Grow Project: 4WARD

Project Status

Finished

Tag Line

Architecture and Design for the Future Internet

Objective

Improve the ability to design interoperable and complementary families of network architectures, that enable the co-existence of multiple networks on common platforms through carrier-grade virtualization for networking resources. Also enhance the utility of networks by making them self-managing, iincreasing their robustness and efficiency by leveraging diversity and improving application support by a new information-centric paradigm in place of the old host-centric approach.

Period

Jan. 2008 - June 2010

Founding

ICT Programme (European Commission)

Grow Contribution

WP1 "Business Innovation, Regulation and Dissemination": WP co-leadership, responsible for the dissemination of the project; yse cases and business models for the future internet.

WP3 "Network Virtualisation": Radio resource management in multiple virtual networks.

WP5 "Forwarding and Multiplexing for Generic Paths": Use of the Generic path architecture in a research on channel management for wireless mesh networks. WP4/WP5 "In Network Management for Generic Path": leadership of the cross-WP task.

Partners

Ericsson AB (SE), Ericsson GmbH (DE), Oy LM Ericsson (FI), Nokia Siemens Networks (FI), Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH & Co. (DE), Nokia Siemens Networks SpA (IT), Siemens AG Österreich (AU), Siemens Program and System Engineering (RO), Alcatel-Lucent Deutschland AG (DE), Alcatel Lucent France (FR), NEC Europe Ltd (UK), Deutsche Telekom AG (DE), France Telecom (FR), Telecom Italia S.p.A. (IT), Telekomunikacja Polska S.A. (PL), Portugal Telecom Inovação, SA (PT), Telefónica, Investigación y Desarrollo (ES), Fundacion Robotiker (ES), Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. (DE), Groupe des Ecoles des Télécommunications (FR), Instituto Superior Técnico – Technical University of Lisbon (PT), Kunglia Tekniska Högskolan (SE), Lancaster University (UK), University Pierre et Marie Curie (FR), Swedish Institute of Computer Science AB (SE), Universitatea Tehnica din Cluj-Napoca (RO), Technion - Israel Institute of Technology Technion (IS), Technische Universität Berlin (DE), University of Surrey (UK), Universität (CH), Universität Bremen (DE), Universität Karlsruhe (DE), Universitaet Paderborn (DE), Waterford Institute of Technology (IL), Valtion Teknillinen Tutkimuskeskus (FI), Ericsson Canada Inc. (CA), Rutgers University (USA).

URL

https://www.4ward-project.eu/

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