Opis projektu
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.
Dziedzina nauki
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesinternetinternet protocols
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationstelecommunications networksoptical networks
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationsradio technology
- natural sciencesphysical sciencesopticsfibre optics
Temat(-y)
Zaproszenie do składania wniosków
FP7-ICT-2007-1
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System finansowania
CP - Collaborative project (generic)Koordynator
164 25 Kista
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Uczestnicy (18)
9800 SPITTAL
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9050 GENT
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2800 Kongens Lyngby
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46022 Valencia
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28050 Madrid
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75007 PARIS
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92130 Issy Les Moulineaux
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91620 NOZAY
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91620 NOZAY
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20041 Agrate Brianza
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10129 Torino
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31055 QUINTO DI TREVISO
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40126 Bologna
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25020 DELLO
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48018 FAENZA
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5612 AE Eindhoven
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02 326 Warszawa
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LL57 2DG Bangor
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