Future Internet Engineering
The project covers the development and testing of infrastructure and services for the future generation Internet, i.e. IPv6 Internet and Future Internet. It is expected that new generations of Internet (one of the research priorities in the scope of European Union Framework Programmes) will contribute substantially to civilizational development in Europe by using their capabilities in all or almost all areas of human activity.
The aim of this project, in the scope of IPv6 Internet, is to develop a methodology for the evolutionary replacement of current version of IP (IPv4) in the national network by the IPv6 protocol and to propose new network solutions and services resulting from IPv6. The aim of this project, in the scope of Future Internet, is to develop and to test a proposal of a new architecture based on the resources virtualization along with new mechanisms and algorithms concerning the crucial aspects of network operations. The goal of the project is to create a national test network environment for the IPv6 Internet and Future Internet, enabling research and development activities based on the experimental verification.
Status: current
Project topic is “Future Internet Engineering”. In particular, the project concerns the realization of New Generation Internet, that is the Internet based on the IPv6 protocol and Future Internet, new services and the construction of national experimental network.
- CS1 Internet IPv6:
- Z1.1 IPv6 resources virtualisation
The aim of task Z1.1 IPv6 resources virtualisation - is to prepare the analysis, to launch the testing environment and to provide the results in the form of the solution - virtual IPv6 resources understood as virtual network resources acting on the basis of static network-computational infrastructure. Virtualisation technology has been developed for years. It has been applied in many commercial and free software-licensed solutions. Its actions are limited, however, to the selected functionalities. The innovativeness of the proposed solution is based on the virtualisation of network environment and computational resources in one integrated solution, extended by IPv6 protocol cooperation.
- Z1.2 IPv6/IPv4 cooperation principles and test specification
The aim of task Z1.2 IPv6/IPv4 cooperation principles and test specification - is to create "good practises" for IPv6 implementation and to prepare the tests that enable the correctness verification for IPv6 and IPv4 cooperation. The prepared rules will assume gradual implementation. They will encompass such areas as: (1) communication between Ipv6 and IPv4 routers, including address and packet format translation, (2) IPv6 and IPv4 network functionality in the scope of network issues such as routing, network services, resources management, (3) network management.
- Z1.3 IPv6 applications and services
The aim of Task Z1.3 IPv6 applications and services - is to create a reliable, stable and universal implementation of IPv6 network services, including DHCPv6, DNS and mobility management mechanism as well as applications, including VoIP and IPTV. The essential part is the preparation of mechanisms for vicinity discovery and automatic configuration of base maintenance network services enabling its smooth functioning in variable load conditions and changes of hardware system structure itself.
- CS2 Architecture, mechanisms and algorithms for Future Internet
- Z2.1 Functionality and architecture
The aim of Task Z2.1 Functionality and architecture - is to prepare the architecture for Future Internet. This architecture consists of three main layers: (1) physical resources layer, (2) virtual resources layer and (3) virtual network layer based on virtual resources layer. Such architecture is innovative in comparison to contemporary network architectures which do not have the virtual resources layer. The second essential element is the assumption that virtual networks can operate on the basis of different protocol stacks. As the consequence, we are able to deal with different protocols in virtual resources layer as well as in physical resources layer.
- Z2.2 Mechanisms and algorithms for visualisation-enabling infrastructure
The aim of Task Z2.2 Mechanisms and algorithms for visualisation-enabling infrastructure - is the analysis of selected, essential architectures and network mechanisms that are crucial for the functioning of Future Internet and suggesting the solutions that would enable virtualisation in higher layers of network architecture on the physical infrastructure layer enabling services provision in accordance to Future Internet assumptions.
- Z2.3 Mechanisms and algorithms for virtual networks
The aim of Task 2.3 is to prepare the mechanisms and algorithms for virtual networks realisation. These mechanisms and algorithms concern data transmission, routing, resources management, mobility support and network management.
- Z2.4 Transmission systems
The aim of Task 2.4 is to prepare the solutions for two access-to-Internet system segments: in the scope of wireless systems (transmission rate of 1Gbit/s order) and wire systems.
- Z2.5 Future Internet Security
- Z2.6 Architecture implementation
The aim of Task 2.6 is to implement the solutions proposed in Tasks Z2.1-Z2.5.
- CS3 Internet of the Future Applications
- Z3.1 Home and vehicle networks
In the scope of Task Z3.1 (Home and vehicle networks) dedicated solutions allowing for the utilisation of broadband networks and advanced networks services will be proposed. Their functionality will include the intelligent management of commonly used devices, telemetry and navigation, as well as new generation interfaces allowing the migration of human environment from the passive devices to the intelligent, active environment of services, allowing for the continuous and common access to services and resources. These applications and of crucial importance for the quality of live improvement and fundamental for the utilisation of the future network architectures potential.
- Z3.2 E-health networks
Task Z3.2 (E-health networks) covers research topics concerning the formulation of groups of services dedicated for the telemedical systems allowing for the remote monitoring of patients' medical conditions in the range of selected parameters and physiological signals. Such solutions allow for the improvement of healthcare system quality by the appropriate management of the information about the patient's health and his medical history. The architectures of digital libraries for storing and high-level and contextual processing of information about patient's medical history will be proposed. They will be used to facilitate the remote aggregation of the data with the utilisation of network infrastructure in the patient's residential environment.
- Z3.3 3D Internet, digital cinema, UHD
The aim of Task Z3.3 (3D Internet, digital cinema, UHD) is the preparation of advanced techniques allowing to provide functionality related to remote navigation, storing and streaming of multimedia data with the preservation of high-quality and high-availability of services. This concerns also such innovative solutions as remote navigation, remote presentation, the creation of virtual worlds in the educational systems, remote working, as well as other possible scenarios related to entertainment, cultural and informational applications.
- Z3.4 Educational and social networks
Task Z3.4 (Educational and social networks) is devoted to the preparation, on the basis of the Future Internet, communication mechanisms dedicated to the remote education handling and its application to the enabling of personalized educational services. Methods of roles and activity profiles identification of the Internet users will be proposed allowing for the resource management and requirements prediction in the complex, distributed service oriented architectures. They will be complemented with the techniques of resources and services access personalisation, proposed in this Task.
- CS4 Experimental network
- Z4.1 Laboratory network planning, installation and integration
The main aim of Task Z4.1 is to implement the laboratory network as the base service for data transmission. The realisation of this task requires the preparation of detailed analysis for laboratory network implementation with defined requirements for laboratory equipment and its users. In the next stage network devices that are the component of access infrastructure will be installed and configured and new network laboratories designated for research process will be created. In the last stage the transmission network will be integrated with laboratories in the way that will enable their cooperation. In the scope of Task Z4.1 the experience from many projects that aimed at the preparation of network infrastructure connecting different kinds of installations will be used. As the examples the projects co-financed by European Commission can be quoted: GEANT, GEATN2, PHOSPHORUS, FEDERICA, EXPReS as well as local projects such as Clusteris or VLAB.
- Z4.2 Remote access system to laboratory network
The aim of Task Z4.2 "Remote access system to laboratory network" is to prepare and implement the procedures, requirements and security policies concerning the access to laboratory network. The research will result in the prototype system that will enable the access to virtual laboratory for end users, including Partners, as well as the connection of experimental network to the infrastructure of similar scientific projects, e.g. FEDERICA, PLANETLAB.
- Z4.3 Integration and testing of created solutions
The aim of the Task Z4.3 "Integration and testing of created solutions" is to integrate the created solutions into the project experimental network infrastructure. This activity will be conducted from the perspective of the particular system, for IPv6 network (Goal 1) or for Future Internet (Goal 2) and for selected applications (Goal 3). Additionally, in the scope of this task, the tests of the above mentioned solutions will be conducted to verify the implementation validity in relation to assumed requirements. To complete this task a test plan that will be the basis for conducted tests will be prepared.
- CS5 Popularisation of results
- Z5.1 Digital promotion of results: Project website and group communication
Result popularisation plays the main role in project mission fulfilment. Therefore the consortium will design an effective and easy to develop mechanism for electronic promotion of the results and information exchange with the institutions and people that remain outside the consortium. The website connected with the data base will be created in the beginning, and its functionality and ergonomics will be improved on demand. It will also strengthen the integration inside consortium by servicing mutual data exchange (intranet).
- Z5.2 Book and paper publication
The consortium plans to publish books (printed and online) for wide distribution, presenting in an integrated way the results of team-working in the Project. The editorial board consisting of consortium members will be created that will approve the publication of each book, and the publisher will be chosen. The books should follow the academic textbook formula presenting the results projected into a wider background, popularising the knowledge about the main development directions for Internet. The first planned book will be devoted to version 6 of IP internet protocol in the light of research conducted in Task CS1 (IPv6 Internet). The books should contain wide bibliography with well-planed structure, allowing for simple transmission of knowledge obtained by the Project members.
- Z5.3 Conferences and seminars organisation
During the Project two conferences of at least nationwide range concerning the Consortium works and six, open for guests, working seminars will be organized. Conferences and seminars program committees will be appointed. Conference proceedings will be published and seminar materials will be enabled in an electronic form.
“Telecommunication and ICT systems to save life and health” were the main topic of the 27th KSTiT Symposium held in Lodz. Have a look at photorelation of this event.
27th National Symposium on Telecommunications and ICT – "KSTiT 2011" which will be held on 14th-16th September in Łódź will be dedicated to telecommunication and ICT. The event will be attended by representatives of PSNC.
This year's edition of the international TERENA conference will take place in Prague (16-19.05.2011). During a four-day event, participants will present their latest research projects. Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center and PIONIER Consortium will also present their achievements.
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