FEDERICA
Definition:
The FEDERICA project will create a European wide “technology agnostic” infrastructure based upon Gigabit Ethernet circuits, transmission equipment and computing nodes capable of virtualization, to host experimental activities on new Internet architectures and protocols.
The FEDERICA network is based on the European Research & Education multi-gigabit networks footprint. Circuits are terminated in Points of Presence (PoPs) of NRENs and GÉANT2, which host FEDERICA nodes capable of virtualising hosts, e.g. open source routers and end nodes. Virtual slices of FEDERICA’s infrastructure may be allocated to network researchers for testing even with disruptive experiments within a large production substrate. The researchers will have full control of the allocated virtual nodes and network slice and access network monitoring information.
Internal project research is focused on understanding and producing initial solutions for monitoring, management and control of parallel virtual networks in a multi-domain environment.
Duration:
30 months: from 01/01/2008 to 30/06/2010
Objectives:
The FEDERICA project supports research experiments on new Internet architectures and protocols by:
-Creating a versatile, scalable, European wide “technology agnostic” infrastructure, with the possibility to interconnect with Internet and other infrastructures. FEDERICA will create “slices” of its infrastructure to be used simultaneously by more than one research group. Each slice may be configured according to researchers’ needs as a combination of Ethernet network circuits and nodes
-Facilitating technical discussions amongst specialists, in particular arising from experimental results and disseminating knowledge and NREN experience of meeting users’ requirements
-Providing preliminary information and results for the next generation of the NREN networks, and linking with GÉANT2 and as a precursor experimental phase for GÉANT3.
-Contributing with real test cases and results to standardization bodies, e.g. IETF, ITU-T, OIF, IPsphere
-Understanding and producing initial solutions on the management and control of distributed, parallel, virtual networks which may communicate between them and with the general Internet
-Developing experience and proposing a model for managing and using virtual infrastructures as a combination of networks and systems. Currently, this type of management is in its infancy: pro-active tools are needed for monitoring and services.
-Enabling the graceful implementation of new inter-domain service layer.
Funding:
7th Framework Programme, Research Infrastructures, INFRA-2007-1.2.2 – Deployment of e-Infrastructures for Scientific Communities
Partners:
Consortium GARR (gestione ampliamento rete ricerca), Italy
CESNET, Zajmove Sdruzeni Pravinickych Osob, Czech Republic
Verein zur Förderung eines Deutschen Forschungsnetzes DFN Verein e.V., Germany
Fundaçăo para a Computaçăo Científica Nacional – FCCN, Portugal
Greek Research and Technology Network SA, Greece
Nemzeti Információs Infrastruktúra Fejlesztési Intézet- NIIF, Hungary
Instytut Chemii Bioorganicznej PAN W Poznaniu – PSNC, Poland
Entitad Publica Empreserial RED.ES, Spain
SWITCH - Teleinformatikdienste für Lehre und Forschung, Switzerland
Trans-European research and education networking association – TERENA, The Netherlands
Fudacio privada i2CAT, Internet i Innovacio digital a Catalunya, Spain
Kungliga Tekniska HögskolanKTH, Sweden
Institute of Communication and Computer Systems- ICCS, Greece
Universitat Politčcnica de Catalunya, Spain
Juniper Networks Ireland, Ireland
Martel GmbH, Switzerland
HEAnet Ltd., Ireland
Delivery of Advanced Networking Technologies to Europe –DANTE, UK
Politecnico di Torino-PoliTo, Italy
NORDUnet A/S, Denmark
Project Manager:
Afrodite Sevasti
