main goal:
Mechanisms that allow infrastructure providers to partition their resources (optical network and/or IT), compose specific logical infrastructures and offer them as a service to network operators.
nextworks role:
Leader of control plane developments: Cloud-to-Network interface, Augmented GMPLS signalling and routing (GMPLS+/PCE+) for co-allocation of network and IT resources.
other key partners:
Interoute S.P.A (IT), ADVA AG Optical Networking (DE), Telefónica I+D (ES), Fundacio i2CAT (ES), University of Essex (UK), iMinds (BE)
duration:
36 months, Start: 1/Jan/2010
project link: http://www.geysers.eu/
