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_____________________________________________________________________ SUMMARY Currently, obtaining reliable, contractually guaranteed WAN connectivity increases connectivity price by orders of magnitude. This project focuses on a concept called Redundant Array of Inexpensive Internet Connections (RAIIC) which aims to provide a more economical alternative that would have equivalent capabilities to existing reliability solutions. The concept is based on the idea that [...]

_____________________________________________________________________ SUMMARY The main objective of IRMOS was to enable real-time interaction and collaboration between people, using distributed multimedia applications running on top of a cloud infrastructure, where processing, storage and networking are delivered with guaranteed levels of service. This has been successfully achieved. The IRMOS approach and technical solutions constitute a new generation of [...]

_____________________________________________________________________ SUMMARY After the two years of activity, it can be stated that the FIRST project has reached all its objectives. FIRST has been able to attract significant interests from stakeholders in the targeted Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico) and the process of creation of Latin American Technology Platforms (LATPs) in [...]

_____________________________________________________________________ SUMMARY The EU project CARMEN addresses one of the fundamental challenges of the Future Internet, which is that of providing backhaul solutions for radio access networks. While previous solutions are very costly and have significant limitations, CARMEN has proposed a new paradigm based on mesh networks that enables lower cost solutions with greater flexibility, [...]

_____________________________________________________________________ SUMMARY SEANET project consists in developing ad hoc communication networks dedicated for high data rate ship-to-ship exchanges. One of the main targets being to provide high data rate Internet to the ships while being on the open sea, different means enabling to interconnect these ad hoc networks to the rest of the world, such [...]

Overall Scope AMBIENT SWEDEN – Sweden a leading Internet nation in 2015 Sweden, as well as all European countries, has much to gain from being a leading Internet nation. The Internet is becoming more and more integrated into our everyday lives – both at home and at work, not just in Sweden but everywhere in [...]

Overall Scope The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs asked RAND Europe to explore the critical issues arising from the emerging Internet economy. It resulted in “The Future of the Internet Economy; a Discussion Paper on Critical Issues”. The document provides a basis for a continuous exchange of ideas relevant for current and future policy making [...]

Overall Scope R&D program “Information and Communication Technologies 2020 (IKT 2020)”. General objective of IKT 2020 is to consolidate and expand technological leadership in the ICT sector. Furthermore, the competitive ability of Germany as a place for research, production and employment is to be secured and enhanced by ICT both for specific branches and across [...]

Overall Scope INITIATIVE: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NATIONAL TECHNOLOGICAL PLATFORM es.INTERNET Spanish Administration is highly interested in participating in the development of the Future Internet. An initiative promoted by the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade (MITYC), the Ministry of Science and Innovation (MCI), and the CDTI (Industrial Technological Development Centre) with the support of important [...]