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Luis Rodríguez-RosellóHead of Unit “Future Networks”
Information Society and Media DGEuropean Commission
Strategic Relevance of the Internet Science NoE to future Research, DAE and Horizon 2020:
the Future Networks perspective
Network of Excellence on Internet Science
21/12/2011
Converged and Optical Networks
Cellularand beyond
Ad-Hoc Mesh Relay
Broadcast
ApplicationServer
Operator A
Gateway
Operator B
Public Internet
Object and Sensor Networks
Optical Switching
Optical Transmission
PersonalSpace
ApplicationServer
High Speed Broadband Access
The Network of the Future Internet architecture designed for broadband fixed and mobile access
Future Internet Technologies
Radio Access and Spectrum Use
Main trends affecting research and innovation in the communications networks area
Societal drivers:
Urbanisation Smart cities
MobilityInformation availability
Social networksPrivacySecurity
Energy efficiencyDemographic trends
HealthcareEducation
…
Research & Technology drivers:
Capacity/EfficiencyService/Content centricity
Virtualisation & “Cloudification”Cognition
Context awarenessManageability
Self-organisationSelf-optimisation
Cross-layer optimisationFlexibility
Smart environments, Sensors M2M…
Democratisation of the NetworkDemocratisation of the Network
Towards a Seamless Information Space Towards a Seamless Information Space
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• Common sensor and actuator information infrastructure across cities
– provides secure and reliable access to sensor and actuator information services for multiple players, and so that information can be efficiently shared across ”verticals”, this provides application enablement
People
Things
Light
TemperatureHumidity
Wind
Information
Environm
ent
Internet
Service
3D InternetNoise
Gas
Utilities
N
S
EOW
Crowd, community, family
Facilities
f
Traffic
Seismograph
• Sensor information enablement– aggregation and collection of data– directory services– data brokering and service composition– information federation– privacy and integrity protection– access policy enforcement– accounting and revenue,....
Image: SENSEI project, FP7 215923
Trend: Smart environments enabled by networked
sensors (“real world” Internet, context awareness…)
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Trend: Green ICT/Low energy NetworksUltrafast, highest performance
Wireless and Radio Networks
Strong incentive for Energy efficient radio, as radio network represents about 90% of operators OPEX
Energy consumption of Mobile Networks is growing fast
Uneven load: 10% sites carry 50% traffic, room for optimisation;
Requires holistic approach: components, traffic optimization, protocols…Multi layer issue
ICT research: EARTH, target to decrease energy consumption in radio access by 50%
Optical networks
Strong potential for energy efficiency; Despite all technology improvements, router energy will become unsustainable beyond 2020 because of traffic increase FTTH could lead to a bottleneck at the core network Calls for optical architecture with lowest possible switching layer, traffic aggregation, all optical end-to-end architecture (requires radio over fiber interfaces)
Towards multiple, cognitive, elastic, adaptive, seamless, E2E Wireless and Optical Networks
The interplay with the NoE Internet Science The interplay with the NoE Internet Science
towards towards smartsmart innovation innovation
i) Interoperability/open standards as important as ever so as to avoid silos/ fragmentation; M2M, IoT… which impact on society/economy/key services and infrastructures?
ii) Research with strong innovation orientation: Future Internet architectures need to enable new usages, new business models, new governance and meet (new?) societal needs;
iii) Europe can build on its telecommunications and “applications/services” strengths, but also on its researchers and social assets and take a leading role in ICT-enabled smart growth… linking via policies into social-economic goals
iv) Need for critical mass; involvement of new players beyond ICT boundaries: networks’ theory; complexity theory, social construction of technology, games’ theory, social networks…;
v) User driven open innovation, large scale test-beds;•The NoE on Internet Science should help in putting the future networks research within the broader picture
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Thank you for your attention!
Luis Rodríguez-RosellóHead of Unit
“Future Networks” European Commission, DG INFSO, Brussels
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/future-networks