A federated testbed environment for experimentation on wireless cooperative networks

Project Information

COOPLAB

Grant agreement ID: 269179

Closed project

Start date 18 July 2011

End date 17 July 2014

Funded under

• Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)

Total cost € 361 800,00

EU contribution € 268 500,00

Coordinated by

ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS
Greece

Objective

Cooperative communications constitute a new access scheme that tends to substitute traditional
contention schemes for accessing the medium. The idea is to exploit the broadcast nature of
wireless networks through retransmission of overheard information towards the destination,
aiming at better performance as a result of spatial diversity. Initial research results are
very promising, but are solely based on information theoretic models and simulations. These
models involve simplifying assumptions and raise concerns as for the efficiency of the
scheme in a real environment.
In this project we plan to implement representative cooperative scenarios and study their
performance in real-life wireless testbeds. The experiments will take place in already existing
wireless testbeds of the partners. These will be federated under a common management framework and a special component of this framework will be developed to support experimentation in cooperative communications.
The institutes participating in CoopLab exhibit a high level of experience in at least one
of the two diverse scientific disciplines required to carry out the project successfully, theory
of cooperative communications and wireless testbed implementation and management. Their expertise is proven by participation in relevant international research projects and numerous publications.
The planned exchanges of researchers will enable transfer of know-how among them.
The success of CoopLab will have a two-fold effect. It will advance the state-of-the-art in
the field of cooperative communications through proof-of-concept real world experiments and it
will establish a long-term sustainable collaboration of the partners through the federation of
testbeds and exchange of knowledge.

Fields of science

• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › information engineering › telecommunications › radio technology

Programme(s)

• FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)

Topic(s)

• FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IRSES - Marie Curie Action "International Research Staff Exchange Scheme"

Call for proposal

FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IRSES
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Funding Scheme

MC-IRSES - International research staff exchange scheme (IRSES)

Coordinator

ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS

Administrative Contact

George Giannopoulos (Prof.)

• Address: Charilaou thermi road 6 km ; 57001 Thermi thessaloniki ; Greece
• Region: Βόρεια Ελλάδα › Κεντρική Μακεδονία › Θεσσαλονίκη
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• EU contribution: No data

Participants (1)

UNIVERSITE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE - PARIS 6

France

Administrative Contact

Frederic Vaissade (Mr.)

• EU contribution: € 109 200,00
• Address: Place jussieu 4 ; 75252 Paris
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Other funding: No data