Project description Future Internet Experimental Facility and Experimentally-driven Research Show the project objective Hide the project objective CONECT proposes a holistic network design approach that drastically enhances performance in wireless networks by unlocking the hidden potential of the broadcast wireless medium. Information and communication theory, and protocol design engineering are used as the foundations for developing provably optimal cooperative information forwarding strategies, from multi-signal fusion to packet relay and node reciprocation. As a result, close to optimal end-to-end throughput is achieved while energy consumption is significantly reduced and other performance metrics like delay can be controlled.Wireless information transport is currently realized under the highly suboptimal assumptions of point-to-point communication and strict signal separation. Recent network information theory advances suggest approaches for constructive exploitation of the multiplicity of signals arriving at a wireless node, traditionally considered as harmful interference. Building on this foundation, CONECT will develop an architecture that exploits these principles all the way from the physical communication substrate to cooperative packet level access and forwarding, to application level information exchange. Many-to-many information exchange modes like multicasting and any-casting will particularly benefit from this approach as the broadcast effect inherently amplifies the multicast transport capability. That constitutes a significant advance from more traditional approaches where interference is treated as a foe.A concrete experimentation plan will validate the design choices and at the same time provide real-world feedback for fine-tuning of the architecture. It will be based on the OPENAIRINTERFACE test-bed for flexible radio network design and the NITOS test-bed for cooperative wireless access and transport. A video multicast application will provide the basic evaluation scenario. NITOS, being an ONELAB test-bed, will provide the link to federation with the Planetlab-Europe infrastructure. Fields of science engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationsradio technology Programme(s) FP7-ICT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies Topic(s) ICT-2009.1.6 - Future Internet experimental facility and experimentally-driven research Call for proposal FP7-ICT-2009-5 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinator ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS EU contribution € 542 713,00 Address CHARILAOU THERMI ROAD 6 KM 57001 Thermi Thessaloniki Greece See on map Region Βόρεια Ελλάδα Κεντρική Μακεδονία Θεσσαλονίκη Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Perperi Evangelia (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE Switzerland EU contribution € 390 656,00 Address BATIMENT CE 3316 STATION 1 1015 Lausanne See on map Region Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera Région lémanique Vaud Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Christina Fragouli (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data THALES SIX GTS FRANCE SAS France EU contribution € 301 715,00 Address AVENUE DES LOUVRESSES 4 92230 Gennevilliers See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Hauts-de-Seine Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Sylvie RAYNAUD (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data EURECOM GIE France EU contribution € 368 369,00 Address ROUTE DES CHAPPES 450 CAMPUS SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS 06410 Biot See on map Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Alpes-Maritimes Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Sophie SALMON (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS (UK) LIMITED United Kingdom EU contribution € 303 496,00 Address SAMSUNG HOUSE - 1000 HILLSWOOD DRIVE KT16 0PS Chertsey - Surrey See on map Region South East (England) Surrey, East and West Sussex West Surrey Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact O'reilly Jim (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA United States EU contribution € 30 400,00 Address FRANKLIN STREET 1111 12 FLOOR 94607 OAKLAND CA See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Cora Basada (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data