Report I2cat 2009-Eng

Network Investigation and InnovationREPORT 2009

1 REPORT 2009REPORT 2009

Index

Platforms

Network Platform (NetCAT)

Audio-visual Platform and Services (MediaCAT)

Presentation

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Introduction

Organisational Structure

The Board

The Delegates Committee

Management and Personnel

Clusters

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124 Main Activities in 2009

Research

Innovation

Financing with Competitive Funds and Billing of Services

Technology Transfer

International Collaboration and Presence

Participation in Initiatives aimed at Promoting Technological Development in Catalonia

Promotional and Dissemination Activities

i2CAT in the Media

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REPORT 2009 2REPORT 2009REPORT 2009

RESEARCH AREA

INNOVATION AREA

i2CAT by the Numbers

Projects

HDVIPERDIGITAL DE TALENT FACTORYPAT.MAPAFURIA 3INFOPOINTS.NETVEP

DRMSOLUTION NGVISIONANELLA CULTURAL 2009PORTAL ANELLA CULTURALLINGUAMÓN AUDIOVISUALNEW DTT TECHNOLOGIES

FOTORALLY EURO SLAMANIMAC 2010CULTURALIVEANTONI TÀPIES KNOWLEDGE CENTREi3MEDIAARENALIFE

FEDERICAARGIAIAAS FRAMEWORKMANTICORE II

PHOSPHORUSPAISCHRONOSSUPPORT TECHNOLOGIES CTTI

PIT-CATHPDMNETGÉANT3DYI

Networking Technologies Cluster

Audio-visual Cluster

Health and Dependency Cluster

Educational and Industry Cluster

SELENECATALAN TELE-ICTUS NETWORKONLINE CARERSLIVINGLAB4CARERS

AFA-CONNECT ALZHEIMERAGEDACONTINUA HEALTH ALLIANCEVIEWCAT

CIBERRFID TRACEABILITYFOSZIG-VIC

OPERATIONAL PHASE ANELLA INDUSTRIALCALCULONDEMANDONPYMEANELLA LOGÍSTICA

CITILAB E-LEARNING CLUSTERIP-LEIRIAIDAT (VILADECANS)

EDUCATERRA II

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31

40 41 41 42

59 59 60 60

61 61 62 62

63 63 64 64

31 32 33

65 66 67

68 68 69

69

48 49 50 51 52 52

53 53 54 54 55 55

56 56 57 57 58 58

43 44 45 45

34 35 36

46 46 47 47

37 38 39

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30

70

TARIFAUBI-nETRICATETRICAT-AGRICULTURA

ETRICAT-INTERIORETRICAT-ORANGEWiNNOVATE

SANVI-SENSINREDISRESOGECO


i2CAT Team, from left to right:First row: Josep Lluís Ferrer, Albert Vidal, Susana Otero, Carme Dengra, Pau Minoves, David González, Flaminio Minerva, Xavier Peiró, Sebastià Sallent, Antonio Santoyo, Janina Garrigós, Francisco Javier Igle-sias and Pedro Lorente. Second row: Carlos Baez, Víctor Jiménez, Joan Manel Martín, Xavier Barrera, Sergi Figuerola, Ricardo Torres, Javier Gálvez, Joan Antoni Garcia, Eliseo Catalán, Sergi Marí, Josep Maria Colomé, Jaume Benseny, Javier López, Oriol Solé, Jordi Ferrer, Guillermo Enero, Albert Domingo, Marc Clos, Isart Canyameres, Daniel Rodríguez, Jordi Cofre, Jordi Casals, Josep Pons and Vicent Borja.

Presentation1

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2009 has been a difficult year in which

the economic crisis has had an impor-

tant impact on a worldwide scale on the

activities of many companies and also on

the possibilities of investment from public

administration. In this general context, the

i2CAT Foundation has continued intense

development of its research, development

and innovation in the area of IT and that

of the Internet of the future, promoting

the collaboration with companies and

continuing to boost a model of open inno-

vation which allows for user involvement

and participation in the development of

projects.

Throughout the year, i2CAT has maintained

its focus on the local task of collabora-

tion with companies and with the Catalan

government, however at the same time it has

dedicatedly stimulated the development of

international projects and in particular those

in the European field by way of involving

companies and both national and interna-

tional entities.

This important effort has begun to produce

results in the number of internationally

awarded projects in 2009. Furthermore the

number of those which will commence in

2010 has doubled from that of the previous

period, having benefited from an important

economic donation made by the European

Union.

This joint works with research groups from

the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya,

the Universitat Pompeu Fabra and the

Universitat Ramon Llull, who collaborate

closely on various projects and activities

implemented by the i2CAT Foundation, has

allowed for the launch of the “Tarifa” project,

a new research project about the future

internet in which companies from both the

telecommunications and audiovisual sector

are involved.

The various research and innovation acti-

vities being developed in the fields of

infrastructure and media, network virtualisa-

tion, access optical networks, the application

of internet technologies in the fields of health

and dependency, the P2P, sensor networks,

high definition and 3D services, LivingLabs

and new networked open innovation models

allows for the consolidation of i2CAT as a

centre highly specialised in internet tech-

nology alongside local companies, and with

a high degree of internationalisation based

on an important component; research.

The creation of the Area Technology Transfer

and Product Commercialisation has allowed

for the results of the projects to be focussed

on the necessities of companies and has

facilitated the added value of developments

with the completion of new patents, the

signing of new commercialisation deals with

companies and the promotion of support

for the creation of new companies starting

with the technology developed by i2CAT.

We hope that, in collaboration with the

research centres, the government and

the Catalan IT business sector, the i2CAT

Foundation will continue to push forward

research and collaborative innovation with

the goal of contributing to the creation,

knowledge transfer and promotion of the

development of the country’s IT sector.

Jordi Bosch i GarciaPresident of the Board

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Josep Casanovas

President of the Delegates Committee

Artur Serra

Direction Assistant

Xavier PeiróExecutive Director

Sebastià Sallent

Director


The i2CAT Foundation has maintained

an active position during 2009 by way

of an important number of research

and innovation projects in spite of

the economic crisis and the freezing

of competitive state funding granted

by the Ministry of Industry, Tourism

and Trade.

Introduction2

Presentation of the initiative “The Future Internet in Catalonia”, organized by i2CAT and attended by Government authorities, the universities and the sector-related companies.

Citilab Cornellà,May 4th 2009

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This year more than 50 innovation projects

have been either completely or partially

completed in conjunction with a variety of

both Catalan and international companies

and organisations. Furthermore the Depart-

ment of Technology Transfer has established

to promote the appreciation of research

results and to encourage relationships with

the business world, increasing the pledge

made by i2CAT to contribute to the techno-

logical development of Catalonia.

In the field of research, the TRILOGY

project has been completed, having been

developed during 2007, 2008 and 2009;

a new project by the name of Tarifa (The

Atomic Redesign of Internet of the Future

Architecture) has commenced, and there

has been continual contribution to those

projects related to sensor networks.

The most important milestones are as

follows:

•TheadaptationofmembersoftheBoard

along with the incorporation of the Juniper

Networks company and of the positions

of secretary and vice secretary, complying

with the newly established “Law of Foun-

dations” approved by the Parliament of

Catalonia.

•Thecompletionof theTRILOGY research

project (2007-2009), based on five different

work areas (high-definition media services,

network management, access and trans-

port optical technologies, mobility and

sensors, and high capacity P2P architec-

tures) and the beginning of the new “Tarifa”

research project which aims to redesign the

new architectures of the future internet.

•ThecontinuationofresearchprojectsUBI-

nETRICAT and MOB-ETRICAT regarding

sensor and mobility networks, in collabo-

ration with the Research Centre of Korea

(ETRI) and with the participation of both

Spanish and Korean companies.

•The promotion of innovation in the local

area combined with the development of

different projects with city councils and local

organisations (Sabadell, Lleida, Viladecans,

Cornellà, Sant Vicenç dels Horts...).

•Thedevelopmentof53innovationprojects

with different companies and entities of

the Public Administration.

•The creation of the Department of

Technology Transfer with the goal of

encouraging a commercial agreement

with companies and the appreciation of

the research activities.

•ThecommercialdeploymentoftheAnella

Industrial (Industrial Ring) in the automo-

tive industry whilst incorporating more

than eight companies, among those which

stand out the company SEAT.

•Anotable increaseof the levelofpartici-

pation in European projects, such as the

achievement of a new project in the field

of network technologies (Geyser) and one

further in the field of Health and Depen-

dency (Help4mood).

•Thecontinuationofcollaborationandparti-

cipation in international forums regarding

both standardisation and R+D platforms

on both European and national level.

•The important amplification of dissemi-

nation activities in developing projects

and the results from research and inno-

vation.

•The promotion and encouragement of

initiatives aimed at the deployment of a

broadband network for the exchange of

information and cultural events on both a

European and international level, following

the model carried out by Catalonia with

the Anella Cultural (Cultural Ring).

•The arrangement of network and media

platforms in order to focus their activity on

su pporting research and innovation pro-

jects.

•Promoting the Industry Rings of broad-

band infrastructure that allows for the

sector revitalisation (Anella Industrial, Anella

Cultural...).

•Balancing the financial sources of the

Foundation whilst increasing funding from

competitive funds and by way of billing of

services.

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The Delegates Committee, from left to right: First row: Sebastià Sallent (i2CAT), Josep Casanovas (UPC), Gonçal Bonhomme (Orange) and Xavier Peiró (i2CAT). Second row: Xavier Buixeda (Fujitsu), Artur Serra (i2CAT), Silvia Blanco (AETIC) and José Luis Jorge (Alcatel). Third row: Joan Tolosa (Fujitsu), Joan Rodríguez (CISCO Systems), Fco. Javier Marcos (Abertis), Miquel Oliver (UPF) and Carles Salvadó (Departament d’Universitats, Recerca i Societat de la Informació).

Organisational Structure3

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•SecretariadeTelecomunicacionsiSocietat

de la Informació

•UniversitatPolitècnicadeCatalunya

•CIDEM,ACC1Ó

•UniversitatPompeuFabra

•UniversitatRamonLlull

•Tradia(AbertisTelecom)

•OrangeBusinessServices

•CorporacióCatalanadeMitjansAudiovi-

suals

•Mediapro

•AlcatelEspaña,S.A.

•FujitsuEspañaServices,S.A.

•ServeiCatalàdelaSalut

•VodafoneEspaña,S.A.

•CiscoSystems,S.A.

•CentredeTelecomunicacionsiTecnolo-

gies de la Informació de la Generalitat de

Catalunya

• InterouteIberia,S.A.

•Cromosoma,S.A.

•AjuntamentdeBarcelona

•JuniperNetworks

With the aim of encouraging the participa-

tion of new companies in the Foundation,

the management has maintained discus-

sions with a variety of companies in order to

analyse the possibility of their incorporation

in theBoard.Amongst thosewhich stand

out are:

•TransmodeSystems

•SiemensNetworks

There has been a unique change

within the Board during 2009,

namely the incorporation of the

Juniper Networks company as

a member of the Board of the

Foundation.

3.1 THE BOARD

TheorganisationsrepresentedandwhichformpartoftheBoardoftheorganisation,

as of the 31st of December 2009, are as follows:

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TOTAL 107

TOTAL 103

TOTAL 93

TOTAL 89

2006

20 40 60 80

2007

2008

2009

19

70

21

72

30

73

35

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I2CAT`s OWN PERSONNEL

COLLABORATION PERSONNEL

EVOLUTION OF THE i2CAT FOUNDATION RESEARCH PERSONNEL


The government agency of the Founda-

tion is the Delegates Committee which,

having been delegated by the Board,

carries out the administrational duties of

the organisation and monitors the activi-

ties developed by the Management of the

Foundation.

The committee has actively participated

in the analysis and definition of the

main action guidelines, most prominently

amongst those are:

•The definition of attractor projects

proposed to the Administration.

•Monitoring of projects currently being

carried out

•Theapprovalofthemainactsinthefield

of technology transfer.

•Thedefinitionofstrategiclinesfor2010.

•Guidelinesandthedefinitionofthe2010

budget project.

This Committee meets approximately

twice a month and is currently chaired

by the vice-rector of the Universitat

Politècnica de Catalunya, Mr. Josep

Casanovas Garcia. The vice-president is

the managing director of the Societat de

la Informació del Departament de Gover-

nació i Administracions Públiques, Mr.

Josuè Sallent.

The main change in the organisational

structure and personnel of the Founda-

tion during 2009 has been the creation

of the Department of Technology Transfer

alongside the incorporation of the person

responsible for this task during May 2009.

In order to maintain a response to

the evolution of the activity and the

development of projects carried out

under the name of the Foundation,

nine people have been contracted for

project development, specifically:

•1personascoordinatorandresponsible

for the Area of Technology Transfer.

•1 person for the Audiovisual Cluster

projects.

•2peoplefortheHealthandDependency

Cluster

•1 person for the development of the

Winnovate project.

•1personforthedevelopmentofthenew

Network Technologies Cluster projects.

•1 person for the execution of the Pat.

mapa project alongside the Departa-

ment de Cultura de la Generalitat de

Catalunya (Department of Culture of

Catalonia).

Even so, there has been a continual drive

in collaboration with research groups

and the number of researchers collabo-

rating with the Foundation has increased

slightly.

3.2 THE DELEGATES COMMITTEE

3.3 MANAGEMENT AND PERSONNEL

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EDUCATION CLUSTER

INDUSTRY CLUSTER

NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES

CLUSTER

RESEARCH AREA

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

AUDIO-VISUAL CLUSTER HEALTH CLUSTER

THE BOARD

THE DELEGATES COMMITTEE

ADMINISTRATION TECHNICAL MANAGEMENTEXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

TECHNOLOGICAL PLATFORM


In the field of clusters, the most impor-

tant activities have been the following:

•The improvement of the organisation

of five clusters, creating coordination

platforms and promoting a variety of

interlinking projects with the participa-

tion of staff from different areas.

•Theimplementationofcollaborativetools

in order to improve management and

coordination of projects undertaken by

both the staff of i2CAT and of the different

research groups.

•Remarkable enhancing of activities in

the area of wireless technology owing

to the start of new projects on both a

national and international scale.

•The improvement of the organisation

of the Network Technologies Cluster,

determining the person responsible for

each area of the activity.

•AboostintheparticipationinEuropean

projects and in the introduction of 12

new proposals along with the launch

of two new projects; one in the field of

networks (Geyser) and the other in the

field of Health and Dependency (Help-

4mood).

•The launch of new Education Cluster

projects in collaboration with the Citilab

of Cornellà.

•Theactiveparticipation inthe Inforegió

call promoted by the Secretaria de

Telecomunicacions i Societat de la

Informació (Secretary of Telecommu-

nications and Information Society),

obtaining three projects in the fields of

health, networks and culture.

Similarly to comments made in the previous

paragraphs, the organisational structure

of the Foundation has been modified

during 2009. The following diagram can

help appreciate the changes:

3.4 CLUSTERS

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Research Group, from left to right and from top to bottom: Albert Vidal (coordinator), Sebastià Sallent, Xavier Sánchez, Ramón Martín de Pozuelo, Oriol Madriles, Eduardo Huerta, Fran-cesc Pinyol, Martín Germán, Alberto de Cela, Yury Jiménez, Cristina Cervelló, Xavier Masip, Josep Paradells, Josep Maria Monguet, Jesús Alcober and Alfredo Gutiérrez.

Main Activities In 20094

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The TRILOGY project has been a multidisci-

plinary core research project aimed at three

specific area; optical networks, P2P audiovisual

services and sensor networks. These three

areas aim to simultaneously study, starting

from the physical layers until the service layers

of the future or new generation Internet.

This project has generated results with

respect to both the most core research

and that of articles published in journals

and congresses, to even the most applied

research and closer to the innovation such

a prototype and demo creation.

The final duration of the project was 19

months, from October 2007 until April

2009. The total budget assigned to the

completion of this project was €506,000. A

total of 59 researchers from seven research

groups from the three participating univer-

sities took part in the project.

As follows are the research groups which

participated:

•Optical communications group (GCO),

lead by Gabriel Junyent of the Universitat

Politècnica de Catalunya.

•Entel Optical Networks group (GXO-

BAMPLA), lead by Cristina Cervelló of

the Universitat Politècnica de Cata-

lunya.

•Wireless Networks group (XSF-Entel),

lead by Josep Paradells of the Universitat


•Calculation Laboratory of the Faculty of

ComputerScienceofBarcelona(LC-FIB),

lead by Rosa M. Martín of the Universitat


•MediaGroupofBAMPLA(MEDIAENTEL),

lead by Jesús Alcober of the Universitat


•Network Technologies and Strategies

Group (NeTS) of the Universitat Pompeu

Fabra, lead by Miquel Oliver.

•AudiovisualandMultimediaTechnologies

Group (TAM) of the Universitat Ramon

Llull, lead by Gabriel Fernández.

This project is double-faceted. Firstly it is

a research project in that for each thing

which is proposed, evaluated, designed

and implemented, new solutions to the

problem currently exist on the internet.

Secondly, it hopes that the solutions will

overlap with the reality of the Catalan busi-

ness sector.

4.1 RESEARCH

The TRILOGY project, which began in 2007, has been completed this year. Furthermore, the TARIFA project has since begun and will continue for two years. It hopes to obtain research

results in half that time which can be transferred to different clusters of the i2CAT Foundation, becoming a source in order to generate new project ideas.

TRILOGY PROJECT: fuTuRe Internet technoLOGY

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The project has been completed along

three distinguishable R+D action lines,

thus obtaining the following milestones

in each:

PT1.- Optical networks

In the scope of burst switch networks

•Seven articles published in international

journals and conferences.

•Apatentwhichiscurrentlybeingprocessed.

•A network prototype with implemented

solutions.

•AnOBSnetworksimulatorbasedonJava.

With regards to circuit commutation

completely optical networks:

•Tenarticlespublishedinjournalsandinter-

national conferences.

•Asoftwaremoduleusedtomonitorclient

traffic.

•An interface between software modules

used for monitoring purposes and a

GMPLS control plan.

•Connection Controller: the necessary

modifications have been applied for the

management of the creation and mainte-

nance of the FAs.

•Routing Controller: the necessary modi-

fications and extensions for the route

calculations with FAs have been com-

pleted.

•Link Resource Manager: the necessary

modifications of the maintenance and

management of information of the FAs has

been completed.

•OSPF-TE: A series of extensions to the

protocol have been studied and imple-

mented by way of providing it with both

maintenance and FA related information

exchange capacities.

PT2.- Audiovisual P2P

•Twochaptersofinbookspublishedabout

SIP signalling.

•Fivearticlespublishedinjournalsandinter-

national conferences.

•TwocontributionstoETFstandards

•Prototype softwarewith the integration of

all the modules developed.

•Simulators in order to evaluate theMDC/

SVC codification systems.

PT3.- Sensor Networks

•Three articles published in journals and

international conferences.

•Two training programmes at international

conferences.

•OnecontributiontoETFstandards.

•Fourderivedinnovationprojects.

•The application of four innovation pro-

posals.

TARIFA PROJECT: The Atomic Redesign of the Internet Future Architecture

The TARIFA project aims to place a new

focus on the future internet, in rede-

signing the architecture and role based

paradigm with indivisible or atomic func-

tions.

TARIFA will provide new concepts for

future derived projects in the following

three core areas:

•Compositionofservices:studyandpropose

solutions in order that the supply of services

for the future internet by way of service

composition offers the provision of adapted

and personalised services which deal with

high dynamic and heterogeneous environ-

ments (centred particularly on Future Media

Internet and current Internet.

•Management of an autonomous network:

define and design a reliable network

infrastructure which is both scalable and

robust, based on the principles of automatic

management. This allows for an adequate

response to the network conditions in

different scenarios. Thus it will be able to

guarantee the flow of data to the user.

•Newroutinganddirectionalparadigms for

the future Internet: provide solutions with

the objective of obtaining a better routing

scalability, taking into consideration the

separation between the IP address of end

point locators and routing locators and the

overcoming of the challenges which this

solution presents.

•Social-economic impact:designinnovative

business models that can be exploited in

the context of future Internet.

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The ETRICAT project came about as a result

of the collaboration initiatives between

i2CAT and ETRI, which is the main public

research institution in the information tech-

nology sector of South Korea.

In reality, ETRICAT has taken place in the

context of projects derived from this colla-

boration at a research level in conjunction

with Korea.

Further to this, a collection of innovation

projects has been generated which aim

to deliver two technologies to the market;

sensor networks and mobility in wireless

networks.

Over the last few years, both i2CAT and

ETRI have been working on research

material in the field of USN (Ubiquitous

Sensor Networks). The Korean Govern-

ment has identified this as one of the key

technologies of the future and has defined

a special plan for its promotion. Simulta-

neously, i2CAT has also been empowering

this technology over the last few years, and

this has allowed us to achieve a high level

of expertise in this area.

On the other hand, with respect to mobility

in wireless access networks, this collabora-

tion between ETRI and i2CAT has allowed

research into aspects relative to mobile

users who access broadband internet via

different access technologies with the aim

that the communication is neither inter-

rupted nor diminished.

Research with an industrial perspective

This project is conceived from start to

finish with the intention of combining

scientific interest from the field of research

with the application viability of real, current

or future market needs.

With this goal in mind, different parallel

application tasks have been created

with the collaboration of the following

companies:

•Monitoringandautomaticcontrolofirri-

gation systems (ADTEL).

•An alarm and monitoring system of

woodland zones (NADIR).

•Localisationandtransmissionofdataforthe

emergency services (Sensing&Control).

• Universalremotecontroltoallowthemutual

operation of household items. (Orange).

ETRICAT PROJECT

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FINISHED PROJECTS

PROJECTS IN EXECUTION

PROJECTS UNDER STUDY

TOTAL 119

TOTAL 95

TOTAL 79

TOTAL 71

10

20

30

40

50

60

2006 2007 2008 2009

PARTICIPATION IN INNOVATION PROJECTS

18

2924 23

28 28

64

27

18

49

13

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To sum up, the principal research

objectives which were fulfilled during

2009 are the following:

•43publicationsinjournalsandinterna-

tional congresses.

•Adoctoralthesis.

•16finalUniversitydissertations.

•Acontributiontointernationalcommu-

nication standards.

•Apendingpatent.

•Two training programmes at interna-

tional conferences.

•The development burst switch

network node prototypes and an

OBS network simulator based on

Java.

•Monitoring software and a circuit

commuted network GMPLS control

plan.

•Prototype software with the integra-

tion of all modules developed for a live

video retransmission system through

the P2P network.

•Aroundsixinnovationprojectsderived

directly from the research project.

•Around ten innovation proposals cur-

rently being applied for.

OBJECTIVES OBTAINED FROM RESEARCH

16

20

40

60

80

100

2006 2007 2008 2009

SIGNED AGREEMENTS AIMED TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INNOVATION AND RESEARCH PROJECTS

45

62

73

94


2009 has seen further expansion of activi-

ties and innovation projects in the European

scope. In that respect, the i2CAT Founda-

tion has made a great effort at every level to

increase the number of projects and activi-

ties supported by European funds, from the

VII Framework Programme to other tools of

support for innovation and research.

The number of projects completed in

different clusters has had a positive evolu-

tion and has increased the collaboration

with companies and other public entities

and organisations who would like to develop

innovation projects.

Among those activities carried out, the

following are worth mentioning:

•27 innovation projects were carried out

and finalised. 64 are still in progress in in

comparison to 49 last year. However, 28

projects are in the analysis phase during

this period.

•Regardingclusters;thenumberofprojects

developed in each has balanced out; 20

in Network Technologies, 21 in Audiovi-

sual, 21 in Health and Dependency, 12 in

Education and 4 in Industry.

•Regarding the type of funding; 10

national, 25 state and 8 European

competitive funds have been obtained. It

must also be noted that i2CAT obtained

important financing from other depart-

ments of the Generalitat de Catalunya,

such as Cultura i Mitjans Audiovisuals

(Cultural and Audiovisual Media), and

from city councils.

•16 university research groups andmore

than 62 companies and organisations have

collaborated in the innovation projects.

Moreover, more than 67 researchers and

senior assistants have participated, which

has led to the dedication of more than 40

people per month.

•Among projects accomplished, the

HDVIPER project must be noted,

considered to be one of the best Celtic

projects of 2009. Also, the Help4mood

project, which is the first European project

in the Health and Dependency cluster,

and the European projects Phosphorus

and FEDERICA in the Network Technolo-

gies cluster.

With respect to the participation in

competitive calls, the relation of projects

which have received support are the

following:

•National Funds, calls of ACC1Ó: 7.

VKM, NUSIS 2, DREAMS, ZIG-VIC,

MANTICORE II, F2TV, EVALi2CAT.

•National Funds, call INFOREGIÓ: 3.

PAIS, GEDMED, CULTURE LIFE.

•StateFunds,callsfromtheMinistry

of Industry, Tourism and Trade (Plan

Avanza): 25. DREAMS, DRM SOLU-

TIONS, INFOPOINTS LIVE, MEDIA

MANAGER, ENIGMA 3, UAMN, LINK-

CARE, INFOPOINTS.NET, HDVIPER,

AGEDA,LIVINGLAB4CARERS,FURIA

3, DRMSOLUTION NG, SELENE,

CALCULONDEMAND, NETTINGSO-

LACE, CIBER, RFID PE, INCLUSO,

RESOGECO, CCFAT, ARENALIFE,

IOWA, SEMPRE, FDTALENTS.

•European Funds, VI/VII Frame-

work Programme: 8. FEDERICA,

VEP, COLLABS, FES, WINNOVATE,

GÉANT3, GEYSER, HELP4MOOD.

•CENITProgramme,CDTI (Ministryof

Science and Innovation): 4. VISION,

I3MEDIA, INREDIS, SEGUR@.

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4.2 INNOVATION

2006

25

15

5

20

10

30

2007 2008 2009

PROJECTS DEVELOPED WITH COMPETITIVE FUNDS

10

2223

28


Regardless of the difficulties in 2009,

known as the year central to the economic

crisis, the financing of the i2CAT Foun-

dation through competitive funds and

the billing of services has maintained

reasonable figures.

During this period, proposals have been

made to different calls in the national,

state and European scope. The funding

obtained for projects due to be completed

in this last year (for those applications

made in the years 2008 and 2009) has

reached a total sum of €866,401.60,

which represents a 5.6% decrease with

respect to those obtained in 2008.

The funds obtained in each call have

been as follows:

•EuropeanUnion:€279,671

•State:€414,444

•National:€184,941

In relation to the billing of services, there

has also been a moderate decrease

owing to the delayed launch of projects

which were already defined such as the

cases of F2TV with Sony, and GÉANT3

with Red.es. As a result, the total billing

reached that of €1,006,997.95, a fall of

7.4% from the previous period.

With the goal of obtaining an increase

in income from competitive funds and

from billing services in 2010, a series

of measures was developed in 2009, of

which it is worth pointing out:

•The presentation of 15 proposals of

European projects to different calls

related to Information Technology, and

especially future Internet. Currently

seven of those projects have been

approved.

•Anincreaseintherelationshipbetween

companies from the Catalan Informa-

tion Technology Sector, defining new

projects to present to the new Plan

Avanza,ACC1ÓandInforegiócalls.

•The promotion of work in collabora-

tion with companies and international

laboratories, highlighting the actions

accomplished with Juniper and Cisco.

•An increase in projects working with

subcontractors in order to develop

new products and services.

•Thepromotionofattractorprojectsinthe

different clusters, highlighting the Health

and Dependency project Selene, which

is being developed with the Hospital de

Sant Pau and hopes to achieve an IT

knowledge centre applicable to health.

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4.3 FINANCING WITH COMPETITIVE FUNDS AND BILLING OF SERVICES


4.4 TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

Aiming to promote an improvement in the

competitiveness of Catalan companies, the

Technology Transfer and Commercialisation

of Products Area was created in 2009. This

will enhance the value of developments

completed within the different clusters of the

i2CAT Foundation and thus encouraging

the transfer of connections and technolo-

gies alongside the industry sector.

The Technology Transfer Area is respon-

sible for the following activities:

•The evaluation of existing know-howof

i2CAT, obtained by way of the execution

of different research and innovation pro-

jects as part of the clusters.

•To identify the knowledge and tech-

nologies that provide more commercial

potential.

•Todefine intellectual and industrial pro-

perty protection strategies (patents).

•To increase development of value

enhancement projects that allow for

the obtaining of pre-commercial results

bringing them closer to the market.

•To define commercialisation strategies

(analysis of the market, business models).

•Topromotethecreationofnewcompa-

nies based on technology (spin-off).

•ToupgradetherelationshipwithCatalan

companies, with the aim of transferring

knowledge and available technologies

in addition to identifying the new needs

of companies to which i2CAT could

contribute its own experience and colla-

borative development know-how (Open

Innovation).

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ACTIVITIES DEVELOPED IN 2009

Evaluationofresults

LaunchoftheEVALi2CATproject

•Objective: evaluate of the i2CAT know-

how.

•Participants:i2CAT,KIMBCN.

•Project subsidised by an appreciation

fundVALCON(ACC1Ó).

Phase 1: Analysis of the technological

and commercial potential of five technolo-

gies/projectsdevelopedbyi2CAT:

-TRILOGY/P2P

- MANTICORE

- Ultra-High Definition

- Hospisegur (WSN applied to the field -

of health)

- SANTÉ (remote rehabilitation)

Phase 2: Elaboration of a road-book for

the two best positioned technologies,

where possible strategies to be followed

will be analysed in order to evaluate and

commercialise these technologies.

Protection of the R+D+i results

•Writingofthepatentapplicationforthe

invention “Encapsulation Method and

data de-encapsulation in OBS optical

networks”. Deeds shared between

i2CAT and UPC.

•Researchinthestateoftheartinpatent

databases with respect to multimedia

stream congestion control procedures,

with the aim of evaluating the feasibility

of applying for a patent for a inven-

tion carried out within the Audiovisual

Cluster.

•Inscriptionifasoftwaremoduledeveloped

within the Health and Dependency Cluster

to the Intellectual Property Register.

Appreciation of technologies

•Coordinationand introductionof seven

project proposals to the VALTEC

(ACC1Ó)appreciationfundscall:

- Projects: MANTICORE II, CooLab, SAN-

TÉ, SAM, LambdaCatOS, SmartCast,

BeeoMedic.

- Obtaining of subsidies for the MANTI-

CORE II project.

•Collaborative work and videoconferen-

cing web application (ViewCAT):

- Development of the 1.1 ViewCAT ver-

sion (pre-commercialised version).

- Implementation of the ViewCAT v1.1

platform to MediaCAT for the i2CAT’s

personnel’s internal usage.

Commercialisation

•Collaborative work and videoconferen-

cing web application (ViewCAT):

- Dissemination of the ViewCAT appli-

cation at the Revitalisation of Social

Internet conference, organised by the

Telecommunications and Society of

Information Secretary.

- Contact with different companies in order

to evaluate the options for integration or

commercialisation of the application.

•Definitionofthemodelforthecreationof

spin-offs promoted by i2CAT.

- Relationship framework between

created spin-offs and i2CAT.

- Model for the technology hand-off

contract to the spin-offs.

•Evaluationofthefirstspin-offproposal.

•Technologicalbase:QualityHD-SDImulti-

media transmission without compression

on IP networks.

•WritingoftheBusinessPlan.

•Valuationofthetechnologytobehanded

over.

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30

45

60

75

2006

45

2007

61

2008

67

2009

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COMPANIES COLLABORATING ON THE PROJECTS

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERSERVICES AND ADVISING

ROYALTIES ON PROFITSROYALTIES ON SALE OF SHARES

PROFIT PARTICIPATION

AGREEMENTSPIN-OFF

ASSESSMENT PHASE

MENTORING PHASE

INCUBATION PHASE

EXPANSION PHASE


Networking and dissemination

The aim of these activities is to establish a

more direct and continual relationship with

the agents who form part of the Catalan

innovation system:

•Associations of Information Technology

Companies

•Supportcentresforthecreationofcompa-

nies.

•Research/technologycentres

•Disseminationentities

•TechnologicalParks(NetworkAPTE),and

enterprise incubators.

•TransferSystemAgents

•Technologicalconsultancies

•PatentAgencies

•Legal assessors specialised in transfer

contracts

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INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS

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4

6

8

2006 2007 2008 2009

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6

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There has been continual reinforcement

of the bonds with organisms and both

European and International research

groups in order to:

•Amplify the relationship with inter-

national research centres by way of

establishing co operational agreements

for know-ledge and experience transfer,

and for the development of joint pro-

jects.

•Increase the level of participation in

both European research projects and

membership in research and standardi-

sation committees.

•Exchange of human resources and

research personnel in the framework of

European support programmes.

The following are examples of the most

important milestones attained in 2009

in the field of collaboration and interna-

tional presence:

•Participation in the Academic Research

Vodafone Workshop, held in England.

•CollaborationwiththeIEEE802.21stan-

dardisation committee and participation

in the Plenary Meeting.

•Integration in the HL-7 Communication

Protocol’s standardisation platform for

E-Health Systems.

•Participation in the Celtic Event 2009,

held in Paris.

•Cooperation agreement with the CRC

Canada for the development of projects

in the field of Green IT.

•Participation in the European platforms

NEM, Mobility, es.Internet, Foton21 and

Living Labs, and in those on an interna-

tional scale, GLIF and CINEGRID.

•Participation in the Future Internet

Assemblies, held in Prague and Stock-

holm.

•Introduction of e-learning projects such

as Hort Digital to the annual EDEN

conference.

•Accomplishmentofaworkshopwiththe

Engineering, Design and Development

division of SONY Europe.

•Presentation of media projects to the

University of Essex’s Laboratory of

Networked Media.

•Presentation of the Anella Cultural

(Cultural Ring) at the European networks

conference Minerva.

•Participation in the ISO/IEC JTC of

“Future Networks” and the creation of a

national group via AENOR.

Phosphorus stand detail at TNC 2009 congress, Malaga.

4.5 INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION AND PRESENCE

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EVOLUTION OF THE PUBLICATIONS CARRIED OUT

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30

40

50

2006 2007 2008 2009

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One of the cornerstones of i2CAT’s

strategy has always been the cooperation

with different bodies of the Generalitat

(the governing body of Catalonia) and with

other organisations in our country. The

intention was to create strategies in order

to reinforce research, innovation and the

industrial sector based on the evolution

and the new internet generation.

The following form part of the most

important action points fulfilled:

•Development of the Anella Industrial

Project in collaboration with the STSI

and different Catalan companies from

the automotive sector.

•ActiveparticipationintheTIC.catplan,

led by the Conselleria de Governació i

Administracions Públiques.

•Active participation in the Inforegió call

in collaboration with different companies

from the Catalan Information Technology

sector.

•Establishment of collaboration frame-

work with the Information Technology

centredependentonACC1Ó.

•ContinuingcollaborationwiththeCTTI

in order to define the innovation needs

in the telecommunication service of

different entities and departments of

the Catalan Government.

•Development of Cultural Heritage

digitalisation projects with the Departa-

ment de Cultura i Mitjans Audiovisuals.

•CollaborationwiththeSantPauandthe

Santa Creu Hospitals in the development

of an IT knowledge centre applicable to

health.

•Development of innovation projects

together with different city councils

(Sant Vicenç dels Horts, Cornellà, Vila-

decans and Sabadell).

The Foundation has carried out a number

of different activities during 2009 in order for

the dissemination of the goals and the results

of the innovation and research projects, in

addition to round table meetings introducing

different aspects of internet technology.

The most prominent activities are as

follows:

•Presentationof theBufalventproject in

Manresa.13th of January.

•Executionofmanydifferentactsof the

Anella Cultural during February.

•Presentation of the Cuidadors en Xarxa

(Carers in the network) project and its

consequent dissemination in the Catalan

Local Television Network. 12th of February.

•Presentationoftheresultsoftheaction

plan proposals regarding the Future

Internet. 26th of March.

•Presentation of the research activity

completed in the TRILOGY project. 6th

of May.

•ExperimentaltransmissionofLiveHD–

3D imagines between the Liceu Opera

House and the Universitat Pompeu

Fabra. 19th of May.

4.6 PARTICIPATION IN INITIATIVES AIMED AT PROMOTING TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT IN CATALONIA

4.7 PROMOTIONAL AND DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

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•Participation in the Catalan Audiovisual

Market in Granollers, with a stand and

presentation of a high definition MCU. 27th

to 28th of May.

•Participation in a meeting of audiovi-

sual clusters from different autonomous

communities. June.

•Conference on the topic of “The Tele-

communication Service Operator and

his contribution to improved energy effi-

ciency.”, organised jointly with Vodafone.

9th of July.

•Conferenceon“TheDeploymentofremote

medicine services in a clinical environ-

ment”, organised jointed with the Hospital

Clínic. 14th of July.

•Signingof theAnella Industrialagreement

with SEAT in the presence of councillors from

Governació i Administracions Públiques i

d’Innovació, Universitats i Empresa (Governing

and Public Administration and Innova-

tion, Universities and Companies). 23rd of

September.

•PresentationoftheFEDERICAprojectata

conferenceregardingEU-BRcollaboration,

organisedbytheECinBrazil.September.

•Participation in the ECOC’09 (Vienna),

ICTON’09 (Portugal) and GRIDNET (Athens)

congresses .September.

•PresentationoftheAnellaIndustrialproject

to 30 new companies of the automotive

industry. 30th of September.

•Demonstration of the possibilities of the

Anella Cultural project by way of transmis-

sion of a Korean dance between Daejeon

(Korea) and the Citilab Cornellà. 6th, 13th

and 20th of October.

•Retransmission of the “Up-to-date Trade”

conference via the Anella Cultural , organised

by the Trade Management of the Generalitat

de Catalunya. 2nd of November.

•Participation in theAslan fair inBarcelona,

withasharedstandwithSTSIandBDigital.

3rd and 4th of November.

•Exhibition of the Anella Cultural project

by the General Management of Spanish

Libraries. November.

•Completionofabookaboutsensornetworks

alongside Vodafone which was edited by

the Vodafone Foundation. November.

•Presentation of theSeniorLab project in a

joint effort with Citilab and Diputació de

Barcelona (Barcelona Regional Council).

November.

Presentation of the Continua project, held on November 17th at Luxemburg, and the HDVIPER project which took place on October 9th 2009 at Citilab Cornellà.

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4.8 i2CAT IN THE MEDIA

Here are some of the appearances made by the i2CAT Foundation in the media:

TV3

EL ECONOMISTADIARIO MÉDICO

EXPANSIÓN

AVUI EL PUNT COMPUTERWORLD

REDES&TELECOM

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Platforms5

Vicent Borja working at the NetCAT platform of the Foundation.

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Throughout 2009 the resources and

experimental services technological plat-

forms NetCAT and MediaCAT have been

increasingly improving their services and

added value. In particular, the following

actions stand out:

•Improvementoftheconnectivitywiththe

most important research networks with a

bandwidth from 1 Gbps to 10 Gbps for

experiments.

•Introduction and actualisation of the

transport network technologies, both on

an optical and electrical level, thus main-

taining the NetCAT network platform with

the state of the art in this field.

•Deployment of new services in order to

improve the security and financing of the

platform as a support tool to the research

projects developed by the i2CAT Foun-

dation.

•Actualisation and improvement of the

virtualisation technologies with new cloud

computing concepts.

Moreover, the i2CAT Foundation’s tech-

nological platform has begun a change

of vision regarding its growth and deve-

lopment, benefiting the researchers

and projects which are currently being

developed. This aims to improve the added

value provided by the Foundation’s own

resources, services and work lines.

Vicent Borja

David González

Photo detail of the MediaCAT plat-form at Castelldefels Mediterranean Campus.

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Usedand/oravailabletechnologies

•IP, Metro-Ethernet, MPLS & GMPLS,

ROADM,UCLP,DWDM,SDH,OBS.

Improvements throughout 2009

•Establishmentofanewconnectionwhich

reaches Amsterdam for experimental pro-

jects aiming bandwidth up to 10 Gbps

alongside the European Research Network

GÉANT2.

•Deployment of an optical network with

three nodes in a ring configuration, based

on ROADM with transparent lambdas.

•Actualisationandconfigurationofnetwork

routers in order to improve the capacity,

stability and tolerance to network service

faults.

•Improvementandactualisationof secu-

rity and of network configuration and

management dynamic services.

5.1 NETWORK PLATFORM (NetCAT)

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5.2 AUDIO-VISUAL PLATFORM AND SERVICES (MediaCAT)

Usedand/oravailabletechnologies:

•HTML5, FLASH, virtualisation, software

engineering, Open Source Software, HD,

SIP, MPEG-x, LAMP, Web 3.0, VoIP, H.323,

web-conferencing, P2P, Web Services,

Media over IP, streaming, backups.

Improvements in 2009

•Design,creationandimplementationof

the EINES project (Research Manage-

ment Tools).

The following objectives have been

achieved:

- Creation of a directory for people

linked to the i2CAT Foundation

merging contact information.

- Distributed authentication by means

of a unique register and single sign-on

to all services.

- Research and implementation of soft-

ware solutions in order to improve

and facilitate the development of

research.

- Improvement of internal communica-

tion between different work groups

within the i2CAT Foundation.

- Development of a central storage

point and exchange of knowledge and

results, allowing for a central “know

how” and avoiding wasting effort on

problems which have already been

solved, therefore reducing the reso-

lution time.

•Designand implementationofacomple-

tely automated backup service with

different policies focussed on the type,

importance and update frequency

of the information which needs to be

secured.

•Improvement of infrastructures and of

services.

•Improvement of the virtualisation plat-

form with the integration of new cloud

computing concepts.

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Projects6

The Cluster Heads, from left to right: Flaminio Minerva (Audio-visual), Joan Manel Martín (Technology Transfer), Sergi Figuerola (Network Technologies), Ricardo Torres (Education), Josep Maria Colomé (eHealth and eDependence) and Albert Vidal (Research Area).

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Generaldescriptionandgoals

The current internet architecture is getting

more and more complex and includes a

series of patches used to solve different

unknown factors which have came about in

the forty years of its existence. New compu-

tation services and paradigms require new

ways of interaction. The new characteris-

tics (authentication, context awareness, the

discovery of flawless services, and compo-

sition, etc.) and clean solutions to problems

which have already been identified make a

redesign necessary.

TARIFA provides a new approach to the

future internet with a redesign of the

architecture, and based on a paradigm of

undividable or atomic functions.

Innovation and research elements

•The project will be developed with the

consideration of two principal cases of

use: the evolutionary use case, which will

demonstrate that the new architectural

design of the future internet is compa-

tible with that of the current internet, and

with the aim of building a service or func-

tionality similar to the existing solutions

with our approach; and a revolutionary

case which will show that the project is,

in reality, a solution to problems which

cannot be solved in an efficient way by

the current internet.

•The core technical advances of the

programme will serve to validate the

improvements of this new approach,

which will take three aspects into account:

the context of the service composition,

the autonomous management of the

network, routing, and the management

of names and address in a scalable way.

•Theprojectwilltakeintoconsiderationthe

study of solutions in order to improve three

important shortcomings of the current

internet: energy efficiency, heterogeneity

of information and the coexistence of

networks.

•The socioeconomic impact of the pro-

posed solution will be developed

profoundly by the project, such as the

definition of new management models

which must be studied intensely by stake-

holders in the value chain of this new

proposal.

•Asafinalobjective,theprojectwillevaluate,

validate and demonstrate the results in an

integrated environment.

Albert Vidal

RESEARCH AREA

TARIFA(The Atomic Redesign of the Internet Future Architecture)

PERSON IN CHARGE

Albert Vidal

BUDGET

354.088 €

DURATION

01/07/2009 - 31/06/2011

FINANCING

i2CAT

PARTICIPANTS

i2CAT, Wireless Network Group (WNG) from the UPC (Universitat Polytècnica de Catalunya), MediaENTEL from the UPC, Grup de Xarxes Òptiques (GXO) de la UPC, Grup de Disseny Col·laboratiu de Siste-mes a les TIC (COLS) de la UPC, Network Technologies and Strategies (NeTS) de la UPF, Grup de Tecnologies Multimèdia (GTM) de la URL de La Salle, Advanced Network Architectures (ANA) de la UPC

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This collaborative project develops new

protocols, algorithms, configurations and

adaptations which enable the optimi-

sation of the technology performance of

sensor networks in order that the com-

panies which develop these solutions can

benefit from the technology and all its po-

tential applications.


ThemainobjectiveoftheUBI-nETRICAT

is to develop new protocols, algorithms,

configurationsand/oradaptationswhich

enable an improvement in the perfor-

mance of this technology. In order to

achieve this goal, we consider choosing

certain application fields which enable the

validation of the considered technologi-

cal solutions by way of real experiments.

Furthermore, these application fields also

facilitate and make the transmission of

these innovations into the market pos-

sible.

After analysing the reality of the Catalan

industrial sector, the sensor networks

technology can be applied. Consequent-

ly, it can benefit three particular sectors:

•Agriculture:Monitoringandoptimisation

of the automatic irrigation systems.

•Emergency Services: localisation and

transmission of critical data for police

and fire fighters.

•Environmental: Monitoring of environ-

mental parameters and alarm systems

for woodland areas.

Industrialand/orsocialbenefits

The results of this project are oriented en-

tirely towards the development of new ser-

vices and products which will profit from

the advantages offered by the ubiquitous

sensor networks, obtaining a series of via-

bility demonstration pilot tests at the end of

the project and at intermediate milestones.

Other important aspects

This project has taken into account the

challenge of integrating universities, com-

panies and public administration in the

same project, together with the participa-

tion of Korean entities which provide ad-

ditional technological value.

UBI-nETRICAT(Collaborative research in Ubiquitous

Sensor Networks)

PERSON IN CHARGE

Albert Vidal

RESEARCH GROUP

WNG-UPC (Josep Paradells)

BUDGET

2.700.000 €

DURATION

01/10/2008 - 30/09/2011

FINANCING

STSI; Orange; Agriculture Departement of Generalitat de Catalunya; Interior Department of Generalitat de Catalunya; Department of Environment of Genera-litat de Catalunya; CDTI KSI (Korea and Spain Innovating)

PARTICIPANTS

Orange, ETRI (Electronics and Tele-communications Research Institute), Sensing&Control, ADTEL

RESEARCH AREA

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ETRICAT-Agricultura(Optimisation of agricultural processes)

PERSON IN CHARGE

Albert Vidal

RESEARCH GROUP


BUDGET

240.000 €

DURATION

01/01/2009 - 31/12/2011

FINANCING

i2CAT, Departament d’Agricultura de la Generalitat de Catalunya

PARTICIPANTS

UPC, IRTA, REGSA, ADTEL


The current water distribution model and

lack of control regarding the management

of this resource in Catalonia has made it

necessary to improve the efficiency of its use

and particularly its use in irrigation systems.

The principal aim of this project is to develop

an irrigation remote control system, which

provides the knowledge and tools to improve

its efficiency within the Catalan irrigation

systems.


The medium and low distribution networks

are those which are considered to be inade-

quately managed, or those which could be

more efficient. Efficient management and

automated control may optimise the water

consumption and consequently reduce

wasting this vital resource. The proposed

aims of the remote control system are:

•Waterconsumptioncontrolinordertomake

hydrological resources more efficient.

•Optimisationof theuseofpipes,hoses,

filter stations and occasionally pump

stations and regulation pools.

•Reduction in running costs of irrigation

communities.

•Improvement in the productivity of agri-

cultural cultivation.

In order to achieve these goals, the project

will look for solutions for both the secondary

and tertiary distribution networks. These

developments will provide a certain level of

autonomy to irrigation systems by integrating

different control and intelligent management

elements which will be able to act upon the

different installed intervention elements. From

a technological point of view it aims to design

a wireless network for each scenario, capable

of monitoring and acting upon different irriga-

tion network devices both in the secondary

and tertiary distribution network. In order to

communicate the system’s wireless network

with the network of other technologies, it is

necessary to develop connection gateways

which link them. Wireless sensor network

technology provides suitable facilities in

order to accomplish each of the technical

difficulties which this project is faced with.

Wireless sensor networks are based on low

consumption small devices including a radio

interface and a small processor. As a result

they are able to establish communication

over great distances thanks to the establish-

ment of multi point networks.


The results of this project are orientated

entirely towards the development of new

services and products that profit from

the advantages offered by the ubiquitous

sensor networks. A series of pilot tests

used to demonstrate the viability of the

adopted solutions and the development

of functional prototypes from each of the

scenarios to be developed are obtained at

intermediate milestones and at the end of

the project.

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RESEARCH AREA



The need for radio communication by secu-

rity and emergency services is well-known.

Such technology offers a certain mobility to

emergency units and provides communica-

tion with the corresponding control station

which manages the operational actions.

Regardless of the good working order of

the current security and emergency service

networks there are certain situations in which

this system does not provide a suitable solu-

tion and is lacking in features.

The i2CAT Foundation together with Sen-

sing&Control,BombersdelaGeneralitat(the

Generalitat’s Fire Department) and Mossos

d’Esquadra (Catalan national police), aim to

design an architecture which solves these

problems and moreover provides further

functionality and flexibility in order to improve

the efficiency of the emergency services.


A series of scenarios where current networks

and utilised systems can be optimised by

means of new technologies has been speci-

fied by the project:

Scenario A: Chemical hazard and disarming

of an explosive device.

In the case of emergencies related to

chemical leaks or explosive devices, the

TETRA communication device casts a high

power emission that could provoke the acti-

vation of the device or trigger a chemical

reaction. The use of a wireless sensor network

is proposed to reduce these risks. The nodes

of this type of network are based on low

power emissions which considerably reduce

the risk.

Scenario B: Caves and sewer system.

This scenario corresponds to those opera-

tions performed by fire fighters and security

personnel in a town’s sewer system. The use

of wireless sensor networks will offer two

services to security units: on the one hand,

the capability to monitor the whole area, and

on the other hand, a voice communication

channel with the outside.

ScenarioC: Urban fire.

In a similar manner to that of scenario A,

sensors will be added to the operation

unit’s nodes. In particular a bio-monitoring

system will be integrated alongside the

TETRA network and a voice communication

system.


The results of this project are orientated towards

the development of new services and products

that profit from the advantages offered by the

ubiquitous sensor networks. A series of pilot

tests used to demonstrate the viability of the

adopted solutions and the development of

functional prototypes of each of the scenarios

to be developed are obtained at intermediate

milestones and at the end of the project.

ETRICAT-Interior

PERSON IN CHARGE

Albert Vidal

RESEARCH GROUP


BUDGET

240.000 €

DURATION

01/01/2009 - 31/12/2011

FINANCING

i2CAT, Interior Department (Generalitat de Catalunya)

PARTICIPANTS

UPC, Sensing&Control, Bombers de la Generalitat (Fire Department), Mossos d’esquadra

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RESEARCH AREA



The ETRICAT-Orange project has the prin-

cipal aim of creating a patient monitoring

service platform and video services by

means of wireless networks. The resulting

platform will be developed in such a way

that it will be easily adaptable to a health

and hospital environment where the

usability and functionality requirements are

the most critical.


The current solutions over wireless networks

have certain limitations which the project

aims to solve. With this in mind, several

tests will be carried out and different

solutions will be integrated into the final

demonstrator:

•Deployment of the platform with the

support on non-automatic handover

between static and dynamic nodes.

- First approach by way of a session

handover between a high definition

screen and a portable device.

- Retrieval of the advantages and disad-

vantages of using the Standard IEEE

802.21 for mobility in WiFi networks.

•Adaptablecontentdistributiontakinginto

account and the user device capabilities.

- Robust information delivery with conti-

nuous video reproduction in poor WiFi

environments. These environments will

be based on a WiFi node grid.

•Utilisationof IEEE802.15.4equipment in

order to wirelessly monitor multiple medical

parameters (pulsations, blood pressure...).

These values will be processed and stored

in a database and, in the case of an

anomaly, the doctor receives an automatic

notification in order to carry out patient

tracking more effectively.


The results of this project are orien-

tated towards the development of new

services and products that profit from the

advantages offered by the new wireless

multimedia platforms. A series of pilot tests

used to demonstrate the viability of the

adopted solutions are obtained at inter-

mediate milestones and at the end of the

project.

ETRICAT-Orange

PERSON IN CHARGE

Albert Vidal

RESEARCH GROUP


BUDGET

240.000 €

DURATION

01/01/2009 - 31/12/2011

FINANCING

i2CAT, Orange

PARTICIPANTS

UPC, i2CAT

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RESEARCH AREA


WiNNOVATE(Mediterranean Wireless Innovation)

PERSON IN CHARGE

Albert Vidal

RESEARCH GROUP

i2CAT

BUDGET

1.521.620 €

DURATION

01/05/2009 - 31/10/2011

FINANCING

Programa MED

PARTICIPANTS

Research Center of the Athens Universi-ty of Economics and Business (Greece), Ajuntament de Vélez-Málaga (Spain), Organisation of Municipalities of Chios (Greece), Consorzio Universitú Indus-tria – Laboratori di Radiocomunicazioni, RadioLabs (Italy), i2CAT (Spain), Muni-cipality of Genoa (Italy), Development Agency Sinergija (Slovenia)


WiNNOVATE aims to strengthen the inno-

vation capacity of regional and municipal

authorities in Greece, Spain, Italy and

Slovenia by way of knowledge transfer

and best practices in the field of wire-

less communications. Moreover, it aims

to promote the coordination between

the government, the citizens and the

development agents in order to introduce

and proliferate wireless applications and

services.

Furthermore, the project hopes to encourage

wireless infrastructures (local and metro-

politan) and define pilot applications which

aim to add value to the infrastructures and

benefit the final users.

A guide will be defined in order for the

introduction and innovative use of wireless

networks and for the possible services on

offer. The aim of this guide is to encourage

the capacity for innovation in any Mediter-

ranean region by way of the use of wireless

technologies.


The main results of the project will be:

•Finding a reusable methodological

approach in order to evaluate and

orientate the regional, national and

transnational authorities towards the

innovation of wireless networks.

•Create different pilot tests in each

participating region.

•Carry to terma posterior evaluation of

the results obtained by the pilot tests.

•Finally,generateacollectionof recom-

mendations.



towards the development of new services

and products that profit from the advan-

tages offered by wireless networks. A

series of pilot tests used to demonstrate

the viability of these are obtained at inter-

mediate milestones and at the end of the

project.


This project has taken into account the

challenge of integrating research centres,

companies and public administration (on

a regional and local level) in the same

project.

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RESEARCH AREA



This project consists of the deployment

of a sensor network pilot test in the city of

Sant Viçens dels Horts in order to show an

improvement of the municipal management,

in addition to offering value added services

to the citizens. From this pilot test onwards,

we will be able to develop and test new

services in the future, for example measure-

ment systems in selective waste containers,

automatic management of irrigation systems

in parks and gardens, measurement of the

vehicular traffic or information services of the

urban public transport.


The technology of the sensor networks

applied to the cities enables an unlimited

number of new solutions.

In this project we have made a selection,

choosing the applications that are more

suitable for the urban environment of Sant

Vicenç dels Horts, taking into account the

type of city, the requirements of its citizens

and the degree of technology innova-

tion of each of the proposed applications:

autonomous irrigation system, monitoring

the public transport, collection of stored

data, measurement of the vehicular traffic

and automatic application form of selective

garbage collection.


The SANVI-SENS project offers a pilot test

which is able to show the possibilities of

the new technologies applied to the local

management, optimising its performance,

to both the entity that administers the city

and its citizens. It also develops a modular

experimental platform which can be easily

exported and used again in other cities,

both partially or fully.


This project is considered as strategic for

i2CAT in order to demonstrate that sensor

technology is applicable to urban environ-

ments in matters of interest on the rise such

as that of the Smart Cities. We are currently

preparing proposals in order to initiate

different derived proposals of this pilot

test. Furthermore, this pilot test has been

intended in order to attract the companies

of the sector to establish themselves in the

town of Sant Vicenç dels Horts.

SANVI-SENS(Sensorisation of the city)

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RESEARCH AREA

PERSON IN CHARGE

Albert Vidal

RESEARCH GROUP


BUDGET

40.000 €

DURATION

01/10/2007 - 31/05/2009

FINANCING

Ajuntament de Sant Vicenç dels Horts

PARTICIPANTS

Ajuntament de Sant Vicenç dels Horts



INREDIS aims to offer global and sustainable

solutions to challenges faced by those with

a disability in order to access the Informa-

tion Society.

In order to achieve this, core technologies

that allow for the creation of communi-

cation and interaction channels between

those with any specific requirements and

their environment will be developed.


The project consists of a company consor-

tium and a wide range of research centres

who will work on the following tasks:

•Specification of the Information tech-

nology usages of those with functional

disability.

•Analysisofthecurrentandfuturetech-

nological environment.

•Development of experimental platform

and new models for the ubiquitous

human-machine interaction, including

technical assistance and accessible

software.

•Proposal of solution for the different

analysis fields (electronic communication

media, remote assistance and personal

surveillance, home, urban orientation

and mobility, banking services, identifi-

cation and acquisition of products and

services, education, work and other

contexts.).

•White paper about accessible and

interoperable technological design.


The results of this projected are orientated

towards obtaining both research results

and developing complete experimental

platforms which serve as a base for future

commercial products.

INREDIS is a project aiming to improve the

quality of life of those who have difficul-

ties in their relationship with technology.

In this way, it aims to adapt existing tech-

nology to the needs of users and avoid

the following: forcing users to adapt

to technology. Other than the accessi-

bility philosophy, INREDIS enhances the

concepts of ubiquity and interoperability,

allowing users to access services using a

device better adapted to their needs and

whenever they need to. Another impor-

tant aspect of the INREDIS philosophy is

the use of open source software.

On the other hand, all the developments

carried out within the INREDIS framework

will constitute the base for future imple-

mentations for different markets, ranging

from hardware products to software

solutions and services in different fields

(banking, commerce, home automation,

etc.).

INREDIS

PERSON IN CHARGE

Albert Vidal

RESEARCH GROUP

i2CAT

BUDGET

23.600.000 €

DURATION

2007 - 2010

FINANCING

CENIT I+D

PARTICIPANTS

Technosite, ALMA, La Caixa, Inabensa, Vo-dafone, TMT Factory, Ibermática, Moviquity, Via Libre, Tunstall, Barclays, Iriscom, Smart Business, Ihman, UPC, i2CAT, Universi-dad Complutense de Madrid, VICOMTech, Fundación Vodafone España, Universidad de Málaga, Fundació CIM, Barcelona Digital, Robotiker, Universidad del País Vasco, Eu-ropean Software Institute, Universitat Ramón Llull - La Salle, Universitat de València, Uni-versidad de Extremadura, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Instituto Iber-mática de Innovación, Centre Tecnològic de Manresa, Centro Tecnológico CETEMMSA, Instituto de Biomecánica de Valencia

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RESEARCH AREA



The principal goal of the RESOGECO

Project is the creation of a computer

application which facilitates the content

management in order for its distribution

on the base of its geographical position

and that of its users through the internet

and mobile phone systems. This applica-

tion will take the form of a geo-localised

social network in which users will be able to

geo-tag by the user of differentiated chan-

nels, places and itineraries of interest.


Geo-tagging will be carried out using an

open IDE cartography system. It hopes

to create a platform which allows for the

following:

•Publishingofcontentsrelatedtodifferent

channels (commercial, touristic and

educative etc.).

•Association of the aforementioned

contents with a specific geographical

point.

•Receivingofinformativenotificationseach

a user passes by those geo-tagged points

in which they have shown a particular

interest.

•Promotionofportal-ser-portalcommuni-

cation using activity notification systems,

featuring review tools, etc.

•Ability of these functionalities to be run

in a web (webline) and mobile (movline)

environment.

The portal will offer free usage which will

promote its dissemination and increase the

number of users. The “member get member”

method may be employed as the same

users will be the main project disseminators

among their contacts provided that princi-

pals they perceive the portal as useful.



towards the development of new services

and products that profit from the advan-

tages offered by the geo-localisation in

new mobile devices. In this project the use

of open technologies is being promoted so

as to benefit the entire community. Further-

more, its use reduces the development

time.

The creation of these new geo-tagged and

geo-localised services allows for their utili-

sation in multiple aspects of our day-to-day

lives in the near future.

RESOGECO

PERSON IN CHARGE

Albert Vidal

RESEARCH GROUP

i2CAT

BUDGET

110.854 €

DURATION

01/09/2009 - 31/12/2010

FINANCING

Avanza I+D

PARTICIPANTS

Antares, Codima, Itinerarium, Zero Fac-

tory (Infonomia), Stoa, Canariasatuaire.

com

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RESEARCH AREA



The main aim the FEDERICA project is to

deploy a virtual infrastructure composed of

routers, network switches and computers

which must be versatile and scalable for

the researchers of the future Internet.

This infrastructure has been deployed on

the existing substrate of the NREN and

GÉANT2. Furthermore, it offers of a series of

tools which enable the management of the

virtual environment and which consequently

facilitate the execution of a great range of

experiments to the network technologies

research communities. The researchers

will have full control of the virtual nodes

that belong to their network partitions, in

addition to access to the information for

monitoring. Finally, this project will provide

research information for technical discus-

sions in order to contribute to real cases

and to obtained results in standardisation

organisations such as IETF, ITU-T, OIF and

IPsphere (TMForum).

Innovative and research elements

•Offeranexperimentalinfrastructurewhere

it is possible to try any kind of applica-

tion.

•The users (researchers) will have full

control of their virtual nodes and their

network partitions (slices).

•Allowtheaccesstoinformationformoni-

toring.


FEDERICA gives way to important and

new possible innovation areas for the future

Internet and the technological industry. These

areas include: addressing and identifica-

tion, network virtualisation, routing and traffic

engineering, separation of data and control

plans, composition and discovery of services,

among others. FEDERICA also enables the

researchers to interact with Europe and the

whole world, provides contributions to the

standardisation organisations (IETF, ITU-T,

OIF, TMF) and develops new models of busi-

ness optimised for virtual infrastructures.

FEDERICA(Federated E-infrastructure Dedicated

to European Researchers Innovating in

Computing network Architectures)

PERSON IN CHARGE

Sergi Figuerola

RESEARCH GROUP


BUDGET

5.179.645 €

DURATION

01/01/2008 - 31/10/2010

FINANCING

European Project FP7

PARTICIPANTS

GAAR (coordinator), CESNET, DFN, FCCN,

GRNET, NIIF, PSNC, Red.es, SWITCH,

TERENA, i2CAT, KTH, ICCS, UPC, Juniper,

Martel, HEAnet, DANTE, PoliTo, NORDU-

NET

INNOVATION AREA: NETWORKING TECHNOLOGIES CLUSTER

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Sergi Figuerola


PERSON IN CHARGE:

Sergi Figuerola, Eduard Grasa

RESEARCH GROUP: i2CAT

BUDGET: 100.000 €

DURATION: 01/07/2008 - 31/12/2010

FINANCING: Self-financed by each parti-

cipant

PARTICIPANTS: i2CAT, Inocybe Techno-

logies Inc., Communications Research

Centre (CRC)

PERSON IN CHARGE:



BUDGET: 180.000 €

DURATION: 01/04/2007 - 31/12/2009


cipant

PARTICIPANTS: i2CAT, Inocybe Techno-

logies Inc., Communications Research

Centre (CRC)

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) is an

emerging concept which consists in offering

their own infrastructure control to third

parties who then pay for their use. Argia is

a software tool which enables the applica-

tion of this concept to the networks and

optical equipment (TDM, WDM and Fiber).

Through Argia, an organisation can deploy

its own optical network using the equip-

ment of other organisations (infrastructure

providers). The current version of Argia is

being used by IST FP7 Phosphorus and

HPDMnet research projects.

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) is an

emerging concept which consists in

offering their own infrastructure control

to third parties who then pay for their use.

This new service is different from a hosting

service as users access the control of the

infrastructure through software services

available on the network. The IaaS

Framework is a free software modular

development based on Java and OSGi

which enables the design and building of

IaaS solutions applicable to several tech-

nologies: computers, networks, sensors

and applications.

ARGIA IAASFRAMEWORK


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The MANTICORE II project is based on

the satisfactory results achieved by its

predecessor. This project aims to create a

network operator and end-user service in

which they can customise the configuration

of their own IP network, either physically

or logically. The main idea is that an infra-

structure provider can give permission to

part of its own, or the entire, infrastruc-

ture to a third party, delegating the control

and management of the devices over a

period of time. Consequently new busi-

ness models between the infrastructure

and service providers are established. This

service has to be robust enough to be

used in network production by real users.

In order to carry out these aims, the new

version of IaaS Framework is used, with

all the advantages provided by the new

implementation: modularity, extensibility,

compatibility and interoperability with other

solutions based on IaaS.


The support for iPv6 and routing proto-

cols is improved, further to enabling the

configuration of internal or external routing

protocols. Furthermore, it will enable the

establishment and destruction of VPNS

andpathswithQoS.Userswillbeable to

divide the physical routers into different

logical routers. Additionally, they will be able

tovisualise/editthestatusofeachkindorof

several infrastructures.


•Contributions to the testingand results

regarding the routing protocol standardi-

sations.

•Toenablenewbusinessmodelsbetween

the service and infrastructure providers.

• Interoperabilitybetweendifferentauthen-

tication and authorisation infrastructures.

•Establishmentofarobustsystemwhich

enables the creation of logical resources

in order to be deployed in a commercial

network.

MANTICOREII(Making APN Network Topologies on

Internet COREs)

PERSON IN CHARGE


RESEARCH GROUP


BUDGET

250.000 €

DURATION

15/01/2009 - 30/10/2010

FINANCING

€170.000 self-financed and €80.000

from CIDEM-ACC1Ó

PARTICIPANTS

i2CAT, HEAnet, NORDUnet, RedIris, Juni-

per, Cisco, University of Essex, Telefónica

I+D

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Phosphorus is a European project focused

on the supplying of optical on-demand

network resources (both in immediate avail-

ability and in advance), end-to-end and

through multiple heterogenic domains, all of

which interconnect the different advanced

optical communication networks from

across Europe. The network concept of

the project enables the applications to be

conscious of the GRID resources present

in their ecosystem. Furthermore, the

project enables the coexistence of different

resource provisioning systems (NRPS –

Network Resource Provisioning System)

and a new Grid-GMPLS control plan, for

the Grid applications and the Middleware

to transparently interoperate. Additionally,

Phosphorus aims to achieve interoperability

with other similar initiatives from all over the

world, such as AutoBAHN fromGÉANT2

or IDC from Internet2 and the compatibility

with the future supply standard interfaces,

such as the Network Service Interface of

the Open Grid Forum.


The project defines an architecture and

all the necessary interfaces which ensure

the creation of end-to-end optical paths

between different resource provisioning

systems (Argia/UCLP, Argon, DRAC and

GMPLS/G2MPLS). The architecture, imple-

mented under the name of Harmony and

demonstrated at various international

events, provides an abstract service plan

which transparently offers the underlying

network resources to Grid Middleware and

the applications. The Harmony System has

been deployed in more than ten completely

different domains composed of heterogenic

equipment. Similarly, this project improves

the great amount of GMPLS protocols and

consequently enables the management of

the Grid resources directly from the control

plan (Grid-GMPLS or G2MPLS).


This project has enabled the intercon-

nection of i2CAT’s network with the main

provisioning optical resource networks

present in both Europe and North America.

Phosphorus enables the signalling between

different domains and the creation of a

totally innovative GMPLS control plan with

extensions to the GRID.


A variety of scientific publications related

to the Phosphorus project (related particu-

larly to the Harmony system) at international

conferences (IFIP’09, ICTON’09, ECOC’09,

GridNets’09).

PHOSPHORUS(Lambda User Controlled Infrastructure

for European Research)

PERSON IN CHARGE

Joan Antoni García Espín, Sergi Figuerola

RESEARCH GROUP


BUDGET

5.125.000 €

DURATION

01/10/2006 - 30/06/2009

FINANCING

FP6 of the European Union

PARTICIPANTS

PSNC (coordinator), i2CAT, FZJ, IBBT, CTI,

AIT, SARA, SURFnet, UniBonn, UvA, UES-

SEX, UWS, MCNC, LSU, CRC, CESNET,

FHG, Nortel, RACTI

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The aim of the PAIS project is the development

of an optical network demo with DWDM

technology and ROADM nodes together

with an extension to two different fibre

networks until reaching households (FITH).

ThefirstofwhichislocatedBAMPLAgroup

laboratory in Castelldefels and the second

intheBufalventIndustrialPark.


•Developmentof advanced functionalities

in ROADM nodes: 10Gbps network cards

with performance monitoring, the develop-

ment of operator functionalities in the

W-onesys nodes.

•DevelopmentofGMPLSsoftware:thiswill

consist of a series of components which

will be developed by means of an adap-

tation of the ADRENALINE test bed of

CTTC.

•AdaptationofArgiasoftware to thenew

node functionalities. Further to this soft-

ware, users will be able to virtualise and

manage the network resources in such

a way that several users will be able to

operate independently and simultane-

ously over the assigned resources without

interference from others (User Controlled

LightPaths).

•Integration of core network and of FITH

distribution tests of the advanced applica-

tions.


PAIS provides us with a telecommunications

network of the future: agile, dynamic, intel-

ligent and reconfigurable networks. Argia

will provide remote infrastructure manage-

ment and will allow for the virtualisation of

network physical resources with the goal

that any Argia user will be able to manage

their own virtualised resources by way of

creating a network adapted to their require-

ments. In this way optical networks can be

implemented at a reduced maintenance and

management cost, further to creating a vali-

dation environment which allows the testing

of applications, services and new devices

over the platform.


The PAIS project envisages evolving in

order to create a permanent test network

by means of deploying the ROADM nodes

in a distributed geographical scenario, with

nodes in different parts of the Barcelona

metropolitan area.

PAIS

PERSON IN CHARGE

Carles Bock

RESEARCH GROUP

CTTC, UPC GCO + BAMPLA

BUDGET

1.128.964,34 €

DURATION

01/07/2009 - 30/06/2010

FINANCING

Inforegió 2009

PARTICIPANTS

W-onesys, Tecsidel, Orange, Tradia

44



PERSON IN CHARGE:

Sergi Figuerola, Carles Bock

RESEARCH GROUP: i2CAT, UPC

BUDGET: 106.000 €

DURATION: 01/01/2009 - 31/12/2009

FINANCING: CTTI

PARTICIPANTS: i2CAT, CTTI

The project is based on the creation of a

reservation of network resources system

which enables the user to carry out

immediate and advanced reservations of

these resources without knowledge of the

network’s internal typology.

The user simply has to indicate the two ends of the connection, the bandwidth, the

start and end time, and the system will take care of finding the shortest path in addi-

tion to activating or deactivating the connection when necessary. The final users of

Chronos are both live users and Middleware Grid. In order to activate and deactivate

the connections, Chronos communicates with the Argia system.

This project is characterised by the way in

which it performs strategic support tasks

for the Generalitat de Catalunya’s Centre

of Telecommunications and Information

Technology centre’s (CTTI) decision making

within the Open Network project.

In this way it offers technological advice for the modelling of future root and access tele-

communications networks in addition to the integration of fixed and mobile networks.

On the other hand, studies have been made on advanced applications which can be

of interest to different departments within the Generalitat de Catalunya. Furthermore,

new trends regarding the new management paradigms within the telecommunication

infrastructure have arisen.

PERSON IN CHARGE: Sergi Figuerola

BUDGET: 16.000 €

DURATION: 01/09/2007 - 31/09/2009

PARTICIPANTS: i2CAT

CHRONOS(Advance Reservation Resource System)

SUPPORT TECHNOLOGIES CTTI(Support project of network innovation

technologies for the CTTI of the

Generalitat de Catalunya)

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RESEARCH GROUP: UPC, UPF, i2CAT

BUDGET: 491.500 €

DURATION: 01/2007 - 04/2009

FINANCING: ACC1Ó

PARTICIPANTS: Al-Pi, VozTelecom, Alcatel,

22@,Tecsidel, Interoute, CESCA, i2CAT

The aim of the PIT-CAT project is related to

the design, development and exploitation of

a ToIP (ToIP neutral point) neutral exchange

platform between operators.

It is worth mentioning that the neutral point is aimed at enabling the interoperability

between different VoIP platforms (SIP, H323) and codecs in order to facilitate the voice

traffic exchange between private networks of VoIP operators. This voice exchange

neutral point will be located in CESCA and will enable the different VoIP operators

to try and validate it to allow them to propose business models regarding the VoIP

management.

HPDMnet is an international research test

bed focused on network technologies. It

was created in order to develop the first

high performance and high quality inter-

national service required by digital media

applications using high bandwidth on a

great scale. The test bed is dynamically

provisioned by Argia and Chronos and it is

deployed in several parts within the GLIF

infrastructure in the USA, the European

Union and Asia.

PIT-CAT(ToIP Exchange Point of Catalonia)

HPDMNET(High Performance Digital Media

enabled NETwork)


BUDGET: 106.000 €

DURATION: 01/07/2007 - 31/12/2009


cipant

PARTICIPANTS: i2CAT, Inocybe

Technologies, Nortel, Canarie, CRC,

iCAIR, UvA

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PERSON IN CHARGE: Miquel Oliver

RESEARCH GROUP: UPF, UPC

BUDGET: 80.535 €

DURATION: 01/04/2009 - 31/03/2013

FINANCING: Vodafone, i2CAT

PARTICIPANTS: i2CAT, Vodafone,

UPF, UPC

GÉANT aims to shape the future internet

by means of investment in the research

and development of a portfolio of advanced

technologies, with the objective of develo-

ping services, tools and network capacities

for future researchers.

The goal of the Dial Your Identity (DYI) project

is to design and implement a system which

allows automatic access to web resources

protected by a password using the OpenID

of the user and the mobile phone as a

device to select the identity.

The research activities are centred on an analysis of future network technologies in

addition to research into new services. They are looking for solutions which provide

to the innovation of the core network infrastructure alongside identifying techno-

logical solutions to network control, management and the provision of services by

way of the GÉANT Service Area. Furthermore, they hope to find a way to enable

secure and transparent access for the users to network resources.

The DYI system works by way of the authentication of users with OpenID and allows the

user to save his existing identity for web resources (typically username + password) to

his mobile phone’s SIM card. The architecture of the DYI system is composed of three

main components: a plug-in which is installed to the client’s web browser, a Java appli-

cation on the user’s mobile phone and an internet server which manages the service.

Throughout the DYI project a demonstration of the concept will be programmed which

will show the viability of the architecture.

DYI(Dial Your Identity)



BUDGET: 181.446.353 €

DURATION: 01/04/2009 - 31/03/2013

FINANCING: European Union and finan-

ced by each participant.

PARTICIPANTS: Consortium of 36 research

centres

GÉANT3

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Flaminio Minerva


The principal aim of the HDVIPER project is

to design an open, scalable high definition

videoconferencing platform over IP, based

on a new application called Snake. This

application will be deployed specifically in a

desktop PC environment (by means of a pre-

commercial prototype).


In the case of multi-conferencing, the architec-

ture of the Snake application (based on web

services) develops the inclusion of a module

which collects different audio and videos

streams in a similar way to that of the clas-

sical MCUs (Multipoint Control Units). Unlike

the classical MCUs, this application is able to

support transfer rates higher than 10 Mbps.


•Both the business world and small to

medium sized companies will be able

to benefit from savings in travel costs

from efficient research made in quality

IT technologies such as high definition

videoconferencing.

•Public institutions and residential users

will be more satisfied and will have a

better perception of the reliability of the

telecommunication services.

•Theprojectwillalsorepresentaninjection

in revenue for those operator companies

and industries which are in charge of

introducing the product to the market.


Article: J. Alcober, F. Mateu, P. Pawalowski,

HDVIPER: convergence for HD videoconfer-

encing, CELTIC News (EURESCOM mess@

ge),03/2009.

HDVIPER

PERSON IN CHARGE

Flaminio Minerva

RESEARCH GROUP

BAMPLA-UPC (Jesús Alcober)

BUDGET

2.780.060 €

DURATION

01/09/2007 - 15/10/2009

FINANCING

Avanza I+D 2008 (MITyC), CELTIC (UE)

PARTICIPANTS

Borderlight (coordinator), Alkit, KTH, Karolin-

ska Institutet, Telefónica I+D, Alcatel-Lucent

España, Androme Ibérica, PSNC

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INNOVATION AREA: AUDIO-VISUAL CLUSTER



The Digital Talent Factory is a space

equipped so that new talent can develop

their own ideas. Furthermore, it gives

necessary support in the way that these

ideas are suitably projected on new chan-

nels of communication, in particular that

of the Internet. With this goal in mind, the

Factory will have a team of professionals

specialised in the search for these types

of talent and in marketing and projection

techniques at its disposal. Additionally, the

Factory will provide an audiovisual portal

where it will collect and generate content in

order to generate projects.


The Factory isn’t just a entrepreneurial

incubator, but also one for creators whose

products will be directed towards the

final user and which will aim to accom-

plish complete projects in the area of new

formats within the audiovisual industry

(multi-conferencing, UHD, etc.).

Industrialand/orsocialbenefit

This is a project framed within the field of

cultural and leisure content and conse-

quently it affects a wide range of society,

aside from being a service to both the

industry and culture of our country. The

project benefits every agent related to the

Factory: on the one hand, the young talent

and the spots of generation of this new

talent such as Universities and academic

centres; on the other hand, it also affects

the general public who will benefit from

an increased offer of a new generation

content offer which the Factory hopes to

achieve. Finally, industry will also benefit

from this project by way of the backing

of these pilot projects which will come

out of the Factory and be adapted to the

industry.

DIGITALTALENTFACTORy

PERSON IN CHARGE

Francisco Iglesias

RESEARCH GROUP

BAMPLA-UPC (Jesús Alcober)

BUDGET

1.722.868 €

DURATION

01/12/2007 - 31/03/2010

FINANCING

Avanza Contenidos 2007 (MITyC))

PARTICIPANTS

Fundació Digitalent, Digital 360

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The main aim of this project is to work on

adapted digital contents and to use the

most suitable technologies in order to obtain

a presentation of the Cultural Heritage of

Catalonia by means of an audiovisual plat-

form. The project facilitates an open and

online access to the current knowledge

of the Catalan heritage, in an accessible

way and attainable to the civil society. This

project develops:

•The creation of a common language

which enables the dissemination and

that facilitates the transmission of the

knowledge and its contribution between

experts and civil society.

•The establishment of synergies with

other institutions and the civil society

in addition to participating in the digital

innovation of the country.

•Helpingthegrowthofculturaltourismacti-

vities as a source of support regarding the

improvement of the quality of the sector.


This platform aims to spread the inventory

of the Catalan Cultural Heritage through the

different online channels. The innovation

in this project consists in the utilisation of

new technologies for the use of digitalised

resources regarding heritage.


Cultural tourism is one of the emerging

sectors within the tourist industry. Heritage

and tourism represent a remarkable mutual

source of resources. Tourism can benefit

from heritage and vice versa. This project

clearly benefits both sectors. Further-

more, the modernisation of the country

and its inclusion in the digital age makes

us consider how to register, arrange and

demonstrate our own heritage.

PAT.MAPA

PERSON IN CHARGE

Sergi Fernández

BUDGET

212.812 €

DURATION

01/09/2008 - 31/12/2009

FINANCING

Departament de Cultura (Generalitat de

Catalunya)

PARTICIPANTS

iSOCO

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The FURIA project is aimed at promoting

the research and development of emer-

gent technologies for the distribution of

audiovisual contents towards fixed or

mobile terminals. This goal is achieved

through a Spanish consortium comprised

of 27 entities determined to attain contri-

butions to the bodies of standardisation

and to industry forums, such as DVB,

in order to elaborate and build technical

proposals for the future of Digital Video

Broadcasting.


The activity of the i2CAT Foundation is

focussed on the following tasks:

•PT1-SPT1 (DVB-H Phyiscal and Link

layer): a study of the evolution from the

current standard layer to NGH.

•PT3-SPT1(DVB-T2):focusonthedevelop-

ment, simulation and implementation of the

new Digital Terrestrial Television standard.


Within the context of the project, the i2CAT

Foundation participates in the PT3-SPT1

(DVB-T2). The objective is to optimally

plan the deployment, the provisions and

the limits of the new generation of Digital

Terrestrial Television (DVB-T2 standard).

This technology is particulary suitable for

the transmission of a high definition video

in moving terminals (vehicles, trains, etc.).

FURIA 3

PERSON IN CHARGE

Flaminio Minerva

RESEARCH GROUP

WiComTec-UPC (Silvia Ruiz)

BUDGET

8.076.567 €

DURATION

01/01/2009 - 31/12/2010

FINANCING

Avanza I+D 2009 (MITyC)

PARTICIPANTS

Retevisión (coordinator), AICIA, Astra, CE-

DETEL, CEIT, Communi.TV, Dominion, Ega-

tel, ETB, Hispasat, HYC, Integrasys, UPV,

URL, MGEP, Mier, Moviquity, Robotiker,

SIDSA, TVE, TID, UPM, UPV/EHU, Universi-

dad de Valladolid, Vicomtech, Vilaumedia

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PERSON IN CHARGE: Francisco Iglesias

RESEARCH GROUP : BAMPLA-UPC (Jesús

Alcober), Blanquerna-URL

(Josep Sort)

BUDGET: 710.000 €

DURATION: 01/01/2008 - 31/12/2009

FINANCING: eParticipation-2007-1 (UE)

PARTICIPANTS: iBBT (coordinator), UPC,

CDT, KHM

PERSON IN CHARGE: Flaminio Minerva

RESEARCH GROUP: WNG-UPC

(Josep Paradells)

BUDGET: 478.626 €

DURATION: 01/05/2008 - 31/03/2009

FINANCING: Avanza I+D 2008 (MITyC)

PARTICIPANTS: FuturLink (coordinator)

These information points are provided with an interactive screen which is manage-

able from a mobile device. As a result users can manage the interaction using a touch

screen or through a mobile device.

The aim of this project is to continue making

progress in research and development

which started with InfoPoints Live (PROFIT

2007) for the creation of local informa-

tion points, providing the existing urban

furniture with intelligence and creating

information points especially designed for

this purpose.

INFOPOINTS.NET VEP


In its testing stage, the project aspires to

achieve the integration of young Euro-

pean citizens from three different regions

(Lulea,Barcelona,Flanders)inthedecision

process of the European Parliament. VEP’s

activities will be carried out simultaneously

with the European Parliament’s agenda.

The innovations of this project are the use

of MegaConference software in the Virtual

Parliament sessions in addition to using the

Web 2.0 technology (blogs, wikis, etc) in

order to facilitate the interaction and compi-

lation of contents.

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RESEARCH GROUP: BAMPLA-UPC (Jesús

Alcober)

BUDGET: 35.000.000 €

DURATION: 01/01/2007 - 31/12/2010

FINANCING: CENIT 2006 (CDTI)

PARTICIPANTS: Telefónica I+D (coordi-

nator), ADTEL (subcontracting i2CAT),

Ericsson, Alcatel-Lucent, Anafocus,

Solex, Eptron, Brainstorm, Previ,

ADTELECOM

This project considers the creation of an

innovative technological solution which

solves the problem associated with the

management of digital rights by designing

solutions to attract the user to new

services based on IMS networks in a safe

and interoperable framework.

This project is based in particular on OMA

DRM v2.x, Windows Media DRM and

Marlin and Coral standards.

The goal of the VISION project is to

attain significant leap in digital audiovi-

sual communication as those separated

by great distances have the perception

of sharing the same physical space.

In order to attain this, the project carries out research on technologies which allow

for the generation of knowledge necessary for the development of new advanced

high quality and realistic communication systems. In such a way, this caters for

the interconnection of remote places and environments through communication

networks.

VISION


PERSON IN CHARGE: Daniel Rodríguez


Alcober)

BUDGET: 3.978.818 €

DURATION: 01/07/2007 - 31/03/2010

FINANCING: Avanza I+D 2009 (MITyC),

CELTIC (UE))

PARTICIPANTS: Telefónica I+D (coordi-

nator), Telefónica Móviles, Ektacom,

Vitec, Bantry, EMI, Resonate MP4

DRMSOLUTIONNG

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PERSON IN CHARGE: Pedro Lorente


Alcober), TAM-URL (Gabriel Fernández)

BUDGET: 108.059 €

DURATION: 01/09/2007 - 31/12/2009

FINANCING: STSI (Generalitat de Cata-

lunya)

PARTICIPANTS: CCCB, Xarxa Transversal

The Anella Cultural (Cultural Ring) is a project which aims to interconnect all of the public

cultural centres in Catalonia with the principal aim of putting the country at the top of the

useofnewtechnologiesinCulture.Basedonthephysicalconnectionofculturalcentres

through broadband Internet and the building of services and methodologies supported

on this network, we want to take a step forward with regards to the modification of the

traditional modus operandi of all the agents involved in the cultural sector, both cultural

managers or technicians, artists, producers or institutions.

The objective of this project is the creation

of a Web portal that is used to exchange

audiovisual content in second generation

Internet. This portal has become an oppor-

tunity for users to follow what is going on

in the Anella Cultural (Cultural Ring).

The basic areas that this project covers

are the following: storage and open

consumption of the contents generated in

Anella, the live broadcasting of the Anella

events, the dissemination of the project

and the internal organisation of Anella’s

members through collaborative tools,

which are typical of the web 2.0.

PORTAL ANELLACULTURAL


BUDGET: 8.635 €

DURATION: 01/01/2009 - 31/12/2009

FINANCING: Departament de Cultura (Ge-

neralitat de Catalunya)

PARTICIPANTS: CCCB, Orange Catalunya

ANELLACULTURAL2009

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PERSON IN CHARGE: Sergi Fernández

RESEARCH GROUP: Jordi Colobrans

BUDGET: 3.339.280 €

DURATION: 15/10/2008 - 30/06/2010


PARTICIPANTS: CARTV (coordinator),

TVC, Activa Multimèdia, Retevisión

(subcontracting i2CAT), UPM, ITA,

Aranova


RESEARCH GROUP: BAMPLA-UPC

(Jesús Alcober), TALP-UPC (Lluís Padró),

LCFIB-UPC (Rosa M. Martín)

BUDGET: 413.947 €

DURATION: 01/10/2006 - 31/12/2009

FINANCING: Casa de les Llengües (Gene-

ralitat de Catalunya)

PARTICIPANTS: Cromosoma

This project develops an audiovisual plat-

form on broadband IP technology in order

to support linguistic communities across

the world with which the Generalitat de

Catalunya has both cultural and commer-

cial cooperation programs for learning and

diffusion of its own mother tongues. This

environment will enable the sharing and

management of audiovisual resources in

different languages.

The aim of this project is to carry out a

pilot test in new technologies in a real

DTT broadcasting scenario. There are

already basic solutions which allow for

the rapid deployment of the technology;

however there is also a substantial

amount of unexplored research which

this project hopes to cover: more quality

of reception, radio broadcasting with less

bandwidth, more efficient reception and

interactivity.

LINGUAMÓNAUDIOVISUAL

PILOTPROJECTINNEWDTTTECHNOLOGIES

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BUDGET: 211.653 €

DURATION: 16/06/2009 - 15/06/2011

FINANCING: Culture Programme 2007-

2013 (UE)

PARTICIPANTS: Lasipalatsi Media Centre

(coordinator), Manchester Digital Deve-

lopment Agency, Amsterdam Innova-

tion Motor

Fotorally Euro Slam is a European project

which aims to explore the emerging Euro-

pean citizenship awareness through the

compilation of different experiences of citi-

zens and the creation of a new European

cultural learning network. The notion of a

European Identity will be explored in illus-

trations by way of photos provided by the

citizens themselves. Photographic compe-

titions, digitilisation workshops for seniors

and photo competitions for secondary

school pupils will be carried out through

the Fotorally project.

Animac (www.animac.cat) is a non-com-

petitive animation exhibition aimed at artists

who use animation as a way to transmit

their personal expression. After 14 years,

it has been established as one of the most

important audiovisual events of the year

and deserving of the international prestige

through its rigor, dynamics and independent

personality. This year, i2CAT renews the

web and leads the kick-off of a ring of the

best animation schools in the world, similar

to the Catalan Cultural Ring.

FOTORALLyEUROSLAM


BUDGET: 15.497 €

DURATION: 01/12/2009 - 31/12/2010

FINANCING: IMAC Lleida (Generalitat de

Catalunya)

PARTICIPANTS: Bitendian, Aranova

ANIMAC2010

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RESEARCH GROUP: Jordi Colobrans

BUDGET: 1.710.053 €

DURATION: 01/09/2009 - 31/12/2011

FINANCING: Avanza Contenidos 2009

(MITyC)

PARTICIPANTS: Fundació Tàpies (coor-

dinator, subcontracting i2CAT), UPC,

UPV, Aranova

The general aim of the CulturaLive project

is the collaborative development of a

system capable of generation and real time

video streaming to multiple destinations of

a professional quality video ressembling

that of a video camera, mobile unit or any

other means of generating video in real

time. The development of this project will

provide a solution suitable for professional

users of the cultural field.

The main aim of the project is to place the

most valuable contents of the museum in

a space at the headquarters of the Tàpies

Foundation and by way of a web platform

within reach of the users. The project

consists of the creation of a knowledge

centre regarding cultural content simul-

taneously to both the network and the

headquarters of the Foundation. This

has a reference role as a centre and plat-

form for the transfer of knowledge for the

education sector, the academic world and

those cultural institutions dedicated to the

distribution of heritage.

ANTONITÀPIESFOUNDATION KNOWLEDGECENTRE



Alcober)

BUDGET: 287.375 €

DURATION: 23/06/2009 - 22/06/2010

FINANCING: Inforegió 2009

(Generalitat de Catalunya)

PARTICIPANTS: VSN (coordinator), TDI,

UPC

CULTURALIVE

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PERSON IN CHARGE: Francisco Iglesias

BUDGET: 2.120.301 €

DURATION: 01/11/2008 - 31/10/2010


PARTICIPANTS: Cromosoma (coordinator),

Activa Multimèdia, UPC

The project looks for solutions regarding the

creation of technology, which will enable

dealing with intelligent content, orientated

towards the automation of heavy-load

tasks from the audiovisual content creation

industry and a significant improvement in

terms of accessibility and usability of the

aforementioned contents.

i2CAT concentrates its efforts on the design

and implementation of a user context

specifics acquisition model and of a content

adaptation model capable of finding the

best set of characteristics possible to fit the

context. The module enables the efficient

use of computer and network resources

by both service providers and contents.

Moreover, it improves the quality of the

user’s experience in receiving contents

adapted to their features under maximum

quality criteria.

The main goal of this project is to generate

a new way of re-broadcasting sporting

events, particulary motor sports. Techni-

cally, it deals with virtualising these events,

transforming them into a visual experience

similar to that of videogames and at the

same time transforming them into a high

quality interactive experience.

ArenaLife relies on three basic areas of

innovation: tracking systems (localisation

and tracing), advanced production systems

and advanced visualisation systems.

i3MEDIA ARENALIFE



Alcober)

BUDGET: 35.000.000 €

DURATION: 01/01/2007 - 31/12/2010

FINANCING: CENIT 2006

PARTICIPANTS: Mediapro (coordinator),

Telefónica I+D (subcontracting i2CAT),

Alcatel-Lucent España, Havas Media, Acti-

va Multimèdia Digital, CCMA-ASI, Raditech,

Noufer, STT Ingeniería y Sistemas, Infos-

peech, Brainstorm, TV3, Barcelona Media,

UPC, UPV, UAM, URL, UM, UdP, UC3M

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Josep M. Colomé

PERSON IN CHARGE: Josep M. Colomé

RESEARCH GROUP: Health and Dependency

Cluster (Jaume Benseny)

BUDGET: 200.000 €

DURATION: 01/04/2008 - 01/04/2010

FINANCING:

Department of Health, i2CAT

PARTICIPANTS: Department of Health

(Generalitat de Catalunya), i2CAT,

TICSalut, Strategic Plan for Vascular

Cerebral Illness


RESEARCH GROUP: : Health and Dependen-

cy Cluster (Jaume Benseny)

BUDGET: 1.100.000 €

DURATION: 01/09/2009 - 31/09/2011

FINANCING: Plan Avanza Contenidos

PARTICIPANTS: i2CAT (coordinator),

Hospital de Sant Pau

The Knowledge Centre i2HEALTH Sant Pau

will provide a specially equipped space for

the design, development and validation of

new products and services to a group of

experts of the field of medicine and informa-

tion technology.

In order to guarantee the functionality and

future sustainability of these developments,

the main role will be given to citizens and

consequently orientated by companies and

supervised by competent authorities.

i2HEALTH Sant Pau aims to be converted

into a reference centre on a European level

with respect to biotechnology, assistance

and disability, using advanced LivingLab

technology.

The project uses a remote medicine

system which provides permanent neuro-

logical attention to the entire network of

hospitals in Catalonia. Specialists from

reference hospitals will provide remote

medical assistance to patients suffering

from an acute stroke by means of infor-

mation and communication technology. In

this way, the appropriate attention can be

given to those in the acute stage of the

illness.

SELENE(Knowledge Centre i2HEALTH

Sant Pau)

CATALANTELE-ICTUSNETWORK(Treatment of acute-phase strokes)

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INNOVATION AREA: HEALTH AND DEPENDENCY CLUSTER




Cluster (Joan Carles Castro)

BUDGET: 77.198 €

DURATION: 01/10/2008 - 01/10/2010

FINANCING: Plan Avanza

PARTICIPANTS: i2CAT, KeepU Media,

Fundació Privada per a l’Atenció de

Persones Dependents de Cornellà




BUDGET: 473.417,36 €

DURATION: 01/05/2008 - 01/05/2009

FINANCING: Fundació La Caixa, Plan

Avanza2

PARTICIPANTS: i2CAT, Fundació Privada

per a l’Atenció de Persones Dependents

de Cornellà, Escola de Formació Profes-

sional de Cornellà, Citilab


The main objective of this project is to

avoid the gradual social exclusion suffered

by those who take care of high dependent

people through the creation of networks

that facilitate their interpersonal relations

(such as the continuity in the psychosocial

support group programs) in order to mini-

mise situations where carers of dependent

people give up and therefore avoiding the

institutionalisation of patients and allowing

them to stay at home for as long as

possible.

This project will offer new technological

solutions and new digital contents that

will allow the creation of a new Social

Network focussed to Caregivers and

Healthcares of people with reduced

mobility. To achieve this main goal, it

will be created a new solution that will

be deployed into a Living Lab, offering a

final solution product that will accomplish

the requirements of the main users of this

services.

ONLINECARERS(Psychosocial attention to carers of those

with a disability)

LIVINGLAB4CARERS(LivingLab of a social network for the

carers of elderly dependent people)

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BUDGET: 1.309.124 €

DURATION: 01/01/2007 - 01/01/2009

FINANCING: Profit (483.994,87€)

PARTICIPANTS: i2CAT, Redman, Fundació

Hospital Comarcal Sant Antoni Abat de

Vilanova, Fundació Ciutat de Viladecans,

Fundació Hospital Clínic, UPC


The project considers the creation of a

flexible and innovative technological plat-

form, designed specifically for elderly carers

with a high level of usability and which

eases well-being conditions and the tech-

nology assimilation capability of carers of

those suffering from Alzheimer’s disease,

along with the cognitive stimulation of their

patients.

The main aim of this project is to create a

new flexible and innovative technological

platform that will provide an effective service

in the attention and integral management of

the services offered to people with disabili-

ties. Amongst other goals, the project aims

to promote the use of new technology

within the local community by participating

and implementing new integrated manage-

ment models which adhere to the new

Disability Law.

AGEDA(Attention and management of depen-

dency)

PERSON IN CHARGE: Josep M. Colomé,

Sergi Marí


Cluster

BUDGET: 100.000 €

DURATION: 01/07/2009 - 31/12/2010

FINANCING: Citilab

PARTICIPANTS: Associació de Familiars

de Malalts d’Alzheimer del Baix Llobre-

gat, Citilab, i2CAT

AFA-CONNECTALZHEIMER(Network for assitance to carers and

those affected by Alzheimer’s disease)

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Cluster (Antonio Santoyo)

BUDGET: 73.000 €

DURATION: 01/10/2008 - 01/12/2010

FINANCING: i2CAT

PARTICIPANTS: i2CAT, KeepU

The project aims to develop a multi-video-

conferencing platform based on Web

technology and free software. Moreover, it

must solve the current problems of using

this kind of videoconferencing service

within hostile environments which can

be found in public institutions and in the

hospital sector. Thus it will be able to offer

better efficiency regarding the communi-

cation between the medical professional

and the carer.




BUDGET: 20.000 €

DURATION: inici 01/04/2008

FINANCING: i2CAT

PARTICIPANTS: Hospital Clínic, i2CAT

The alliance will be able to select the protocol and technological standards which

guarantee the interoperability between all devices and therefore, achieving an

ecosystem which can deal with the entire data path: from the patient to the doctor

passing over the clinical history. The Health and Dependency cluster participates in

the Technical Working Group.

CONTINUAHEALTHAL-LIANCE(Personal Health System Interoperability)

VIEWCAT

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The Continua Health Alliance is an alliance

of the leading telecommunications and elec-

tronics manufacturers which aim to, owing

to their collaboration in several hospitals all

over the world, analyse the medical and

functional requests that the future Health

System Staff must fulfil.





BUDGET: 2.408.497 €

DURATION: 01/01/2007 - 01/01/2009

FINANCING: PROFIT (1.309.124 €)

PARTICIPANTS: i2CAT, Proengsoft,

Novatec Argentviu, UAB, Aida Centre,

FORES


RESEARCH GROUP: Health and Depen-

dency Cluster (Janina Garrigós, Antonio

Santoyo)

BUDGET: 367.480 €

DURATION: 2010 - 2012

FINANCING: Avanza I+D 2009

PARTICIPANTS: i2CAT, CIBER-OBN, Pulso

Ediciones, ISOKO, KINAMIK

The aim of this project is the development

of a complete system of cooperation and

collective intelligence for research. It will

incorporate a virtual desktop that allows

for the integration of a variety of sources

of information and knowledge needed by a

professional in the research sector in a unique

point. It will also incorporate collaborative

work tools for the group and information

processing systems by means of neural

networks such as videoconferencing.

The aim of the project is to provide a solu-

tion to the current needs of medical centres

with regards to management and loca-

tion of patients by way of developing an

application which visualises the location

of objects, regardless of whether they are

people or material, with hospital installations

using information received from localisation

middleware based on active RFID.

CIBER(Social Networks and Collaborative

Tools for Research)

RFIDTRACEABILITy(RFID Printed Electronics Technology)

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Cluster (Albert Domingo)

BUDGET: 79.620 €

DURATION: 01/12/2008 - 31/11/2010

FINANCING: CIDEM

PARTICIPANTS: i2CAT, Hospital General

de Vic




BUDGET: 50.000 €

DURATION: 01/03/2009 - 01/12/2010

FINANCING: i2CAT

PARTICIPANTS: Institut Lleida

d’Oftalmologia

The FOS project aims to strengthen the

bonds between the Opthamology Institute

of Lleida and the Principal Hospital of Kolda

(Senegal) with the hope of encouraging

cooperational initiatives that have already

been put into effect owing to the applica-

tion of new tools provided by the Society of

Information.

To be specific, the project will allow for the interconnection of both centres by means

of a remote medicine system providing support for opthamologists in the diagnosis

and decision making, training for hospital personnel and a closer relationship benefiting

both parties.

The project will develop an innovative

system of resource and assistance process

management for medical centres based on

authentication technologies and the locali-

sation of resources in real time.

The result that will be obtained by this

project is a prototype which will be tested

into the Hospital General de Vic, in the same

place where an active RFID technology

(developed internally by the Technological

Centre of the i2CAT Foundation) will be

tested within a hospital environment and

with the intention of improving the job of

sanitary staff.

FOS(Open Window to Senegal)

ZIG-VIC(Active RFID Platform in the Hospital

of Vic)

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Josep M. MonguetRicardo Torres

INNOVATION AREA: EDUCATIONAL AND INDUSTRY CLUSTER


Providing broadband services to a group

of automotive companies, with the aim

of improving the broadband connectivity,

guaranteeing the connection with research

centres and super-computation services,

increasing the collective work and developing

the introduction of new advanced services.

This project is a pilot trial with the subsequent

aim of implementing it, and it will therefore be

going to be implemented in other industrial

sectors.


The most innovative elements of this project

have been the following: the introduction of

the on-demand use of design and simula-

tion software; the connectivity of the main

companies of the sector with the main

university research groups for the develop-

ment of R+D+I; and last but not least,

the introduction of new high added value

services (exchange of heavy files, PLM

activity, video-conferencing, online access

to the manufacturers database by their prin-

cipal clients…).


•Promotionof theR+D+I amongst auto-

motive companies and bringing together

the University and the industrial sector.

•Thedevelopmentofthecollaborativework

between the industrial sector companies.

•Bringing super-computation closer to

companies, and the implementation of

design and simulation software, with the

possibility of on-demand use.

Diffusion activities and promotional develop-

ments

Presentations to different associations and

groups, among those participating at the

Automobile Innovation Conference by STA,

andthepresentationoftheActiveBarcelona

project in order to incorporate the Forum

Nord, an engineering-orientated complex, to

the Industrial Ring project

OPERATIONALPHASEOFTHEANELLAINDUSTRIAL PERSON IN CHARGE

Emili Hernández, Xavier Peiró

RESEARCH GROUP

i2CAT, ETSEIB

STEERING ENTITIES

COEIC, ETSETIB, i2CAT

BUDGET

107.000 €

DURATION

01/01/2009 - 01/12/2009

FINANCING

STSI

ASSOCIATED COMPANIES

SEAT, Gestamp, Ficosa, Nissan, Idiada,

SOLUTE, ESI Group, TechIdeas, Nub3d,

Siemens, Altran, Unitronics, T-Systems,

Atos Origin, MIRA Tecnologia, IFR Auto-

motive, SENER, CIDAUT, IDIADA

PROVIDERS

Orange, Abertis Telecom, FirmaProfesional,

BSC-CNS, CESC

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CALCULONDEMAN-DONPyMEOFTHEANELLAINDUSTRIAL

PERSON IN CHARGE


RESEARCH GROUP

i2CAT, ETSEIB

STEERING ENTITIES

i2CAT

BUDGET

82.000 €

DURATION

23/09/2009 - 30/03/2011

FINANCING

Plan Avanza

PARTICIPANTS

TechIdeas, Nub3d, MIRA Tecnologia, IFR

Automotive, i2CAT

PROVIDERS

Orange, Abertis Telecom, FirmaProfesional,

BSC-CNS, CESCA


Provide broadband services to the small and

medium sized companies of the automotive

sector with the aim of improving broadband

connectivity, guaranteeing the connection

with research centres and super-computation

services, increasing the collaborative work and

boosting the introduction of new advanced

services. This project is a pilot trail aiming to

subsequently replicate the experience of other

small and medium sized companies.


The most innovative elements of this project

have been the following: the introduction of

the on-demand use of design and simula-

tion software; the connectivity of the main

companies of the sector with the main univer-

sity research groups for the development of

R+D+I; and last but not least, the introduction

of new high added value services (exchange

of heavy files, PLM activity, video-conferencing,

online access to the manufacturers database

for principal clients…).

In this case, the initial project criteria have

been applied to the small and medium sized

companies with a high innovator profile.


•PromotionoftheR+D+Iamongsttheauto-

motive companies and bringing together

the University and the industrial sector.

•The development of the collabora-

tive work between the industrial sector

companies.

•Bringing super-computation closer to

companies, and the implementation of

design and simulation software, with the

possibility of on-demand use.

Diffusion activities and promotional develop-

ments

Presentations by different groups and asso-

ciations within the frame of the Industrial

Ring.

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ANELLALOGÍSTICA

PERSON IN CHARGE


RESEARCH GROUP

i2CAT, ETSEIB

STEERING ENTITIES

i2CAT, STSI

BUDGET

12.000 €

DURATION

01/04/2009 - 31/12/2009

FINANCING

STSI

PARTICIPANTS

APB, CIMALSA, CILSA, Mercabarna, TIC

Solutions, i2CAT

PROVIDERS

Orange, Abertis Telecom, Siemens


The establishment of the Logistical Ring

aims to:

•Provide a high speed network which

connects the different nodes where logis-

tical activities are carried out.

•Make the provision of services which

require great bandwidth features at a

reduced cost possible (corporative multi-

media networks, an integrated control

centre, security, ASP services, housing

and hosting services, management of

general services, etc.)

•Obtainthebestcompetitivenessbymeans

of increasing the offer and attractiveness of

the logistical zones and in this way, looking

for synergies in the offers of services, paying

attention to the common needs of their

users.

•Be able to obtain synergies with other

sector rings.

•Validate thecompetenceof themodelby

way of a pilot trial.


With the aim of encouraging the competitive-

ness of the Catalan logistic sector by means

of the application of advanced IT resources,

the project will be responsible for the telematic

interconnection of the main Catalan logistics

platforms, in that it will allow for the possi-

bility of optimisation of current production

processes or for the initiation of new services.

The most innovative elements can be defined

in this first year, the interest in which is centred

on finding services which provide added value

to the logistical sector (activity related to the

PLM of the industrial sector, videoconferencing,

online access to the manufacturer’s database

by principal clients, control and traceability of

RFID products...).


•A boost in the R+D+i among compa-

nies within the logistical sector and other

sectors where logistics plays an impor-

tant role in their competitiveness.

•The development of collaborative work

between companies within the logistical

sector.

•The extension of the use of RFID tech-

nology.

Diffusion activities and promotional devel-

opments

An agreement was signed last February

with the following entities in order to

analyse the viability and the development

of a pilot trail: “Promoters”, organisa-

tions linked to the ITand/or the logistical

sector, those of which are STSI and the

private i2CAT Foundation; “Providers”,

companies specialising in the provision of

productsandservicesrelatedtotheITand/

or the logistical sector, such as Siemens

Enterprise, PorTIC, Orange and Abertis

Telecom; and “Users”, principal Catalan

logistics platforms who have a connectivity

infrastructure, property of the principal

telecommunications collaborators APB,

CIMALSA, CILSA and Mercabarna.


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The Citilab Cornellà E-learning Cluster aims

to propose, design, develop and test inno-

vation projects within the field of education

by way of the use of technology. The i2CAT

Foundation supports those innovation pro-

jects developed at Citilab in the educational

field, such as the SeniorLab and HortDigital

projects.

Taking the HortDigital project as a starting

point, it is worth mentioning that a collabo-

ration agreement has been established

with the Department of Education within

the eduCAT 1x1 project in order to work

together as a collaborating group for the

project.

The HortDigital project is the result of

applying the research conducted by the

i2CAT foundation in the field of Personal

Learning Environments, PLEs.

The objective of the IP-Leiria project is to

create a community of work practices in

the field of nursing and the treatment of

wounds, and maintained in a collabora-

tive fashion using a web 2.0 environment.

The system feeds a training simulator,

and both the content creation and the

user management is dealt with by means

of a workflow system.

On the one hand, the project allows for

the testing of collective creation content

models and on the other hand, for the

modelisation of a system which measures

the impact that the lack of training has in

costs.

IP-LEIRIA

PERSON IN CHARGE: Ricardo Torres


BUDGET: 60.000 €

DURATION: 01/01/2009 - 31/12/2009

FINANCING: Fundació Privada pel Foment

de la Societat del Coneixement

PARTICIPANTS: Citilab

CITILABE-LEARNINGCLUSTER

PERSON IN CHARGE: Josep M. Monguet


BUDGET: 30.000 €

DURATION: 01/01/2008 - 31/12/2010

FINANCING: Instituto Politécnico de

Leiria

PARTICIPANTS: i2CAT, COLS

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The projects is focused on the creation of

a centre in order to facilitate and promote

initiatives that encourage the experimenta-

tion, research, training and dissemination of

knowledge in the E-Services field, focused

on the local community. The project uses

Web 2.0 tools and techniques in order to

facilitate the collaborative work between

local agents in an application context similar

to the LivingLab project methodology.

In the previous two years work has been

done on the development of a Web 2.0 plat-

form in order to support the collaborative

activities. Advances in tools for the exhibition

sector have also been made.

TheBusiness,DesignandTelecommu-

nications Master programme, offered as

part of an agreement between Telefónica

and the UPC (Universitat Politècnica de

Catalunya, Barcelona Tech), allows for

the development and training of a new

general approach to distance educa-

tion.

The new educational model, which uses

Web 2.0 tools and techniques, allows for

learning based on collaborative projects

and case studies. It also systematically

monitors all the learning processes.

In particular, the educational model is

based on: the application of workflow

in project management, the application

of real time evaluation techniques and

the monitoring of students by means of

a model which takes into consideration

their entire activity and the monitoring of

the tutors as a whole.

EDUCATERRAII(Master in Telecommunication Business)


RESEARCH GROUP: COLS

BUDGET: 100.000 €

DURATION: 01/01/2009 - 31/12/2009

FINANCING: Viladecans City Council


IDAT(Viladecans)


RESEARCH GROUP: COLS

BUDGET: 25.000 €

DURATION: 01/01/2009 - 31/12/2009

FINANCING: Educaterra


EMPRESES: Educaterra, Telefónica

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REVENUE EVOLUTION

EXPENSES EVOLUTION

TOTAL REVENUE

TOTAL EXPENSES

200.000

500.000

1.000.000

1.000.000

800.000

2.000.000

600.000

1.500.000

2.000.000

2.000.000

400.000

1.000.000

1.200.000

3.000.000

1.800.000 5.000.000

5.000.000

1.400.000

3.500.000

4.000.000

4.000.000

2.000.000

GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA CONTRIBUTION

MANAGEMENT AND COORDINATION OF THE FOUNDATION

2006 2007 2008 2009

2006 2007 2008 2009

CONTRIBUTIONS OF ENTITIES AND COMPANIES

TO PROJECTS

RESEARCH AND INNOVATION PROJECTS

COMPETITIVE FUNDS

PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES

SERVICE CHARGES

OTHER PROJECT SUPPORT EXPENSES

AMORTIZATIONS

1.000.000

2.500.000

3.000.000

3.000.000

1.600.000

4.000.000

2006

2006

2007

2007

2008

2008

2009

2009


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i2CAT by the Numbers


REVENUES 2006 2007 2008 2009

Generalitat de Catalunya Contribution 1.010.000 1.010.000 780.000 650.000

Contributions of Entities and Companies 1.817.730 1.358.436 1.556.192 1.548.299

Competitive Funds 250.064 540.870 918.260 850.342

Service Charges 178.234 727.712 1.088.592 1.006.998

Total 3.256.028 3.637.018 4.343.044 4.055.639

Other revenues 4.999 11.481 41.984 2.949

Total 3.261.027 3.648.499 4.385.028 4.058.588

BUDGET EVOLUTION

EXPENSES 2006 2007 2008 2009

Management and Coordination of i2CAT 233.514 246.975 210.727 212.101

Research and Innovation Projects 2.596.539 2.902.951 3.563.040 3.295.876

Promotional Activities 77.500 75.860 68.463 49.722

Other Project Support Expenses 270.529 251.518 330.166 264.820

Amortizations 78.414 165.547 210.878 234.206

Total 3.256.496 3.642.851 4.383.274 4.056.725

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