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Project Description FEDERICA

Project I3 funded by the 7th EU R&D Framework Programme (contract RI-213107)

Web
http://www.fp7-federica.eu
Start date
01/01/2008
End date
30/06/2010
Duration
30 months
Total budget
€5 million (European funding: €3.7 million)
Persons/month
465 (equivalent to 15.5 persons on a full-time basis during the project)
Participants
20 entities

Academic and research networks – GARR (IT – co-ordinator), Red.es/RedIRIS (ES), DFN (DE), FCCN (PT), CESNET (CZ), GRNET (GR), HEAnet (IE), PSCN (PL), SWITCH (CH), NIIF/HUNGARNET (HU), NORDUnet (Scandinavian networks – DK), DANTE (co-ordinator Géant2 – UK), TERENA (European Association of Academic Networks – NL)

Public and private R&D entities – i2CAT (ES), UPC (ES), KTH (SE), ICCS (GR), Polito (IT), Juniper Networks (IE), Martel (CH)

Activities
NA (Networking Activities) - Includes project management and co-ordination (NA1), identification of user groups and their needs (NA2); interaction with standardisation entities and other projects (NA3) and dissemination and training (NA4)

 

SA (Service Activities) – Includes infrastructure deployment support (SA1) and user support and tool development for the project (SA2)

JRA (Joint Research Activities) – Includes new network management and control developments (JRA1) and new Internet architecture and infrastructure user control paradigms (JRA2)