Periodic Reporting for period 3 - ExtenSive (Extending the attractiveness of transport for end user and extending IP4 to SaaS solutions.)
Período documentado: 2023-01-01 hasta 2023-09-30
Today, there is a succession of applications that allow you to book and buy part of your European intermodal journey. But none of them already available on the market offers a unique and complete solution. The ambition of our project is to provide a one-stop shop application across Europe.
In the same way, the operators each have an API solution and do not have the desire or the budget to centralize multiple operators. Our solution aims to have a platform that allows different operators to join the ecosystem to manage their subscriptions and tariffs while ensuring a multimodal solution.
Our objectives are :
- To improve and finalize the components and functionalities of IP4, ensuring compatibility with MaaS approaches
- To improve the Traveller Experience by exploiting new technologies to provide better services and to optimize the user interface.
- To offer new functionalities based on intelligent assistance to help the travellers, such as orchestration within mixed reality interactions as well as facilitating seamless validation in multimodal trips.
- To ensure collaboration with IP2 in particular architecture for CCS and interoperability of solutions must be ensured across IP4/CCA activities as well as with IP3.
- To enhance the information displayed to the TSPs by providing new functionalities allowing to monitor and react to events coming from event sources or travellers.
- To study and evaluate possible interoperability with station infrastructure, be it location, guidance or ticket vending
In the same way, the operators each have an API solution and do not have the desire or the budget to centralize multiple operators. Our solution aims to have a platform that allows different operators to join the ecosystem to manage their subscriptions and tariffs while ensuring a multimodal solution.
Our objectives are :
- To improve and finalize the components and functionalities of IP4, ensuring compatibility with MaaS approaches
- To improve the Traveller Experience by exploiting new technologies to provide better services and to optimize the user interface.
- To offer new functionalities based on intelligent assistance to help the travellers, such as orchestration within mixed reality interactions as well as facilitating seamless validation in multimodal trips.
- To ensure collaboration with IP2 in particular architecture for CCS and interoperability of solutions must be ensured across IP4/CCA activities as well as with IP3.
- To enhance the information displayed to the TSPs by providing new functionalities allowing to monitor and react to events coming from event sources or travellers.
- To study and evaluate possible interoperability with station infrastructure, be it location, guidance or ticket vending
ExtenSive partners started the project with the specification phases. The first part of the work carried out during the first period served to highlight the outputs of previous projects, in particular Maasive, in order to use them as a starting point for the project's functionality specifications. The first period, we focused on the specification of the SaaS architecture that will ensure easy and scalable integration of TSPs. A status quo analysis of the current architecture was done, to identify suited services for the SaaS platform to be developed in the next period
The second period started the implementation phase, providing an testing the first prototype of SaaS solution, several releases of the Travel Companion, and new solutions such as : map interface, collaborative space, Orchestration and supervision tool, Mixed Reality Experiences.
Collaboration were setup, with IP2/LinX4Rail, and also with IP3/In2stempo. In the later case, the research has to be interrupted because of a change in station.
In addition, the consortium provided a first draft version of the deployment of a large and distributed solution that enable European roaming, thereby achieving efficient and functional mobility across Europe. The world started on the analysis of the GDPR failures was achieved and the first business study was carried out. The developped features were tested during the several dissemination events of the project.
The third, and final period, saw the end of the implementation phase. All work started during 2nd period came to its conclusion. The Travel Companion final release was released. The developments related to all the modules and components deployed at the core of the IP4 ecosystem were finalized for features such as shopping, ticketing and trip tracking. The architecture and component for SaaS solution were implemented. Algorithms exploiting IP2/IP4 data integration were developped for capacity forecasting and incidents management. The interaction between IP3/IP4 was resumed, and components were developped to improve the travelling experience exploiting station infrastructure information for localization, guidance and ticketing.
The conclusion of the technical and business studies were drawn and delivered in order to pave the way to large-scale implementations.
The results obtained during this period were extensively tested and demonstrated during the IP4Maas pilots that took place until June 2023, and also during Extensive-specific events such as : Final event, WP10 demonstration.
The second period started the implementation phase, providing an testing the first prototype of SaaS solution, several releases of the Travel Companion, and new solutions such as : map interface, collaborative space, Orchestration and supervision tool, Mixed Reality Experiences.
Collaboration were setup, with IP2/LinX4Rail, and also with IP3/In2stempo. In the later case, the research has to be interrupted because of a change in station.
In addition, the consortium provided a first draft version of the deployment of a large and distributed solution that enable European roaming, thereby achieving efficient and functional mobility across Europe. The world started on the analysis of the GDPR failures was achieved and the first business study was carried out. The developped features were tested during the several dissemination events of the project.
The third, and final period, saw the end of the implementation phase. All work started during 2nd period came to its conclusion. The Travel Companion final release was released. The developments related to all the modules and components deployed at the core of the IP4 ecosystem were finalized for features such as shopping, ticketing and trip tracking. The architecture and component for SaaS solution were implemented. Algorithms exploiting IP2/IP4 data integration were developped for capacity forecasting and incidents management. The interaction between IP3/IP4 was resumed, and components were developped to improve the travelling experience exploiting station infrastructure information for localization, guidance and ticketing.
The conclusion of the technical and business studies were drawn and delivered in order to pave the way to large-scale implementations.
The results obtained during this period were extensively tested and demonstrated during the IP4Maas pilots that took place until June 2023, and also during Extensive-specific events such as : Final event, WP10 demonstration.
This third and final period was dedicated to finalizing the implementation and producing the Final release, as well as leading final tests and demonstrations.
In particular, Points Of Interest (POI) can be added, managed and shared on the map, and the Mixed Reality library has been improved for location, interaction and data sharing. CMMP and CRM administrator capabilities have been enlarged. A cloud environment under Kubernetes was setup for the partner, to offer SaaS capabilities.
Finally, the GDPR study was completed and submitted.
The components were tested during OC pilots. The impact of large-scale deployment of the ExtenSive results was analysed both on technical and business level, and submitted as a deliverable.
In particular, Points Of Interest (POI) can be added, managed and shared on the map, and the Mixed Reality library has been improved for location, interaction and data sharing. CMMP and CRM administrator capabilities have been enlarged. A cloud environment under Kubernetes was setup for the partner, to offer SaaS capabilities.
Finally, the GDPR study was completed and submitted.
The components were tested during OC pilots. The impact of large-scale deployment of the ExtenSive results was analysed both on technical and business level, and submitted as a deliverable.