European Distributed NGN Laboratories
Paul VAN BINST
University of Brussels (ULB)
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Introduction
• 3 year support project
– Started on 1 Oct. 2004
• Partners:
– ULB (BE) (VUB)
– Telscom (CH)
– NEC (UK)
– INNO (FR) (MBDS, Database Forum)
– BUTE (HU)
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Eurolabs Mission
• Integrate new networking technologies,
applications and services into five
interconnected test beds in Belgium,
France, Germany, Hungary and Switzerland.
• Whilst each centre will specialize in certain
technologies, the features will be transferable
to all sites.
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Eurolabs Objectives
• Set up and maintain five well-equipped,
interconnected testbeds, offering state-of-the-art
networking technologies as well as advanced
applications and services.
• Implement and test innovative products, and
conduct interoperability testing.
• Undertake the organization of dissemination
events.
• Participate actively in the EU and international
concertation processes.
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Objectives in practice
• Provision of distributed test bed
– Integration of network technologies,
applications and services
– Topics addressed are: access networks, IPv6,
QoS, security, mobility, interworking &
interoperability
• Support IST and National research projects for
testing their systems
– Applications and test equipment provision
– Link to GEANT to test across the five test beds
• Organize dissemination activities and events
• Liaison with other IST projects to promote NGN:
participation in clusters and concertation process
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Workpackages and Key Issues
• WP0 – Project Management
• WP1 – Infrastructure and Tools
• Provision of testbed with HW and SW functionality
to test networking and application features
• WP2 – Trials and experiments
• Facilitate interworking and interoperability tests
• Plugtests
• WP3 – Dissemination and exploitation
• Organisation of events, marketing of testbed within
IST and participate in the concertation process
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Open Collaborative Structure
Activities involved are:
Applications
WP2
Middleware Tools ( eg. SIP) and also for
mobility, security, QoS, …
WP1
Physical Infrastructure
Available Applications and Tools
Enhancements by Eurolabs
Physical Infrastructure
Eurodemo Lab in Brussels
Multicom Lab in Bern
NEC Mobility Lab, Heidelberg
Univ. Budapest CIT Lab, Budapest
Casa Nova in Sophia Antipolis
EUROLABS is a support project and expects to collaborate with all projects for
tests and interoperability. Collaboration with ‘Broadband For All’ and ‘Research
Infrastructure’ projects is the prime target
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Some links with projects
and activities so far
• ETSI Plugtests: DHCPv6 tests (NEC)
• Renault IPv6 car @ CasaNova Showroom (INNO-MBDS-DBF)
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www.mbds-fr.org/xml/video/note007.html
6NET: “IPv6 Network Management Tutorial #2 ” held in CIT Lab
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TF-NGN, 13-14/01/05 @ULB/VUB
MOME: ETSI Plugtests July 2005
BEgrid: managed by BELNET; implementation of EGEE
middleware, integration in EGEE grid
EGEE: discussions aout ETSI Plugtests
ePerSpace: demo to be hosted by CasaNova
CENELEC Smarthouse: collaboration in project management
EVERGROW: installation of ETOMIC boxes in Bern and Brussels
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Two activities in spring 2005 in Belgium
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Presence at the Telecom City fair (main Belgian yearly ICT
event, Heyzel exhibition grounds) with live demos, in
collaboration with 6NET, BEgrid and EGEE:
– BEgrid : see a real Grid in operation
– Home networking devices: control your house from
anywhere (VTT software)
– Multimedia streaming to an iPAQ (VideoLAN & MS)
International Conference on Next Generation Networks,
June 2, ULB, Brussels; 11 speakers from 6NET, CoreGRID,
DNS.BE, EGEE, EUgridPMA, ETSI, EuQoS, EUROLABS, NEC,
SEINIT (see www.ngn2005.be)
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Contact Points
• www.ist-eurolabs.org
• Prof. Paul Van Binst
paul.vanbinst@helios.iihe.ac.be
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