R&D Projects

R&D Projects in progress

Next Generation Technology Independent Interoperability of Emergency Services (FP7/SEC-284863“GERYON”)
Total budget: € 3.59M
Duration: 1/12/2011 – 31/5/2014

Description: GERYON will provide an unified answer to the problems that system integrators must face when interconnecting different emergency networks by bringing together and deploying in a specialised manner the common technical and operational logic regarding Identity Management, Security, Signalling, Transcoding and enhanced emergency services deployment. Instead of duplicating the same functionality in different gateways for each pair of technologies to be connected, GERYON will extract and unify the related management modules in a technology independent way and will provide mechanisms and interfaces for an easy deployment of new technology dependent interconnection gateways.

Media Ecosystem Deployment through Ubiquitous Content-Aware Network Environments (FP7/ICT-248652 “ALICANTE”)
Total budget: € 11.1M
Duration: 1/3/2010 – 1/3/2013

Description: The ALICANTE project proposes a novel concept towards the deployment of a new networked ‘Media Ecosystem’. The proposed solution is based on a flexible cooperation between providers, operators and end-users, finally enabling every user – first – to access the offered multimedia services in various contexts, and – second – to share and deliver his own audiovisual content dynamically, seamlessly, and transparently to other users. Towards this goal, ALICANTE ’s advanced concept provides Content-awareness to the Network Environment, Network- and User Context-awareness to the Service Environment, and adapted services/content to the End- User for his best service experience possible, taking the role of a consumer and/or producer. The ALICANTE architecture introduces two novel virtual layers on top of the traditional Network layer, i.e. a Content-Aware Network layer (CAN) for network packet processing and a Home-Box layer for the actual content delivery. The validation of the project architecture and results will be done in a large-scale trans-national pilot, in preparation for bringing it to the market.

Standards Based Approach to Video Archive Search and Analysis  (FP7/SEC “SAVASA”)
Total budget: € 4.1M
Duration: 1/12/2011 – 31/5/2014

Description: The SAVASA project proposes the creation of a video archive search platform that allows authorised users to perform semantic queries over different, remote and non-interoperable video archives this project will exploit the current trends in computer vision, video retrieval and semantic video analysis. It is also a goal of the project to ensure that its results are capable of deployment in distributed systems and as software services. However, technology for technologies sake is of little value. Therefore the involvement of ethicist, legal experts and, most importantly, those users who must operate Video Archive installations and services to meet the needs of law enforcement agencies and judicial authorities, as well as those of civil protection and day-to-day organisational needs, is required. The SAVASA consortium covers each of these roles. At its core, SAVASA will use existing reference technologies from the ICT field that have overcome the barrier of system interoperability/compatibility, i.e. between container and compression formats. The project will implement a prototype platform capable of demonstrating unified archive integration and an approach to common search and indexing. The project will also provide a set of tailored video analytics and semantic analysis tools that will provide added value to end-users, but which can also function within a legal and ethical framework. The project will provide an analysis of existing technical barriers/requirements in the standardisation of technologies and procedures, via the validation testing of a prototype platform with end users. Finally, SAVASA will implement a project structure that will ensure that RTD, Legal, Ethical and End User needs are properly balanced and addressed.

Protection of European Borders and Seas through the intelligence use of surveillance (FP7/SEC “PERSEUS”)
Total budget: € 42.2M
Duration: 1/1/2011 – 1/1/2015

Description: PERSEUS project proposes a large scale demonstration of a European Maritime surveillance system of systems, integrating the existing operational maritime surveillance systems (the French SPATIONAV, the Spanish SIVE, the Italian NCC and the Greek assets) and enhancing them with innovative capabilities to directly address key challenges: Transnational exchange of useful and available information, and associated procedures and mechanisms; Detection of non collaborative/suspicious small embarkations and low flying aircrafts; Enhancement of detection of abnormal vessel behaviors; identification of threats and tracking of reporting and non-reporting vessels; Generation of a common situational picture with appended information; Integration in the network created by NCCs, FRONTEX and EMSA with the relevant pull/push mechanisms, increased automation and elaboration of syntheses.

Successfully completed R&D Projects

Adaptive Management of Media Distribution based on Satisfaction OrIented User Modelling (FP7/ICT-214751 “ADAMANTIUM”)
Total Budget: € 4.3M
Duration: 1/3/2008-31/8/2010
Aim: Design and development of an integrated management system for multimedia content in 3G networks based on IMS.

End-to-end QoS through Integrated Management of Content, Networks and Terminals – Phase II (FP6/IST-507637 “ENTHRONE II”)
Total Budget: € 14.3M
Duration: 1/09/2006-30/11/2008
Aim: Integrated cross-layer management of heterogeneous network and service environments for end-to-end QoS

Integrated Multi-Layer Optimisation in Broadband DVB-S2 Satellite Networks (FP6/IST-025457 “IMOSAN”)
Total Budget: € 5.1
Duration: 1/1/2006-30/6/2008
Aim: Bandwidth usage optimisation via dynamic cross-layer management in DVB-S2/RCS networks for triple play services utilising ACM (Adaptive Coding and Modulation)

End-to-end QoS through Integrated Management of Content, Networks and Terminals (FP5/IST “ENTHRONE”)
Total Budget: € 15.3M
Duration: 1/11/2003-31/3/2006
Aim: Integrated cross-layer management of heterogeneous network and service environments for end-to-end QoS

Digital Switchover: Developing Infrastructures for Broadband Access (FP6/IST-507312 “ATHENA”)
Total Budget: € 3.8M
Duration: 1/1/2004-30/6/2006
Aim: Use of the DVB-T technology for providing backhaul broadband connectivity to remote nodes.

Real-time Dynamic Bandwidth Optimisation in Satellite Networks (FP5/IST-2001-34692 “REPOSIT”)
Total Budget: € 4.5M
Duration: 1/3/2002 – 30/9/2004
Aim: Dynamic bandwidth optimisation in integrated services satellite networks based on regenerative / on-board-multiplexing technologies

System for management of quality of service in 3G networks (FP5/IST-2000-28251 “SOQUET”)
Total Budget: € 3.7M
Duration: 1/7/2001-31/12/2002
Aim: Design and development of an integrated system for optimal resource allocation in 3G and DVB-T networks, taking into account the Perceived QoS.

Multi-Services Management Wireless Network with Bandwidth Optimisation (FP5/IST-2000-26298 “MAMBO”).
Total budget: € 4.9M
Duration: 1/1/2001 – 31-12/2002
Aim: Design and development of a multi-services access network based on DVB-T employing dynamic bandwidth allocation and perceived QoS management.

Cellular Radio Access for Broadband Services (AC.215 ΑCTS 96 “CRABS”)
Total Budget: € 11.3M
Duration: 1/1/1997 – 1/7/1999
Aim: Deployment of an integrated services network for fixed wireless access at 42GHz