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MARCH ninth consortium meeting (CM9) minutes
The ninth MARCH consortium meeting was held in Heidelberg, 31 March - 1 April 2011. The
meeting agenda is given in Annex 1 and the list of participant in Annex 2.
1) Location
The meeting was held in Heidelberg right after Celtic Event 2011, where MARCH had one of
the demonstration and a stand.
2) WP1 Management
WP leader Terje Tjelta
a) Partnership issues, next meetings host and venues
b) Deliverable D1.2 (M36) IPR issues. Dropped, but can be reopened. Ed Terje Tjelta
c) Deliverable D1.3 (M40) Final report. Ed Terje Tjelta
CM10 and CM11 project ending came up late at the meeting, as it was about to be closed such
that the original plans could not be discussed.
A draft simplified outline D1.3 was discussed briefly:
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Introduction
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Scenarios and economics
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Multilink technologies
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Multilink network architecture
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Multilink network demonstrated
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Conclusions
References
Decisions and actions
 Project ending left out for an email/network meeting after CM10
 No issues for D1.2, unclear what the purpose could be. The deliverable is dropped.
 Continue D1.2 as indicated
3) WP3 Business and economics
WPL Telenor, Terje Tjelta, acting
a) Task 3.3 Market development. TL Telvent, Daniel Seixas
Deliverable D3.5 (M33) Consumer spending and forecasts ... . Ed Daniel Seixas
There were contributions from Telenor, but none present from Spanish partners. Since this
deliverable will be done by Telenor and Spanish partners, the discussion was postponed to after
the meeting.
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Decisions and actions
 No action taken.
4) WP5 Modular network architecture
WPL Telenor, Terje Tjelta, acting
Task 5.2 Recommended network architecture (TL Telenor, Håkon Lønsethagen)
Milestone M5.2 (M32) Network modules and network architecture. Ed Håkon Lønsethagen
Deliverable D5.2 (M40) Recommended multilink architecture … Ed Håkon Lønsethagen
The summary of the disciussioin is provie din the pwerpoint by Håkon:
https://telenor.projectcoordinator.net/main.php/MARCH-WP5-CM9Heidelb.pptx?fileitem=13828172
Decisions and actions
Contributions per partner:
Telenor
Editor
WLAN offload, roaming?
Multi-operator operations support
Real-time Network status information – provided via 3GPP
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TUCN
Use of MIMO, dynamic configuration, reduced rate feedback channel
QoS profile for Heterogeneous networks, simulation, cost in terms of D,PL, Throughput
BME?
– review? – on MIMO, lower layers
Lividi
API toward the network socket layer
Real-time Network status information – provided via an overlay
Ruggedcom
QOS oriented Admission control, and load balancing
Interfaces for adm, ctrl, load balancing, and ML operations
Using or extending existing interfaces, or new interfaces needed?
Also considering multi-provider settings
LiveU
LiveU will investigate the impact of the transport protocols in the end-to-end solution, and
will contribute to specifications of the transport protocol to the multilink architecture.
(Deliverable D5.2)
MIF API investigation
MPTCP investigation
Collaborative paper:
Paper? On UE – MLG interaction/interoperation, integration with 3GPP
(IP/higher layers)
Timeline:
Final M5.2 – End of April
Editor: 15th April – Updated extended outline
All: 27th April – final contribution
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Editor: 29th April – Draft final contribution
Draft final D5.2 – End of June
5) WP6 Demonstration
WPL Lividi, Hans Ole Rafaelsen
a) Milestone M6.1 (M28) Definitions of demonstrations. Ed Antonio Alfaro
b) Deliverable D6.1 (M39) Pub. demo. of multilink network capabilities. Ed Hans Ole
Rafaelsen
M6.1 delayed
– Will make M6.1 into first version of D6
LiveU
– Demonstrate their current product(s)
– Streaming from anywhere to anywhere
• Ruggedcom
– Will demonstrate their Radio Resource Manager
server in use with LiveU and/or Lividi
Norwegian demonstrator
– Telenor, Simula and Lividi
– Will put up a testbed at Fornebu
• 3G
• LTE (hopefully)
• WiFi
• WiMax (hopefully)
– Lividi want to demonstrate (scalable) video
streaming continuity while moving around and
access to different links changes
– Other partners are welcome to participate
Decisions and action points
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Action points
– LveU and Gravity to start testing integration
– Setup of Telenor infrastructure
– Create a drawing that shows how each part fit
together (Hans Ole)
– Terje will look on PCC issues with regard to
demo/workshop
6) WP7 Dissemination and exploitation
WPL BME, Janos Bito
a) Task 7.1 Workshops and conferences (TL BME, Janos Bito)
Deliverable D7.5 Second International Workshop (Editor BME, Janos Bito)
b) Task 7.2 Website (TL Gravity, Tamas Urbancsek)
c) Task 7.3 Standardisation (TL Telenor, Terje Tjelta)
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Action: Included in Deliverable D7.6 MARCH exploitation, dissemination and
standardisation (Editor BME, Péter Kántor)
d) Task 7.4 Exploitation plan (TL LiveU, Bezalel Finkelstien)
Deliverable D7.6 MARCH exploitation, dissemination and standardisation (Editor BME,
Péter Kántor)
Common Deliverable
Deliverable D7.6 MARCH exploitation, dissemination and standardisation (Editor BME,
Péter Kántor)
Task 7.1: Summary of dissemination activities so far
 Deliverables: 11 deliverables
 Milestones: 7 milestones
 Workshops
- National: 1 workshop (in Norway) + + MARCH presentations at students’ information
day at BME + TUCN info day for students
- International: 1 workshop (in Tel Aviv)
 Publications
- Published in journals: 7 publications
- Published in conference proceedings: 13 publications
- Presentations in workshops: 10 presentations
- Posters: 1 poster
Actions
 TUCN will send a short description about dissemination at their info day for students
 LiveU will send information about dissemination at LiveU resellers day
 TUCN’s publication (“Capacity Analyses for IEEE 802.11n Narrowband and Wideband
Channel Modeling”) and BME’s publication (“Adaptive Link Assignment Applied in Case
of Video Streaming in a Multilink Environment” and “Measurement Data for FSO and Eband Radio Propagation Modeling”) were approved
 Partners are forced to write joint papers
o BME and TUCN are going to provide a joint paper
Deliverable D7.5 – Second International Workshop
Actions
 Date: One day between 24 and 26 of May 2011
 Location: Oslo, Norway
 Contact person/Chair: János Bitó
 BME/Gravity (Peter K. and Tamas U.): Registration: at the MARCH web
 Broadcast by LiveU
 BME (Peter K.): Announcements will be sent out
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Noam will contact with Easy Wireless Project (EWL) about a joint workshop
Agenda approved:
One day workshop 24 and 26 of May 2011, Oslo, Norway
 10:00-10:10 welcome (Local representative + chair)
 10:10-11:00 MARCH main pres + demo(Lividi, LiveU, Rudgedcom, Gravity)
o Terje + Peter/Noam
 11:00-11:50 Easy main + demo
Lunch 11:50-13:00
8 presentation (4 March + 4 Easy) 2 sections (2x2 +2x2)
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13:00-14:00 Business panel session (moderator: Audun MARCH)
o Easy wireless, Telenor,
 14:00-14:10 break
 14:10-15:30 Technology (4 presentations, Sess. Chair:)
 15:30-15:40 Closing
Partners come up with tentative titles for the papers and demonstrations with proposals for
panellists
Broadcast: by LiveU
Task 7.2 Website
Actions
 Péter Kántor: Regular refreshment
 Péter Kántor: Make public material easily accessible
Task 7.3 Standardisation
Editor (Peter K.): Deliverable D7.4– Standardisation Activities is merged to Deliverable D7.6 MARCH exploitation, dissemination and standardisation
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A template and contributions provided so far are available on the PC
Actions
 Partners are forced to provide contributions
 Editor (Peter K.): Standardisation chapter of Deliverable D7.6 will be divided according to
standardisation bodies
Task 7.4 Exploitation plan
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A template and contributions provided so far into Deliverable D7.6 - MARCH exploitation,
dissemination and standardisation are available on the PC
Actions
 Partners are forced to provide contributions into Deliverable D7.6 - MARCH exploitation,
dissemination and standardisation
 Editor (Peter K.): Deliverable D7.7 is merged to Deliverable D7.6 - MARCH exploitation,
dissemination and standardisation
 Editor (Peter K.): Exploitation and dissemination chapter of D7.6 will be converted into
running text
WP7 overall
 WP Leader (Janos B.): A conference call will be organised within two weeks regarding all
the tasks exploitation, dissemination, standardisation and publication activities where each
partner should express their plans, intentions about their contributions
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Annex 1 Agenda
MARCH consortium meeting 9 (CM9)
31 March – 1 April 2011, Heidelberg, Germany
Draft CM9 Agenda
1)
WP1 Management. WPL Telenor, Terje Tjelta
a. Partnership issues, follow–up MTR, next meetings host and venues
b. Deliverable D1.2 (M36) IPR issues. Dropped, but can be reopened. Ed Terje Tjelta
c. Deliverable D1.3 (M40) Final report. Ed Terje Tjelta
2) WP3 Business and economics. WPL Telenor, Terje Tjelta, acting
a. Task 3.3 Market development. TL Telvent, Daniel Seixas
Deliverable D3.5 (M33) Consumer spending and forecasts ... . Ed Daniel Seixas
3) WP5 Modular network architecture. WPL Telenor, Terje Tjelta, acting
a. Task 5.2 Recommended network architecture (TL Telenor, Håkon Lønsethagen)
Milestone M5.2 (M32) Network modules and network architecture. Ed Håkon Lønsethagen
Deliverable D5.2 (M40) Recommended multilink architecture … Ed Håkon Lønsethagen
4) WP6 Demonstration. WPL Lividi, Frank Eliassen
a. Milestone M6.1 (M28) Definitions of demonstrations. Ed Sara Munoz
b. Deliverable D6.1 (M39) Pub. demo. of multilink network capabilities. Ed Frank Eliassen
5) WP7 Dissemination and exploitation. WPL BME, Janos Bito
a. Task 7.1 Workshops and conferences. TL BME, Janos Bito
Deliverable D7.5 (M36) Second International Workshop. Ed Janos Bito
b. Task 7.2 Website. TL Gravity, Tamas Urbancsek
c. Task 7.3 Standardisation. TL Telenor, Terje Tjelta
Deliverable D7.4 (M30) Standardisation activities. Merged with D7.6/D7.7. Ed Peter Kantor
d. Task 7.4 Exploitation plan. TL LiveU, Bezalel Finkelstien
Deliverable D7.6 (M36) Exploitation plans. Ed Bezalel Finkelstien
Deliverable D7.7 (M40) Published papers. Ed Peter Kantor
M5.2 D3.5
Celtic
Event
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03
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(D1.2)
D1.3
D5.2
D6.1 D7.7
(D7.4)
D7.5
D7.6
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Time table
Thursday
0900 - 1030
1100 - 1230
1245 -1515
1530 - 1700
Friday
0900-1045
1115-1300
Order of the day
1030 Coffee/Tea
1230 Lunch
1515 Coffee/Tea
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Topic
General, (D1.2), D1.3, D3.5
M5.2/D5.2
D7.5, D7.6. D7.7, (D7.4)
PCC/M5.2/D5.2
M5.2/D5.2
M6.1/D6.1/Wrap-up
MARCH Doc. 25
Annex 2 Participants
Partner
Telenor
Participant
Terje Tjelta
Håkon Lønsethagen
János Bitó
Péter Horváth
Not present
Not present
Not present
Tudor Palade
Tamas Urbancsek
Audun Fosselie Hansen
Hans Ole Rafaelsen
Peter Sheynkman
Noam Amram
Bezalel Finkelstien
Not present
BME
Bitnet
Telvent
TCLM
TUCN
Gravity
Simula
Lividi
WiNetworks/RuggedCom
LiveU
INDRA
From left: Peter Herrmann (Celtic, project officer), Tamas, Peter K, Terje, Tudor, Noam,
Håkon, Peter S, Hans Ole, Janos, and Bezalel (Audun had left the meeting)
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