Project description
Future Internet Research and Experimentation (FIRE)
Community networks are an emerging and successful model for the Future Internet across Europe and far beyond. The CONFINE project complements existing FIRE infrastructure by establishing a new facility built on the federation of existing community IP networks constituted by more than 20,000 nodes and 20,000 Km of links. These community networks incorporate a large and wide variety of commodity wireless and optical links, heterogeneous nodes, different routing protocols, applications and a large number of end-users, following an innovative model of self-provisioning using unlicensed and public spectrum. The project develops a unified access to an open testbed with tools that allow researchers to deploy, run, monitor and experiment with services, protocols and applications on real-world community IP networks. This integrated platform will provide user-friendly access to these emerging networks supporting any stakeholder interested in developing and testing experimental technologies for open and interoperable network infrastructures, strengthening open community networks. The project will take a multi-disciplinary and integrated view to this emerging network model as part of the Future Internet across Europe and beyond. The project includes as partners well established community networks with large end-user bases and diverse application providers (e.g. content distribution, voice, data and multimedia communication), research institutions with experience in key related areas, non-profit organizations and SMEs.
Fields of science
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Call for proposal
FP7-ICT-2011-7
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Funding Scheme
CP - Collaborative project (generic)Coordinator
08034 Barcelona
Spain
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Participants (23)
1220 WIEN
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1050 WIEN
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9050 GENT
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80686 Munchen
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30167 Hannover
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10623 Berlin
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14195 Berlin
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08503 GURB (BARCELONA)
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08015 BARCELONA
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08034 BARCEONA
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08035 BARCELONA
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08193 Cerdanyola Del Valles
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15238 ATHINA
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15344 GERAKAS
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43124 Parma
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00148 Roma
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38122 Trento
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4365 ESCH-SUR-ALZETTE
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4200 465 Porto
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EC2Y 8AY London
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CB2 1TN Cambridge
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20036 WASHINGTON DC
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7535 Cape Town
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