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Funding Opportunities for Test-beds and
Research Infrastructures in FP6
Bernhard FABIANEK
[email protected]
European Commission, Information Society Directorate-General
TERENA General Assembly 18
Prague, October 24-25, 2002
"The views expressed in this presentation are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Commission"
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Outline
 Research Infrastructures
 GEANT (GN2)
 Test-beds
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Research Infrastructures (RI)
 In the Specific Programme on
"Structuring the European Research Area"
 2.3. Communication Network Development
“The objective of this scheme in support of existing
research infrastructures is to create a denser network
between related initiatives, in particular by
establishing a high-capacity and high-speed
communications network for all researchers in
Europe (GÉANT) and specific high performance
Grids and test-beds (GRIDs).”
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WP: Research Infrastructures
 2.3. Communication Network Development
focus on:
Grids
Deployment of advanced Grids-empowered
infrastructures. These infrastructures should exhibit
production-level performance capabilities and
constitute themselves distributed facilities at
gigabit/terabit scales
GEANT (GN2)
Test-beds (with IST priority)
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WP (RI): Infrastructures
 1st Call (DL March/April 2003)
Integrated Infrastructure Initiatives (I3s)
 Projects to start late 2003
 50 MEuro Funding available in this Call
(200 MEuro in Total)
 Follow the good experience in DataGrid
 2003 Call for GEANT (GN2) (100 MEuro)
 2005 last Call
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Integrated Infrastructure Initiative (I3)
 In the Communication Network Development
scheme, Integrated Infrastructure Initiatives
(I3s) must include:
 Networking activities (up to 100% funded)
Helps to catalyse the mutual co-ordination and the pooling
of resources among the consortium of participants.
 Specific Service Activities (up to 50% funded)
 Joint research activities (up to 50% funded)
The joint research activities aim to improve or enhance the
service provided by the infrastructure. Research projects
should be innovative and explore new fundamental
technologies or techniques underpinning the use of
infrastructures by several research communities
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GEANT (GN2) - Participation in FP6
 FP6 Framework Programme Decision
(27 June 2002) states under Whereas (15):
“… FP6 is open to the participation of … entities
from third countries and of international
organizations for scientific co-operation. Specific
activities will be undertaken in support of
participation of scientists and institutions from
developing countries, Mediterranean countries
including the Western Balkans as well as Russia and
the Newly Independent States (NIS).”
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Research Networking
 Pan-European coverage
(31 Countries/NRENs)
 Gigabit connectivity at 10 Gb/s
US
Canada
 Linking more than
3100 Universities
 Total 200 MEuro over 4 years (80
MEuro from EU)
 Extend to Mediterranean, Asia
Brazil
Pacific Rim, Latin America...
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NeDAP
SILK
10 Gbit/s
2,5Gbit/s
<2,5Gbit/s
China
Japan
Korea
GEANT (GN2) - WP RI
 Maintain and further upgrade the services
and functionality of GÉANT
(address: 100 Gb/s, photonics, lambda management, etc.)
 Provision of end-to-end connectivity and
services (user-to-user)
(by ensuring a high level of cohesion and co-ordination of
priorities amongst the interconnected NRENs)
 Enhance the “inclusiveness” of the research
network infrastructure
(schools, educational networks, libraries, e-learning, etc.)
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GEANT (GN2) - WP RI
 Support and integrate research projects
on-top of GÉANT
(establishment of advanced test-beds to experiment,
validate, integrate and demonstrate new technologies and
services (like Grids, GMPLS, photonics, etc.) )
 Make timely use of the results of
advanced test-beds
(in close co-operation with industrial players and network
operators)
 Exploit the opportunities of a liberalised
telecommunication environment
(“own” fibre, “own” network, etc.)
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GEANT (GN2) - WP RI
 Strengthen Europe’s position as a global
player in the field of networking by
maintaining and extending the current
international connectivity to NRENs in
regions outside Europe
(e.g. Mediterranean, Far-East and Pacific-Rim, Africa,
South-America). To that end the active participation in
global research networking activities is essential.
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Test-beds
 Extensive Test-beds in FP5 on
IPv6 and Grids
 IST WP2003:
3.4 Research networking test-beds
“To integrate and validate, in the context of userdriven large scale test-beds, the state-of-the-art
technology that is essential for preparing the future
upgrades in the infrastructure deployed across
Europe.”
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IST WP2003: Test-beds
3.4 Research Networking Test-beds
focus on:
 Integrating, testing, validating and demonstrating new
networking technologies - including disruptive
technologies - and services (IP over photonics, GMPLS,
new routing and protocol schemes, etc. ) in real-world
settings and production environments.
 Roadmaps and strategic guidance for infrastructure
development
 Fostering interoperability across different scientific and
industrial disciplines to achieve broader-scale up-take of
new state-of-the-art infrastructure technology and
promoting the creation of standards
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IST WP2003: 3.4 Test-beds
 Addressed in 2nd Call (October 2003)
IPs (NoE and STRPs if needed/justified)
 Projects to start mid 2004
 20-30 MEuro Funding available in this Call
(50 MEuro in total for Test-beds in IST)
 Follow the good experience in 6NET:
 Large multidisciplinary consortium with many actors
from different sectors involved
 Prepare the introduction of IPv6 into the NRENs and
GEANT in Europe
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Conclusions
 With the support of the IST Programme and in the
context of the eEurope action plan, a new
generation backbone for research has been
launched - GEANT
 In parallel, EU is investing in FP6 in networking
test-beds such as GRIDS, IPv6, Photonics to
support highly demanding user community
 GEANT is the spearhead of telecommunication
developments
GEANT (GN2) is going into new areas!
It needs your help to achieve that!
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