The document outlines the goals and plans for the 'Futebol' project, a collaborative initiative between Europe and Brazil to develop a federated research infrastructure for telecommunications, focusing on optical and wireless networks. By the project's end, it aims to establish multiple experimental facilities in both regions and engage a diverse range of partners in telecommunications research. Additionally, it highlights challenges related to regulatory frameworks and the need for policy development in network management and resource sharing.

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FUTEBOL
Federated Union of Telecommunications Research
Facilities for an EU-Brazil Open Laboratory
Juliano Araujo Wickboldt
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
EUBrasilCloudFORUM concertation meeting
18 March, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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GOAL:GOAL:
To develop and deploy research infrastructure, and anTo develop and deploy research infrastructure, and an
associated control framework for experimentation, inassociated control framework for experimentation, in
Europe and Brazil, that enables experimental researchEurope and Brazil, that enables experimental research
at theat the convergence point between optical andconvergence point between optical and
wireless networkswireless networks..

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Layered nature of FUTEBOL
“End-user driven advancement of
telecommunications relies on the
development of the FUTEBOL
converged control framework, which,
in turn, requires the composition of
federated research infrastructure.”

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By the end of the project we expect...
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3 federated optical/wireless facilities in Europe + 3 in Brazil enabled for
external experimenters
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6 non-consortium partners using the FUTEBOL research infrastructure
and converged optical/wireless experimentation control framework
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3 showcase experiments including at least 1 European and 1 Brazilian
partner
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Attending ETSI technical committee meetings, meeting with ANATEL,
organizing workshops with telecom operators, and so forth...

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FIBRE and Fed4FIRE
connectivity in FUTEBOL
FUTEBOL specific
experimentation equipment
acquisitions are still being
planned among Brazilian
partners
FUTEBOL specific
experimentation equipment
acquisitions are still being
planned among Brazilian
partners

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FIBRE Geographical View
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Islands are spread across
6 states + the federal district
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4 new PoPs are planned
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UFRGS is “virtually“ connected
to RNP-NOC

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A Typical FIBRE Island
Hardware Purpose
1 x IBM server System
x3650 M3
Virtualization
2 x Dell Server
PowerEdge R210 II
PerfSONAR
monitoring tool
3 x NetFPGA
Supermicro X9SCM-F
OpenFlow
experimentation
1 x DATACOM switch
DM4100
Firmware 1.0.7-fix
Top of Rack
switch
1 x Pronto Switch
PICA8 (Open
Networking)
Firmware 2.1.5
OpenFlow
experimentation
3+ x Icarus Wireless
node
Wi-Fi
experimentation

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FUTEBOL Work Packages
WP1: Management
WP2: Testbed and
scenario definition
WP4: Converged Optical/
Wireless Control Framework
WP6: Dissemination and exploitation
WP3: Access and
platform federation
WP5: Innovation
experiments

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WP2: Testbed and scenario definition
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Use Case 2 – The design of optical backhaul for next-generation wireless (undergoing specification)
– Extreme cell densification and data rates expected in wireless networks create unprecedented demand on the optical
backhaul
– The Cloud Radio Access Network (C-RAN) approach embeds the wireless subsystem into the wireline network
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Massive deployment of Remote Radio Heads (RRHs)
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Baseband Unity (BBU) deals with the workload of signal, modulation, and protocol stack processing based on virtualization
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Challenges related to C-RAN
– Very sensitive applications (e.g., low delay, low jitter, high bandwidth)
– Purpose specific virtualizable equipment requirements
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Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA)
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Digital Signal Processor (DSP)
– Ways to interconnect possibly distributed and heterogeneous “datacenters”
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Optical backhaul, topologies, etc.

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Hurdles and Obstacles
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The ability to virtualize and abstract resources and dynamically reconfigure the network
violates the assumption of static allocation that many of current regulatory frameworks are
built upon
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FUTEBOL intends to contribute significantly to the development of regulatory policies and
standardization efforts in:
– network management;
– spectrum rights issues;
– resource sharing in the telecommunications market.
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FUTEBOL consortium have already developed working relationships with national regulatory
bodies throughout Europe (BNetzA, ComReg, Ofcom Spectrum Advisory Board, EPRA, etc.)
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At the Brazilian side ANATEL will participate in the FUTEBOL advisory board

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Kickoff Meeting
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Kickoff meeting held in Aveiro, Portugal by Instituto de
Telecomunicações (IT)
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3-day meeting (2-4 March)
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~20 attendees
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Next F2F meeting in
Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil held
by UFRGS in August

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Thank You!
Questions? Comments?
Juliano Araujo Wickboldt
jwickboldt@inf.ufrgs.br
http://www.inf.ufrgs.br/~jwickboldt/
Project's Website:
http://www.ict-futebol.org.br/
?? This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon
2020 for research, technological development, and demonstration
under grant agreement no. 688941 (FUTEBOL), as well from the
Digital Information and Communication Research and Development
Science Center (CTIC), Brazil.