IST projects MobyDick and Daidalos
- Concentrate the OGSA-designed/WSRF-oriented Grid Infrastructure Layer with the Network Middleware - esp. w.r.t. user profiles and signalling
- Provide a rich OGSA-designed Generic Application Support Services Layer including e.g. orchestration, workflow support, and ontology based service location Vertically,

Akogrimo will:
- Support SLAs and the required inter-layer mapping and signalling
- Contribute substantially to Orchestration issues such as crossing administrative domains, considering mobility
- Advance the SoA of 'Management of Mobile Dynamic Virtual Organizations' Concerning evaluation, dissemination and exploitation

Akogrimo will:
- Apply a scenario-based design and realization approach-enacted through three testbeds (user view)
- Provide a rich set of business model opportunities through the Akogrimo architecture itself (operator/provider view)

Fields of science

• natural sciences › computer and information sciences › internet
• social sciences › economics and business

Programme(s)

• FP6-IST - Information Society Technologies: thematic priority under the specific programme "Integrating and strengthening the European research area" (2002-2006).

Topic(s)

• IST-2002-2.3.2.8 - Grid based systems for complex problem solving

Funding Scheme

IP - Integrated Project

Coordinator

TELEFONICA INVESTIGACION Y DESARROLLO SA UNIPERSONAL

Address

Calle Emilio Vargas 6
28043 Madrid
Spain

Participants (14)

ATOS ORIGIN SOCIEDAD ANONIMA ESPANOLA

Spain

Address

Calle De Albarracin 25
28037 Madrid

BOC ASSET MANAGEMENT GMBH

Austria

Address

Baeckerstrasse 5/3
1010 Wien

CENTRO DI RICERCA IN MATEMATICA PURA ED APPLICATA - CONSORZIO

Italy

Address

Via Ponte Don Melillo
84084 Fisciano (Salerno)

ELSAG DATAMAT S.P.A.

Italy

Address

Via Puccini Giacomo 2
16154 Genova

INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATION AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS

Greece

Address

Patission Street 42
10682 Athina

INSTITUTO DE TELECOMUNICACOES

Portugal

Address

Avenida De Rovisco Pais 1
1049-001 Lisboa

QINETIQ LIMITED

United Kingdom

Address

85 Buckingham Gate
London

TELENOR ASA

Norway

Address

Snaroeyveien 30
1331 Fornebu

THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL

United Kingdom

Address

Polaris House, North Star Avenue
SN2 1SZ Swindon

UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID

Spain

Address

Avenida Ramiro De Maeztu 7
28040 Madrid

UNIVERSITAET HOHENHEIM

Germany

Address

Schloss
70599 Stuttgart

UNIVERSITAET STUTTGART

Germany

Address

Keplerstrasse 7
70174 Stuttgart

UNIVERSITAET ZUERICH

Switzerland

Address

Raemistrasse 71
8006 Zuerich

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON

United Kingdom

Address

University Road, Highfield
SO17 1BJ Southampton