The Consortium has proactively collaborated to realize the INPUT platform, and especially the OpenVolcano open-source project, which is its core component. OpenVolcano provides the largest part of the control- and data-plane functionalities of the INPUT Edge Computing system, as well as a full integration with (NFV/SDN-enabled) 4.5G mobile network technologies.
OpenVolcano has also been integrated with an extended version of the Ericsson Network Manager, which acts as off-line network analytics and long-term optimization engine.
Use-case applications constitute a further key outcome of the project. Specifically designed to emphasize the INPUT platform capabilities in multimedia and IoT fields, they can be considered as state-of-art services providing advanced edge computing features.
The entire platform along with its use-case applications have been demonstrated in both the final project experimentation, as well as in three early-bird proof-of-concept demonstrations in public events. A comprehensive set of videos, related to experimentation and demonstration activities, has been released and published on the project website.
In the standardization field, the project moved some promising steps within both ETSI and ITU. A joint working item has been created to extend the ETSI Green Abstraction Layer (GAL) toward SDN and NFV networks. In addition, a contribution has been proposed at the "Networked Devices Workshop" organized by the International Energy Agency for the "G20 Energy Efficiency Action Plan", June, 17-18, 2015, in Paris, France. The proposal was positively considered and integrated into the Action Plan presented at the 2015 G20 meeting in Turkey.
Regarding the exploitation of project outcomes, OpenVolcano has been made available to different stakeholders, namely Telecom Operators and Telecom Vendors (for further integrations), Researches (especially acting in the 5G and Edge Computing fields).
Main Achievements at a Glance
• The OpenVolcano open-source project.
• Two use-case applications (the Virtual Set-Top Box and the IoT Home Management System.
• 51 papers in international conference proceedings and 15 in international journals already accepted.
• 1 Best Demonstration Award at the 2017 IFIP/IEEE Symposium on Integrated Network and Service Management
• Organization and technical sponsorship of 5 scientific workshops/conference sessions.
• 7 public demonstrations of the INPUT framework.
• Activation and coordination of a new ETSI working item entitled "Green Abstraction Layer 2.0 - Enhanced Interface for Power Management in NFV Environments".
• Participation and co-editing in ITU-T Study Group 5 Working Item on the "Improvement of energy efficiency in networks".
• Proposal for the energy efficient virtualization to the IEA’s "G20 Energy Efficiency Action Plan: Networked Devices".
• 16 invited speeches, keynotes, panels, and seminars.
