5G EVE

Main goal Build an end-to-end 5G facility consisting of the interconnection of four 5G-site-facilities (France, Spain, Italy, Greece), to enable experiments with: (a) heterogeneous access, including NR, licensed/unlicensed spectrum, advanced spectrum management (b) Mobile Edge Computing, backhaul, core/service technologies (c) means for site-interworking and multi-site/domain/technology slicing/orchestration. 5G-EVE will be initially compliant with 3GPP Rel. 15 […]
ARCFIRE

Main goal Provide experimental evidence of RINA’s benefits at large scale to motivate RINA adoption by network operators, equipment vendors, application developers and end-users. Nextworks role Lead the RINA software adaptation, integration and verification to develop automated deployment, logging and analysis features of the measurement framework. Other key partners Fundacio i2CAT (ES), Telefonica (ES), Ericsson […]
BONFIRE

Federation of cloud computing with controlled network facilities Main goal Integration of the cloud-to-network interface with the BonFIRE facility in operation. Nextworks role Develop Cloud-to-Network interface and integrate GÉANT AutoBAHN. Other key partners ATOS (ES), PSNC (PL), EPCC (UK), HP(UK), INRIA (FR), Fundacio i2CAT (ES).
CONTENT

Convergence of wireless & IT resources in support of cloud services Main goal Hybrid wireless (WiFi + LTE) and sub-wavelength WDM access-metro (TSON) with network virtualization for IaaS. Nextworks role Leader of SDN control plane developments: SDN (OpenDaylight) for TSON + PCE for TSON + OpenStack orchestration (Heat) for wireless+metro. Other key partners University of […]
CHANGE

Enabling Innovation in the Internet Architecture through Flexible Flow-Processing Extensions Main goal Platform primitives and inter-platform signalling to coordinate OpenFlow controllers and Network Functions. Nextworks role Design and develop an inter-platform signalling protocol (Service Function Chaining) for flow processing nodes (CHANGE platforms). Other key partners NEC Europe Ltd. (UK), University College London (UK), Université […]
COMPOSITION

Ecosystem for Collaborative Manufacturing Processes – Intra- and Interfactory Integration and Automation Main goal Create a digital automation framework (COMPOSITION IIMS) that optimizes the manufacturing processes by exploiting existing data, knowledge and tools to increase productivity and dynamically adapt to changing market requirements. Consequently, open a new space for third party entities to actively interact […]
VITAL-5G

VITAL-5G: Vertical Innovations in Transport And Logistics over 5G experimentation facilities Main goal Realize a production-ready NetApps orchestration platform with open repository to boost the design and deployment of Transport & Logistics (T&L) virtualised services in 5G networks. VITAL-5G aims at fostering the adoption of 5G in T&L production through: i) 5G orchestration tools to […]
SLICENET

End-to-End Cognitive Network Slicing and Slice Management Framework in Virtualised Multi-Domain, Multi-Tenant 5G Networks Main goal Develop an end-to-end cognitive network slicing and slice management framework capable to act as ‘one-stop shop’ 5G slice management for vertical businesses (5G e Health and 5G Energy), with extensible end-to-end slice FCAPS across multiple planes and operator domains. Nextworks […]
5G-COMPLETE

A Unified Network, Computational and Storage Resource Management Framework Targeting End-to-end Performance Optimization for Secure 5G Multi-Technology and Multi-Tenancy Environments Main goal Efficiently combine compute and storage resource functionality over a unified ultra-high capacity converged digital/analog Fiber-Wireless (FiWi) Radio Access Network (RAN) for 5G. Nextworks role Design and develop an SDN controller for the mixed […]