Overview of NextShare a technology under development within the P2P-Next project and candidate for possible standardisation for mass content distribution (incl. live and VoD streaming) over the open Internet.
The P2P-Next project aims to develop an open source, peer-to-peer platform for Internet TV delivery using emerging P2P technologies. The consortium includes content providers, advertisers, consumer electronics companies, and research institutes across 21 partners. Key challenges include supporting live and video-on-demand streaming at high quality of experience while addressing issues like flash crowds, free riding, and attacks. The NextShare platform is based on the Tribler overlay network and aims for a zero-server approach with dynamic network awareness and content delivery to PCs and consumer electronics. Standardization efforts focus on APIs, protocols, and business cases to drive global adoption of P2P media delivery.
The document discusses fiber optic deployment in Europe and regulatory models, and considers their applicability to broadband deployment in the United States. It finds that open access networks are more economically viable, and that neither duopoly nor vertically integrated private investment alone will achieve nationwide next-generation broadband access within 3-5 years without a profitable wholesale model. An "NGA-style" net neutrality approach of guaranteed wholesale capacity could enhance service competition.
The document discusses using regional PLPs (Physical Layer Pipes) in DVB-T2 networks to optimize delivery of regional content in a digital terrestrial TV (DTT) system. It provides examples from GOtv in Africa where using Enensys' T2Edge technology to insert regional content locally reduced satellite bandwidth needs by 280 Mbps. A case study of Sentech in South Africa showed how a single head-end could provide both DTT and direct-to-home (DTH) services, optimizing capital and operating costs by using one satellite feed for both. The conclusion is that Enensys' T2Gateway and T2Edge provide flexibility, scalability and full benefits of DVB-T2
Open mobile platforms like Google Android and Openmoko can free handsets by using application-agnostic networks and independent, open devices. This allows for rapid innovation through third party broadcast-centric services. The Openmoko software framework on the FIC Neo1973 phone is a proof of concept that can decode ETI files and play MISICAM audio, demonstrating broadcasters' potential control over mobile services through an open source model where all parts of the value chain can benefit. The document raises the topic of broadcasters developing their own open mobile phone as a strategic opportunity.
The document discusses key questions around regulating next generation access (NGA) networks in the EU to encourage timely and efficient investment while maintaining competition. It examines what kind of investment and competition can be expected, noting most NGA investment so far has come from unregulated organizations. Cross-platform competition between fixed and mobile broadband looks promising. The document proposes a regulatory model to debate, including encouraging co-investment in fiber networks and letting operators compete to supply last-mile access.
Session 5 Gabrielle Gauthey Communications Regulation Time To Start Overguest6559451
The document discusses several topics related to multimedia content delivery and broadband networks, including:
1) Traditional broadcasters are facing competition from telecom companies in delivering multimedia content via IPTV and mobile networks.
2) Regulatory approaches to broadband differ between the EU and US. The EU takes a more regulated approach while the US market is less regulated.
3) Significant investments estimated at 250-300 billion euros will be needed to deploy next generation access (NGA) broadband networks in Europe. Public-private partnerships are seen as important to help achieve broadband goals.
UK Spectrum Policy Forum - Simon Pike, Vodafone - 5G UK vision update plenary...techUK
UK Spectrum Policy Forum
Plenary meeting – 10 April 2014
Simon Pike, Chief Engineer, Regulatory and Spectrum, Vodafone
5G: A UK Perspective – update on progress
See more at: http://www.techuk.org/about/uk-spectrum-policy-forum
All rights reserved
The P2P-Next project aims to develop an open source, peer-to-peer platform for Internet TV delivery using emerging P2P technologies. The consortium includes content providers, advertisers, consumer electronics companies, and research institutes across 21 partners. Key challenges include supporting live and video-on-demand streaming at high quality of experience while addressing issues like flash crowds, free riding, and attacks. The NextShare platform is based on the Tribler overlay network and aims for a zero-server approach with dynamic network awareness and content delivery to PCs and consumer electronics. Standardization efforts focus on APIs, protocols, and business cases to drive global adoption of P2P media delivery.
The document discusses fiber optic deployment in Europe and regulatory models, and considers their applicability to broadband deployment in the United States. It finds that open access networks are more economically viable, and that neither duopoly nor vertically integrated private investment alone will achieve nationwide next-generation broadband access within 3-5 years without a profitable wholesale model. An "NGA-style" net neutrality approach of guaranteed wholesale capacity could enhance service competition.
The document discusses using regional PLPs (Physical Layer Pipes) in DVB-T2 networks to optimize delivery of regional content in a digital terrestrial TV (DTT) system. It provides examples from GOtv in Africa where using Enensys' T2Edge technology to insert regional content locally reduced satellite bandwidth needs by 280 Mbps. A case study of Sentech in South Africa showed how a single head-end could provide both DTT and direct-to-home (DTH) services, optimizing capital and operating costs by using one satellite feed for both. The conclusion is that Enensys' T2Gateway and T2Edge provide flexibility, scalability and full benefits of DVB-T2
Open mobile platforms like Google Android and Openmoko can free handsets by using application-agnostic networks and independent, open devices. This allows for rapid innovation through third party broadcast-centric services. The Openmoko software framework on the FIC Neo1973 phone is a proof of concept that can decode ETI files and play MISICAM audio, demonstrating broadcasters' potential control over mobile services through an open source model where all parts of the value chain can benefit. The document raises the topic of broadcasters developing their own open mobile phone as a strategic opportunity.
The document discusses key questions around regulating next generation access (NGA) networks in the EU to encourage timely and efficient investment while maintaining competition. It examines what kind of investment and competition can be expected, noting most NGA investment so far has come from unregulated organizations. Cross-platform competition between fixed and mobile broadband looks promising. The document proposes a regulatory model to debate, including encouraging co-investment in fiber networks and letting operators compete to supply last-mile access.
Session 5 Gabrielle Gauthey Communications Regulation Time To Start Overguest6559451
The document discusses several topics related to multimedia content delivery and broadband networks, including:
1) Traditional broadcasters are facing competition from telecom companies in delivering multimedia content via IPTV and mobile networks.
2) Regulatory approaches to broadband differ between the EU and US. The EU takes a more regulated approach while the US market is less regulated.
3) Significant investments estimated at 250-300 billion euros will be needed to deploy next generation access (NGA) broadband networks in Europe. Public-private partnerships are seen as important to help achieve broadband goals.
UK Spectrum Policy Forum - Simon Pike, Vodafone - 5G UK vision update plenary...techUK
UK Spectrum Policy Forum
Plenary meeting – 10 April 2014
Simon Pike, Chief Engineer, Regulatory and Spectrum, Vodafone
5G: A UK Perspective – update on progress
See more at: http://www.techuk.org/about/uk-spectrum-policy-forum
All rights reserved
UK Spectrum Policy Forum - Rachel Clark, Ofcom - Spectrum SharingtechUK
UK Spectrum Policy Forum
Plenary - Tuesday 3 February 2015
Rachel Clark, Director of Spectrum Policy, Ofcom
Spectrum Sharing
More information at: http://www.techuk.org/about/uk-spectrum-policy-forum
All rights reserved
DWS16 - Future Networks forum - Anna Krzyzanowska European CommissionIDATE DigiWorld
The document discusses the European Union's goals for a Gigabit society by 2025, including providing extremely high connectivity (gigabit speeds) to socio-economic drivers and digitally intensive enterprises, access to connectivity offering at least 100 Mbps download speeds to all households across Europe, and uninterrupted 5G coverage in all urban areas and along major transport paths by 2020. These objectives will be achieved through modernizing telecoms rules, providing free public WiFi access across Europe, and coordinating a 2020 timeline for 5G commercialization. Funding may come from the European Fund for Strategic Investments, European Structural and Investment Funds, and Connecting Europe Broadband Fund.
Spectrum sharing and licensed shared access: Draft ReporttechUK
This document summarizes interviews conducted with stakeholders regarding licensed shared access (LSA) and spectrum sharing in the UK. Key points from the interviews include:
- Stakeholders see potential benefits of sharing but it is not a high priority beyond existing arrangements. Lack of transparency around supply and demand makes matching uses difficult. Incentives for sharing differ between commercial and public sectors.
- Preferences were expressed for voluntary private arrangements over enforced sharing, with Ofcom facilitating. Concerns included complexity, protection zones, and handling dynamic arrangements.
- Flexibility is needed for different applications and sharing combinations. Time sharing is less desirable than geographic. Limited regulator role is preferred.
- Uncertainty exists around implementing European L
T-NOVA is a large-scale EU project that aims to design and implement a management architecture for the automated provisioning of virtualized network functions over virtualized infrastructures. The project will develop an orchestrator, leverage cloud computing frameworks, and extend software defined networking to efficiently manage resources. A key innovation is a "Network Function Store" that will allow network operators to offer virtualized network functions as services to customers. The project expects to establish a European market for virtualized network appliances, reduce telecom costs, and introduce new networking services.
SURFnet is the Dutch National Research and Education Network that provides advanced networking services to over 1 million end-users across 160 institutions. Through projects like GigaPort and SURFnet6, SURFnet has developed one of the most advanced networks in the world with over 8,000 km of dark fiber pairs directly connecting research and education institutes. GigaPort is a collaboration between public and private organizations funded by the Dutch government, industry partners, and research and education consortiums to strengthen the Dutch knowledge infrastructure through 2021.
DWS16 - Future networks forum - Gabrielle Gauthey, Groupe Caisse des dépotsIDATE DigiWorld
The document discusses various government initiatives to promote gigabit broadband access around the world. It notes that the gigabit race is more prevalent in countries where local and national authorities are directly involved, with the objective of ensuring powerful infrastructure coverage. Private sector players offering 1 Gbps plans do so to enhance their image as innovators. Gigabit access is available in certain areas of countries like New Zealand, Canada, USA, parts of Europe and Asia, while broader populations in Latin America and the Middle East only have basic broadband access.
DWS16 - TV and Video Forum - Florence Le Borgne, IDATE DigiWorldIDATE DigiWorld
The document discusses obstacles to creating a digital single market in Europe, focusing on copyright and geo-blocking. It notes that territorial copyright laws and difficulties clearing rights have limited cross-border access to digital content. While most online brands and services are available across multiple countries, they are locally adapted in each market. The European Commission has proposed reforms to address geo-blocking and facilitate cross-border licensing to help develop the digital single market, including ensuring portability of online services and making it easier for broadcasters and video on demand services to obtain licenses for cross-border distribution. However, factors like language costs, regulatory differences, and infrastructure issues also present challenges beyond just copyright and geo-blocking.
The document discusses the European Commission's proposals to improve connectivity across Europe by 2025. The three key objectives are: 1) ensuring extremely high-speed gigabit connectivity for socio-economic drivers, 2) access to 100 Mbps speeds for all households, and 3) uninterrupted 5G coverage in urban areas and major transport paths by 2020. The Commission proposes an Electronic Communications Code to drive network investment, WiFi4EU to provide free public WiFi access, and a 5G Action Plan for coordinated 5G rollout. The initiatives aim to boost internet access and speeds across Europe, especially in rural areas.
1. The document discusses proposals for an island-wide voice and data network for emergency agencies in Mauritius to replace the current inadequate and heterogeneous systems.
2. It recommends adopting the TETRA standard to provide a secure, available, and effective common network for agencies like police, fire, ambulance to communicate and cooperate.
3. The proposals include a government owned network operated by a private company to leverage private funding while maintaining public access.
This document summarizes the T-NOVA project, which aims to develop an integrated solution for offering, deploying, and managing virtualized network functions over composite network and IT infrastructures. The project has a budget of over 10 million euros, involves 18 partners, and will run for 36 months starting in January 2014. It seeks to implement the Network Function as a Service concept and establish an innovative marketplace for networking functions and services.
The document discusses satellite internet's role in achieving universal service obligations (USO) by providing broadband access to remote areas. It notes that satellite internet can currently provide a minimum of 2Mbps speeds about anywhere, meeting the USO definition. However, the scope and definition of a USO, such as what download speeds and data allowances are required, have cost implications and may require public subsidies for remote installations. New high throughput satellite technologies provide more bandwidth and data at lower costs, making satellite internet a viable solution to deliver essential broadband services to low population density and remote areas as part of a USO.
Roundtable discussion notes for Innovate UK 5G competitiontechUK
This document summarizes a competition by Innovate UK to fund projects developing innovative 5G applications and services. The competition aims to stimulate UK businesses to create uses of 5G's high connectivity. Projects can combine feasibility studies and research, must be business-led and collaborative, and range from £150,000 to £220,000 over 9-12 months. The deadline for applications is February 3, 2016. Projects should explore 5G uses in areas like IoT, immersive media, and critical services.
The document discusses funding for wireless infrastructure projects. It covers:
1. The differences between funding infrastructure versus technology.
2. How infrastructure and technology are interconnected and infrastructure can be used to extend the reach of technology.
3. How TV white space technology can be a "silver bullet" to cost-effectively provide broadband connectivity to both urban and rural areas, including otherwise inaccessible locations, at low risk and with high flexibility.
Delivering on the broadband promise: technology trends and institutional land...Antonio Bove
19th Ka and Broadband Communications, Navigation and Earth Observation Conference and the 31st AIAA International Communications Satellite Systems Conference (ICSSC)
Florence 14th to 17th October 2013
Licensed Spectrum sharing, Unlicensed Spectrum sharing and Secondary Spectrum...Xoo Gill
This document discusses three types of spectrum sharing: licensed spectrum sharing, unlicensed spectrum sharing, and secondary spectrum access. Licensed spectrum sharing involves paying for access to dedicated frequency bands assigned by regulators. Unlicensed spectrum is free to use but has no protection from interference. Secondary spectrum access makes use of TV white spaces in the VHF and UHF bands. The document provides details on the characteristics, advantages, and challenges of each type of spectrum sharing.
There is a growing need for infrastructure sharing in Africa to meet increasing demand for mobile connectivity as populations and usage grow rapidly. Traditional approaches where each mobile operator builds and maintains their own towers is inefficient and costly. The independent tower company (TowerCo) model provides the highest level of efficiencies by consolidating infrastructure ownership and maintenance under a single entity, reducing costs for operators through infrastructure sharing, and generating capital that can be reinvested in expanding coverage. TowerCos focus on maximizing infrastructure utilization through active marketing and service level agreements to improve quality of service at lower cost compared to alternatives where operators maintain independent tower networks.
This document summarizes a presentation on tackling barriers to telecom infrastructure deployment. It discusses how deployment issues can increase costs and timelines and references a UK government report with 19 recommendations. Key developments since then include increased fiber deployment by various companies and efforts to address associated issues like electronic communications codes and planning regulations. Potential areas of focus going forward include a new permitting approach, trials for 5G densification, and mandatory early engagement between authorities and operators.
1) The BDUK programme has expanded superfast broadband coverage to nearly 90% of UK homes and businesses, up from 45% in 2010, and aims to reach 95% by December 2017.
2) To date, BDUK has added over 3.8 million superfast broadband premises and aims to reach 4 million by spring/early summer 2016.
3) Pilot projects testing new broadband delivery models in hard to reach areas found that alternative providers can cost-effectively provide reliable superfast speeds using various technologies, and that communities can support broadband expansion.
This document discusses several issues related to regulating the telecommunications environment in the UK to promote a competitive full fibre broadband market:
1. Full fibre networks are likely to develop through market forces but Openreach needs a transition plan and framework to support broader FTTP rollout. Ofcom should include reasonable FTTP demand in future reviews.
2. Access to ducts and poles alone has limited use but could help alternative providers if incorporated into agreements between Openreach and partners. Long term asset ownership is still an issue.
3. Ofcom should request BT forecasts for FTTP rollout and include FTTP connection costs in price controls to better support the goal of more widespread full fibre coverage.
- Spin-out company from Bristol University focused on network virtualization and software defined networking (SDN) that has received £3m in venture capital funding and £1.8m UK government contract (3 sentences)
The document discusses making financial decisions and planning for retirement. It notes that sharing more information can help people make better decisions with greater clarity and confidence. It asks if readers believe future tax rates will be higher, lower or the same. And it encourages taking advantage of opportunities to maximize wealth and minimize taxes.
The document discusses ways to protect the environment such as saving water and energy, recycling plastic and other materials, planting trees, using bikes for transportation, and reducing air pollution. It encourages protecting natural landscapes like lakes, sand dunes, and national parks while being mindful of how human activities like cutting down trees and pollution from power plants can harm the environment. The overall message is that small individual actions can help preserve the land and natural resources for future generations.
UK Spectrum Policy Forum - Rachel Clark, Ofcom - Spectrum SharingtechUK
UK Spectrum Policy Forum
Plenary - Tuesday 3 February 2015
Rachel Clark, Director of Spectrum Policy, Ofcom
Spectrum Sharing
More information at: http://www.techuk.org/about/uk-spectrum-policy-forum
All rights reserved
DWS16 - Future Networks forum - Anna Krzyzanowska European CommissionIDATE DigiWorld
The document discusses the European Union's goals for a Gigabit society by 2025, including providing extremely high connectivity (gigabit speeds) to socio-economic drivers and digitally intensive enterprises, access to connectivity offering at least 100 Mbps download speeds to all households across Europe, and uninterrupted 5G coverage in all urban areas and along major transport paths by 2020. These objectives will be achieved through modernizing telecoms rules, providing free public WiFi access across Europe, and coordinating a 2020 timeline for 5G commercialization. Funding may come from the European Fund for Strategic Investments, European Structural and Investment Funds, and Connecting Europe Broadband Fund.
Spectrum sharing and licensed shared access: Draft ReporttechUK
This document summarizes interviews conducted with stakeholders regarding licensed shared access (LSA) and spectrum sharing in the UK. Key points from the interviews include:
- Stakeholders see potential benefits of sharing but it is not a high priority beyond existing arrangements. Lack of transparency around supply and demand makes matching uses difficult. Incentives for sharing differ between commercial and public sectors.
- Preferences were expressed for voluntary private arrangements over enforced sharing, with Ofcom facilitating. Concerns included complexity, protection zones, and handling dynamic arrangements.
- Flexibility is needed for different applications and sharing combinations. Time sharing is less desirable than geographic. Limited regulator role is preferred.
- Uncertainty exists around implementing European L
T-NOVA is a large-scale EU project that aims to design and implement a management architecture for the automated provisioning of virtualized network functions over virtualized infrastructures. The project will develop an orchestrator, leverage cloud computing frameworks, and extend software defined networking to efficiently manage resources. A key innovation is a "Network Function Store" that will allow network operators to offer virtualized network functions as services to customers. The project expects to establish a European market for virtualized network appliances, reduce telecom costs, and introduce new networking services.
SURFnet is the Dutch National Research and Education Network that provides advanced networking services to over 1 million end-users across 160 institutions. Through projects like GigaPort and SURFnet6, SURFnet has developed one of the most advanced networks in the world with over 8,000 km of dark fiber pairs directly connecting research and education institutes. GigaPort is a collaboration between public and private organizations funded by the Dutch government, industry partners, and research and education consortiums to strengthen the Dutch knowledge infrastructure through 2021.
DWS16 - Future networks forum - Gabrielle Gauthey, Groupe Caisse des dépotsIDATE DigiWorld
The document discusses various government initiatives to promote gigabit broadband access around the world. It notes that the gigabit race is more prevalent in countries where local and national authorities are directly involved, with the objective of ensuring powerful infrastructure coverage. Private sector players offering 1 Gbps plans do so to enhance their image as innovators. Gigabit access is available in certain areas of countries like New Zealand, Canada, USA, parts of Europe and Asia, while broader populations in Latin America and the Middle East only have basic broadband access.
DWS16 - TV and Video Forum - Florence Le Borgne, IDATE DigiWorldIDATE DigiWorld
The document discusses obstacles to creating a digital single market in Europe, focusing on copyright and geo-blocking. It notes that territorial copyright laws and difficulties clearing rights have limited cross-border access to digital content. While most online brands and services are available across multiple countries, they are locally adapted in each market. The European Commission has proposed reforms to address geo-blocking and facilitate cross-border licensing to help develop the digital single market, including ensuring portability of online services and making it easier for broadcasters and video on demand services to obtain licenses for cross-border distribution. However, factors like language costs, regulatory differences, and infrastructure issues also present challenges beyond just copyright and geo-blocking.
The document discusses the European Commission's proposals to improve connectivity across Europe by 2025. The three key objectives are: 1) ensuring extremely high-speed gigabit connectivity for socio-economic drivers, 2) access to 100 Mbps speeds for all households, and 3) uninterrupted 5G coverage in urban areas and major transport paths by 2020. The Commission proposes an Electronic Communications Code to drive network investment, WiFi4EU to provide free public WiFi access, and a 5G Action Plan for coordinated 5G rollout. The initiatives aim to boost internet access and speeds across Europe, especially in rural areas.
1. The document discusses proposals for an island-wide voice and data network for emergency agencies in Mauritius to replace the current inadequate and heterogeneous systems.
2. It recommends adopting the TETRA standard to provide a secure, available, and effective common network for agencies like police, fire, ambulance to communicate and cooperate.
3. The proposals include a government owned network operated by a private company to leverage private funding while maintaining public access.
This document summarizes the T-NOVA project, which aims to develop an integrated solution for offering, deploying, and managing virtualized network functions over composite network and IT infrastructures. The project has a budget of over 10 million euros, involves 18 partners, and will run for 36 months starting in January 2014. It seeks to implement the Network Function as a Service concept and establish an innovative marketplace for networking functions and services.
The document discusses satellite internet's role in achieving universal service obligations (USO) by providing broadband access to remote areas. It notes that satellite internet can currently provide a minimum of 2Mbps speeds about anywhere, meeting the USO definition. However, the scope and definition of a USO, such as what download speeds and data allowances are required, have cost implications and may require public subsidies for remote installations. New high throughput satellite technologies provide more bandwidth and data at lower costs, making satellite internet a viable solution to deliver essential broadband services to low population density and remote areas as part of a USO.
Roundtable discussion notes for Innovate UK 5G competitiontechUK
This document summarizes a competition by Innovate UK to fund projects developing innovative 5G applications and services. The competition aims to stimulate UK businesses to create uses of 5G's high connectivity. Projects can combine feasibility studies and research, must be business-led and collaborative, and range from £150,000 to £220,000 over 9-12 months. The deadline for applications is February 3, 2016. Projects should explore 5G uses in areas like IoT, immersive media, and critical services.
The document discusses funding for wireless infrastructure projects. It covers:
1. The differences between funding infrastructure versus technology.
2. How infrastructure and technology are interconnected and infrastructure can be used to extend the reach of technology.
3. How TV white space technology can be a "silver bullet" to cost-effectively provide broadband connectivity to both urban and rural areas, including otherwise inaccessible locations, at low risk and with high flexibility.
Delivering on the broadband promise: technology trends and institutional land...Antonio Bove
19th Ka and Broadband Communications, Navigation and Earth Observation Conference and the 31st AIAA International Communications Satellite Systems Conference (ICSSC)
Florence 14th to 17th October 2013
Licensed Spectrum sharing, Unlicensed Spectrum sharing and Secondary Spectrum...Xoo Gill
This document discusses three types of spectrum sharing: licensed spectrum sharing, unlicensed spectrum sharing, and secondary spectrum access. Licensed spectrum sharing involves paying for access to dedicated frequency bands assigned by regulators. Unlicensed spectrum is free to use but has no protection from interference. Secondary spectrum access makes use of TV white spaces in the VHF and UHF bands. The document provides details on the characteristics, advantages, and challenges of each type of spectrum sharing.
There is a growing need for infrastructure sharing in Africa to meet increasing demand for mobile connectivity as populations and usage grow rapidly. Traditional approaches where each mobile operator builds and maintains their own towers is inefficient and costly. The independent tower company (TowerCo) model provides the highest level of efficiencies by consolidating infrastructure ownership and maintenance under a single entity, reducing costs for operators through infrastructure sharing, and generating capital that can be reinvested in expanding coverage. TowerCos focus on maximizing infrastructure utilization through active marketing and service level agreements to improve quality of service at lower cost compared to alternatives where operators maintain independent tower networks.
This document summarizes a presentation on tackling barriers to telecom infrastructure deployment. It discusses how deployment issues can increase costs and timelines and references a UK government report with 19 recommendations. Key developments since then include increased fiber deployment by various companies and efforts to address associated issues like electronic communications codes and planning regulations. Potential areas of focus going forward include a new permitting approach, trials for 5G densification, and mandatory early engagement between authorities and operators.
1) The BDUK programme has expanded superfast broadband coverage to nearly 90% of UK homes and businesses, up from 45% in 2010, and aims to reach 95% by December 2017.
2) To date, BDUK has added over 3.8 million superfast broadband premises and aims to reach 4 million by spring/early summer 2016.
3) Pilot projects testing new broadband delivery models in hard to reach areas found that alternative providers can cost-effectively provide reliable superfast speeds using various technologies, and that communities can support broadband expansion.
This document discusses several issues related to regulating the telecommunications environment in the UK to promote a competitive full fibre broadband market:
1. Full fibre networks are likely to develop through market forces but Openreach needs a transition plan and framework to support broader FTTP rollout. Ofcom should include reasonable FTTP demand in future reviews.
2. Access to ducts and poles alone has limited use but could help alternative providers if incorporated into agreements between Openreach and partners. Long term asset ownership is still an issue.
3. Ofcom should request BT forecasts for FTTP rollout and include FTTP connection costs in price controls to better support the goal of more widespread full fibre coverage.
- Spin-out company from Bristol University focused on network virtualization and software defined networking (SDN) that has received £3m in venture capital funding and £1.8m UK government contract (3 sentences)
The document discusses making financial decisions and planning for retirement. It notes that sharing more information can help people make better decisions with greater clarity and confidence. It asks if readers believe future tax rates will be higher, lower or the same. And it encourages taking advantage of opportunities to maximize wealth and minimize taxes.
The document discusses ways to protect the environment such as saving water and energy, recycling plastic and other materials, planting trees, using bikes for transportation, and reducing air pollution. It encourages protecting natural landscapes like lakes, sand dunes, and national parks while being mindful of how human activities like cutting down trees and pollution from power plants can harm the environment. The overall message is that small individual actions can help preserve the land and natural resources for future generations.
Złoczew is a small town in Poland with over 3,000 inhabitants. The first records of the town date back to 1496, though it prospered most under the ownership of Andrzej Ruszkowski in the late 16th century. During World War 2, most town buildings were destroyed by German forces. The town has gradually rebuilt and developed since the end of the war. The town is surrounded by forests and contains three nature reserves. The local school participates in ecological programs to promote environmental protection and responsible use of natural resources.
MedicalPlexus is an online professional network and content management platform for physicians, researchers, and medical students. It allows users to store and share educational content like presentations, papers, and videos. Users can also collaborate on projects, discuss cases, and participate in online conferences and discussions. The platform was created by Nambi Nallasamy, Michael Sands, and Dr. Brijesh Mehta to address the scattered and inefficient sharing of medical knowledge across devices and websites.
The document discusses traditional retirement planning strategies like IRAs and 401(k)s versus alternative strategies. It argues that traditional strategies may not be ideal due to factors like higher future tax rates, penalties for early withdrawal, and lack of guarantees. The presentation aims to create questions in the reader's mind and empower independent thinking about retirement planning to make better informed decisions. It encourages learning about alternative strategies that may better suit one's goals and priorities around risk, guarantees, taxes, liquidity, and wealth transfers.
This document provides an overview of using Redmine for information management. It begins with an introduction to project management and IT project management. It then discusses the basic software development life cycle and various development models. The bulk of the document focuses on installing and configuring Redmine, including basic features, customization, plugins and integration with other tools like TestLink. It provides examples of using Redmine for planning, tracking tasks, time tracking, documentation and other project activities. Overall, the document serves as a tutorial for setting up Redmine and leveraging its capabilities for managing information and processes within projects.
The document discusses SQL and NoSQL databases. It provides an overview of SQL, describing it as transactional and consistent but difficult to scale. It then summarizes several common NoSQL data models: key-value, column-oriented, and document-oriented. It introduces the GigaSpaces in-memory data grid product, which supports multiple APIs including Java objects, JPA, and MapReduce on a distributed, highly available data platform. The document advocates using the right API for the job rather than being constrained to a single data model.
The poem describes how mothers define who their children are through their love, inspiration, care, guidance and smiles. It then spells out the word "MOTHER" with attributes for each letter that portray the roles mothers play such as magician, omnipresent, tough, honorable, part of an ensemble, and the resin that holds the family together. It concludes by wishing all mothers a Happy Mother's Day and stating they have earned it.
The document discusses how marketers can leverage big data opportunities. It notes that the world now creates 5 exabytes of data every two days, and marketers can no longer ignore the power of data. It describes how marketers currently generate content and use social media as part of their strategies. It also discusses the importance of understanding customer journeys, engaging prospects in real time using their "digital body language", and driving results by targeting campaigns and routing sales leads. The conclusion emphasizes collecting meaningful customer data from various sources, linking it to metrics, and sharing data across organizations to personalize marketing efforts.
Realtime Personalization - Ads, website and analytics.Mickey Alon
Using a powerful product like Marketo real-time personalization helps Marketers capitalize on their marketing spend. Leveraging Account Based Marketing strategy and integrating with Ads/analytics systems helps build a complete closed loop digital marketing.
Persona-based marketing helps companies identify, attract, educate, and support key decision makers in the target account's purchase process. It involves creating buyer personas for different roles like IT and finance, mapping their customer journey and content needs. Companies can then engage the right personas with relevant content at each stage, from awareness to purchase. Tracking engagement and optimizing content helps improve the process. Persona-based marketing provides a personalized approach when combined with account-based marketing.
The document discusses GigaSpaces' features for handling load from multiple clients that can flood a highly updated space partition, including content-based routing, template routing, and SLA-driven containers. Content-based routing controls routing at the object level, template routing controls how query templates are routed, and SLA containers monitor resources to trigger dynamic repartitioning of overloaded spaces to standby containers or template routing.
The document provides an overview of the contents of a training on the Unix and GNU/Linux command line. It covers topics such as shells and filesystem structure, file handling commands, standard input/output redirection, task control, text editing and system administration basics. The training aims to teach users full control of tasks and how to get help and find resources on the command line.
PostgreSQL is an open source object-relational database system that has been in development since 1982. It supports Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, and Solaris and can be installed using package managers or installers. PostgreSQL provides many features including procedural languages, functions, indexes, triggers, multi-version concurrency control, and point-in-time recovery. It also has various administration and development tools.
IPTV Forum London - New Trends and Platform Strategies for New TVThomas Grota
IPTV new trends and recommendations for planning and roll out strategies - Centralized Platform for Service Delivery and Content Handling - Cost saving while providing enhanced service experience - From service planning to live deployment
This document provides an overview of the ACM workshop on advanced video streaming techniques for peer-to-peer networks and social networking. It summarizes the topics of interest for the workshop, which included innovative P2P video streaming solutions, social media content distribution, and advanced video coding techniques for real-time applications. It also summarizes the 15 papers accepted to the workshop, which covered topics like multi-source video distribution, modeling end-to-end delay, and improvements to quality of experience for multiple description video transmission. An invited talk was also given by a representative from the BBC on audio/visual content delivery over P2P networks.
This document discusses the shifting landscape of online video and its impact on traditional video providers. It notes that online video is giving power to consumers and media companies while disrupting cable, satellite, telco and mobile companies. It then outlines some key architectural principles for delivering online video services, including next generation platforms using web services, large-scale unicast delivery, video intelligence, common client architectures, and services across both managed and unmanaged networks. Finally, it introduces Cisco's Medianet blueprint for delivering these next generation online video services.
This white paper introduces a new peer-assisted approach to video streaming designed to overcome limitations of content delivery networks (CDNs). It explains how peer-to-peer streaming can represent a key advantage for broadcasters by enabling them to scale up, improve quality, and handle traffic peaks while reducing costs and network burden. A case study showed the solution achieved up to 58% peer streaming and ensured continued streaming for 50% of users during a server outage. Peer-assisted streaming optimizes video delivery as demand increases by leveraging growing numbers of viewers to share content.
This document summarizes an overview presentation on over-the-top content delivery and HTTP adaptive streaming. It discusses example services like Netflix, HBO Go, and BBC iPlayer. It also covers media delivery over the Internet, including the differences between managed IPTV delivery and unmanaged over-the-top delivery. The presentation also provides an overview of HTTP adaptive streaming building blocks and workflows for content generation, distribution, and consumption.
The TV Everywhere Ecosystem and how OTT Video Redefining the LandscapeMukul Krishna
This presentation looks at how OTT video is helping redefine the TV Everywhere landscape. It explores the various ecosystems involved such as traditional VOD and its components and then goes into TVE/OTT ecosystems and the ramifications including unmanaged devices and churn management for Pay TV providers
OpenTV presentation for dutch media and technology groupMartijn Kole
The document provides an overview of Kudelski Group, a digital security company. It discusses the company's history beginning in 1951 in professional audio and its evolution over 50+ years into a world leader in digital security. Key details include the company having over 2,000 employees, $1.05 billion in 2009 revenues, and investing $210 million annually in R&D. The document also outlines the company's strategic focus areas and global customer base in digital television solutions and physical access solutions.
This document proposes a layered P2PSIP-based architecture called LiSP for live video streaming that integrates with the SIP standard for multimedia transmission. The architecture has three layers - Users, Peers and Applications - and allows flexible placement of application logic. It uses a structured overlay based on a distributed hash table for user and video management and a partial mesh of SIP video sessions for data delivery, where viewers also act as media relays. The architecture aims to provide scalable live streaming while addressing issues like startup delays and integrating with SIP in a standardized way.
The document discusses dynamics and trends in mobile video, including:
1) Mobile devices have become the dominant platform for media interactions, with over 1/3 of daily interactions occurring on smartphones.
2) Advancements in mobile devices like higher resolution displays and better cameras, as well as increased availability of digital content, have led to mobile video becoming the dominant source of mobile data traffic growth.
3) However, the need for higher resolution video like 4K and 8K will require data capacities to increase 64-fold in the next decade, posing challenges unless video compression efficiency improves beyond current standards.
The document discusses how digital media consumption has undergone a major transformation due to factors like increased internet speeds, growing OTT services, improved devices, and user-generated content. This has led to media convergence across industries. While consumers now expect on-demand, flexible access to content on any device, stakeholders like service providers, manufacturers and content owners face challenges in monetizing their content and services in this new ecosystem. The key will be for these stakeholders to work collaboratively to meet shifting consumer demands and benefit from the opportunities of media convergence.
1) The document discusses a research project called Q-SAC that aimed to enable service providers to ensure video quality through remote configuration of appropriate network policies.
2) Key findings from the project were contributed to standardization bodies like CableLabs and the UPnP Forum to develop specifications for quality of service (QoS).
3) The research organization helped contribute to market adoption by developing reference implementations, testing suites, and showcasing technologies at events with industrial partners.
CD-GAIN: Content Delivery Through the Analysis of Users' Access Patterns, ta...Dima Karamshuk
Using nine months of access logs comprising 1.9Billion sessions to BBC iPlayer, we survey the UK ISP ecosystem to understand the factors affecting adoption and usage of a high bandwidth TV streaming application across different providers. We find evidence that connection speeds are important and that external events can have a huge impact for live TV usage. Then, through a temporal analysis of the access logs, we demonstrate that data usage caps imposed by mobile ISPs significantly affect usage patterns, and look for solutions. We show that product bundle discounts with a related fixed-line ISP, a strategy already employed by some mobile providers, can better support user needs and capture a bigger share of accesses.
To effectively serve massive volumes of video traffic content delivery networks (CDNs) are turning to clients for assistance, creating hybrid peer-assisted content delivery systems. We analyze how peer-assisted CDNs are affected by a number of design obstacles which include: the need of localizing peer-to-peer traffic within ISPs (isp-friendliness), reluctance of users to participate in redistributing the content (partial participation) and necessity to match users with similar bitrate requirements (bitrate stratification).
HbbTV aims to seamlessly link linear and non-linear TV services without gateways by using web standards and the DSM-CC object carousel. It originated from efforts in France and Germany and is supported by many broadcasters, manufacturers, and software companies. HbbTV builds on OIPF, CEA, DVB, and W3C specifications to define a complete connected TV subsystem. Key challenges include testing and certification, addressing intellectual property rights, and balancing wider adoption while keeping it simple.
Cisco’s keynote at the CDN World Summit (September 28 & 29) explains how CDNs are transforming into the enablers of an all IP network for the delivery of advanced video services to multiple screens, across all platforms -home, mobile, and business- anytime, anywhere. It shows how service providers are uniquely positioned to enable such a network, including addressing the need for a virtualized infrastructure, with intelligence extended throughout for greater efficiency, and better quality of experience for users.
The research, final thesis for the MSc in Media Management at Bocconi, aims to define peculiar business models for web TV, still an almost unexplored ground inside the economic theory, despite technological progress and a steady growing audience made it recently so attractive in terms of investments for both entrepreneurs and advertisers.
To the 5th Generation? The Future of Mobile CommunicationsMarc NGIAMBA
The document summarizes Nigel Jefferies' presentation on the future of mobile communications and 5G. Some key points:
- Jefferies discusses Huawei's position as a leading ICT provider and its R&D centers worldwide.
- The Wireless World Research Forum (WWRF) develops visions for the future of wireless technologies. Its vision is for 7 trillion wireless devices serving 7 billion people by 2020.
- Research directions for 5G include new radio link technologies to increase spectral efficiency by over 2x, small cells and dense heterogeneous networks, and device-to-device communications.
- Technologies like coordinated multi-site MIMO, cognition, and virtual relays could enable the goals of 5G
This document discusses the challenges facing the TV industry as it undergoes a transformation toward digital and on-demand viewing. The key points are:
1) Viewing habits are shifting to watching content on multiple devices and on-demand, driven by new streaming options. This creates challenges for traditional broadcasters and providers around content delivery and network flexibility.
2) Adopting cloud and virtualization is seen as key to gaining the scalability and flexibility needed to meet rising consumer demands and compete with OTT players. However, this requires organizational changes, new skills, and processes.
3) Capabilities around scalability, flexibility, and analytics are needed to manage the transformation and deliver content across different devices and networks
Cloudwiredtv provides a hybrid cloud broadcasting solution that allows content to be delivered to any device. Their HD-MDN platform uses adaptive encoding to stream HD quality video to phones, tablets, set-top boxes, TVs and more. This allows broadcasters and network operators to deliver content across multiple screens and generate new revenue streams through video subscriptions and packages. The challenge is optimizing delivery across different networks and devices to provide high quality streaming.
[OReilly Superstream] Occupy the Space: A grassroots guide to engineering (an...Jason Yip
The typical problem in product engineering is not bad strategy, so much as “no strategy”. This leads to confusion, lack of motivation, and incoherent action. The next time you look for a strategy and find an empty space, instead of waiting for it to be filled, I will show you how to fill it in yourself. If you’re wrong, it forces a correction. If you’re right, it helps create focus. I’ll share how I’ve approached this in the past, both what works and lessons for what didn’t work so well.
Lee Barnes - Path to Becoming an Effective Test Automation Engineer.pdfleebarnesutopia
So… you want to become a Test Automation Engineer (or hire and develop one)? While there’s quite a bit of information available about important technical and tool skills to master, there’s not enough discussion around the path to becoming an effective Test Automation Engineer that knows how to add VALUE. In my experience this had led to a proliferation of engineers who are proficient with tools and building frameworks but have skill and knowledge gaps, especially in software testing, that reduce the value they deliver with test automation.
In this talk, Lee will share his lessons learned from over 30 years of working with, and mentoring, hundreds of Test Automation Engineers. Whether you’re looking to get started in test automation or just want to improve your trade, this talk will give you a solid foundation and roadmap for ensuring your test automation efforts continuously add value. This talk is equally valuable for both aspiring Test Automation Engineers and those managing them! All attendees will take away a set of key foundational knowledge and a high-level learning path for leveling up test automation skills and ensuring they add value to their organizations.
QR Secure: A Hybrid Approach Using Machine Learning and Security Validation F...AlexanderRichford
QR Secure: A Hybrid Approach Using Machine Learning and Security Validation Functions to Prevent Interaction with Malicious QR Codes.
Aim of the Study: The goal of this research was to develop a robust hybrid approach for identifying malicious and insecure URLs derived from QR codes, ensuring safe interactions.
This is achieved through:
Machine Learning Model: Predicts the likelihood of a URL being malicious.
Security Validation Functions: Ensures the derived URL has a valid certificate and proper URL format.
This innovative blend of technology aims to enhance cybersecurity measures and protect users from potential threats hidden within QR codes 🖥 🔒
This study was my first introduction to using ML which has shown me the immense potential of ML in creating more secure digital environments!
Session 1 - Intro to Robotic Process Automation.pdfUiPathCommunity
👉 Check out our full 'Africa Series - Automation Student Developers (EN)' page to register for the full program:
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In this session, we shall introduce you to the world of automation, the UiPath Platform, and guide you on how to install and setup UiPath Studio on your Windows PC.
📕 Detailed agenda:
What is RPA? Benefits of RPA?
RPA Applications
The UiPath End-to-End Automation Platform
UiPath Studio CE Installation and Setup
💻 Extra training through UiPath Academy:
Introduction to Automation
UiPath Business Automation Platform
Explore automation development with UiPath Studio
👉 Register here for our upcoming Session 2 on June 20: Introduction to UiPath Studio Fundamentals: https://community.uipath.com/events/details/uipath-lagos-presents-session-2-introduction-to-uipath-studio-fundamentals/
Essentials of Automations: Exploring Attributes & Automation ParametersSafe Software
Building automations in FME Flow can save time, money, and help businesses scale by eliminating data silos and providing data to stakeholders in real-time. One essential component to orchestrating complex automations is the use of attributes & automation parameters (both formerly known as “keys”). In fact, it’s unlikely you’ll ever build an Automation without using these components, but what exactly are they?
Attributes & automation parameters enable the automation author to pass data values from one automation component to the next. During this webinar, our FME Flow Specialists will cover leveraging the three types of these output attributes & parameters in FME Flow: Event, Custom, and Automation. As a bonus, they’ll also be making use of the Split-Merge Block functionality.
You’ll leave this webinar with a better understanding of how to maximize the potential of automations by making use of attributes & automation parameters, with the ultimate goal of setting your enterprise integration workflows up on autopilot.
What is an RPA CoE? Session 2 – CoE RolesDianaGray10
In this session, we will review the players involved in the CoE and how each role impacts opportunities.
Topics covered:
• What roles are essential?
• What place in the automation journey does each role play?
Speaker:
Chris Bolin, Senior Intelligent Automation Architect Anika Systems
AppSec PNW: Android and iOS Application Security with MobSFAjin Abraham
Mobile Security Framework - MobSF is a free and open source automated mobile application security testing environment designed to help security engineers, researchers, developers, and penetration testers to identify security vulnerabilities, malicious behaviours and privacy concerns in mobile applications using static and dynamic analysis. It supports all the popular mobile application binaries and source code formats built for Android and iOS devices. In addition to automated security assessment, it also offers an interactive testing environment to build and execute scenario based test/fuzz cases against the application.
This talk covers:
Using MobSF for static analysis of mobile applications.
Interactive dynamic security assessment of Android and iOS applications.
Solving Mobile app CTF challenges.
Reverse engineering and runtime analysis of Mobile malware.
How to shift left and integrate MobSF/mobsfscan SAST and DAST in your build pipeline.
Conversational agents, or chatbots, are increasingly used to access all sorts of services using natural language. While open-domain chatbots - like ChatGPT - can converse on any topic, task-oriented chatbots - the focus of this paper - are designed for specific tasks, like booking a flight, obtaining customer support, or setting an appointment. Like any other software, task-oriented chatbots need to be properly tested, usually by defining and executing test scenarios (i.e., sequences of user-chatbot interactions). However, there is currently a lack of methods to quantify the completeness and strength of such test scenarios, which can lead to low-quality tests, and hence to buggy chatbots.
To fill this gap, we propose adapting mutation testing (MuT) for task-oriented chatbots. To this end, we introduce a set of mutation operators that emulate faults in chatbot designs, an architecture that enables MuT on chatbots built using heterogeneous technologies, and a practical realisation as an Eclipse plugin. Moreover, we evaluate the applicability, effectiveness and efficiency of our approach on open-source chatbots, with promising results.
In the realm of cybersecurity, offensive security practices act as a critical shield. By simulating real-world attacks in a controlled environment, these techniques expose vulnerabilities before malicious actors can exploit them. This proactive approach allows manufacturers to identify and fix weaknesses, significantly enhancing system security.
This presentation delves into the development of a system designed to mimic Galileo's Open Service signal using software-defined radio (SDR) technology. We'll begin with a foundational overview of both Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) and the intricacies of digital signal processing.
The presentation culminates in a live demonstration. We'll showcase the manipulation of Galileo's Open Service pilot signal, simulating an attack on various software and hardware systems. This practical demonstration serves to highlight the potential consequences of unaddressed vulnerabilities, emphasizing the importance of offensive security practices in safeguarding critical infrastructure.
"$10 thousand per minute of downtime: architecture, queues, streaming and fin...Fwdays
Direct losses from downtime in 1 minute = $5-$10 thousand dollars. Reputation is priceless.
As part of the talk, we will consider the architectural strategies necessary for the development of highly loaded fintech solutions. We will focus on using queues and streaming to efficiently work and manage large amounts of data in real-time and to minimize latency.
We will focus special attention on the architectural patterns used in the design of the fintech system, microservices and event-driven architecture, which ensure scalability, fault tolerance, and consistency of the entire system.
Introducing BoxLang : A new JVM language for productivity and modularity!Ortus Solutions, Corp
Just like life, our code must adapt to the ever changing world we live in. From one day coding for the web, to the next for our tablets or APIs or for running serverless applications. Multi-runtime development is the future of coding, the future is to be dynamic. Let us introduce you to BoxLang.
Dynamic. Modular. Productive.
BoxLang redefines development with its dynamic nature, empowering developers to craft expressive and functional code effortlessly. Its modular architecture prioritizes flexibility, allowing for seamless integration into existing ecosystems.
Interoperability at its Core
With 100% interoperability with Java, BoxLang seamlessly bridges the gap between traditional and modern development paradigms, unlocking new possibilities for innovation and collaboration.
Multi-Runtime
From the tiny 2m operating system binary to running on our pure Java web server, CommandBox, Jakarta EE, AWS Lambda, Microsoft Functions, Web Assembly, Android and more. BoxLang has been designed to enhance and adapt according to it's runnable runtime.
The Fusion of Modernity and Tradition
Experience the fusion of modern features inspired by CFML, Node, Ruby, Kotlin, Java, and Clojure, combined with the familiarity of Java bytecode compilation, making BoxLang a language of choice for forward-thinking developers.
Empowering Transition with Transpiler Support
Transitioning from CFML to BoxLang is seamless with our JIT transpiler, facilitating smooth migration and preserving existing code investments.
Unlocking Creativity with IDE Tools
Unleash your creativity with powerful IDE tools tailored for BoxLang, providing an intuitive development experience and streamlining your workflow. Join us as we embark on a journey to redefine JVM development. Welcome to the era of BoxLang.
"NATO Hackathon Winner: AI-Powered Drug Search", Taras KlobaFwdays
This is a session that details how PostgreSQL's features and Azure AI Services can be effectively used to significantly enhance the search functionality in any application.
In this session, we'll share insights on how we used PostgreSQL to facilitate precise searches across multiple fields in our mobile application. The techniques include using LIKE and ILIKE operators and integrating a trigram-based search to handle potential misspellings, thereby increasing the search accuracy.
We'll also discuss how the azure_ai extension on PostgreSQL databases in Azure and Azure AI Services were utilized to create vectors from user input, a feature beneficial when users wish to find specific items based on text prompts. While our application's case study involves a drug search, the techniques and principles shared in this session can be adapted to improve search functionality in a wide range of applications. Join us to learn how PostgreSQL and Azure AI can be harnessed to enhance your application's search capability.
Getting the Most Out of ScyllaDB Monitoring: ShareChat's TipsScyllaDB
ScyllaDB monitoring provides a lot of useful information. But sometimes it’s not easy to find the root of the problem if something is wrong or even estimate the remaining capacity by the load on the cluster. This talk shares our team's practical tips on: 1) How to find the root of the problem by metrics if ScyllaDB is slow 2) How to interpret the load and plan capacity for the future 3) Compaction strategies and how to choose the right one 4) Important metrics which aren’t available in the default monitoring setup.
What is an RPA CoE? Session 1 – CoE VisionDianaGray10
In the first session, we will review the organization's vision and how this has an impact on the COE Structure.
Topics covered:
• The role of a steering committee
• How do the organization’s priorities determine CoE Structure?
Speaker:
Chris Bolin, Senior Intelligent Automation Architect Anika Systems
From Natural Language to Structured Solr Queries using LLMsSease
This talk draws on experimentation to enable AI applications with Solr. One important use case is to use AI for better accessibility and discoverability of the data: while User eXperience techniques, lexical search improvements, and data harmonization can take organizations to a good level of accessibility, a structural (or “cognitive” gap) remains between the data user needs and the data producer constraints.
That is where AI – and most importantly, Natural Language Processing and Large Language Model techniques – could make a difference. This natural language, conversational engine could facilitate access and usage of the data leveraging the semantics of any data source.
The objective of the presentation is to propose a technical approach and a way forward to achieve this goal.
The key concept is to enable users to express their search queries in natural language, which the LLM then enriches, interprets, and translates into structured queries based on the Solr index’s metadata.
This approach leverages the LLM’s ability to understand the nuances of natural language and the structure of documents within Apache Solr.
The LLM acts as an intermediary agent, offering a transparent experience to users automatically and potentially uncovering relevant documents that conventional search methods might overlook. The presentation will include the results of this experimental work, lessons learned, best practices, and the scope of future work that should improve the approach and make it production-ready.