Architectures for fLexible Photonic Home and Access networks

Project Information

ALPHA

Grant agreement ID: 212352

Project closed

Start date 1 January 2008

End date 31 March 2011

Funded under

• Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies

Total cost € 16 470 418,00

EU contribution € 11 160 692,00

Coordinated by

RISE ACREO AB
Sweden

Project description

The Network of the Future

The ALPHA project addresses the challenges of building the future access and all types of in-building networks for home and office environments. The proposal supports the evolution towards a cognitive network by dynamically utilising the resources of an optical network infrastructure to support a heterogeneous environment of wired and wireless technologies.The project investigates innovative architectural and transmission solutions based on the manifold of optical fibres (single-, multi-mode and plastic) as well as wireless technology to support both wired and wireless services in a converged network infrastructure. The focus is on using the newest physical layer achievements and adequate management and control algorithms to reach a yet unprecedented end-to-end provisioned capacity for access and in-building networks at a fraction of the price of today's technologies and to simultaneously include the transport of existing 2G/3G and Beyond 3G (B3G) signals whether they are Internet Protocol (IP) or non-IP-based.
The project starts with analysing the potential future bandwidth and quality-of-service (QoS) requirements which can be posed by future services in the scope of access and in-building networks such as Ultra HD Video, Local Storage Area Network, remote medical applications and others, and mapping those requirements into network specifications. The questions on the best applicable media, necessity for optical layer dynamics, compatibility of network types at the physical layer, foundations for better QoS provisioning and embedding of 2G/3G and B3G signals into the networks are then addressed within the project.
The project pursues experimental validations of close-to-maturity technologies in laboratory tests and field trials by intensively exploiting the three project testbeds. The project also includes long-term research activities targeting to improve the existing technologies, and follows an intensive dissemination and standardisation strategy.

Fields of science

• natural sciences › computer and information sciences › internet › internet protocols
• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › information engineering › telecommunications › telecommunications networks › optical networks
• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › information engineering › telecommunications › radio technology
• natural sciences › physical sciences › optics › fibre optics

Programme(s)

• FP7-ICT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies

Topic(s)

• ICT-2007.1.1 - The network of the future

Call for proposal

FP7-ICT-2007-1
See other projects for this call

Funding Scheme

CP - Collaborative project (generic)

Coordinator

RISE ACREO AB

• EU contribution: € 1 704 106,00
• Address: BOX 1070 ; 164 25 Kista ; Sweden
• Region: Östra Sverige › Stockholm › Stockholms län
• Activity type: Other
• Administrative Contact: Åsa Klingensjö (Ms)
• Total cost: No data

Participants (18)

HOMEFIBRE DIGITAL NETWORK GMBH

Austria

• EU contribution: € 293 022,00
• Address: FRATRESSTRASSE 20 ; 9800 SPITTAL
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Josef Faller (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

IMINDS VZW

Belgium

• EU contribution: € 733 255,00
• Address: GASTON CROMMENLAAN 8/102 ; 9050 GENT
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Dominique Moens (Mrs.)
• Total cost: No data

DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET

Denmark

• EU contribution: € 764 825,00
• Address: ANKER ENGELUNDS VEJ 101 ; 2800 Kongens Lyngby
• Region: Danmark › Hovedstaden › Københavns omegn
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Lars Dittmann (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE VALENCIA

Spain

• EU contribution: € 1 059 415,00
• Address: CAMINO DE VERA SN EDIFICIO 3A ; 46022 Valencia
• Region: Este › Comunitat Valenciana › Valencia/València
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Jose Antonio Perez Garcia (Mr)
• Total cost: No data

TELEFONICA INVESTIGACION Y DESARROLLO SA

Spain

• EU contribution: € 474 500,00
• Address: RONDA DE LA COMUNICACION S/N DISTRITO C EDIFICIO OESTE I ; 28050 Madrid
• Region: Comunidad de Madrid › Comunidad de Madrid › Madrid
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Luis López de Ayala (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

ALCATEL VACCUM TECHNOLOGY FRANCE SAS

Participation ended

France

• EU contribution: € 0,00
• Address: AVENUE OCTAVE GREARD 3 ; 75007 PARIS
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Françoise DUCIMETIERE (Ms)
• Total cost: No data

ORANGE SA

France

• EU contribution: € 891 519,00
• Address: 111 QUAI DU PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT ; 92130 Issy Les Moulineaux
• Region: Ile-de-France › Ile-de-France › Hauts-de-Seine
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Sophie MARTIN (Ms)
• Total cost: No data

NOKIA BELL LABS FRANCE

France

• EU contribution: € 973 336,00
• Address: SITE NOKIA PARIS SACLAY, ROUTE DE VILLEJUST ; 91620 NOZAY
• Region: Ile-de-France › Ile-de-France › Essonne
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Didier JONQUAIS (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

3S PHOTONICS SA

France

• EU contribution: € 420 844,00
• Address: ROUTE DE VILLEJUST, LIEUDIT VILLARCEAUX ; 91620 NOZAY
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Fabrice Semuc (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

COMMSCOPE ITALY SRL

Italy

• EU contribution: € 94 426,00
• Address: Via Archimede ; 20041 Agrate Brianza
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Antonio Del Vecchio (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

POLITECNICO DI TORINO

Italy

• EU contribution: € 165 522,00
• Address: CORSO DUCA DEGLI ABRUZZI 24 ; 10129 Torino
• Region: Nord-Ovest › Piemonte › Torino
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Manuela Sciandra (Mrs)
• Total cost: No data

TELSEY SPA

Italy

• EU contribution: € 228 821,00
• Address: VIALE DELL'INDUSTRIA 1 ; 31055 QUINTO DI TREVISO
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Barbara Fracassin (Mrs)
• Total cost: No data

ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA

Italy

• EU contribution: € 247 056,00
• Address: VIA ZAMBONI 33 ; 40126 Bologna
• Region: Nord-Est › Emilia-Romagna › Bologna
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Verdiana Bandini (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

LUCEAT S.p.A

Italy

• EU contribution: € 504 259,00
• Address: Viale G. Marconi ; 25020 DELLO
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Alessandro Nocivelli (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

ANDREW WIRELESS SYSTEMS S.R.L.

Participation ended

Italy

• EU contribution: € 133 316,00
• Address: VIA P. DE CRESCENZI 40 ; 48018 FAENZA
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Ornella Villa (Sig.)
• Total cost: No data

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT EINDHOVEN

Netherlands

• EU contribution: € 1 243 727,00
• Address: GROENE LOPER 3 ; 5612 AE Eindhoven
• Region: Zuid-Nederland › Noord-Brabant › Zuidoost-Noord-Brabant
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Suzanne Udo (Drs.)
• Total cost: No data

ORANGE POLSKA SPOLKA AKCYJNA

Poland

• EU contribution: € 242 070,00
• Address: AL ALEJE JEROZOLIMSKIE 160 ; 02 326 Warszawa
• Region: Makroregion województwo mazowieckie › Warszawski stołeczny › Miasto Warszawa
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Katarzyna Barska (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

BANGOR UNIVERSITY

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 986 673,00
• Address: COLLEGE ROAD ; LL57 2DG Bangor
• Region: Wales › West Wales and The Valleys › Gwynedd
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Christine Davey (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data