Open Flow in Europe: Linking Infrastructure and Applications

Project Information

OFELIA

Grant agreement ID: 258365

Project closed

Start date 1 September 2010

End date 31 October 2013

Funded under

• Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies

Total cost € 6 175 282,00

EU contribution € 4 449 912,00

Coordinated by

EUROPEAN CENTER FOR INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Germany

Project description

Future Internet Experimental Facility and Experimentally-driven Research

The aim of the OFELIA project is to create a unique experimental facility that allows researchers to not only experiment 'on' a test network but to control the network itself precisely and dynamically. To achieve this, the OFELIA facility is based on OpenFlow, a currently emerging networking technology that allows to virtualize and control the network environment through secure and standardized interfaces. In a nutshell, OpenFlow enables experimenters to change the behavior of the network as part of the experiment rather than, if at all, as part of the experiment setup. OFELIA will provide high-performance OpenFlow equipment to enable experiments at scale and to ensure that the facility is based on mature technology.
Another strength of OFELIA is its concept of federated or interconnected islands. A set of five islands creates a diverse OpenFlow infrastructure that allows experimentation on multi-layer and multi-technology networks provided by the different islands. The facility will extend all the way from standard Ethernet to optical and wireless transmission and it will also include an emulation wall for scalability tests comprising thousands of nodes.The facility will grow in three phases to, on the one hand provide an early access to the facility (after 6 months already) and, on the other hand to evolve during the project lifetime, incorporating the feedback of the user community and extending its reach to other test facilities. Two open calls will be published to invite experimenters that bring their use cases and scenarios to the facility creating a feedback loop to extend the OFELIA facility according to the needs of the user community.

Programme(s)

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

Topic(s)

• ICT-2009.1.6 - Future Internet experimental facility and experimentally-driven research

Call for proposal

FP7-ICT-2009-5
See other projects for this call

Funding Scheme

CP - Collaborative project (generic)

Coordinator

EUROPEAN CENTER FOR INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES GMBH

• EU contribution: € 533 443,00
• Address: TORGAUER STRASSE 12-15 EUREF CAMPUS HOUSE 13 ; 10829 Berlin ; Germany
• Region: Berlin › Berlin › Berlin
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Tanja Kessel (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

Participants (18)

IMINDS VZW

Belgium

• EU contribution: € 424 106,00
• Address: GASTON CROMMENLAAN 8/102 ; 9050 GENT
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Kenny Willems (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

FUNDACAO DE APOIO A UNIVERSIDADE DE SAO PAULO

Brazil

• EU contribution: € 16 200,00
• Address: AVENIDA AFRANIO PEIXOTO 4 ; 05507 000 Sao Paulo
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: KEM YOSHIDA (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

FUNDACAO DE APOIO UNIVERSITARIO

Brazil

• EU contribution: € 52 425,00
• Address: AV ENGENHEIRO DINIZ 1178 ; 38400 462 UBERLANDIA
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Rafael Visibelli Justino (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZUERICH

Switzerland

• EU contribution: € 386 460,00
• Address: Raemistrasse 101 ; 8092 Zuerich
• Region: Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera › Zürich › Zürich
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Bernhard Plattner (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT BERLIN

Germany

• EU contribution: € 500 840,00
• Address: STRASSE DES 17 JUNI 135 ; 10623 Berlin
• Region: Berlin › Berlin › Berlin
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Simone Ludwig (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG

Germany

• EU contribution: € 178 968,00
• Address: FRIEDRICH-EBERT-ALLEE 140 ; 53113 Bonn
• Region: Nordrhein-Westfalen › Köln › Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Andreas Gladisch (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

ADTRAN NETWORKS SE

Germany

• EU contribution: € 127 884,00
• Address: MAERZENQUELLE 1-3 ; 98617 Meiningen
• Region: Thüringen › Thüringen › Schmalkalden-Meiningen
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Doreen Schüttemeyer (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

CENTRE TECNOLOGIC DE TELECOMUNICACIONS DE CATALUNYA

Spain

• EU contribution: € 90 000,00
• Address: AVINGUDA CARL FRIEDRICH GAUSS 7 PARC MEDITERRANI DE TECNOLOGIA ; 08860 Castelldefels Barcelona
• Region: Este › Cataluña › Barcelona
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Rosa Martínez (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

FUNDACIO PRIVADA I2CAT, INTERNET I INNOVACIO DIGITAL A CATALUNYA

Spain

• EU contribution: € 489 546,00
• Address: CALLE GRAN CAPITA 2-4, EDIFICI NEXUS I ; 08034 Barcelona
• Region: Este › Cataluña › Barcelona
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Jose Maria Silvestre (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

CONSORZIO NAZIONALE INTERUNIVERSITARIO PER LE TELECOMUNICAZIONI

Italy

• EU contribution: € 334 800,00
• Address: VIALE G. P. USBERTI 181A ; 43124 Parma
• Region: Nord-Est › Emilia-Romagna › Parma
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Gianni Vernazza (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

CREATE-NET (CENTER FOR RESEARCH AND TELECOMMUNICATION EXPERIMENTATION FOR NETWORKED COMMUNITIES)

Italy

• EU contribution: € 200 000,00
• Address: VIA ALLA CASCATA 56 D ; 38100 TRENTO
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Imrich Chlamtac (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

INSTITUTO DE TELECOMUNICACOES

Portugal

• EU contribution: € 66 330,00
• Address: CAMPUS UNIVERSITARIO DE SANTIAGO UNIVERSIDADE DE AVEIRO ; 3810 193 Gloria E Vera Cruz
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Jose Carlos Neves (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX

Participation ended

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 376 263,00
• Address: WIVENHOE PARK ; CO4 3SQ Colchester
• Region: East of England › Essex › Essex Haven Gateway
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Shereen Anderson (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 274 051,00
• Address: BEACON HOUSE QUEENS ROAD ; BS8 1QU Bristol
• Region: South West (England) › Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area › Bristol, City of
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Julie Coombs (Mrs.)
• Total cost: No data

NEC EUROPE LTD

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 232 382,00
• Address: WEST END ROAD ATHENE ODYSSEY BUSINESS PARK SOUTH RUISLIP ; HA4 6QE London
• Region: London › Outer London — West and North West › Harrow and Hillingdon
• Administrative Contact: Silke Lampson (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITY OF LANCASTER

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 94 996,00
• Address: BAILRIGG ; LA1 4YW Lancaster
• Region: North West (England) › Lancashire › Lancaster and Wyre
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Barbara Hickson (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY

United States

• EU contribution: € 14 000,00
• Address: SERRA MALL 450 ; 94305 2004 Stanford
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Guru Parulkar (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

ADVA OPTICAL NETWORKING SP. Z.O.O

Poland

• EU contribution: € 57 218,00
• Address: UL. SLASKA 35 LOKAL 37 ; 81 310 GDYNIA
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Doreen Schuettemeyer (Mrs.)
• Total cost: No data