The document discusses Future Internet Research and Experimentation (FIRE), a comprehensive EU approach to longer-term research and development of the Future Internet through open platforms, interoperability, and at-scale experimentation. It provides an overview of related EU initiatives including FIRE, the Future Internet Public Private Partnership, and the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme. FIRE creates a federated network of experimental testbeds across multiple technology domains to enable collaborative, exploratory research through open calls for experiments. The document lists current FIRE projects and provides further information on events and websites for more details on the FIRE program.
FORGE: Enhancing eLearning and research in ICT through remote experimentationFORGE project
The document discusses FORGE, a project that aims to enhance eLearning and research in ICT through remote experimentation. FORGE seeks to transform existing FIRE facilities, which are vital for European research, into a learning resource for higher education. It does this by developing methodologies and best practices for offering FIRE experimentation facilities to learners. FORGE will enable educators to easily create experiment-based learning resources using FIRE platforms and tools. It has produced an interactive electronic book containing networking courses that utilize remote FIRE facilities to introduce networking concepts.
The document provides an introduction and overview of the INFINITY project. INFINITY aims to facilitate communication and collaboration between owners of future internet infrastructure across Europe and organizations developing applications. It does this by collecting and profiling over 160 infrastructures in its online XiPi portal. The portal serves as a repository for experimental infrastructure information. INFINITY's goals are to support experimentation, accelerate development and uptake of solutions, and position Europe at the center of the future internet.
Apollon - 22/5/12 - 09:00 - User-driven Open Innovation Ecosystemsimec.archive
1) The FIREBALL project coordinates and aligns approaches between future internet research, experimentation testbeds, and user-driven open innovation to promote innovation in smart cities.
2) Smart cities require three components: cities/communities to define challenges, living labs as generators of solutions developed with citizen involvement, and internet technologies as facilitators of communication and information processing.
3) Key FIREBALL activities include developing a smart city vision and cases, building smart city innovation ecosystems and networks, and coordinating medium to long term future internet research with short to medium term applied research and large scale experimentation.
Future Cities Conference´13 / Jacques Magen - "1 Introduction to the INFINITY...Future Cities Project
The INFINITY project aims to support the development of future internet capabilities in Europe by facilitating collaboration between infrastructure providers and users. The project has identified over 160 experimental infrastructures across Europe and developed an online repository called XiPi to organize information about these infrastructures. Key achievements so far include gathering infrastructure data, analyzing it to support a future internet roadmap for Europe, and launching XiPi to encourage interaction between infrastructure owners and application developers. Next steps include using XiPi to help users find suitable infrastructures and broker connections between infrastructure providers and potential users.
These are the slides for a plenary talk I gave at GEC 11 in Denver in July 2011. The primary message is that we, the networking community need to fundamentally improve the way we do experimental research.
FORGE: Enhancing eLearning and research in ICT through remote experimentationFORGE project
The document discusses FORGE, a project that aims to enhance eLearning and research in ICT through remote experimentation. FORGE seeks to transform existing FIRE facilities, which are vital for European research, into a learning resource for higher education. It does this by developing methodologies and best practices for offering FIRE experimentation facilities to learners. FORGE will enable educators to easily create experiment-based learning resources using FIRE platforms and tools. It has produced an interactive electronic book containing networking courses that utilize remote FIRE facilities to introduce networking concepts.
The document provides an introduction and overview of the INFINITY project. INFINITY aims to facilitate communication and collaboration between owners of future internet infrastructure across Europe and organizations developing applications. It does this by collecting and profiling over 160 infrastructures in its online XiPi portal. The portal serves as a repository for experimental infrastructure information. INFINITY's goals are to support experimentation, accelerate development and uptake of solutions, and position Europe at the center of the future internet.
Apollon - 22/5/12 - 09:00 - User-driven Open Innovation Ecosystemsimec.archive
1) The FIREBALL project coordinates and aligns approaches between future internet research, experimentation testbeds, and user-driven open innovation to promote innovation in smart cities.
2) Smart cities require three components: cities/communities to define challenges, living labs as generators of solutions developed with citizen involvement, and internet technologies as facilitators of communication and information processing.
3) Key FIREBALL activities include developing a smart city vision and cases, building smart city innovation ecosystems and networks, and coordinating medium to long term future internet research with short to medium term applied research and large scale experimentation.
Future Cities Conference´13 / Jacques Magen - "1 Introduction to the INFINITY...Future Cities Project
The INFINITY project aims to support the development of future internet capabilities in Europe by facilitating collaboration between infrastructure providers and users. The project has identified over 160 experimental infrastructures across Europe and developed an online repository called XiPi to organize information about these infrastructures. Key achievements so far include gathering infrastructure data, analyzing it to support a future internet roadmap for Europe, and launching XiPi to encourage interaction between infrastructure owners and application developers. Next steps include using XiPi to help users find suitable infrastructures and broker connections between infrastructure providers and potential users.
These are the slides for a plenary talk I gave at GEC 11 in Denver in July 2011. The primary message is that we, the networking community need to fundamentally improve the way we do experimental research.
Entrepreneurship Strategies and Business Opportunities in Future Cities - CEL...Future Cities Project
CELFOCUS is a technology company that has been providing critical systems to telecommunications companies since 2000. It has extensive experience developing business support systems, unified communications, machine-to-machine, and operations support systems. Currently CELFOCUS has over 700 consultants working on projects in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, and generated €42 million in revenue in 2014, with 68% from international projects. The document discusses CELFOCUS's work with Vodafone on machine-to-machine platforms and outlines some of the challenges and opportunities in connecting billions of devices through emerging Internet of Things technologies.
Entrepreneurship Strategies and Business Opportunities in Future Cities - Dan...Future Cities Project
The document discusses the Future Cities Project which aims to:
1. Form interdisciplinary teams to build world-class city-scale testbeds using connected vehicles, buses, roadside units and electronic devices to collect data.
2. The project has deployed an experimental testbed in Porto, Portugal involving over 400 connected buses and taxis to study mobility patterns.
3. Early results from the testbed show opportunities to optimize fleet operations and provide free public WiFi using the data collected.
Workshop on Cyber-physical Systems Platforms – Rui Rebelo “Collecting data fo...Future Cities Project
The document discusses cyber-physical systems platforms and collecting data for IoT platforms. It introduces Micro I/O as a company that develops innovative software and hardware solutions for data sensing, transport, and analysis using their Citibrain platform. Micro I/O solutions include systems for smart parking, waste management, and other applications. The document provides details on the components, specifications, and features of Micro I/O's systems, including sensors, gateways, and back-office software.
Workshop on Cyber-physical Systems Platforms - Rui Costa "Citibrain"Future Cities Project
This document summarizes the solutions provided by Citibrain for smart cities, including a unified smart cities platform and vertical solutions for areas like transportation, environment, and services. It also highlights some of Citibrain's clients and portfolio. Additionally, it discusses Ubiwhere's work in Porto, Portugal to enhance the city through a FI-WARE node and various applications that improve safety, quality of life, and environmental monitoring.
Workshop on Cyber-physical Systems Platforms – Pedro Costa “Internet of Thing...Future Cities Project
O documento discute (1) a Internet das Coisas, (2) a tecnologia SIGFOX e sua rede para comunicações de baixo consumo de energia, e (3) a NarrowNet como operador da rede SIGFOX em Portugal, fornecendo exemplos de aplicações e visão para o futuro.
Workshop on Cyber-physical Systems Platforms – Tânia Calçada “UrbanSense Plat...Future Cities Project
The UrbanSense Platform is an interdisciplinary project that aims to expand the Center of Competence for Future Cities of the University of Porto. It involves forming interdisciplinary teams, building testbeds for urban experiments, working closely with end users, sharing data sets, and working with industry partners. The platform includes a crowdsensing mobile application, a vehicular ad-hoc network with over 600 vehicles, and infrastructure for local environmental monitoring using low-cost sensor devices. Its goals are to understand environmental and behavioral phenomena in cities and their impacts.
Workshop on Vehicular Networks and Sustainable Mobility Testbed - Katrin sjöb...Future Cities Project
Volvo was founded in 1926 in Sweden and has since expanded to become a global manufacturer of commercial vehicles and buses. The presentation discussed the history, current state, and future of cooperative intelligent transport systems (C-ITS). C-ITS enables vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure wireless communication to improve safety, efficiency, and services. Standardization efforts in Europe and the US are working to develop protocols and applications. Connected automation combining active safety systems and C-ITS is seen as a path to higher levels of vehicle automation.
Workshop on Vehicular Networks and Sustainable Mobility Testbed - Alexandre s...Future Cities Project
The document discusses ecosystems in cities and vehicular networks. It covers building infrastructure with budget limitations by reusing existing resources and layering new additions. The value is seen as coming from vehicles and transportation, not just the network itself. An open API and creative commons licensing are suggested to enable others to build on the system. Security, privacy, assumptions, and intuition traps in development are also addressed. Simplicity is emphasized through examples.
Workshop on Vehicular Networks and Sustainable Mobility Testbed - Bruno Eugén...Future Cities Project
The document discusses the SGT.CMP ecosystem in Porto, Portugal. It notes that SGT.CMP includes 268 connected traffic lights intersections, 105 CCTV cameras, and 10 traffic coordinated zones. A strengths is the mature and implemented system, while weaknesses include a lack of specialized traffic engineering staff and an obsolete copper communications system for traffic lights. Opportunities include added value services for public transit and connecting to Porto Digital's network, while threats are a lack of funding and delays in contracting.
Workshop on Vehicular Networks and Sustainable Mobility Testbed - Tânia calça...Future Cities Project
The UrbanSense platform is a large-scale infrastructure for local environmental and behavioral monitoring in Porto, Portugal. It uses low-cost data collection units equipped with various sensors to collect data from multiple sources. The data is fused and stored in the cloud. The goals are to understand environmental and behavioral phenomena, evaluate the impact of urban interventions, and support research across various domains. Over 500 sensors have been deployed on buses, traffic lights, and static locations to monitor factors like air quality, noise, and pedestrian activity.
Workshop on Vehicular Networks and Sustainable Mobility Testbed - Rui costa '...Future Cities Project
The document discusses Porto's vehicular network platform and internet access capabilities. The network connects over 600 vehicles like buses, waste management trucks, and taxis through 57 access points. This network allows for a smarter, connected city and provides free WiFi internet access on buses, with over 150,000 unique users and 1.3 million internet sessions totalling 14.4TB of traffic. The network also enables distributed, delay-tolerant sensor data collection from vehicles that is accessed through Veniam's cloud APIs.
Workshop on Vehicular Networks and Sustainable Mobility Testbed - Susana sarg...Future Cities Project
Susana Sargento discusses connecting 1 billion vehicles to the internet and each other through vehicular networks. She envisions a global network of connected vehicles that can expand wireless coverage, enable the internet of things, and improve urban life. Vehicles would act as WiFi hotspots using existing infrastructure and vehicle-to-vehicle communication to share real-time and non-time sensitive data. This could offer free WiFi on public transport to increase ridership while reducing emissions, and collect city-wide sensor data from vehicles to increase safety and efficiency of municipal services. The city of Porto has over 600 vehicles in its vehicular network pilot to transmit sensor information for applications like smart mobility, transportation, and urban planning.
Workshop on Human Living in Future Cities - Nick Tyler (UCL), "Sensing Time"Future Cities Project
This document discusses time perception and how it can be influenced. It notes that waiting for future events seems longer than it actually is, while past events seem to pass more quickly. Real-time arrival information can help match perceived waiting time to actual time. The document also discusses how making waiting environments like bus stops more enjoyable can influence people's perception of waiting time, making the time seem to pass more quickly. The goal of this research is to understand time perception and use design to shape perceptions of time in a way that improves experiences.
Workshop on Sustainable Mobility in Future Cities - André Dias (CEiiA)Future Cities Project
The document discusses CEiIA's strategy to empower smart cities through integrated mobility solutions, smart indicators, and intelligent sensing. It focuses on MOBI.ME, CEiIA's mobility management engine, which can integrate multiple mobility services like vehicle sharing, fleet management, parking management, and electric vehicle charging. MOBI.ME uses tools like the Smart Device Cloud and Smart Services Cloud to manage devices, communications, CRM, billing, and reporting for mobility services. The goal is to provide integrated solutions for intelligent mobility and transition to mobility as a utility paid through usage-based invoices.
Workshop on Sustainable Mobility in Future Cities - Rui Carreira (FEUP)Future Cities Project
Rui Salgado Carreira conducted research on designing the travel experience within public transportation systems. His PhD thesis identified passenger experience factors and incorporated them into new public transportation product-service system development. He conducted qualitative and quantitative studies on river cruises and regional/mid-distance buses to identify experience factors like cleanliness, comfort, and social environment. These factors impact customer emotions and loyalty. He developed a travel experience scale and extended Kansei engineering methodology to better incorporate the customer experience into transportation system design. The goal is to improve public transportation by developing it as an integrated product-service system that enhances the customer experience.
The document lists the assets of STCP including two active depots (Via Norte and Francos), an inactive depot (Areosa), a museum (Museu do Carro Eléctrico), and a head office. It also provides statistics on STCP's fleet such as 53% having air conditioning, 81% having low floor access ramps, and the split between CNG and diesel vehicles.
Workshop on Sustainable Mobility in Future Cities - Timothy PapandreouFuture Cities Project
This document outlines a transportation strategy for San Francisco that focuses on integrating different modes of transportation and policies to encourage sustainable mobility. It proposes a two-tiered strategy that prioritizes transit and complete streets while supporting demand management and shared mobility options. Some key initiatives proposed include integrating public transit with private shuttles, expanding bike and scooter sharing pilots, and developing a long-term transit vision to upgrade core lines and improve connectivity across the city and region. The strategy aims to make biking and walking safer and more comfortable through infrastructure upgrades identified through data analysis, and facilitate a more seamless customer experience across different transportation options.
2014 Future Cities Conference / José Maria Fernandes "Smartphones to connect ...Future Cities Project
The document discusses using smartphones to connect citizens in Aveiro, Portugal. It proposes developing simple smartphone applications that utilize existing wireless networks like WiFi, 3G, 4G, and vehicle ad-hoc networks (VANETs). The applications would gather information from vehicles on the road and provide useful information to citizens to enhance urban mobility. Current research challenges include better integrating smartphones with VANETs while addressing privacy and anonymization issues.
The GSMA represents mobile operators worldwide and promotes the development of connected technologies and services. Its Smart Cities program aims to accelerate the deployment of mobile-based solutions in areas like transport, energy, education, healthcare, and more. The program supports cities like Barcelona, Shanghai, and Dubai by developing tools like a Smart Cities Index to measure the impact of technologies on urban areas. By 2020, mobile networks are expected to connect over 26 billion devices and generate over $1 trillion in business opportunities for operators in sectors such as automotive, healthcare, and smart cities.
This document discusses car antennas and the potential for transparent antennas. It begins by outlining common car antenna types and frequency spectrums used. Requirements for car antennas include aesthetics, manufacturability, durability and more. Transparent conductors that could enable transparent antennas, like indium tin oxide, are then examined. Finally, the document explores using grid antenna designs made of transparent conductors as an alternative to traditional antennas, though transparency would lower their radio frequency performance.
Entrepreneurship Strategies and Business Opportunities in Future Cities - CEL...Future Cities Project
CELFOCUS is a technology company that has been providing critical systems to telecommunications companies since 2000. It has extensive experience developing business support systems, unified communications, machine-to-machine, and operations support systems. Currently CELFOCUS has over 700 consultants working on projects in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, and generated €42 million in revenue in 2014, with 68% from international projects. The document discusses CELFOCUS's work with Vodafone on machine-to-machine platforms and outlines some of the challenges and opportunities in connecting billions of devices through emerging Internet of Things technologies.
Entrepreneurship Strategies and Business Opportunities in Future Cities - Dan...Future Cities Project
The document discusses the Future Cities Project which aims to:
1. Form interdisciplinary teams to build world-class city-scale testbeds using connected vehicles, buses, roadside units and electronic devices to collect data.
2. The project has deployed an experimental testbed in Porto, Portugal involving over 400 connected buses and taxis to study mobility patterns.
3. Early results from the testbed show opportunities to optimize fleet operations and provide free public WiFi using the data collected.
Workshop on Cyber-physical Systems Platforms – Rui Rebelo “Collecting data fo...Future Cities Project
The document discusses cyber-physical systems platforms and collecting data for IoT platforms. It introduces Micro I/O as a company that develops innovative software and hardware solutions for data sensing, transport, and analysis using their Citibrain platform. Micro I/O solutions include systems for smart parking, waste management, and other applications. The document provides details on the components, specifications, and features of Micro I/O's systems, including sensors, gateways, and back-office software.
Workshop on Cyber-physical Systems Platforms - Rui Costa "Citibrain"Future Cities Project
This document summarizes the solutions provided by Citibrain for smart cities, including a unified smart cities platform and vertical solutions for areas like transportation, environment, and services. It also highlights some of Citibrain's clients and portfolio. Additionally, it discusses Ubiwhere's work in Porto, Portugal to enhance the city through a FI-WARE node and various applications that improve safety, quality of life, and environmental monitoring.
Workshop on Cyber-physical Systems Platforms – Pedro Costa “Internet of Thing...Future Cities Project
O documento discute (1) a Internet das Coisas, (2) a tecnologia SIGFOX e sua rede para comunicações de baixo consumo de energia, e (3) a NarrowNet como operador da rede SIGFOX em Portugal, fornecendo exemplos de aplicações e visão para o futuro.
Workshop on Cyber-physical Systems Platforms – Tânia Calçada “UrbanSense Plat...Future Cities Project
The UrbanSense Platform is an interdisciplinary project that aims to expand the Center of Competence for Future Cities of the University of Porto. It involves forming interdisciplinary teams, building testbeds for urban experiments, working closely with end users, sharing data sets, and working with industry partners. The platform includes a crowdsensing mobile application, a vehicular ad-hoc network with over 600 vehicles, and infrastructure for local environmental monitoring using low-cost sensor devices. Its goals are to understand environmental and behavioral phenomena in cities and their impacts.
Workshop on Vehicular Networks and Sustainable Mobility Testbed - Katrin sjöb...Future Cities Project
Volvo was founded in 1926 in Sweden and has since expanded to become a global manufacturer of commercial vehicles and buses. The presentation discussed the history, current state, and future of cooperative intelligent transport systems (C-ITS). C-ITS enables vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure wireless communication to improve safety, efficiency, and services. Standardization efforts in Europe and the US are working to develop protocols and applications. Connected automation combining active safety systems and C-ITS is seen as a path to higher levels of vehicle automation.
Workshop on Vehicular Networks and Sustainable Mobility Testbed - Alexandre s...Future Cities Project
The document discusses ecosystems in cities and vehicular networks. It covers building infrastructure with budget limitations by reusing existing resources and layering new additions. The value is seen as coming from vehicles and transportation, not just the network itself. An open API and creative commons licensing are suggested to enable others to build on the system. Security, privacy, assumptions, and intuition traps in development are also addressed. Simplicity is emphasized through examples.
Workshop on Vehicular Networks and Sustainable Mobility Testbed - Bruno Eugén...Future Cities Project
The document discusses the SGT.CMP ecosystem in Porto, Portugal. It notes that SGT.CMP includes 268 connected traffic lights intersections, 105 CCTV cameras, and 10 traffic coordinated zones. A strengths is the mature and implemented system, while weaknesses include a lack of specialized traffic engineering staff and an obsolete copper communications system for traffic lights. Opportunities include added value services for public transit and connecting to Porto Digital's network, while threats are a lack of funding and delays in contracting.
Workshop on Vehicular Networks and Sustainable Mobility Testbed - Tânia calça...Future Cities Project
The UrbanSense platform is a large-scale infrastructure for local environmental and behavioral monitoring in Porto, Portugal. It uses low-cost data collection units equipped with various sensors to collect data from multiple sources. The data is fused and stored in the cloud. The goals are to understand environmental and behavioral phenomena, evaluate the impact of urban interventions, and support research across various domains. Over 500 sensors have been deployed on buses, traffic lights, and static locations to monitor factors like air quality, noise, and pedestrian activity.
Workshop on Vehicular Networks and Sustainable Mobility Testbed - Rui costa '...Future Cities Project
The document discusses Porto's vehicular network platform and internet access capabilities. The network connects over 600 vehicles like buses, waste management trucks, and taxis through 57 access points. This network allows for a smarter, connected city and provides free WiFi internet access on buses, with over 150,000 unique users and 1.3 million internet sessions totalling 14.4TB of traffic. The network also enables distributed, delay-tolerant sensor data collection from vehicles that is accessed through Veniam's cloud APIs.
Workshop on Vehicular Networks and Sustainable Mobility Testbed - Susana sarg...Future Cities Project
Susana Sargento discusses connecting 1 billion vehicles to the internet and each other through vehicular networks. She envisions a global network of connected vehicles that can expand wireless coverage, enable the internet of things, and improve urban life. Vehicles would act as WiFi hotspots using existing infrastructure and vehicle-to-vehicle communication to share real-time and non-time sensitive data. This could offer free WiFi on public transport to increase ridership while reducing emissions, and collect city-wide sensor data from vehicles to increase safety and efficiency of municipal services. The city of Porto has over 600 vehicles in its vehicular network pilot to transmit sensor information for applications like smart mobility, transportation, and urban planning.
Workshop on Human Living in Future Cities - Nick Tyler (UCL), "Sensing Time"Future Cities Project
This document discusses time perception and how it can be influenced. It notes that waiting for future events seems longer than it actually is, while past events seem to pass more quickly. Real-time arrival information can help match perceived waiting time to actual time. The document also discusses how making waiting environments like bus stops more enjoyable can influence people's perception of waiting time, making the time seem to pass more quickly. The goal of this research is to understand time perception and use design to shape perceptions of time in a way that improves experiences.
Workshop on Sustainable Mobility in Future Cities - André Dias (CEiiA)Future Cities Project
The document discusses CEiIA's strategy to empower smart cities through integrated mobility solutions, smart indicators, and intelligent sensing. It focuses on MOBI.ME, CEiIA's mobility management engine, which can integrate multiple mobility services like vehicle sharing, fleet management, parking management, and electric vehicle charging. MOBI.ME uses tools like the Smart Device Cloud and Smart Services Cloud to manage devices, communications, CRM, billing, and reporting for mobility services. The goal is to provide integrated solutions for intelligent mobility and transition to mobility as a utility paid through usage-based invoices.
Workshop on Sustainable Mobility in Future Cities - Rui Carreira (FEUP)Future Cities Project
Rui Salgado Carreira conducted research on designing the travel experience within public transportation systems. His PhD thesis identified passenger experience factors and incorporated them into new public transportation product-service system development. He conducted qualitative and quantitative studies on river cruises and regional/mid-distance buses to identify experience factors like cleanliness, comfort, and social environment. These factors impact customer emotions and loyalty. He developed a travel experience scale and extended Kansei engineering methodology to better incorporate the customer experience into transportation system design. The goal is to improve public transportation by developing it as an integrated product-service system that enhances the customer experience.
The document lists the assets of STCP including two active depots (Via Norte and Francos), an inactive depot (Areosa), a museum (Museu do Carro Eléctrico), and a head office. It also provides statistics on STCP's fleet such as 53% having air conditioning, 81% having low floor access ramps, and the split between CNG and diesel vehicles.
Workshop on Sustainable Mobility in Future Cities - Timothy PapandreouFuture Cities Project
This document outlines a transportation strategy for San Francisco that focuses on integrating different modes of transportation and policies to encourage sustainable mobility. It proposes a two-tiered strategy that prioritizes transit and complete streets while supporting demand management and shared mobility options. Some key initiatives proposed include integrating public transit with private shuttles, expanding bike and scooter sharing pilots, and developing a long-term transit vision to upgrade core lines and improve connectivity across the city and region. The strategy aims to make biking and walking safer and more comfortable through infrastructure upgrades identified through data analysis, and facilitate a more seamless customer experience across different transportation options.
2014 Future Cities Conference / José Maria Fernandes "Smartphones to connect ...Future Cities Project
The document discusses using smartphones to connect citizens in Aveiro, Portugal. It proposes developing simple smartphone applications that utilize existing wireless networks like WiFi, 3G, 4G, and vehicle ad-hoc networks (VANETs). The applications would gather information from vehicles on the road and provide useful information to citizens to enhance urban mobility. Current research challenges include better integrating smartphones with VANETs while addressing privacy and anonymization issues.
The GSMA represents mobile operators worldwide and promotes the development of connected technologies and services. Its Smart Cities program aims to accelerate the deployment of mobile-based solutions in areas like transport, energy, education, healthcare, and more. The program supports cities like Barcelona, Shanghai, and Dubai by developing tools like a Smart Cities Index to measure the impact of technologies on urban areas. By 2020, mobile networks are expected to connect over 26 billion devices and generate over $1 trillion in business opportunities for operators in sectors such as automotive, healthcare, and smart cities.
This document discusses car antennas and the potential for transparent antennas. It begins by outlining common car antenna types and frequency spectrums used. Requirements for car antennas include aesthetics, manufacturability, durability and more. Transparent conductors that could enable transparent antennas, like indium tin oxide, are then examined. Finally, the document explores using grid antenna designs made of transparent conductors as an alternative to traditional antennas, though transparency would lower their radio frequency performance.
2014 Future Cities Conference / Luis Brás "Car Antennas"
Future Citis Conference´13 / Jacques Magen - "Future Internet Research and Experimentation -FIRE"
1. Future Internet Research and
Experimentation - FIRE
Future Cities 2013 - Shake UP your city
Porto, 23 January 2013
Jacques Magen, InterInnov
contact@ict-fire.eu
"The views expressed in this presentation are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Commission"
Updated 11.12. 2012
2. Future Internet:
Comprehensive EU approach
longer-term R&D
integration of new ICT & new ideas
technology risk
FP7
open platforms and interoperability
FIRE at-scale experimentation
collaborative/exploratory environ.
FI PPP market oriented R&D, supply/demand
cost-efficiency, common enablers
CIP large scale trials (using existing technology)
service innovation
Piloting 2-3 years 5-10 years time to market
deployment
2
3. What is FIRE?
Validation
Research
FIRE Research Large Scale
Experiments
Requirements
FIRE Experimental Facility
User Communities
Test bed 1 Test bed 2 Test bed 3 Exp 5
Exp 2
Test bed 9
Test bed 1 Test bed 4 Test bed 2 Test bed 3
Test bed 5
Test bed 4 Exp1 Exp 4
Test bed 6
Exp 3 5
Test bed
Test bed 7 Test bed 8
Test bed 6 Test bed Federated
7 Service Testbedsbed 8
Test
Federated Network Testbeds
FIRE - Future Internet Research and Experimentation 3
4. FIRE Projects (November 2012)
Paradiso
Coordination and Support Actions
Fireworks
FIREstation
FIREBALL FUSION AmpliFIRE
contracts are under negotiation, tentative start in September2012
MyFire
FED4FIRE
Wisebed Building the Experimental Facility and stimulating its use
Information on Call 8 is tentative
Onelab2
Openlab Experimedia
Smart Santander
PII BonFIRE enlarged
CREW enlarged
BonFIRE TEFIS OFELIA CREW
Vital++
Users Users
Opnex
Experimentally-driven Research
RELYonIT OFERTIE STEER SOCIAL&SMART IRATI 3D-Live
Perimeter
EAR-IT ECO2CLOUDS ALIEN EVARILOS
Ecode
N4C HOBNET CONVERGENCE NOVI
Validation
BONFIRE SPITFIRE EULER CONECT
SmartNet Exploratory Real-scale
Research Experimentation
SelfNet Requirements
Coordination Coordination Research Research Research Facility Facility Facility
Projects (IPs) Projects
& support & support projects Call projects Call projects Call Projects (IPs) Projects (IPs)
Call 7 ended
actions Call 5 actions Call 5 5 (STREPs) 7 (STREPs) 8 (STREPs) Call 5 Call 7
5. FIRE Projects
Coordination and Support Actions
• Expanded scope related to
FIREBALL
PARADISO 2
MyFire FIREstation PARADISO
networking and far beyond:
FIREworks
Building the Experimental Facility and stimulating its use
Service architectures and clouds BonFIRE
Smart Santander
TEFIS
CREW
Sensor Networks WISEBED
ONELAB2 PII
VITAL++
Users Users
Networking: Experimentally-driven Research
Cognitive radio, Open flow CONECT
BONFIRE
EULER
SPITFIRE
Validation SCAMPI
HOBNET
CONVERGENC
E
NOVI
Research Experimentation
Increased emphasis on system OPNEX ECODE
Requirements
N4C
Nanodatacenters
SMART-NET
SELF-NET
level testing
PERIMETER CONECT
• Demand-driven open federation of facilities
Joint architecture board moderated by FIREstation
• Massive stimulation of users/experimenters:
Open calls in facility projects reserved for innovative experiments
Calls by projects
6. The FIRE Offering
One single access via
www.ict-fire.eu
Examples of Use Cases
can be found at:
http://www.ict-fire.eu/
home/use-cases.html
FED4FIRE
http://www.ict-fire.eu/home/fire-offering.html 6
7. Further Information
Next Key Events in 2013:
Future Internet Week 8-10 May, Dublin, Ireland
“Hands on FIRE!” demonstration area
More at: http://www.ict-fire.eu/events/eventview/article/fia-dublin-2013.html
Useful Websites:
www.ict-fire.eu – FIRE website
http://www.ict-fire.eu/home/publications.html - FIRE Brochure
http://wiki.ict-fire.eu – FIRE wiki
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/fire - FIRE / EU Commission
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