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What: European Community co-funded
project in its 7th Framework Program in the area ÒCapacities - Research
InfrastructuresÓ |
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3.7 MEuro EC contribution, 5.2 ME
budget, 461 Man Months |
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When: 1st January 2008 -
30 June 2010 (30 months) |
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Who: 20 partners, based on stakeholders
on network research and management: |
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11 National Research and Education
Networks, DANTE (GƒANT2), TERENA, 4 Universities, Juniper Networks, 1 small
enterprise, 1 research centre - Coordinator: GARR (Italian NREN) |
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Where: Europe-wide infrastructure,
open to external connections |
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Scope: Create an e-Infrastructure
for (future) Internet research made of network and computing systems,
providing virtualized networks/facilities for end-users, allowing disruptive
emulations. |
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Research in multi-(virtual)-domain control,
management and monitoring, including user oriented control. |
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Pave the way/create experience for
GN3 |
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How: Employ a mesh of initially up
to 1 Gbps MPLS & GigE circuits from NRENs and GEANT2 (using the GN2+
service) |
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Install virtualization computing
nodes (capable of hosting e.g. open source routers) and open API routers and switches in selected FEDERICA
PoPs |
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Develop a tool-bench for managing
virtual e2e facilities and the infrastructure itself |
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Support the research on new Internet
architectures and protocols |
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create a versatile, scalable, European
wide Òtechnology agnosticÓ infrastructure, separated from the production
networks |
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open to host researchers hardware and
applications |
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Simultaneous use by more than one
research group |
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The user can have full control of the
network up the data link (later to lower) layer and access monitoring data |
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Develop experience and a model for managing
and using virtual infrastructures as a combination of networks and systems |
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Exploit at their best the existing NREN
and GEANT networks and available technologies |
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Facilitate technical discussion amongst
specialist, in particular when based on experimental results and disseminate
knowledge and NREN experience |
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Provide information for next generation
of the NREN networks |
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Focus on new multidomain architecture
with end-to-end services open to any application type |
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Use, Test and advance where possible
tools and services being developed by GEANT2 and NREN and the Partners, in
particular for end-to-end services |
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Enable graceful implementation of new inter-domain
service layer (liaising, contributing with standardization, e.g. IETF, |
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ITU-T, OIF, IPsphere) |
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FEDERICA brings in a specific set
of challenges and possible future technologies to cope with: |
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virtualization in networks |
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Integration of computing elements in
the network to operate the network itself and to provide advanced services |
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Multidomain integration and service
definition for multidomain, multi-(virtual) network communication (avoiding
fragmentation and fostering interoperbility) |
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Focus on end-to-end paradigm and user
control |
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Horizontal (layered) approach in
network architectures (vs Vertical) |
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Control/management plane and monitoring
are of paramount importance (integrated vs overlay model still open) |