I2 Cat Report 2008 Eng

Network Investigation and Innovation

Report2008

Index

1. Presentation

2. Introduction

3.Organizational Structure

3.1. The Board

3.2. The Delegates Committee

3.3. Directorship and Staff

3.4. Clusters

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4. Main 2008 Activities

4.1. Research

4.2. Innovation

4.3. Project financing with competitive funds

4.4. International collaboration andpresence

4.5. Involvement in initiatives in order to promote the technologicaldevelopment in Catalonia

4.6. Promotional and DisseminationActivities

4.7. i2CAT in the Media

5. Platforms

5.1. Network Platform, NOC

5.2. Audio-visual Platform, MEDIACAT

6. Projects

6.1. Research AreaTRILOGYINTERNET DEL FUTURSANVI-SENSSEGUR@UBI-nETRICATMOB-ETRICAT

6.2 Innovation AreaNetwork Technologies ClusterFEDERICAARGIAIAAS FRAMEWORKMANTICORE IIPHOSPHORUSDREAMSCHRONOSAssessoria al desplegament de la Xarxa Oberta de la Generalitat de Catalunya PIT-CATDICOBIHPDMNETLOCALRETGLIFARENALIFE

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Audio-visual ClusterANELLA CULTURAL PORTAL ANELLA CULTURALLINGUAMON AUDIOVISUALHDVIPERI3MEDIAFURIA 2PAT.MAPAProjecte pilot en noves tecnologies en TDT INFOPOINTS LIVEINFOPOINTS.NETNUSIS 2VISIONMEDIA MANAGERZERO-CLIENTDMRSOLUTION NGVEPCO-LLABS

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Education and Industry ClusterCATLABProva Pilot de l’ANELLA INDUSTRIALIDATIPe-PICLUSTER e-LEARNING CITILABFREE SOFTWARE 2008

7. Budget Evolution

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1. Presentation

i2CAT’s team is comprised of (from left to right):

Last row: Carlos Baez, Josep Pons, Xavier Barrera, JordiFerrer, David González, Joan Antoni Garcia, Jandro Berna,Dani Rodríguez.

Second row: Antonio Santoyo, Carme Dengra, SusanaOtero, Albert Domingo, Jaume Benseny, Joan Carles Castro,Sergi Fernández, Pedro Lorente, Vicent Borja, Sergi Mari,Eduard Grasa, Fco. Javier Iglesias.

First row: Flaminio Minerva, Josep Maria Colomé, XavierPeiró, Sebastià Sallent, Joan Manel Martín, Albert Vidal, SergiFiguerola.

i2CAT has intensely developed its research, developmentand innovation activities in the field of ICT and the FutureInternet throughout 2008. The projects carried out havemade possible the expansion of the collaboration betweenthe companies and the research groups, both from theFoundation itself and the Universities. Furthermore, they havealso promoted a new model of Open innovation whichinvolves the implication of the users in the innovationprocedures from its very beginning.

During this year, in which we have been affected by thecredit crunch, there have been several signs regarding theimportance of an innovation aimed to create new products,services and activities which enable a new and moresustainable development based on activities with a highlevel of specialisation whose objective is a global market witha high level of competence. In this framework, the researchand innovation in the ICT sector, and especially Internet -thefield in which i2CAT focuses its activity- is essential for thedevelopment of a productive and strategic network for thecountry.

The significant growth of i2CAT throughout 2008, which wasclose to 20%, and its implication in several projects both atnational, European and international level with the

participation of more than 65 companies and 14 researchgroups of the universities integrated in i2CAT’s board,highlights the vitality of the entity and the huge promotion ofthe innovation of the ICT sector. The activity, locally (with thecompanies and the Catalan public administration) as wellas globally, has been large and there has been importantinternational projects with the main research centres in thefield of Internet from USA, Canada, EU and Korea. Finally,there has also been a close collaboration with the publicadministration in innovative and strategic projects for thetechnological development of Catalonia.

The research in the fields of Optical Networks, P2P, SensorNetworks, Virtualization, High Definition Services and NewModels of Network Innovation has borne important fruits andhas also enabled the different innovation areas of theFoundation to apply their results to a great amount ofprojects carried out together with companies and institutions.

During 2008, there was also the creation of a new technologytransference and product commercialisation area, which willenable to value in a faster and more efficient way theperformed developments and will facilitate the relationbetween the companies in the field of the transference ofthe technology and the knowledge.

In the next years, i2CAT wants to continue promoting theresearch and the collaborative innovation in the field ofInternet together with the different agents and institutions,both at a local and international level, with similar purposesand aimed to contribute to the transference of knowledgeand the promotion of the development of the ICT sector ofour country.

Jordi Bosch i GarciaPresident of the Board

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Artur Serra, Direction Assistant

Xavier Peiró, Executive Director

Sebastià Sallent, Director

“During 2008, i2CAT car-ried out a lot of activities aswell as research and inno-vation projects in collabora-tion with companies anduniversity research groups,aimed to promote the inno-vation and to contribute tothe technological develop-ment of Catalonia”

2. Introduction

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Throughout 2008, the i2CAT Foundation has clearly main-tained a positive growth tendency, standing out the raiseregarding the research and innovation activities and thenumber of projects carried out together with the companiesand the different departments of the Administration.

Concerning the research field, there has been a continuouspromotion of the collaboration and the execution ofprojects with other international research projects. It is worthpointing out the beginning of the development of the sensorand mobility network projects with ETRI of Korea.

During 2008, there has been a significant increase regardingthe dissemination activities of the obtained results in thedifferent developed projects. The main activities carriedwere the following ones:

Adaptation of the members of the Board with theincorporation of the Ajuntament de Barcelon (BarcelonaCity Council) and the leave of the Fundació Catalanaper a la Recerca i la Innovació (Catalan Foundation forResearch and Innovation).

Development of the research project called Trilogy(2007-2009), based on five different work areas: high-

definition media services, network management, accessand transport optical technologies, mobility and sensors,and high capacity P2P architectures.

Inititation of the research project UBI-nETRICAT andMOBETRICAT on mobility and sensors networks with ETRI(Korea) and different Spanish and Korean companies.

Promotion of the activities aimed to carry out innovationprojects with city councils and towns.

Development of 53 innovation projects with differentcompanies and entities of the public Administration,among those that stand out: 5 European projects, 4Cenit projects and international projects developedtogether with Canada, Korea and USA.

Assist and give continuity to the different I+D+i coope-ration agreements with research centres and nationaland international companies (Standford Univ., EVL, Univ.of Illinois, CRC Canada, ETRI and KAIST from Korea).

Promotion of the products commercialisation by in-creasing the trade agreements with different com-panies and entities.

Participation in standardization international forums aswell as in national and European R+D platforms.

Promotion of the diffusion activities regarding thedeveloped projects and the results of the reseach andthe innovation.

Promoting the Sectorial Rings of broadband infraes-tructures which enable the sector dynamization (AnellaCultural, Anella Industrial).

Balance the financial sources of i2CAT Foundation byincreasing the revenues coming from competitive fundsand service charges.

Promotion of the Health, Dependence and Educationclusters with the increase of the number of projects andthe full-time incorporation of the responsible for theEducation cluster.

Improvement and expansion of the support platformtowards the innovation and research projects,MediaCAT and NOC, by promoting its internationalconnectivity and the participation in new projects.

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3. Organizational Structure

The Delegates Committee of i2CAT, from left to right:

Above: Carles Salvadó, Guillermo Cajigas, Francisco Ro-

dríguez, Xavier Martí, Miquel Oliver, Xavier Peiró, Antoni

Comerma, Andreu Huerta, Francisco Javier Marcos, Silvia

Blanco.

Below: Sebastià Sallent, Josep Casanovas, Gonçal Bon-

homme, Artur Serra.

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Throughout 2008 there were two main changes in the Boardof the Foundation. On the one hand, the Ajuntament ofBarcelona (Barcelona City Council) became a newmember. On the other hand, the Catalan Foundation forResearch and Innovation left i2CAT due to guideline chan-ges that progressively limit its presence in organs of entitieswhich normally do not take part in collaborative activities.

3.1 THE BOARD

The entities which take part in the Board of the foundationup to December, 31st, 2008 are the following ones:

Secretaria de Telecomunicacions i Societat de la Informació� Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya �CIDEM, ACC1Ó�Universitat Pompeu Fabra � Universitat Ramon Llull � Tradia

(Abertis Telecom)�Al-Pi, Catalana de Comunicacions SOX� Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals �MediaproAlcatel España, S.A. � Fujitsu España Services, S.A. � ServeiCatalà de la Salut � Vodafone España, S.A. � CiscoSystems, S.A. �Centre de Telecomunicacions i Tecnologiesde la Informació de la Generalitat de Catalunya (CTTI) �Interoute Iberia, S.A. � Cromosoma, S.A. � Ajuntament deBarcelona

The Directorship had conversations with the differentcompanies in order to analyze the possibility of theirincorporation in the Board, with the goal of promoting theparticipation of new companies in the Foundation. It is worthpointing out the following ones: Juniper Networks �Telefónica I+D

Furthermore, we have proceeded to modify the statutesincorporating the following variations in the statutory text:

Modifying the references of the FCRI.

Granting independence to the statutes from possibleorganizational modifications of the Generalitat.

Increasing the number of members of the Boardproposed by the companies and institutions that willparticipate with the Foundation.

All these modifications have been protocolized, communi-cated and approved by the Registre de Fundacions de laGeneralitat de Catalunya (Register of Foundations of theCatalan Government).

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3.2 The Delegates Committee

The government agency of the Foundation is the DelegatesCommittee. It is in charge of carrying out the entityadministration functions and monitors the activitiesdeveloped by the Foundation Directorship.

The Committee has participated in the analysis of the mainaction guidelines. It is worth highlighting the following ones:

Definition of the tractor projects proposed to theAdministration.

Monitoring of the projects which are currently beingcarried out.

Approval of the proposal regarding the ProgramContract.

Definition and guidelines of the 2008 project budget.

This Committee meets twice per month. It is currently chairedby the vice-chancellor of the UPC, Mr. Josep CasanovasGarcia. The vice-president, Mr. Josué Sallent, is the directorof the STSI.

3.3 Directorship and Staff

Following the same increasing activity line as well as theprojects carried out in the Foundation framework, during2008 new personnel has been hired in order to develop theprojects:

2 people for the Sensors and mobility projects.

2 people for the Health and Dependence Cluster.

1 person for the coordination of the e-Education cluster.

2 people for the development of the European projectFEDERICA.

1 person to support the coordinador of the NetworkTechnologies cluster.

1 person for the development of the Cenit SEGURAproject.

However, the collaboration with research groups and thenumber of researchers who collaborate with the Foundationhas increased.

Collaborating Personneli2CAT's own personnel

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platforms by increasing the efficiency and optimizing theresources.

Continuation of the activities in the Network Technolo-gies and Audiovisual clusters, with more than 20 activeprojects of national, European and international scope.

The foundation’s organizational structure did not make anymodification throughout 2008. This is showed in the followingdiagram:

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3.4 CLUSTERS

The most important activities concerning the clusters are thefollowing ones:

Expansion of the activities in the Health Cluster with theincorporation of dependence activities by modifying thename in order to formally include the two fields ofperformance.

Remarkable increase of the activities in the Health andDependence Cluster, with 13 active projects at the endof 2008 and new proposals currently being studied.

Promotion of the e-Education Cluster, whose site isplaced at Citilab of Cornellà de Llobregat, with theincorporation and exclusive dedication of theresponsible for the cluster and the increase of thenumber of projects in early stage.

Reorganization of the Audiovisual Cluster with the goal ofdeveloping more ambitious projects.

Improvement of the organization of the project support

THE BOARD

The Delegates Committee

Executive Committee Technical ManagementAdministration

EducationCluster

Health Cluster

Audio-visualCluster

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NetworkTechnologies

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Network Technologies

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“Anella Cultural is one of themost emblematic projects of theyear. This new broadband plat-form has provided the simulta-neous and live distribution ofcultural events in different cen-tres of Catalonia, facilitating andpromoting the decentralizationand accessibility in culturalevents from different places ofthe Catalan geography”

4. Main 2008 activities

The research and innovation activities throughout 2008, in thedifferent i2CATS’ areas of activities, have experienced animportant increase despite the credit crunch which, eventhough it has received a low impact, it has also had asignificant effect on the ICT sector.

The research projects have been developed according tothe scheduled plan and the innovation projects developedin collaboration with the different companies and entitieshave experienced an important increase concerning thevolume and thickness of i2CAT’s participation in theimplementation of the projects.

The research carried out on Optical Networks, P2P, SensorNetworks, Virtualization and High Definition has enabledimportant challenges which have facilitated the subsequentdevelopment of innovation projects based on the obtainedresults in the research activities. The Trilogy and ETRICATprojects, the latter carried out together with a KoreanResearch Centre, have facilitated the introduction to thenew technologies which could be used in local companies.

During 2008, i2CAT’s different activities and developedprojects contributed to the technological development ofCatalonia as well as the promotion of innovation betweenthe companies of the sector.

Concerning the field of social projects oriented to ICT whichenable to improve the quality of live to people with disabilitiesor to improve the formation of people throughout their workhistory, projects which are part of the Health and Depen-dence clusters as well as the ones from the Education clusterswhich have experienced a highly positive evolution and theincrease of the activities of both clusters has been verysignificant.

The collaborations with the other innovation and researchcentres and the integration of local entities in the CatLabproject have enabled the initation of the development of theconcept “Open Innovation” with the participation of the usersin the innovation process from the very beginning of theproject.

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4.1 RESEARCH

Throughout 2008, some steps were taken regarding theimplementation of the TRILOGY project, which started inOctober 2007 and ended in March 2009. During this year,most of the planned research activities have been carriedout. Therefore, they represent some great steps forward,which have been presented in several congresses andscientific journals It is thought that this project’s final resultswill definitely have an effect on the different innovationprojects based on the developed technologies.

Similarly to the TRILOGY project, there are two reasearchareas which are managed by the Foundation staff.

Development of the high definition contents aimed to:

Propose new protocols to transmit high definitioncontents, digital cinema, and 3D in IP in a multicastmode both by diffusion and video conference.

Build mechanisms of high-resolution content visuali-zation.

Build international pilot settings.

The area of network management is dedicated to thenetwork virtualization, based on the improvement andintroduction of new facilities of UCLP:

Designing and understanding UCLP at a link (2) andnetwork (3) level and GRID environment.

Introducing new provision facilities with security andavailability.

Enlarge the international pilot.

The main objectives achieved are the following ones:

Around 40 publications in journals and internationalconferences.

Cooperation agreements and research activities at aninternational level with Stanford (USA), KAIST (Korea), CRV(Canada), EVL (USA), Cannarie (Canada), ITRI (Taiwan),among others.

Agreements with the three Departments of theGeneralitat regarding the development of the appliedresearch projects.

Participation and preparation of international researchproject proposals, mainly in the 7th FrameworkProgramme.

Participation in the different standardization bodies (IEEE,IETF, ISO).

Participation in different technological platforms both atan European and state level.

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SIGNED AGREEMENTS AIMED TO THE IMPLEMENTA-TION OF INNOVATION AND RESEARCH PROJECTS

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4.2 INNOVATION

Last year, 2008, represented the year of expansion regardingthe activities and the innovation projects in all the clusters. Itwas also the start of the expansion in the e-Education cluster.During 2008, and organizative adaptation in the e-Education cluster (currently located in Citilab, Cornellà) wascarried out.

It is worth pointing out the following activities developedthroughout the year:

The number of accomplished innovation projects in 2008was 28. The number of projects in progress is 49,compared to the 43 of 2007. The number of projects onanalysis stage during is 18.

There was a balance concerning the number ofdeveloped projects in each cluster: NetworkTechnologies 20, Audio-visual 23 clusters, Health andDependence 13, Education 12 and Industry 2.

Regarding the type of funding, it has to be taken intoaccount that national (9), state (18) and European (6)competitive funds have been obtained. It is worth noting

that i2CAT has achieved an important funding fromother departments of Generalitat de Catalunya, such asCulture and Media or Industry ones, City Councils andother entities like “La Fundació la Caixa”.

Regarding the innovation projects, there has been aparticipation of 15 research university groups and morethan 60 companies and entities.

Throughout 2008, there was a continuation of theextensive use of the support platforms towards theprojects and the 10 Gbytes international connectionavailable with the GLIF which enable the developmentof important research and innovation projects at anEuropean and international level.

Among the accomplished projects, it is worth highlightinga project called Tele-ictus which was carried out in theframework of the Health and Dependence clusters andit was actually awarded in the Bdigital congress.

Concerning the participation in competitive calls, therelation of projects that have received support are thefollowing ones:

National funds, CIDEM calls: 99 presented projects / 8 endorsed projects

E-HEALTH, PIT-CAT, HDVIPER, NUSIS II, DREAMS, VKM,DIONIS, SECUREHEALTH, URGENTLOGIC.

State funds, calls from the Ministry of Industry, Tourism andTrade, PLAN AVANZA: 18

FACTORIA DIGITAL DE TALENTS, ARENA, FURIA I, FURIA II,AGEDA, LIVINGLABS4CARERS, e-PI, e-TURISME,INFOPOINTSNET, INFOPOINTSLIVE, NUSIS II, MEDIAMANAGER, UAMNII, DREAMS, ENIGMA III, HOSPISEGUR,NPSS, LINKCARE.

CENIT Programme: 4

VISION, I3MEDIA, INREDIS, SEGUR@.

European funds, VI/VII Framework Programme: 6

PHOSPHORUS, FEDERICA, HDVIPER, DRMSOLUTION, VEP,COLLABS.

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4.3 PROJECT FINANCING WITH COMPETITIVE FUNDS

Throughout 2008, there has been an important increase ofthe financing obtained with competitive funds and billingservices.

Developed actions

Submission of proposals in different calls at national, stateand European level. The obtained funds among thedifferent submitted forms in 2007 and 2008 for projects inorder to be carried out last year were 918,259 euros, whichrepresents an increase by 69’8% regarding the onesobtained in 2007.

The obtained funds in each call have been the followingones:

European Union: 343, 370 eurosPlan Avanza MITYC: 439, 020 eurosCIDEM: 135, 869 euros

It is worth pointing out that 60% of the obtained funds wereacquired in 2007 calls. Furthermore, the percentage ofgranted projects of the total presented decreasedconsiderably in 2008 calls. Concerning the billing services,there was a significant upturn with regard to 2007. Thetotal amount exceeds 1,000,000 euros, which representsan increase of more than 40% regarding 2007.

The upturn of the billing services to companies and entities ismotivated for the participation in different high-scale Cenitprojects and for the orientation in taking part in the projectsas subcontractors instead of doing it as collaborativeparticipants.

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Participation in Terena congress by presenting differentinternational projects.

Continuity of the cooperation agreeement with ETRI(Korea) for the development of UBI nETRICAT and MOB-ETRICAT projects.

Cooperation agreeements with the CRC (Canada).

Participation in the European platforms NEM, Foton21and LivingLabs as well as international platforms such asGLIF and CINEGRID.

Enlargement of the 10 Gbytes international connectionthrough Red Iris and Geant.

Participation in the ICT-KIK (European Institute ofInnovation and Technology).

Participation in the CONTINUA Alliance of certificationand endorsement of the ICT solution applications tohealth and dependence.

Integration in the Telemanagement Forum.

4.4 COLLABORATION AND PRESENCE AT ANINTERNATIONAL LEVEL

The link with the organizations and the European andinternational research groups has been kept and reinforcedin order to:

Enlargement of the relation with the internationalresearch centres, by reaching cooperation agreementsfor the research personnel exchange and thedevelopment of joint projects.

Increase of the participation in European researchprojects and the participation in standardization andresearch committees.

The most important milestones achieved in 2008 in the fieldof collaboration and presences at an international levelwere the following ones:

Collaboration agreement with Juniper for thedevelopment of the Manticore-OpenSphere framework.

Collaboration with the IEE’s 802,21 standardizationcommittee in the Plenary Meeting.

“Demonstration of the Phosphorus project results during the ICT Congress 2008,

held in Lyon (France), from the 25th until the 27th of November”.

Participation in the ISO/IEC JTC of “Future Networks” andthe creation of a national group via AENOR.

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4.5. PARTICIPATION IN INITIATIVES AIMED AT PROMOTINGTECNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT IN CATALONIA

One of the cornerstones of i2CAT’s strategy has always beenthe cooperation with the different bodies of the Generalitat(the govern institution of Catalonia) and other competententities which form part of our nation. This is intended tocreate strategies which enforce the research activity, theinnovation and the industrial sector and which are basedon the evolution and the new Internet generation.

The most relevant actions fulfilled are:

Development of the collaboration agreement with ETRIof Korea.

Development of the CATLab project with the STSI (theTelecommunication and Information Society Secretariatof the Generalitat).

Elaboration of the White Book of the Future Internet.

Establishment of a collaboration framework with the TICCenter depending on the CIDEM (the Center for Innova-tion and Business Development of the Generalitat)

Continuity of the collaboration with the CTTI (the Centerof the Telecommunications and Information Tecnologiesof the Generalitat)

Development of digitalization projects of the CulturalHeritage in collaboration with the Cultural and Audiovi-sual Media.

Collaboration with the Centre de Vida Independent(Center for Independent Life) in order to apply the TIC tothe home.

Development of innovation projects together withdifferent Councils (Sant Vicenç dels Horts, Cornellà,Viladecans and Sabadell)

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4.6 PROMOTIONAL AND DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

During these months, the Foundation has carried out a widerange of activities, in order to disseminate the goals and theresults of the innovation and research projects, as well asround tables regarding the different aspects of the Internettechnology.

These have been the most remarkable activities:

Participation in the Mobile World Congress 2008 (11th-14th of February), by presenting the Living Labs projectand the sensor networks developments.

Conferences about TDT in Catalonia. 28th of February.

Conferences regarding the optical technology inVilanova i la Geltrú. 11th-14 of March.

Bdigital (IGC 08) in Barcelona. 19th- 22nd of May.

Mercat Audiovisual de Catalunya. Granollers. 25th – 26thof April.

Participation in the national congress of the RedNacional de Pesquisas in Rio de Janeiro. 26th and 27th ofMay.

Participation in the European Mobile Summit. 10th- 12thof June.

Collaboration with the e-NEM Assembly.

Presentation of the different papers in the NEM Summit2008. 13th – 15th of October.

Participation in the Aslan Fair. 28th – 29th of October.

Red Iris Conference. 20th of November.

Conference on TV in Catalonia. 26th of November.

Diffusion of the Sabadell Ciutat de la Música project inValencia. 5th of December.

II Spanish Audiovisual Clusters Forum in Bilbao. 11th ofDecember.

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5. Platforms

“The technological platforms ofi2CAT are essential for the testingand development of research andinnovation projects. These platformsconsist of an experimental infra-structure of 50 km of optical fiber,a latest generation commutationand transmission equipment andan advanced multimedia laboratorywhich enables the processing in dif-ferent formats and codifications ofthe video signal”.

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Throughout 2008, the network (NOC) and media(MediaCAT) platforms increased its services and values:

Consolidation of the network capacity and connectivityto 10 Gbps.

Consolidation of the optical transport technologies andthe IP access level network, understanding theoperability and flexibility of the NOC.

Introduction of new technologies of virtualization andserver management systems in order to increase theservice benefits and meet the demand of the projectresources.

Introduction of a communication platform of SIPtelephony and H.323.

Improvement of the high-definition content visualizationenvironment, with international connectivity.

In 2008, there was an achievement regarding thereinforcement of the network platform which enables thedeployment and management of a layer of high-definitionaudiovisual services (videoconference and diffusion) in ratesup to Gbps:

with international scope;

with multiservice and multiuser capacity;

open to new protocols and flexible for new experiments;

ready to endure new high-definition audiovisualapplications and to give an added value to the projectsof the Foundation.

People in charge: Vicent Borja

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5.1 NETWORK PLATFORM, NOC

Used and/or available technologies

Metro-Ethernet, MPLS & GMPLS, ROADM, UCLP, DWDM,SDH, OBS.

Improvements throughout 2008

Update and enlargement of the network core(backbone) to 10 Gbps with new equipment.

Improvement and optimization of NOC’s physical spacefor machines with a new rack especially for servers.

Implementation of a network monitoring server system.

Introduction of a cluster of servers for the implementationof virtualized machines.

5.2 AUDIO-VISUAL PLATFORM, MEDIACAT

Used and/or available technologies

HDTV, HDVTS, SIP, HD-SDI, MPEG-x, VoIP, VoD, videocon-ference H.323 and Flash, P2P, Web Services and SAGE.

Improvements throughout 2008

Integration of the different audiovisual services of theplatform through suitable signaling protocols (SIP,WebServices) with P2P architectures.

Creation of a telephony platform through SIP, assisted byH.323 and other protocols.

Improvements of the infrastructures and services aimedto projects and demonstrations.

Creation of a virtualization platform with its own mana-gement interface

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6. Projects

Albert Vidal

Ricardo Torres

Josep MariaColomé

SergiFiguerola

FlaminioMinerva

Josep MariaMonguet

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Research groups: GCO-UPC (Gabriel Junyent), NeTS-UPF(Miquel Oliver), TAM-URL (Gabriel Fernàndez), GXO-BAMPLA-UPC (Cristina Cervelló), LCFIB-UPC (Rosa M.Martín), MEDIAENTEL-BAMPLA-UPC (Jesús Alcober) andWNG-UPC (Josep Paradells)Budget: 506,028 €Duration: 01/10/2007 – 31/04/2009Financing: i2CATParticipants: i2CAT, UPC, URL and UPF

General description and goals

TRILOGY is a multidisciplinary research project aimed atfive specific thematic areas: Smart Optical Networks,Audiovisual Live Streaming Peer-to-Peer, Internet of things,High Quality Video Systems and Infrastructure as a Serviceand Virtualization.

The objectives set in this project have a dual approach: onthe one hand, the scientific research results such asscientific articles and patents; on the other hand, theresults of the development close to the innovation such asdemonstrations and prototypes.

Most important innovative and research elements

Regarding the Optical Networks, the main innovativeelements are the improvement of the ROADM nodes andthe enhancement of the control plan and other functionsfor Optical Burst Switching architectures. Concerning thestudy of the Audiovisual Live Streaming Peer-to-Peer, themain aim is optimizing the source codificationmechanisms, together with the live video transmissionsystems and the integration with P2PSIP overlays.Regarding Internet of Things, the aim is the optimization ofthe main protocols and network functions taking intoaccount the limitations of the nodes (processing, memory,cost and battery). The most important steps taken on HighQuality Video Systems are the design and implementationof a capture, transmission and visualization platform of anykind of audiovisual content. Finally, concerning theInfrastructure as a Service and Virtualization, three tools

were developed in order to enable an abstraction of thephysical network infrastructure. It also enables the users aslogical independent joint entities to manage it, with anadded flexibility to the network.

Industrial and/or social benefits of the project

This project not only develops the knowledge but theprototypes and concept testings of technologies andprotocol which will be applied in new innovation projectsin the five technologic clusters of the i2CAT Foundation.

Other important aspects

Each of the issues developed in this project have genera-ted a series of articles published in several divulgativeactivities.

TRILOGY (fuTuRe Internet technoLOGY)

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Person in charge: Albert VidalBudget: N/ADuration: 01/01/2008 – 30/06/2009Financing: i2CATParticipants: i2CAT


INTERNET DEL FUTUR is an exit iniciative of i2CATFoundation, which tries to put together the severalCatalan actors related to the activities regarding Internetin order to analyze the recently network changes and itsservices and then try to put Catalonia on the map so as toface the future changes, through the elaboration of ajoint country strategy.


Internet has to be designed by everyone. In fact, thecontribution of Internet’s innovation model is the openinnovation. Web 2.0 is the sign that traditional researchand innovation models of the industrial age, must startturning into others which give way to the users. Triple helix

models are not enough; we have to set out the debate onthe new Internet based on an innovation model.

i2CAT Foundation organized the first conference openedto researchers, companies, administration and Internetusers in order to think about the future of Internet at home.This conference was focused on the discussion of theEuropean Commission specialists contributions and thedocument called “La Internet del Futur: Anàlisi retrospec-tiva, reflexió i posicionament estratègic” (“The Internet ofthe Future: Retrospective analysis, reflection and strategicpositioning”) devised by the Technological Committee ofi2CAT Foundation.


The results of this project are thought to cause a directimpact on all the actors of the Internet environment: userscommunities, companies offering services, organizationsthat develop technology, companies which araconsumers of the services, the public administration,among others.


The result of this project has been the writing of severalreports and the organization of several events. You canactually find all the information on this website:www.internetdelfutur.cat.

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29SANVI-SENS (Sensoritzation of the City)

Person in charge: Albert VidalResearch Groups: WNG-UPC (Josep Paradells)Participants: Ajuntament de Sant Viçens dels HortsBudget: 40,000 €Duration: 01/10/2007 – 31/12/2007Financing: Ajuntament de Sant Viçens dels Horts


This project consists of the pilot test deployment of a sensornetwork in the city of Sant Viçens dels Horts in order to showan improvement of the municipal management, as wellas offering value added services to the citizens. From thispilot test on, we will be able to develop and try newservices in the future, for example the measurementsystems in selective garbage containers, automaticmanagement of irrigation systems in parks and gardens,measurement of the vehicular traffic or informationservices of the urban public transport.


The technology of the sensor networks applied to the citiesenables an unlimited number of new solutions. In this

project we have choosen the applications that, accor-ding to us, are more suitable for the urban environment ofSant Vicenç dels Horts, taking into account the type of city,the requests of its citizens and the grade of technologyinnovation of each of the proposed application: autono-mous irrigation system, monitorization of the public transport,collection of stored data, measurement of the vehiculartraffic and automatic application form of selective collection.


The SANVI-SENS project offers, both the entity thatadministers the city and the citizens, a pilot test which isable to show the possibilities of the new technologiesapplied to the local management, optimizing itsperformance. It also develops a modular experimentalplatform which can be easily exported and used again inother cities, both parcially or fully.


This project is being considered as strategic for i2CAT todemonstrate that sensors technology is applicable tourban environments, in matters of interest on the rise suchas the Smart Cities. We are currently preparing proposals inorder to pull off different derived proposals of this pilot test.Furthermore, this pilot test has been developed in order toattract the companies of the sector in the town of SantVicenç dels Horts.

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Person in charge: Josep ParadellsBudget: 31 M €Duration: 01/07/2007 – 31/12/2010Financing: CDTI CENIT Participants: Telefonica I+D, Alcatel-Lucent, Atos Origin,Caja de Ahorros de Navarra, Ericsson, Garrigues, ISDEFE,Panda Software, S21sec Gestión, Safelayer, Secuware,Sermepa.


The SEGUR@ Project is aimed to generate a trust andsafety framework for the use of ICT in the e-Societat at astate level. There are 12 companies and 15 researchorganizations from 6 autonomous regions which take partin this project.


The studied technologies include new multiplatformautentification mechanisms, new modalities of biometricidentifications, new outlines electronic signature,developments for the use of the e-ID card and othercards, new localization technologies, and mathematicalmodels for several cryptographic models such as thegraphic and chaotic cryptology.

Specifically, it has been defined a meta-system of identityand privacity management which incorporates differentcurrent or future sub-systems. Moreover, we are workingon the integration of semantic technologies, new modelsfor the autentification and identification processes andfinally, a total identity, security and trust model through thecreation of a super ontology which takes into accountand relates all these concepts.

Additionally, it has been carried out the development ofthe systems of quick monitorization, detection and solutionof problems and threats in the network based oncollaborative performances between all the elementsand entities that take part in this project. The reached

solutions in this field include specific and integratedmechanisms for threat searches in the network and theimplication of all the actors and its resolution.


The appearance of users, data sources and sourcenetworks which are not reliable are capable ofgenerating, conciously or unconciously, a great range ofdamages, both the rest of reliable users and the networkwhich offers or consume the services. This project isintended to offer a security frame which supplies thenecessary security required at all levels, and thereforeguarantees an appropriate use of the information systems.

SEGUR@ (Safety and Trust in the Information Society)

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Person in charge: Albert VidalResearch groups: WNG-UPC (Josep Paradells)Budget: 2,700,000 €Duration: 01/10/2008 – 30/09/2011Funding: STSI, Orange, Departament d’Agricultura,Alimentació i Acció Rural, Departament d’Interior,Relacions Institucionals i Participació, Departament deMedi Ambient i Habitatge, CDTI KSI (Korea and SpainInnovating)Participants: Orange, ETRI (Electronics and Telecommuni-cations Research Institute), Sensing&Control, ADTEL.


This collaborative project develops new protocols,algorithms, configurations and adaptations which enablethe optimization of the sensors network technologyperformance in order that the companies which developthese solutions can benefit from the technology and all itspotential applications.


The main objective of the UBI-nETRICAT is to develop newprotocols, algorithms, configurations and/or adaptationswhich enable the improvement of the performance of thistechnology. In order to achieve this aim, we considerchoosing certain application fields which enable thevalidation of the considered technological solutionsthrough real experiments. Furthermore, it also facilitatesand makes the transmission of these innovations into themarket possible.

After analysing the reality of the Catalan industry business,the sensor networks technology can be applied.Consequently, it can benefit three particular sectors:

• Agriculture: monitorization and optimization of theautomatic irrigation systems.

• Emergency Services: localization and sending of criticaldata for police and firemen.

• Environmental: Monitorization of environmental parame-ters and alarm systems for forest areas.


The results are oriented towards the development of newservices and products as well as seizing the advantagesoffered by the ubiquitous sensor networks, obtaining aseries of viability demonstration pilot test at the end of theproject and in the intermediate objectives.


This project has taken into account the challenge ofintegrating universities, companies and public administra-tion in the same project, together with the participation ofKorean entities which provide additional technologicalvalue.

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Person in charge: Albert VidalResearch Groups: WNG-UPC (Josep Paradells)Budget: 280,000 €Duration: 01/01/2008 –30/09/2011Financing: STSI, OrangeParticipants: Orange, ETRI


This project studies and develops device mobility solutionsthrough heterogeneous networks based on the IEE 802.21future standard or Media Independent Handover and itspossible extensions or derivations. The results of this projectwill cause an impact on the development of services ofthe involved industrial partners and the other ones whomight be interested in it in the future.


MOB-ETRICAT is the consequence of the collaborationinitiatives between i2CAT and ETRI, the main publicresearch institution in the field of ICT in South Korea. Itbasically consists of two activities in the mobility areabetween access networks: the development of a pilot testin order to demonstrate that a current mobility problemcan be solved in Catalonia and that it actually developsa mobile IPTV platform which enables a continuous and

transparent service to the user as the access technology(WiFi, 3G, WiMAX and DVB-H) changes.


The collaboration of the Korean institutions provides valueto the project due to their vast knowledge of wirelessapplications and technologies. Moreover, they offer thepossibility to know the reality of similar experiences in theircountry.

MOB-ETRICAT (recerca col·laborativa en mobilitat de xarxes d’accés)

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Person in charge: Sergi FiguerolaResearch groups: Network Technologies Cluster (SergiFiguerola)Budget: 5,179,645 €Duration: 01/01/2008 – 30/06/2010Financing: European Project FP7 Participants: GAAR (coordinator), CESNET, DFN, FCCN,GRNET, NIIF, PSNC, Res.es, SWITCH, TERENA, i2CAT, KTH,ICCS, UPC, Juniper, Martel, HEAnet, DANTE, PoliTo,NORDUNET


The main aim of this project is to deploy a virtual infras-tructure composed of routers, network switches andcomputers which must be versatile and scalable for theresearchers of the Future Internet. This infrastructure hasbeen deployed on the existing substrate of the NREN andGEANT2. Furthermore, there’s an offer of a series of tools

which enables the management of the virtualenvironment that, consequently, facilitates the executionof a great range of experiments to the networktechnologies research comunities. The researchers willhave a full control of the virtual nodes that belong to theirnetwork partitions, apart from an access to theinformation for the monitoring. Finally, this project willprovide research information for technical discussions inorder to contribute to real cases and obtained results instandardization organizations such as IETF, ITUT, OIF andIpsphere (TMForum).


• Offer an experimental infrastructure where any kind ofapplication can be tried out.

• The users (researchers) will have full control of their virtualnodes and their network partitions (slices).

• Allow the access to information for the monitoring.


FEDERICA gives way to important and new possibleinnovation areas for the Future Internet and thetechnological industry. These areas include: adressing andidentification, network virtualization, routing and trafficengineering, separation of data and control plans,composition and discovery of services, among others.FEDERICA also enables the interaction of the researcherswith Europe and the whole world, provides contributionsto the standardization organizations (IETF, ITU-T, OIF, TMF)and develops new models of business optimized for virtualinfrastructures.

FEDERICA (Federated E-infrastructure Dedicated to European Researcher Inno-vating in Computing network Architectures)

336.2 Innovation AreaNETWORK TECHNOLOGIES CLUSTER

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34ARGIA IAAS FRAMEWORK

People in charge: Sergi Figuerola, Eduard GrasaResearch Group: i2CAT FoundationBudget: 100,000 € Duration: 01/07/2008 – 31/12/2009 Financing: Self-financed by each participant Participants: i2CAT Foundation, Inocybe Technologies Inc., Communications ResearchCentre

The infrastucture as a Service (IaaS) is anemerging concept which consists inoffering the own infrastructure control tothird parties, and then, they pay for theiruse. This new service is different from ahosting service, because users access thecontrol of the infrastructure throughsoftware services available on thenetwork. IaaS Framework is a free-codemodular software based on Java andOSGi which enables the design and thebuilding of IaaS solutions applicable inseveral technologies: computers, net-works, sensors, applications.

People in charge: Sergi Figuerola, Eduard GrasaResearch Group: i2CAT FoundationBudget: 180,000 €Duration: 01/04/2007 – 31/12/2008Financing: Self-financed by each participantParticipants: i2CAT Foundation, Inocybe Technologies Inc., Communications ResearchCentre

The infrastucture as a Service is anemerging concept which consists inoffering the own infrastructure controlto third parties, and then, they pay fortheir use. Argia is a software tool whichenables the application of thisconcept to the networks and opticalequipments (TDM, WDM and Fiber).Through Argia, an organization candeploy its own optical network usingequipments of other organizations(infrastructure providers). The currentversion of Argia is actually being usedfor IST FP7 PHOSPHORUS and HPDMnetresearch projects.

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People in charge: Sergi Figuerola, Eduard GrasaResearch Groups: Network technologies cluster.Budget: 210,000 €Duration: 15/01/2009 – 30/06/2010Financing: 170,000 €Companies: i2CAT, HEAnet, Juniper, RedIRIS, NORDUnet,Cisco, University of Essex


The MANTICORE II project is developed on the satisfactoryresults achieved by its predecessor. This project is aimedto create a network operator and end-user service inwhich they can customize the configuration of their own

IP network, either physical or logical. The main idea is thatan infrastructure provider can give permissions to part orthe entire own infrastructure to a third one, delegating thecontrol and the management of the devices for a periodof time. Then, new business models between theinfrastructure providers and the ones from the services areestablished. This service has to be strong enough to beused in network production by real users. In order to carryout these aims, we use the new verstion of IAAS framework(with all the avantages provided by the newimplementation: modurability, extensibility, compatibilityand interoperability with the other solutions based onIASS).


The support in iPv6 and protocols is improved, apart fromenabling internal or external routing protocol configu-ration. Furthermore, it will enable the establishment anddestruction of VPNS and paths with QoS. Users will be ableto divide the physical routers into different logical routers.Besides, they will be able to visualize/edi the status of eachkind or several infrastructures.


•It contributes to the test and results regarding the routingprotocol standardizations.

•It enables new business models between the servicesproviders and the infrastructure.

•Interoperability between the different authenticationand autorization infrastructures.

•It establishes a strong system which enables the creationof logical resources in order to be deployed in acommercial network.

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People in charge: Joan Antoni García Espín, SergiFiguerolaResearch Groups: Network technologies cluster.(CTX)Budget: 5,512,00 € / i2CAT: 396,280 €Duration: 01/10/2006 – 30/06/2009Financing: European Union FP6: 396, 280 €Participants: PSNC (Coordinator), i2CAT, FZJ, IBBT, CTI, AIT,SARA, SURFnet, UniBonn, UvA, UESSEX, UWS, MCNC, LSU,CRC, CESNET, FHG, Nortel, RACTI


Phosphorus is a European project focused on the supplyingof optical on-demand network resources (both inimmediate availability and in advance), end-to-end and

through multiple heterogenic domains, by interconnectingthe different advanced optical communication networksfrom all Europe. The project enables the transparentinteroperation between the different existing resourceprovisioning systems (NRPS – Network Resource ProvisioningSystem) and a new Grid-GMPLS control plan, for the Gridapplications and the Middleware. Furthermore, Phos-phores wants to achieve the interoperability with othersimilar initiatives from all over the world, such as AutoBAHNfrom Géant2 or IDC from Internet2 and the compatibilitywith the future supply standard interfaces, such as theNetwork Service Interface of the Open Grid Forum.


The project defines an architecture and all the neededinterfaces which ensure the creation of end-to-endoptical paths between different resource provisioningsystems (Argia/UCLP, Argon, DRAC and GMPLS/G2MPLS). Similarly, this project improves the greatamount of GMPLS protocols and consequently itenables the management of the Grid resources directlyfrom the control plan (Grid-GMPLS or G2MPLS).Moreover, the project offers network resources to the

Grid applications, in an abstract way, and it enables usto make reservations.


This project has enabled the interconnection of i2CAT’snetwork with the main provisioning networks and systems,present in Europe and America. Phosphorus enables thesignaling between the different domains and creates anGMPLS control plan with extensions for the absolutelyinnovative GRID.

PHOSPHORUS (Lambda User Controlled Infrastructure For European Research)

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Person in charge: Carles BockResearch groups: CTTC Companies: W-onesys, Tecsidel, Al-pi, TradiaBudget: 1,148, 316, 25 €Duration: 01/10/2007 - 31/12/2008Financing: CIDEM 2007 - 2008, PROFIT 2007


The main objective of DREAMS project is to develop anoptical network with DWDM technology and ROADM

nodes. There is going to be two implementations of thecontrol plan: one based on GMPLS and another onebased on ARGIA (the ancient UCLP) software. Besides,there will probably be an implementation of threeROADM nodes, creating a ring network through two fiberswith protection and automatic restoration.


• Development and elaboration of three ROADM nodes:these nodes enable the commutation of the opticalchannels through the extraction ports (drop) and the“colorless” insertion (add) (capable of operating withany group of optical channels).

• Development of GMPLS software: it will consist in pro-viding the network of an on-demand bandwidth systemwith protection.

• Argia: a system which enables users to virtualize andmanage network resources so that several users canalso operate independently and simultaneously on theirassigned resources and without interfering in the otherones.


DREAMS gives us an approach of the model of the futuretelecommunications network: agile, dynamic, intelligentand reconfigurable networks. The option of the GMPLScontrol plan provides intelligence and automatism to thenetwork, as well as optical connections in a dynamic wayand with the required QoS. The version based on ARGIAprovides a remote management of the equipments andthe virtualization of the physical network resources, thenany ARGIA user will be able to manage his virtualizedresources in order to created and adapted network to hisrequests. Thus, there is an achievement of the implentationof optical networks with reduced maintenance andmanagement costs.


The DREAMS project will evolve in order to create apermanent test network through the installation ofROADM nodes in a scenario distributed with nodes indifferent places of the metrolopitan area of Barcelona.

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People in charge: Sergi Figuerola, Carles BockResearch groups: i2CAT, UPF, UPCBudget: 106,000 €Duration: 01/01/2008 - 31/12/2008Funding: CTTIParticipants: i2CAT, CTTI

The project is based on the advising ofthe CTTI in the selection of suitable opticaltechnology for the deployment of anoptical network (“Xarxa Oberta”) projectall over the country. The aim mustguarantee a technologically strongdesign, capable of growing with theneeds of the user traffic and with futurevocation. A design that, on the onehand, uses the latest technologies whichare available on the market and, on theother hand, gives way to enlargementsbased on the current reserach. Theproject also includes the assessment ofthe start of the art of the proposedsolution by the different manufacturers.

Projecte d’assessoria al desplegament de la Xarxa Obertade la Generalitat de Catalunya

Person in charge: Sergi FiguerolaBudget: 16,000 €Duration: 01/09/2007- 31/09/2008Participants: i2CAT

The project is based on the creation of areservation resource system, whichenables the users to carry out immedia-te and advanced reservations of theseresources without having to know thenetwork internal typology. The user justhave to indicate the two ends of theconnection, the bandwidth, the startand end time, and the system will takecare of finding the shortest path as wellas activating or deactivating theconnection whenever needed. Thefinal users of Chronos are both physicalpeople or middelware grid. In order toactivate and deactivate the connec-tions, Chronos communicates with theArgia system.

CHRONOS (Advanced Reservation Resource System)

39PIT-CAT (Punt d’intercanvi ToIP a Catalunya)

Person in charge: Sergi FiguerolaResearch groups: i2CAT, UPF, UPCCompanies: Alpi, Voztelecom, Alcatel, 22@, Tecsidel, Interoute, Cesca, i2CAT, CescaBudget: 491,000 €Duration: 01/2007- 04/2009Funding: CIDEM

The aim of the PIT-CAT project isrelated to the design, developmentand exploitation of a ToIP (ToIPneutral point) neutral exchangeplatform between voice operators.It is worth pointing out that theneutral point is aimed to enable theinteroperability between differentVoIp platforms (SIP, H323) andcodecs in order to facilitate thevoice traffic exchange betweenprivate networks of VoIP operators.This voice exchange neutral point will enable the different VoIP operators to try andvalidate it so that they can also propose business models regarding the VoIPmanagement.

Person in charge: Sergi Figuerola Research Groups: UPC, URLCompanies: Vodafone, i2CATBudget: 55,000 €Duration: 09/2007 - 04/2008Financing: Vodafone, i2CAT

The aim of this research is to analyze the different steps, functions and implicatedtechnologies in the distribution of the digital content regarding the mobile networks, aswell as the relations with the actors and the participants in the lifecycle of the digitalcontent. Generally, the lifecycle is divided into four main areas: production,management, distribution and consumption.

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Coordinator: Sergi Figuerola Research Groups: i2CATCompanies: LocalretBudget: 5,000 €Duration: 05/2007 – 05/2008Financing: Localret

This project main objective is to carry out studies and analysis in bandwidthtelecommunication projects. The project, named Study of Bandwidth Scenarios, consistof a series of studies to be carried out by i2CAT Foundation, such as:• Prepare one of the Localret BROADBAND publications (an electronic bulletin).• Write-up of an article regarding net neutrality.• Write-up of an article which reflects the impact of the cost per user/person of the

backbone network and bandwidth access deployment.

LOCALRETHPDMNET (High Performance Digital Media enabledNETwork)

Person in charge: Sergi FiguerolaBudget: 16,000 €Duration: 01/07/2007 – 30/12/2008Participants: i2CAT, Inocybe Technologies, Nortel, Canarie, CRC, iCAIR, UvA

HPDMnet is an internationalresearch testbed focused in thenetwork technologies. It wascreated in order to develop thefirst high performance and highquality international service formedia digital applications thatuse high bandwidth. The testbedprovides dynamic connectionsbetween the nodes through theArgia and Chronos system, and itis deployed in several nodes inthe GLIF infrastructure in the USA,the UE and ASIA.

GLIF

Person in charge: Sergi Figuerola Research Groups: i2CAT NOCBudget: 150,000 €Duration: 05/2007 – 05/2008Financing: i2CAT, Interoute

This project is the responsible for i2CAT’s international connectivity. I2CAT is provided witha 10Gbps (STM-64) transparent connection in the GLIF communitie (Netehrlight, Holland).This enables the interconnection of i2CAT in projects which are not inside the control ofGÉANT2, apart from having access to all the network nodes with just being present.Furthermore, i2CAT is an active member of the GLIF community and its tasks forces.

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Person in charge: Sergi Figuerola Research Groups: i2CAT, UPCBudget: 3, 484,329 €Duration: 01/09/2008 – 01/11/2010Financing: MITYCParticipants: i2CAT Foundation, RTVE, Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals,Cromosoma, DORNA, UPC, Neapolis, Xarxa de Televisions Locals

ArenaLife generates a new way ofbroadcasting the sporting events,especially the ones related to themotor. Technically, it virtualizes theseevents and turns them into a visualexperience close to the videogamesand, at the same time, it also turns thesporting event into an interactiveexperience. The project offers techno-logical solutions for the multichanneldistribution of the signal in real time.

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Person in charge: Sergi Fernandez, Pedro LorenteBudget: 360,000 €Duration: 01/01/2008 – 31/12/2008Financing: i2CAT Foundation, Al-Pi, Generalitat deCatalunya (Dept. Cultura)Participants: CCCB, Al-Pi, Xarxa Transversal


The Anella Cultural (Cultural Ring) is a project that tries tointerconnect all the Catalan public cultural centres with thegoal of putting the country on top of the use of newtechnologies in the Culture. Based on the physical connec-tion of cultural centres through broadband Internet andthe building of services and metodologies supported on this

network, we actually want to take a step forward regardingthe modification of the traditional modus operandi of allthe involved agents in the cultural field, both culturemanagers or technicians, artits, producers or institutions.


For some reason, the cultural sector has always beenaway from the new technologies. Thanks to this project,and with a year and a half of performance, necessaryand absolutely innovative developments have beendetected. Actually, they are aligned with other research

proposals coming from the audiovisual or the techno-logies network sector.


The Cultural Ring project is awaking the innovation spiritbetween the several involved agents – creators,companies and cultural managers and town councilors –and they are going to incorporate it in their daily practice.Besides, it also represents a novelty in the field of publicculture: for the first time, a research, development andinnovation (R+D+i) uses these cultural activities as a rawmaterial. The decentralization of the culture, the reductionof the events, an infrastructure for the cultural experimen-tation and the opportunities offered by the network inorder to cope with all the territory are the main benefits ofthe Cultural Ring.

ANELLA CULTURAL (Investigació+Cultura+Innovació)

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Person in charge: Sergi Fernandez, Pedro LorenteResearch Groups: BAMPLA-UPC (Jesus Alcober), TAM-URL (Gabriel Fernàndez)Budget: 108,059 €Duration: 01/09/2007 - 31/12/2009Funding: STSI (Generalitat de Catalunya)Participants: Xarxa Transversal, CCCB

The objective of this project is the creation of portal in IP network of audio-visual contentsin the Internet of second generation. This portal has to become a window where userscan follow what is going on in the Cultural Ring. The basic areas that this project coversare the following ones: storage and open consumption of the contents generated inAnella, the live broadcasting of the Anella events, the diffusion of its own project and theinternal organization of Anella’s members through collaborative tools, which are typicalof the web 2.0.

PORTAL ANELLA CULTURAL LINGUAMÓN AUDIOVISUAL (Language Audio-visual Platform)

Coordinator: Sergi FernandezResearch Groups: BAMPLA-UPC (Jesus Alcober), TALP-UPC (Lluís Padró), LCFIB-UPC (RosaMº Martín)Budget: 413,947 €Duration: 01/10/2006 – 30/06/2009Financing: Casa de les LlengüesParticipants: Cromosoma, Impuls

This Project develops an audiovisual platform on broadband IP technology in order tosupport the linguistic communities of all over the world with whom the Generalitat deCatalunya holds cooperation programs, both cultural and commecial, for the learningand diffusion of its own mother tongues. This scenario will enable to share and manageaudiovisual resources in different languages.

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Coordinator: Flaminio MinervaResearch Groups: BAMPLA-UPC (Jesús Alcober)Budget: 2,780,060 €Duration: 01/09/2007 – 31/08/2009Financing: Avanza I+D 2008 (CELTIC Programme)Participants: Borderlight (coordinator), Alkit, Telefónica I+D,KTH, Alcatel-Lucent España, Androme Ibérica, KarolinskaInstitutet, Androme Ibérica, PSNC


The main objective of the HDVIPER project is to design anopen and scalable platform of high-definition videoconference upon IP based on a new application namedSnake. It will basically be integrated in an PC environmentand a new set-top-box (pre-commercial prototype).


Regarding the multi-conference, the architecture of theSnake application (based on Web Services) foresees theinclusion of a module which picks the different audio andvideo fluxes up, in a very similar way as the classic MCU(Multipoint Control Unit), but with more difficulties added,insurmountable to support higher 10 Mbps qualities, untilthis project in commercial and pre-commercial solutions.


• The business world and the small and medium compa-nies will be able to enjoy savings regarding travel costsand long-term expenses, with an effective research onIT quality technologies such as the high-definition video-conference.

• The public institutions and the residential users will havea better satisfaction and reliability impression on thetelecommunications services.

• The project will also represent a great deal of benefitsfor the operating and industrial companies which are incharge of introducing the product to the market.


Article: G.Cabrera, J.López, X.Calvo, A.Oller, F.Minerva,J.Alcober, MCU basada en SIP para videoconferenciasseguras, Jornadas RedIRIS 2008, Alcalá de Henares(España), 11/2008.

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Person in charge: Flaminio MinervaResearch Groups: BAMPLA-UPC (Jesús Alcober)Budget: 35 M €Duration: 01/01/2007 – 31/12/2010Financing: CENIT 2006Particpants: Mediapro (coordinator), Telefónica I+D(subcontracting i2CAT), Alcatel-Lucent España, HavasMedia, Activa Multimèdia Digital, CCMA-ASI, Radiatech,Noufer, STT Ingeniería y Sistemas, Infospeech, Brainstorm,TV3, Barcelona Media, UPC, UPV, UAM, Universidad deMurcia, Universidad de Las Palmas, UC3M.


The Project looks for solutions regarding the creation oftechnology which enables to deal with intelligentcontents, orientated towards the automatization of theheavy works of the audiovisual content creation industryas well as towards the remarkable improvement of itsusability and accessibility. Particularly, i2CAT deals with theadaptation of the multimedia contents.


Nowadays, there is an increasing demand and con-suption of the multimedia contents by the users. Theycreate an heterogeneous scenario of content accessbecause everyone is provided with terminals with differentpresentations and connections through different networks.Actually, they are also provided with different preferencestaking into account their tastes and interests. I2CATfocuses its effort on the design and implementation of acontent adaptation module capable of finding the bestpossible adaptation according to the context of eachuser.


The module enables the efficient use of the computer andnetwork resources by both the service providers and thecontents. Besides, it improves the users’ quality experiencein receiving adapted contents to their features, under ahigh quality criteria. The adaptation maximizes the users’satisfaction degree, therefore, his loyalty to the multimediaplatform.

I3MEDIA (Technologies for the Creation and Automatized Management of Intelligent Audio-visual Contents)

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Person in charge: Flaminio MinervaResearch Groups: GCR-UPC (Silvia Ruiz)Budget: 3,338,982 €Duration: 01/01/2008 – 31/03/2009Financing: Plan Avanza I+D 2008Participants: Retevisión (coordinator), AICIA, Astra,CEDETEL, CEIT, Communi.TV, Dominion, Egatel, ETB,Hispasat, HYC, Ikusi, Integrasys, UPV, URL, MGEP, Mier,Moviquity, Robotiker, SIDSA, Televés, TID, UPM, UPV/EHU,Universidad de Valladolid, Vicomtech, Vilau Media


The FURIA project is aimed to promote the research anddevelopment of emergent technologies for thedissemination of audio-visual contents towards fix ormobile terminals. This goal is achieved through a Spanishconsortium comprised of 25 entities determined to realizecontributions to the standardization bodies as well as

industry forums, such as DVB, in order to carry out andbuild technical proposals for the future of Digital VideoBroadcasting.


The i2CAT activity is focused on the following activities:

• Study and monitoring of the proposals for the DVD-T2and adaptation of some of the applied techniques forthe DVB-H to the future standard DVB-T2.

• Development of a DVB-T physical layer simulator.


The i2CAT Foundation takes part in the PT3 (DVB-T2). Theobjective is to plan in an optimal way the deployment, theprovisions and the limits of the generation of digitalterrestrial television (DVB-T2). This technology is especiallysuitable for the high-definition video transmission formoving terminals (vehicles, trains, etc.).


S. Ruiz-Boqué, C.Enrique, C.Lopez, G.Martorell, L.Alonso,M.Garcia, F.Minerva, Physical layer simulation platform forDVB-T AND DVB-T2, COST 2100 TD(07) 343, Duisburg(Germany), 09/2007.

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Person in charge: Sergio FernandezBudget: 172,471 €Duration: 01/09/2008 – 31/06/2009Financing: Generalitat de Catalunya (Dept. Cultura)Participants: ISOCO


The main aim of this project is working on the suitabledigital contents and the use of the new technologies moreappropriate in order to obtain a presentation of theCultural Heritage of Catalonia from an audiovisual

platform which facilitates the online access and openedto the current knowledge of the Catalan heritage, in anaccessible way and attainable to the civil society. Thisproject foresees:

• The creation of a common language which enables thepopularization and that facilitates the transmission of theknowledge and its contribution between the expertsand the civil society.

• The establishment of synergies with other institutions andthe civil society as well as participating in the digitalinnovation of the country.

• Help to the growth of cultural tourism activities as asupport source regarding the improvement of thequality of the sector.


This platform wants to disseminate, through the differentonline channels, the inventory of the Catalan CulturalHeritage. The innovation in this project consists in theutilization of new technologies for the use of the digitalizedresources regarding the heritage.


The cultural tourism is one of the emerging sectors within thetourist industry. Heritage and tourism represent aremarkable mutual source of resources. This project clearlybenefits both sectors. Furthermore, the modernization of thecountry and the inclusion in the digital age makes us thinkabout how to register, arrange and show our own heritage.

PAT.MAPA (Online Cultural Heritage of Catalonia)

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48Pilot project in TDT new technologies INFOPOINTS LIVE (Intelligent Urban Furniture)

Person in charge: Inés GarrigaResearch Groups: WNG-UPC (Jordi Paradells)Budget: 557, 418 €Duration: 01/01/2007 – 31/03/2008Financing: PROFIT 2007Companies: Futurlink (Coordinator), Fundació ESADE

The aim of this project is to make progress inthe creation of information local events,providing the urban furniture with “intelligen-ce” and creating information points designedtowards this purpose. The project suggests theconstruction and validation, in a Living Labsframework, of information points providedwith personalized capacities of video andadvanced interaction which enable themobilization of the latent potential in mobiles,PDAs, etc. It will enable to easily access toimportant information at a given point andmoment. These points of information willrepresent an infras-tructure which will enable to provide airports, touristic spots, shoppingmalls, open spaces, etc with a high capacity of information.

People in charge: Ricardo Torres, Sergi FernandezBudget: 3,339,280 €Duration: 15/10/2008 – 30/06/2010Financing: Avanza I+D 2008Companies: CARTV (coordinator), TVC, Activa Multimèdia, Retevisión (subcontractingi2CAT), UPM, ITA, Aranova

The aim of this project is to carry out a pilot test in new technologies in a real TDTbroadcasting scenario. We want to create an online multimedia system which enablesthe creation of new ways of communication through the TDT by covering all the valuechain (production, distrution and reception). Nowadays, there are basic solutions whichwill enable a fast deployment of the technology, but there is still a wide unexploredresearch field that this projects tries to cover: more quality of reception, broadcastingwith less bandwidth, more efficient reception, interactivity, among others.

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Person in charge: Flaminio MinervaResearch groups: WNG-UPC (Josep Paradells)Budget: 476,626 €Duration: 01/05/2008 – 31/03/2009Funding: Avanza I+D 2008Participants: FuturLink (coordinator)

The aim of this project is to continuemaking progress in the research anddevelopment started with InfoPoints Livefor the creation of information localpoints, providing the existing urbanfurniture with intelligence and creatinginformation points especially designedtowards this purpose. These informationpoints are provided with an interactivescreen which is manageable from amobile device. Therefore, users canmanage the intereaction using thefacilities of the tactile screen or througha mobile device.

INFOPOINTS.NET (Intelligent Urban network) NUSIS 2 (New Interactive Services Over DVB-H2)

Person in charge: Flaminio MinervaResearch Groups: TAM-URL (Gabriel Fernàndez)Budget: 509,620 €Duration: 01/01/2007– 29/02/2008Financing: PROFIT 2007, Ajuts CIDEM 2007Companies: Retevisión (coordinator), Tempos 21

The main objective of the NUSIS 2 project is the creation of interactive applications for TVservices in the mobile phones, through the use of IPDatacast technology. This projectswants to continue making progress regarding the research and development, startingwith the NUSIS project. Last year, we achieved several interactive applications and agenerator of FLUTE and ESG with its predecessor; in this project we want to take a stepforward and reseach the possibilities of the standard LASeR and the convergence of theDVB-H and 3G technologies.

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50VISION (New Generation Video Communications) MEDIA MANAGER (Multimedia Content Centre based on

IMS and P2P)

Person in charge: Inés GarrigaResearch Groups: LCFIB-UPC (Rosa Mº Martín)Budget: 495,300 €Duration: 01/01/2007 – 31/03/2008Financing: PROFIT 2007Participants: Tempos 21 (coordinator)

The main objectives of the Media Manager project are the following ones: on the onehand, enable users to access to their multimedia contents from anywhere, regardless theaccess technology; on the other hand, help users to create and manage contentcommunities in a safer and easier way. The project comprises all the new paradigms inthe definition of a content management architecture from the users viewpoint and usingthe standard technologies (IMPS, P2P), adopting a global solution, nonexistent until now.

Person in charge: Flaminio MinervaResearch Groups: BAMPLA-UPC (Jesús Alcober)Budget: 35 M €Duration: 01/01/2007 – 31/12/2010Financing: CENIT 2006Companies: Telefónica I+D (coordinator), ADTel (subcontracting i2CAT), Alcatel-Lucent,Ericsson, Anafocus, Solex, Eptron, Brainstorm, Previ, ADTELECOM

The goal of VISION project is the achieve-ment of a qualitative leap in the audiovisualdigital communications because peoplewho are separated by long distancesperceive the sensation of physically beingin the same place. Therefore, in order toachieve it, we suggest the research of thetechnologies which enable the generationof knowledge needed for the deve-lopment of new high quality advancedcommunication systems and realism for theinterconnection of remote “places” or“environments” through the communi-cation networks.

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Person in charge: Flaminio MinervaResearch Groups: BAMPLA-UPC (Jesus Alcober)Budget: 6,888 €Duration: 01/03/2008 – 13/05/2008Financing: InmagoParticipants: Inmago (coordinator)

The aim of this project is to guarantee the viabiliti of a communication protocl whichenables the service with a gurantee in order to communicate the zero-software clientwith the virtualization environment. The protocol must enable the autentification withthe connections manager and a secure remote transport of information between theclient and the virtualization server. The proposed architecture is composed of three maincomponents: a farm of virtualization servers, a management system of connections andintegrated clients.

ZERO-CLIENT DRMSOLUTION NG (basedOMA DRM V2 services over IMS)

Person in charge: Flaminio MinervaResearch Groups: BAMPLA-UPC (Jesús Alcober)Companies: Telefónica I+D (coordinator), Telefónica Móviles, Ektacom, Vitec, Simulity,Bantry, Sagem OrgaBudget: 4,733,380 €Duration: 01/07/2007 – 31/12/2009Financing: PROFIT 2007 (CELTIC Programme)

This project considers the creation of aninnovative technological solution whichsolves the problem associated to themanagement of digital rights, through thedesign of new services, in an interoperabilityand safe framework. Particularly, thisproject is based on some approved andrecently closed standards but still withoutimportant implementations at a commer-cial level (OMA DRM v2.x). Anotheradditional technologies (such as WindowsMedia DRM, Marlin and Coral) are beinganalyzed.

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52VEP (Virtual European Parliament) CO-LLABS (Community-Based Living Labs to Enhance

SMEs Innovation in Europe)

Person in charge: Artur SerraBudget: 517,500 €Duration: 01/04/2008 – 31/07/2010Financing: CIP-ICT-PSP-2007-1Participants: ESOCE (coordinator), BIC Lazio, BIBA, Universitaet Bremen, URL and 18 more

The main objective of this project is to achieve the adoption at a European level ofthe practices and services based on the ICT’s Living Labs. Therefore, it will enable theSMEs to improve their innovative processes and capacities, taking part in the OpenInnovation model. The CO-LLABS thematic network comprises a selection of themost advanced Living Labsand SMEs in Europe oriented towards the innovation forexchanging good Living Labs services practices as well as identyfing anddeveloping specific project pilots.

Person in charge: Artur Serra, Francisco IglesiasResearch Groups: BAMPLA-UPC (Jesús Alcober), Blanquerna-URL (Josep Sort)Budget: 710,000 €Duration: 01/01/2008 – 31/12/2009Financing: eParticipation-2007-1Participants: i-City (coordinator), UPC, CDT, MEM

The project wants to achieve, in its testing stage, the integration of young European citizensof three different areas (Lulea, Barcelona, Flandes) in the process of decisions of theEuropean Parliament. VEP’s activities will be carried out at the same time as the EuropeanParliament’s agenda. The novelties of this project are the use of MegaConferencesoftware in the Virtual Parliament sessions as well as the use of the technology Web 2.0(blogs, wikis, etc) in order to facilitate the interaction and recopilation of the contents.

53HEALTH AND DEPENDENCE CLUSTER Person in charge: Josep Maria Colomé

Person in charge: Josep M. ColomésResearch groups: Health and Dependence Cluster (JoanCarles Castro)Companies: i2CAT Foundation (Health and DependenceCluster), Fundació Privada per a l’Atenció de PersonesDependents de Cornellà, Escola de Formació Professionalde Cornellà, CitiLabBudget: 473, 417, 36 €Duration: 01/05/2008 – 01/05/2009


The main objective of this project is to avoid the gradualsocial exclusion that suffer the people who take care ofhigh dependent people, through the creation of networksthat facilitate their interpersonal relations such as thecontinuity in the psyco-social support group programs, inorder to minimize the giving up of the carers of dependentpeople and, therefore, avoiding the institutionalization ofthe patients, trying to carry on with their permanence aslong as it is possible.

Problems

According Imserso if we have a look at the Llibre Blanc dela Dependència (2004) data, in the middle of 2010, theassignment of resources depending on the dependencedegree of the population shows us that at least the 64,4%of the dependent group (with at least one moderateddependence), will stay at their home addressesaccompanied by other people who assume their care,the so-called “informal carers”.

Scope

This pilot project will be carried out in Cornellà deLlobregat. In fact, in this town, illustrative projects of theProdep of the Generalitat de Catalunya (Programe forthe promotion of the personal autonomy and attention tothe dependent people) are carried out, in order todetermine the attention model to the use dependencyall over the autonomous community territory. There is also“Cornella Cuida” /”Cornellà Cares”, focused on thecontinue assistance to the “informal carers” through theprogramation of events for psyco-social formation andsupport groups.

Therefore, the familiar units of dependent people whotake part in this pilot project are direct beneficiaries of theproject. Once the project is finished, we foresse themaintenance the service for the users who take part in thisproject and extend it in the municipality as a part of thecity council portfolio services. Thus, all the people withdishabilities of the town are indirect beneficiaries aspotential users of the proposed telehome care services.

CUIDADORS EN XARXA (Atenció psicosocial al col·lectiu de cuidadors depersones amb discapacitat)

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54HOSPISEGUR (Secure Medicine Dispensation)

Person in charge: Josep. M.ColoméResearch Groups: Health and Dependence Cluster (Co-ordination: Joan Carles Castro)Companies: i2CAT Foundation (Health and DependenceCluster), Hospital de Mataró, Microart, Universitat Politèc-nica de Catalunya, Universitat de MurciaBudget: 992,882 €Duration: 01/01/2007 – 01/01/2009Financing: Avanza I+D 2007 (Tractor)


The HOSPISEGUR project will make possible to develop apatient identification safe system in health centers. Thesystem will be able to authenticate in a safe way thepatients in order to reduce at the most the error probabilityin the medicine dispensation.


This project's novelty is based on an active RFID tech-nology and an ad-hoc dynamic routing communi-cation system (based on MESH networks). This willfacilitate its deployment in a hospital environmentbecause of its wireless nature, with the subsequent lowcost in a future enlargement of the rest of the hospital,if we compare them with other available solutions inthe market.


•It is a safe system which enables the correct medicinedispensation to hospitalized patients, avoiding errors. Ifthe patient is not located in a known place, the systemenables to find the patient in the heath centre, throughthe MESH node network.

•It has also scalability and integration of the computersystems of the hospital, with the possibility ofdeveloping the system through the incorporation ofpatient biomedical sensors and sending theinformation of the vital signs, for example through theMESH nodes network.

55AGEDA (Attention and Management for the Dependence)

Person in charge: Josep. M.ColoméResearch Groups: Health and Dependence Cluster(Coordination: Joan Carles Castro)Companies: i2CAT Foundation (Health and DependenceCluster), Redman, Fundació Hospital Comarcal SantAntoni Abat de Vilanova, Fundació de Viladecans,Fundació Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, UniversitatPolitècnica de Catalunya.Budget: 1,309,124 €Duration: 01/09/2008 – 30/08/2009Financing: Avanza I+D 2008 (Tractor)


The main aim of this project is to create a new techno-logical web platform that will be flexible and willintroduce a new way on giving care and managementof the services offered to people with reduced mobility,during the itinerary of its dependence.


Create a new solution aimed to home assistancemarket, old people's home and day centers, alwaysaccomplishing the new law about dependence andchecked by public administration.

Improve the attention and effectiveness of the attentionservices to dependent people through the proposedtechnological solution.

Contribute on the reduction of the digital divide, favouringthe accessibility to more suitable services by thedependent people and their carers.

Develop a new professional framework for the assistanceservices towards the dependence, more normalizedregarding the processes but with enough flexibilityelements to be adaptable to people’s needs.


It is worth pointing out the following benefits: promotion ofthe use of technologies in the participant citizen comunity.The resulting product of the project must be extensible toother cities and service providers. The implementation ofintegral management models generates activities andnew occupations (both social professionals and otherimportant services of the chain).

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Person in charge: Josep M. ColoméResearch Groups: Health and Dependence Cluster (Josep M. Colomé)Companies: i2CAT Foundation (Health and Dependence Cluster), Consortium leadedby Technosite (ONCE Foundation), Wireless Network Group (WNG), UPCBudget: 120,000 €Duration: 11/07/2007 – 11/07/2011Financing: Fundació La Caixa

The main aim of INREDIS project is todevelop based technologies able tocreate communication and interactionchannels between the people withsome kind of especial need and theirenvironment. It is also focused on re-search about integration of content tomobile devices so that these contentswill be easily obtained and the accessto them is configurable depending onthe device and the special abilities ofthe user.

INREDIS (Basic Investigation of Special Needs Technologies)

URGENLOC (Improvement of the resource managementof an emergency department)

Person in charge: Josep M. ColoméResearch Groups: Health and Dependence Cluster (Coordination: Joan Carles Castro)Companies: i2CAT Foundation (Health and Dependence Cluster), Hospital de Mataró,MicroartBudget: 541,027 €Duration: 11/07/2007 – 01/02/2009Financing: CIDEM

The main goal of this project consists of developing a system to improve the effectivenessand quality of a hospital accident and emergency service. Once this system isintegrated with the rest of the hospital systems, it will contribute with an integralmanagement of patients and visitors. This system tries to manage key issues in accidentand emergency services, such as the patient localization, tracking and time control inthe different assistance stages, as well as the improvement of the health processes'control.

57ATTENTIANET (People with Reduced Mobility ) EYE HEALTH (Ophthalmologic Tele-medicine)

Person in charge: Josep M. ColoméResearch Groups: Health and Dependence Cluster (Jaume Benseny)Participants: Ophthalmology Institute Lleida, i2CAT Foundation (Health and Depen-dence Cluster)Budget: 268,072 €Duration: 02/07/2007 – 02/07/2008

The Eye Health project’s main aim is to facilitate an open and safe system in ruralenvironments in order to apply diagnosis techniques when using teleophthalmology. Foran important number of inhabitants, this will make possible to overcome technicaldifficulties in the deployment, to reduce the digital gap and to facilitate access toteleopthalmology in rural environments. Besides, it will also introduce these medicalattention centers to the digital world and facilitate the access to the teleophthalmology.

Coordinator: Josep M. ColoméResearch Groups: Health and Dependence Cluster (Albert Domingo)Companies: Alcatel Lucent, i2CAT Foundation (Health and Dependence Cluster), CHC(Hospital Consortium of Catalonia), Orange, ONO, Androme, Sabia (BioingenieríaAragonesa, S.L.)Budget: 2,800,000 €Duration: 01/01/2005 –01/01/2008

The Attentianet project presents the creation of an innovative technological solutiontowards the associated problems of the independence of people with reducedmobility: isolation and assistance needs. This project is aimed to enhance theindependence period, of people with reduced mobility (elders or handicapped)through the new IT technologies: audio-conferences, mobiles, video-conferences,localization of patients systems.

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58LINKCARE (Chronic Patients Treatment) VISUAL-SALUT (Medical Contents on Internet 2)

Person in charge: Josep Maria ColoméResearch Groups: Health and Dependence Cluster (Jaume Benseny)Budget: 12, 500 €Duration: 01/01/2007 –01/01/2009Financing: Acadèmia de les Ciències MèdiquesParticipants: i2CAT Foundation (Health Cluster), Acadèmia de les Ciències Mèdiques

The Visual-Salut project develops an audio-visual pilot platform with contents related tofield of Health on IP broadband technology in order to support to the Medical Sector ofthe Academy of Medical Sciences. This Academy considers that the audiovisualcontents are a key factor for the right development of their activities, especially thediffusion of medical contents to the public, and the formation of the members who takepart in the academy.

Person in charge: Josep Maria ColoméResearch Groups: Health and Dependence Cluster (Josep M. Colomé)Budget: 60,241 €Duration: 01/01/2007 –31/07/2009Financing: Plan AvanzaParticipants: i2CAT Foundation (Health and Dependence Cluster), Hospital Clínic

The project tries to develop a technological platform accessible from a web portal,which will have at its' disposal the functionality for the assistance continuity'simprovement, services for public health organizations, private and patients, which willmake possible an integrated access to the information, in a collaborativeenvironment and will make possible the sharing of data among assistance levels inorder to improve the chronic illnesses' treatment.

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Person in charge: Josep M. ColoméResearch Groups: Health and Dependence Cluster(Jaume Benseny)Budget: 200,000 €Duration: 01/04/2008 – 01/04/2010Financing: Departament de Salut and i2CATParticipants: Departament de Salut de la Generalitat deCatalunya, i2CAT Foundation (Health and Dependencecluster), Fundació TicSalut, Pla Director de la MalaltiaVascular Celebral


The project uses a telemedicine system which will provideneurological attention service to the whole hospitalnetwork of Catalonia. Specialists from reference hospitalswill give remote assistance to patients having a hard ICTUSattack using the IT. Therefore, patients will be perfectlyassisted during the first hours of the illness.

Need

An ICTUS is a cerebral infarction and it is produced whenan artery that is connected to the brain is obstructed.ICTUS represents the second cause of mortality in theworld and it is the main cause of disability in thedeveloping countries. In order that a patient that suffersICTUS survices the turnaround time is one of the mostdecisive factors. Through the deployment of the TELE-ICTUS Network, there will be a reduction of the turnaroundtime in the ICTUS diagnosis of Catalonia and therefore, theconsequences of the cerebral infarction.

Technical Solution Description

The project uses:

• The videoconference. It enables the neurologist toobserve closely the exernal symptoms of the patient.

• Image transmission. It enables sending DICOM imagescoming from a CAT scan directly to a web depository.Then, the neurologist of the reference Hospital consultsall these information.

CATALONIA TELE-ICTUS NETWORK PROJECT(ICTUS processing in acute stage)

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60CONTINUA HEALTH ALLIANCE (Personal Health System)

Person in charge: Josep M. ColoméResearch Groups: Health and Dependence Cluster (Jaume Benseny)Duration: beginning 01/04/2008Financing: i2CATCompanies: Hospital Clínic, i2CAT

The Continua Health Alliance is an alliance ofthe leading telecommunications and elec-tronics manufacturer which tries to, thanks totheir collaboration in several hospitals of all overthe world, analyze the medical and functionalrequests that the future Health System Staff mustfulfill in order to select the technologic standardprotocols which guarantee the interoperabilitybetween all the devices; therefore, they willachieve an ecosystem which will deal with allthe data route: the patient, the clinical recordand the doctor. The Heatlh cluster participatesin the Technical Working Group.

LIVINGLABS4CARERS (LivingLab of a carer social network of high dependent people)

Person in charge: Josep M. ColoméResearch Groups: Health and Dependence Cluster (Joan Carles Castro)Companies: i2CAT Foundation (Health and Dependence Cluster), KeepU Media SLU,Fundació Privada per a l’Atenció de Peronses Dependents de CornellàBudget: 77,198 €Duration: 01/10/2008 – 01/10/2010Financing: Plan Avanza

This projects will offer new technological solutions and new digital contents that will allowto create a new Social Network focussed to Caregivers and Healthcares of people withreduced mobility. To achieve this main goal, it will be created a new solution that will bedeployed into a Living Lab, offering a final solution product that will accomplish therequirements of the main users of this services.

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Person in charge: Josep M. ColoméResearch Groups: Health and Dependence Cluster (Antonio Santoyo)Budget: 79,620 €Duration: 01/12/2008 – 31/11/2010 Financing: CIDEMParticipants: i2CAT (Health and Dependence Cluster), Hospital General de Vic.

The project is focused to develop a hospital assistance' resource manager based onidentification and localization technologies in real time. The result that will be obtainedof this project will be tested into the Hospital General de Vic, in the same place wherean active RFID technology developed by the Technological Centre of i2cat Foundationwill be tested, within a hospital environment and with the intention to improve thesanitary staff.

ZIG - VIC (Active RFID Platform in the Hospital of Vic)MIRALIA

Person in charge: Josep M. ColoméResearch Groups: Health and Dependence Cluster (Antonio Santoyo)Budget: 73,000 €Duration: 01/01/2008 – 01/12/2010 Financing: i2CATParticipants: i2CAT Foundation (Health and Dependence cluster), Keepu

The project wants to develop a multi-videoconference platform based on Webtechnology and open software. Besides, it must solve the current problems of usingthis kind of videoconference service within hostile environments, which can befound in the public institutions and the hospital sector. Therefore, there will be betterefficience regarding the communication between the medical professional andthe dependence.

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Person in charge: Artur SerraResearch Groups: i2CATBudget: 185.337 €Duration: 01/01/2008 – 31/12/2008 Financing: Secretaria de Telecomunicacions i Societat dela Informació – Generalitat de CatalunyaParticipants: Bdigital, Tecnocampus Mataró, 22@,Neapolis, Citilab, Anella Cultural


The Catlab project was aimed to study, design and testinnovation methods and structures of Living Lab inCatalonia, from several research and innovation projectscurrently being carried out, in the field of informationsociety. The result was the new platform called Living Lab,the Living Labs network of Catalonia.


The main objective of the project was achieved: creatinga Catalan network of living labs, CatLab, which comprisesthe following living labs in Catalonia: i2CAT Foundation,22@, Fundació Bdigital, Citilab of Cornellà de Llobregat,Fundació Tecnocampus Mataró, Neapolis-Vilanova andFundació Gufi.Net. Regarding the research aims, therewas the establishment of the start of the art on new Open

Digital Innovation Models and on the Methodologies todeal with the design and building of Living Labs, and anethnographic study, based on fieldwork techniques aboutthe current members of the Catalan network of the LivingLabs.


There was a beginning of a “Livingatization” process ofdifferent projects of the involved institutions, which hasenabled to apply new models and methodologies in realprojects, by developing digital tools in order to favorize theusers participation in the innovation processes and thelearning of the same new technologies organizations.


All the Living Labs of the Catlab project have beenoficially recognized within the European Network of LivingLabs. Thus, Catalonia is the leading community in theSpanish state and one of the first in Europe due to its LivingLabs network.

CatLab – Catalan Network of Living Labs

INDUSTRY CLUSTER e-EDUCATION CLUSTER

People in charge: Josep M. Monguet

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Coordinator: Emili Hernández and Xavier PeiróResearch Groups: i2CAT Foundation, ETSETIBSteering Entities: COEIC, ETSEIB and i2CATSponsors and Collaborators: STSI, CIDEM, Al-Pi, AbertisTelecom, T-Systems, BSC-CNS, CESCA, Firma ProfesionalInvolved Companies: SEAT, Sener, Cidaut, Gestamp,Ficosa, Nissan, Idiada, LGAIBudget: 1, 174, 210 €Duration: 01/09/2006 – 31/12/2008Financing: STSI, CIDEM, Al-Pi, Abertis Telecom, T-Systems


Provide bandwidth services to a group of automotivecompanies, with an aim towards the improvement of thebandwidth connectivity, guarantee the connectionbetween the research centers and supercomputationservices, increase the collective work and develop theintroduction of new advanced services. This project is apilot trial and it is therefore going to be implemented inother industrial sectors.


The most innovative elements of this project were thefollowing ones: the introduction of the on-demand use ofthe design and simulation software; the connectivity of themain companies of the sector with the main universityresearch groups for the development of R+D+I; and leastbut not last, the introduction of new high added valueservices (exchange of heavy files, PLM activity, videoconference, main custom online access to themanufacturers database).


• Promotion of the R+D+I amongst the automotive com-panies and the approaching between the Universityand the industrial sector.

• The development of the collective work between theindustrial sector companies.

• The connection between supercomputation centersand companies, and the implementation of designsoftware and simulation, with the possibility of the on-demand use.


Presentations to different groups and associations, suchas: Chamber of Commerce of Tarragona and Girona, theRAILGROUP, the European Commission, the Consortiumof Chemical companies of Tarragona, representatives ofthe logistic sector and the CATIC from Manresa.

PILOT TRIAL OF THE INDUSTRIAL RING

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64IDAT (Viladecans) IP-LEIRIA

Person in charge: Josep Maria MonguetResearch Groups: i2CAT, LAM-UPCBudget: 30,000 €Duration: 01/01/2008 – 31/12/2010Financing: Instituto Politécnico de LeiriaParticipants: i2CAT, LAM-UPC

The project consists in creating a data base maintained collectively which feeds asimulator through formation. The amount of contents and the users management systemis made so that all the participants contribute and take advantage of the contents. Thesystem enables the establishment of a learning comunity which builds and takesadvantage of the knowledge, which is organized naturally through the contributions ofthe authors and inspectors.

Person in charge: Josep M.MonguetResearch Groups: LAM-UPCBudget: 100,000 €Duration: 01/01/2008 – 31/12/2008Financing: Ajuntament de Viladecans

The goal of this project is to creat acentre in order to facilitate and promoteiniciatives that encourage the experi-mentation, research, formation anddiffusion of the knowledge in the artisticand designing fields, in which theinformation technologies, communi-cation and Internet intervene. Theproject represents a new dimension ofdisplays, because it enables to share allkind of resources, experiences andknowlege in the context of a social net-work with all the user leves, producers,experts and public.

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Person in charge: Josep M.Monguet and Judith AstelarreResearch Groups: i2CAT, LAM-UPC, UABABudget: 375,000 €Duration: 01/01/2007 – 31/04/2009Financing: Plan AvanzaParticipants: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, i2CAT,LAMP-UPC

The system enables the collaborative development andwith the consultant’s support, the Equality Plans of anorganization.The Equality Plans Editor, e-PI, is aimed to facilitate theformation and the needed network tools so that thecompanies and the organizations are able to design,develop and evaluate equality plans. The Organic Law3/2007 for the Effective Equality of Women and Menpredicts the realization of these plans in the state-ownedcompanies and organizations.

e-PI (Equality Plans Editor)

Person in charge: Francesc Rambla MarigotBudget: 110,000 €Duration: 01/01/2008 – 31/10/2008Financing: STSI

The Free Software Officeis a request from theSecretaria de Teleco-municacions i Societatde la Informació in orderto promote the use offree software in theGeneralitat de Catalunya as well as the society itself.Throughout 2008, in particular, the office has carried outa series of actions in order to approach the solutions thatthe free software and the small and medium-sizedenterprises of Catalonia offer and continued to promotethe LaFarga (a free software diffusion portal) and toparticipate in different congresses and conferences bothat a national and international level. It has alsocollaborated in the planification of the implantation ofthe free software in the Telecentres Network of Cataloniaand in a student assistance program.

FREE SOFTWARE 2008

Person in charge: Ricardo TorresResearch Groups: i2CAT Budget: 60,000 €Duration: 01/01/2008 – 31/12/2008Financing: Citilab CornellàParticipants: Citilab Cornellà

The e-learning cluster of Citilab of Cornellà is aimed topropose, design, develop and test innovation projectsin the field of education, through the use of thetechnology. I2CAT Foundation supports two innovationprojects which will be carried out in Citilab: SeniorLaband L’Hort Digital.

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2006

1.010.0001.817.730

250.064178.234

3.256.0284.999

3.261.027

2006

233.5142.596.539

77.500270.52978.414

3.256.496

3.256.496

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Generalitat de Catalunya ContributionContributions of Entities and CompaniesCompetitive FundsService ChargesTotalOther revenues

TOTAL

EXPENSES

Management and Coordination of i2CATResearch and Innovation ProjectsPromotional ActivitiesOther Project Support ExpensesAmortitzationsTotal

TOTAL

2005

1.010.0001.414.539

155.557165.955

2.746.0515.097

2.751.148

2005

221.4232.338.541

50.768101.35434.818

2.746.904

2.746.904

2007

1.010.0001.358.436

540.870727.712

3.637.01811.481

3.648.499

2007

246.9752.902.951

75.860251.518165.547

3.642.851

3.642.851

2008

780.0001.556.192

918.2601.088.5924.343.044

41.984

4.385.028

2008

210.7273.563.040

68.463330.166210.878

4.383.274

4.383.274

BUDGET EVOLUTION