Open Access Testbed Facilities Available to Software Companies in Europe

Helping SMEs connect to the Future Internet

Presentation by Donal Morris FUSION Webinar November 20th 14.00 GMT

Agenda

• Introduction to FIRE

• Some of the testbeds

• Case Study

• Questions – Future Internet Testing needs & requirements

Future Internet

• What is the future Internet?

• Means lots of different things– Sensors, smart cities, telemedicine, priority

traffic and quality, transport, eHealth, entertainment, green………..

Future Internet Ecosystem

FIRE

• FIRE is:

• Future Internet Research & Experimentation

• A range of projects with testbeds and experiments funded by the European Commission

Current FIRE Projects

FIRE Testbed Facilities

SME Engagements

• The EU wishes to see more SMEs involved in the projects

• Rich offer of experimental facilities – (more then 100)

• Current main use by academic community

The value proposition is

• FIRE Testbeds available to help test and validate new products/services

• Useful for testing and reducing risk for new technology.

• Especially useful for scale testing. • Testbeds available for free and some times with

EU funding – Typically €25k to €75k for small experiments – & >€1m for larger collaborative experiments

Agenda

• Introduction to FIRE

• Some of the testbeds

• Case Study

• Questions – Future Internet Testing needs & requirements

Introduction to some FIRE Testbeds

• Fed4FIRE – Testbed Federation

• CREW – Cognitive Radio Testbed

• FLEX – 4G LTE Testbeds

• SUNRISE – Underwater IoT Testbed

Fed4FIRE

Fed4FIRE Federation

Fed4FIRE is available for use

• info: http://doc.fed4fire.eu• Open access:

– Officially from end of this year– Each testbed will offer the free execution of an

example experiment to learn to know the testbeds– Per testbed open access policies will be set

– contact@fed4fire.eu if you want to know more

• Events (see above for more info, ‘events’):– Open Tutorial day, Dec. 10, Berlin – Two more open calls for SMEs in 2015

Fed4FIRE example case: easy scalability testing via jFed toolkit

CREW

CREW

CREW: testbeds for cognitive radio and networking

heterogeneous ISM@ Ghent (iMinds)

heterogeneous ISM@ Ghent (iMinds)

TV-bands@ Dublin (TCD)

TV-bands@ Dublin (TCD)

LTE-advanced@ Dresden (TUD)LTE-advanced

@ Dresden (TUD)

wireless sensor@ Berlin (TUB)

wireless sensor@ Berlin (TUB)

ISM/TVWS outdoor@ Ljubljana (JSI)

ISM/TVWS outdoor@ Ljubljana (JSI)

IMEC sensing agentIMEC sensing agent

IRIS SW radioIRIS SW radio

TCS multi-antenna LTE detectionTCS multi-antenna LTE detection

WinnF Transceiver Facility (API)WinnF Transceiver Facility (API)

CREW is currently in continuous open access mode

• Details: http://www.crew-project.eu/opencall

• In short:– Best effort access and basic support for free– Guaranteed access, advanced support:

formal request needs to be approved

FLEX

FLEX

FLEX LTE Testbeds for 4G

Flex Testbed locations

SUNRISE – Internet of Things Underwater

SUNRISE Testbeds

Poll Question

Current Funding Opportunities• Integrating experiments and facilities in

FIRE+ • Budget €12m

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/topics/9083-ict-12-2015.html

Open Calls

• New Open Calls arriving in 2015 for experiments to be funded on the testbeds

• Typical funding €25k to €75k

Agenda

• Introduction to FIRE

• Some of the testbeds

• Case Study

• Questions – Future Internet Testing needs & requirements

Turbocloud Example

• Experiment 12 Months – Sept 2011 – Aug 2011

• Budget 160k• Two SME Companies• Objective

– Validate virtual path slice technology in conjunction with desk top virtualisation in wide area environment

TurboCloud Experiment Overview

TurboCloud “nuts and bolts”

Good Results Obtained

CityFlow Example

• Budget €800k

• Duration 21 months

• 4 partners (2 sme, 2 uni)

• Based in Ghent Belgium

City FLOW Motivation

CityFLOW Experiment Topology

Lots of Performance Graphs Built for CityFLOW Large Scale Emulation

Poll Question

Agenda

• Introduction to FIRE

• Some of the testbeds

• Case Study

• Questions – Future Internet Testing Needs &

Requirements

What are Needs from point of view of Future Internet Testbeds•

Further Information

For Further Information Please Contact

Jeanne CaffreyQuartzSpark+353 86 856 2518jcaffrey@quartzspark

Thanks!!!

www.sme4fire.eu

info@sme4fire.eu