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Index1. Presentation

2. Introduction

3. Organisational Structure

3.1TheBoard

3.2TheDelegatesCommittee

3.3ManagementandPersonnel

3.4Clusters

4. Main Activities

4.1Research

4.2Innovation

4.3FinancingwithCompetitiveFundsand

BillingofServices

4.4TechnologyTransfer

4.5InternationalCollaborationand

Presence

4.6ParticipationinInitiativesaimedatPromoting

TechnologicalDevelopmentinCatalonia

4.7PromotionalandDisseminationActivities

4.8i2CATintheMedia

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5. Platforms

5.1NetworkPlatform(NetCAT)

5.2AudiovisualPlatformandServices

(MediaCAT)

6. Areas, Clusters and Units

6.1ResearchArea

TARIFA

6.2InnovationArea

NetworkingTechnologiesCluster

GEYSERS

MANTYCHORE

BONFIRE

OFELIA

RAISME

RINA

LAMBDACAT

SUPPORTTECHNOLOGIESCTTI

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AudiovisualUnit

i3MEDIA

DIGITALTALENTFACTORY

PAT.MAPA2010

FURIA3

EFFICITY

CLOUDDESTINATION

VISION

PILOTPROJECTINNEWTDT

TECHNOLOGIES

ARENALIFE

FOTORALLYEUROSLAM

DRMSOLUTIONNG

ANIMAC2010

CULTURALIVE

ANTONITÀPIESFOUNDATION

KNOWLEDGECENTRE

F2FTV

LINGUAMÓN2

ANELLACULTURAL2010

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AFA-CONNECTALZHEIMER

AGEDA

VIEWCAT

RFID-PRINTEDELECTRONICS

eLEARNING

SEHRC

EducationalandIndustryCluster

PORTALOFINDUSTRIALCALCULATION

INTERACTIVEDIGITALCONTENTS

PLATFORM

ANELLAINDUSTRIAL

CALCULONDEMANDONPYME

ANELLALOGÍSTICA

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ORANGESMARTCITY

ETRICAT-AGRICULTURA

ETRICAT-INTERIOR

BARCELONASMARTCITY

SENSORDROID

HealthandDependencyCluster

SELENE

MEDCAT

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i2CAT Team. In the background, from left to right: XavierPeiró,SebastiàSallent,ArturSerra.In the first term, from left to right::JoanManelMartín,SergiFiguerola,FlaminioMinerva,JosepMariaColomé,AlbertVidal.In the left side, from left to right and from front to rear: AriannaMazzeo,SergiFernández,JordiColobrans,DavidGonzález,GuillermoEnero,MartaSerrabou,MercèLópez,OriolSolé,JavierLópez,CelaVelayos,Ale-jandroChuang,JosepMariaSilvestre,CarlosBaez,JordiJofre,AlfredoGutiérrez,XavierSánchez,AlbertoJ.López,IsmaelMateos,TrangCaoMinh,MartínGermán,JosepParadells,JaninaGarrigós,SorayaEstévez,TomeuColl,AntonioSantoyo,JoanCarlesCastro,AlbertoCarreiras.In the right side, from left to right and from front to rear:RocíoSegura,EvelynTorras,LauraHerrera,EstherLópez,SusanaOtero,DavidRoldán,LeonardoBergesio,PauMinoves,VicentBorja,JavierGálvez,EliseoCatalan,AntoniBoix,JosepBenavent,SergiMarí,JosepPons,EduardGrasa,JoanAntoniGarcia,JordiFerrer,CarmeDengra,IsartCanyameres,CarlesBock,CristinaCervelló,JaumeBenseny,VíctorJiménez,BorisBellalta.

1.Presentation

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Presentation

Carles Flamerich CastellsPresidentoftheBoard

This year, following the trend of 2008, has been

markedbytheeconomiccrisis,afactorthathasbeen

moreacute in someWestEuropeaneconomies.This

economicenvironmenthasbecomenoticeable inthe

capacity of the companies to invest in innovation

projects, in the availability of competitive funds in

order to promote innovation and research activities

andfinally, in the investment capacity of the public

administration. Inspiteofthiscontext, i2CATFoun-

dationhasexperiencedaverypositivedevelopment

throughout 2010, and has increased its activity re-

garding thepreviousyearbymore than10%,witha

significant raise of the carried out projects and the

collaborationswithcompanies.

Duringthisperiodoftime,i2CAThasdecisivelyboosted

the development of international projects and, espe-

cially,theEurope-wideprojects,withtheinvolvementof

companiesandentitiesbothnationalandinternational.

Thischallengehasenabled the initiation,during2010,

of15Europeanresearchandinnovationprojects,allof

themfundedwithcommunityfinancing.

Regardingthefieldofbasicresearch,theactivitieshave

beenfocusedonthedevelopmentoftheTARIFAproject,

which deals with the new architectures of the Future

Internet. Theproject,drivenandmanagedbyi2CAT, is

being carried out with the joint work of the research

groupsoftheUniversitatPolitècnicadeCatalunya,Uni-

versitatPompeuFabraandUniversitatRamonLlull,and

the collaboration and support of the telecommunica-

tionssector.

Theboostoftechnologytransferhasbeenoneofi2CAT’s

focuses for this year, together with the enhancement

oftheresultsof theresearchand innovationprojects,

aswell as the remarkably increaseof the agreements

forthe implementationoftheprojectsandtheresults

transferwithcompanies,carryingouttwonewpatents

and supporting the creation of a technological-based

spin-offwhichfocusesitsactivityonthedevelopment

ofnetworkaudiovisualproductsandservices.

Wewanttocontinuealongthepathwhichweembarked

in2009,especiallyduringthisyear2011,bywayofdi-

rectingi2CATtowardsthedevelopmentofproductsand

servicesthatcanbetransferredtocompaniesandwhich

cancontributetothecreationofeconomicactivity.

The different areas, clusters and departments of the

Foundation, all of themaimedat innovating in thead-

vanced Internet technologies, have boosted their ac-

tivity inthefieldof infrastructureandmedia,network

virtualization, access optical networks, P2P, sensor

networks, highdefinition and3Dservices, LivingLabs

and new network and open innovationmodels, aswell

asintheapplicationofInternettechnologiesinthefield

ofhealth,dependency,education, culture, tourismand

industry.Atthesametime,newdevelopmentchannels

havebeenopenedregardingtheapplicationofInternet

forenergyefficiencyandthegreenIT.

The promotion of ICT and Internet implementation in

thefieldof healthhas resulted in thedevelopmentof

thei2HealthSantPauproject.Thisprojectisbeingcom-

pletedincollaborationwiththeHospitaldelaSantaCreu

iSantPau,withfundsofthePlanAvanza,andisaimed

atcreatingaknowledgecentre inwhichscientists,en-

gineers,carers,medicalstaffanduserswillbeableto

participate.Thiscentre,locatedinthehospital,willde-

velopprojectswhichpromotetheICTimplementationin

thefieldofhealth,withtheobjectiveof improvingthe

provisionofservicesaswellasreducingitscost.

Thepromotionofresearchandinnovationinthefieldof

the ICT, togetherwith thetechnologytransfer inbusi-

nesses,isthedecisivecommitmentofi2CAT.Itsencour-

agementmustbeoneofthecornerstoneswhichprovide

ourcountryapositiveeconomyevolutionaswellasan

increaseoftheinternationalizationofthecompanies.

Thisyearmorethanahundredinnovationprojectshave

been either fully or partially completed in conjunction

withavarietyofbothCatalanandinternationalcompa-

nies and organizations. Furthermore, the Audiovisual

unitsandtheUbiquitousNetworkshavebeenestablished

tofurther integratetheuniversityresearchgroups, the

assetsandthepotentialofi2CAT’sownresources.Inor-

dertocontinuewiththeguidelinesetbackin2009,which

wastomaintaintheboostofthetechnologytransferby

wayofenhancingthevalueofi2CAT’sdevelopments,the

IGLORcompanyhasbeencreated,withtheobjectiveof

encouragingthetechnologicaldevelopmentofCatalonia

andpromotingthegenerationofeconomicactivity.

Inthefieldofresearch,theTARIFAproject(TheAtomic

RedesignofInternetoftheFutureArchitecture),which

startedattheendof2009,continuestobeimplement-

ed,andtherehasbeencontinualcontributiontothose

projectsrelatedtosensornetworks.

The i2CATFoundationhassubstantially increased its

activitiesthroughout2010,developingorstartingan

importantnumberofresearchandinnovationprojects

in spite of the economic crisis. In this respect, it is

worthhighlighting the significantnumberofprojects

thathavereceivedEuropeanfunding,thewonprojects

ofthenewcallsoftheMinistryofScienceandInnova-

tion,theimportantparticipationinthenationalcallsof

Inforegióandthesignificantincreaseofcommissioned

projectsbythecompanies.

The most important milestones of 2010 are as follows:

TheadaptationofmembersoftheBoardalongwith

themodificationoftherepresentativesoftheJuni-

perNetworkscompany,theAjuntamentdeBarcelo-

na(BarcelonaCityCouncil),andoftherepresenta-

tivesoftheUniversitatPolitècnicadeCatalunya.

ThedevelopmentoftheTARIFAproject,whichaims

toredesignthenewarchitecturesoftheFutureIn-

ternet,incollaborationwithuniversitygroupsofthe

UniversitatPolitècnica,UniversitatRamonLlulland

UniversitatPompeuFabra.

ThecontinuationofETRICATresearchprojects re-

gardingsensorandmobilitynetworks,incollabora-

tionwith theResearchCentreofKorea (ETRI)and

with theparticipationof bothSpanish andKorean

companies.

2.Introduction

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Introduction

Thepromotionofinnovationinthelocalareacombined

with the development of different projectswith city

councilsandlocalorganizations(Rubí,Viladecans,Cor-

nellà,VilanovailaGeltrú).

Thedevelopmentof102innovationprojectswithdiffer-

entcompaniesandentitiesofthePublicAdministration.

AnotableincreaseoftheactionsoftheDepartmentof

TechnologyTransferundertheimpulseofthecreation

of the IGLOR company, the implementation of com-

mercialagreementswithcompaniesandtheapprecia-

tionoftheresearchactivities.

Themanagement of the Anella Industrial whilst incor-

porating 25 companies, among those which stand out

thecompanySEATandNissan.Thestudy,carriedoutto-

getherwiththeDepartmentofTelecommunicationsand

InformationSociety,whichdealswith the implementa-

tionoftheAnellaLogísticaandtheAnellaAudiovisual.

Thedevelopment,togetherwiththeHospitaldeSantPau,

oftheSELENEproject,whichaimistocreateacentreofex-

cellencefortheapplicationoftheICTinthefieldofhealth.

A notable increase of the level of participation in Eu-

ropeanprojects,especiallyonthepartoftheNetwork

Technologiescluster,reaching15developmentprojects

attheendof2010.

Thecontinuationofcollaborationandparticipationinthein-

ternationalforumsregardingbothstandardisationandR+D

platformsonbothEuropeanandnationallevel(IEEE,ISO).

Thepromotionofdisseminationactivitiesindevelop-

ingprojectsandtheresultsfromresearchandinnova-

tioninordertoachieveanincreaseofthesocialimpact

oftheprojectsaswellasawiderknowledgeamongthe

companiesofthesector.

ThedevelopmentoftheAnellaCulturalIberoamericana

andthepromotionofthecreationoftheAnellaCultural

Europeawhichwillenabletheexchangeofinformation

andculturaleventsonbothEuropeanandinternational

level,followingthemodelcarriedoutinCataloniawith

theAnellaCultural.

An increase of the provisions of the network and

mediaplatforms,inordertofocustheiractivityon

supportingresearchandinnovationprojects.

A notable increase of the funding from European,

stateandnationalcompetitivefunds,andtheconsoli-

dationofrevenuescomingfromservicecharges.

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The Delegates Committee, from left to right: CarlesSalvadó,GonçalBonhom-me,LluísComellas,ArturSerra,JosepMañach,DanielMarco,XavierPeiró,Jo-sepCasanovas,XavierCastillo,XavierBuxeda,OriolAlcoba,SebastiàSallent,JoanRodríguez,JoanBatlle.

3.Organizational Structure

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3.1THEBOARD

SecretariadeTelecomunicacionsiSocietatdelaInformació

UniversitatPolitècnicadeCatalunya

ACC1Ó

UniversitatPompeuFabra

UniversitatRamonLlull

TradiaTelecom

OrangeBusinessServices

CorporacióCatalanadeMitjansAudiovisuals

Mediapro

Cromosoma

Alcatel

Fujitsu

ServeiCatalàdelaSalut

Vodafone

CiscoSystems

CentredeTelecomunicacionsiTecnologiesdelaInformació

InterouteIberia

AyuntamientodeBarcelona

JuniperNetworks

During2010therehasn’tbeenanyincorporationwithin

theBoardandmodificationshavebeenmaderegard-

ing the representatives of the JuniperNetworks, the

AjuntamentdeBarcelona(BarcelonaCityCouncil)and

theUniversitatPolitècnicadeCatalunya.

Withtheaimofencouragingtheparticipationofnewcom-

paniesintheFoundation,themanagementhasmaintained

discussionswithavarietyofcompaniesinordertoanalyse

thepossibilityoftheirincorporationintheBoard.

OrganizationalStructure

Josep CasanovasPresidentofthe

DelegatesCommittee

Artur SerraDirectionAssistant

Xavier PeiróExecutiveDirector

Sebastià SallentDirector

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Evolution of the i2CAT Foundation Research Personnel

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3.2DELEGATESCOMMITTEE

ThegovernmentagencyoftheFoundation istheDel-

egatesCommitteewhich,havingbeendelegatedbythe

Board, carries out the ordinary administration func-

tions of the organization andmonitors the activities

developedbytheManagementoftheFoundation.

Thecommitteehasactivelyparticipatedintheanaly-

sisanddefinitionofthemainactionguidelines,most

prominentlyamongstthoseare:

ThedefinitionofattractorprojectsproposedtotheAdministration.

Monitoringofprojectscurrentlybeingcarriedout

Theapprovalofthemainactsinthefieldoftech-nologytransfer.

Thedefinitionofstrategiclinesfor2011.

Guidelinesandthedefinitionofthe2011budgetproject.

This Committeemeets approximately twice amonth

andiscurrentlychairedbythevice-rectoroftheUni-

versitatPolitècnicadeCatalunya,Mr.JosepCasanovas

Garcia.

EightengineerstosupporttheNetworkTechnologiesClus-

teraswellasthedifferentEuropeanandnationalprojects

grantedin2010.

3engineerstosupportthenewprojectsoftheHealthCluster.

TwoengineersforthedevelopmentoftheUbiquitousandSen-

sorsNetworkUnitprojects.

Two engineers for the development of the Audiovisual Unit

projects.

OneengineerfortheSELENEprojectwiththeHospitaldeSantPau.

OneengineerfortheRomanic-Cellersproject.

OneengineertosupporttheprojectswithOrange.

Inordertocontinuewithi2CAT’guidelinessetinitscreation,

there has been a continual drive in the collaborationwith

university research groups and, therefore, the number of

researchersoftheUniversitatPolitècnicadeCatalunya,the

UniversitatRamonLlullandtheUniversitatPompeuFabra

collaboratingwiththeFoundationhasincreasedslightly.

3.3MANAGEMENTANDPERSONNEL

Themainchangeintheorganizationalstructureandperson-

neloftheFoundationduring2010hasbeenthecreationof

researchandinnovationunitsbothintheaudiovisualfieldas

wellas inthesensorsandubiquitousnetworksfield.These

twounitsaresetwiththeresourcesoftheuniversityresearch

groupsandthe i2CATinnovationclusters,givingshapetoa

homogeneousgroupwithaunifiedmanagement.Theaimof

theseunitsistoincreasetheefficiencyoftheinnovationand

researchactivities,takingadvantageofthesynergiesandthe

complementaritiesoftheexistingresourcesofbothentities.

In order to maintain a response to the evolution of the

activity and the development of projects carried out or

commencedunderthenameoftheFoundationthroughout

2010,morepeoplehavebeencontractedforprojectdevel-

opment,specifically:

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3.4CLUSTERS

Inthefieldofclustersandnewunits,themostimpor-

tantactivitieshavebeenthefollowing:

The implementation of new units of the Audiovi-

sual andUbiquitousNetworks in order to improve

thecollaborationofi2CATwithuniversityresearch

groups. Inthisrespect,more integratedstructures

havebeengeneratedinordertoenableawidercol-

laborationandfacilitatetheincreaseoftherelation-

shipswiththecompanies.

ToenhancetheNetworkTechnologiesCluster,pro-

viding it with the human and technical resources

neededinordertoabsorbtheactivityincreaseen-

tailedbythenewEuropeanprojects.

TheadaptationoftheorganizationoftheAudiovisu-

alUnitandtheHealthandDependencyCluster,and

theimprovementoftheirworkareas.

Tocontinueencouragingandpromotingtheimplan-

tationanduseofcollaborativetoolsinordertoim-

provethemanagementandcoordinationofprojects

carriedoutbyboth i2CAT’sownpersonnelanddif-

ferentresearchgroups.

Remarkable enhancing of activities in the area of

wirelesstechnologyowingtothestartofnewproj-

ectsonbothanationalandinternationalscale.

ThecreationofInternetareasappliedtoenergeticef-

ficiencyandInternetappliedtocultureandtourism,in

ordertoencouragei2CAT’sactionsinthesetwofields.

ThE BOARD

ThE DElEgATES COMMITTEE

EXECUTIvE COMMITTEE

TEChNOlOgICAl PlATFORM

ADMINISTRATION TEChNICAl MANAgEMENT

INDUSTRy ClUSTER

EDUCATIONAl ClUSTER

EhEAlTh AND EDEPENDENCy

ClUSTER

AUDIOvISUAl UNIT

NETwORk TEChNOlOgIES

ClUSTER

RESEARCh AREA

TEChNOlOgy TRANSFER

AREA

4.Main Activities

Research group, from left to right: BorisBellalta,XavierSánchez,TrangCaoMinh,AlfredoGutiérrez,JosepParadells,SebastiàSallent,AlbertVidal,CristinaCervelló,MartínGermán,AlbertJ.González,RamonMartinDePozuelo.

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4.1RESEARCH

Throughout 2010, the Research Area has been focused

ontwoprojects:TARIFAandETRICAT.TheTARIFAproject,

whichisfocusedontheFutureInternet,startedin2009

andwillcontinuefortwoyears.Ithopestoobtainresearch

resultsinhalfthattimewhichcanbetransferredtodiffer-

entclustersofthei2CATFoundation,becomingasourcein

ordertogeneratenewideasregardinginnovationproject.

TheETRICATproject,carriedoutincollaborationwiththe

ETRIKoreanresearchcentre,isfocusedonthesensornet-

workstechnologiesandthemobilityinwirelessnetworks.

TARIFA PROJECT: The Atomic Redesign of the Internet Future Architecture

TheTARIFAprojectwillprovideanewapproach regarding the

FutureInternet,focusedonanarchitecturalredesignandarole-

basedparadigm,consistingofnon-divisibleoratomicfunctions.

The projectwill be developed taking into account twomain

usecases:ontheonehand,anevolutionaryusecasewhichwill

provethatthenewdesignoftheFutureInternetarchitecture

isbackwardscompatiblewiththecurrentInternetbybuildinga

serviceorfunctionalitysimilartotheexistingsolutionswithour

approach.Ontheotherhand,arevolutionaryusecase,which

willprovethattheprojectisactuallysolvingtheproblemsthat

thecurrentInternetcannotsolveinanefficientmanner.

During itsbeginningandthroughout2010,thisprojecthas

developeditsscientificbasebycarryingoutadeepstudyof

similarinitiativesatagloballevel,aswellasmakingapropos-

WirelessNetworksGroup(XSF-ENTEL)oftheUPC,

leadbyJosepParadells.

MediaGroupofBAMPLA(MEDIAENTEL)oftheUPC,

leadbyJesúsAlcober.

NetworkTechnologiesandStrategiesGroup(NeTS)of

theUPC,leadbyMiquelOliver.

MultimediaTechnologiesGroup(GTM)oftheURL,

leadbyGabrielFernàndez.

AdvancedNetworkArchitecturesGroup(ANA)ofthe

UPC,leadbyXavierMasip.

CollaborativeDesignofICTSystemsGroup(COLS)of

theUPC,leadbyJosepM.Monguet.

al regardingthebasicarchitecturefor theFuture Internet.

Thisarchitectureisbasedonrolesinwhicheachnetworkele-

mentcanperformwithadifferentroledependingontheser-

vicesrequestedandotherboundaryconditions.Thiscanbe

achievedonthebasisofaseriesofbasiclow-levelservices

composition.Whenthisprojectfinishesin2011,avalidation

will bemade on the different aspects of the architecture,

especiallythefollowingones:thecompositionanddiscover-

ingoftheservices,themanagementandautoconfiguration

whenchangesaremadeinthenetwork,thescalableaddress-

ingschemesanditssocioeconomicimpact.

As follows are the research groups which participated:

EntelOpticalNetworksGroup(GXO-BAMPLA)ofthe

UPC,leadbyCristinaCervelló.

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ETRICAT PROJECT

TheETRICATprojectcameaboutasaresultofthecol-

laborationinitiativesbetweeni2CATandETRI,whichis

themainpublicresearchinstitutionintheinformation

technologysectorofSouthKorea.

In reality, ETRICAT has taken place in the context of

projectsderivedfromthiscollaborationataresearch

levelinconjunctionwithKorea.Furthertothis,acollec-

tionof innovationprojectshasbeengeneratedwhich

aimtodelivertwotechnologiestothemarket;sensor

networksandmobilityinwirelessnetworks.

Overthelastfewyears,bothi2CatandETRIhavebeen

workingonresearchmaterialinthefieldofUSN(Ubiq-

uitousSensorNetworks).TheKoreanGovernmenthas

identifiedthisasoneofthekeytechnologiesofthefu-

tureandhasdefinedaspecialplanfor itspromotion.

Twodoctoraltheses.

15finalUniversitydissertations.

Acontributiontointernationalcommunicationstan-

dards.

Twopendingpatents.

Three training programmes at international confer-

ences.

The development burst switch network node proto-

typesvalidatedwithfieldtests.

Thedevelopmentofservicescompositionalgorithms

fornewarchitecturesoftheFutureInternet.

Accomplishmentofagroupofdevelopmenttoolsfor

the integration of applications in the sensors net-

works.

Thegenerationofcleanstateprotocolsandarchitec-

turesforthedevelopmentoftheFutureInternet.

8 innovation projects derived directly from the re-

searchproject.

Around 11 innovation proposals currently being ap-

pliedfor.

Simultaneously,i2CAThasalsobeenempoweringthis

technologyoverthelastfewyears,andthishasallowed

ustoachieveahighlevelofexpertiseinthisarea.

Ontheotherhand,withrespecttomobilityinwireless

accessnetworks,thiscollaborationbetweenETRIand

i2CAT has allowed research into aspects relative to

mobile userswho access broadband Internet via dif-

ferentaccesstechnologieswiththeaimthatthecom-

municationisneitherinterruptednordiminished.

OBJECTIvES OBTAINED FROM RESEARCh

To sum up, the principal research objectives which

werefulfilledduring2010arethefollowing:

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gresses.

MainActivities

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4.2INNOVATION

2010hasseenfurtherexpansionofactivitiesandinnovation

projectsintheEuropeanscope.Inthatrespect,thei2CAT

Foundationhasmadeagreateffortateveryleveltoincrease

thenumberofprojectsandactivitiessupportedbyEuropean

funds,fromtheVIIFrameworkProgrammetoothertoolsof

supportforinnovationandresearch,achieving15projectsin

thisfield.

Thenumberofprojectscompletedindifferentclustershas

hadapositiveevolutionandhasincreasedthecollaboration

withcompaniesandotherpublicentitiesandorganizations

whichwouldliketodevelopinnovationprojects.

fromotherdepartmentsoftheGeneralitatdeCatalunya,

suchastheDepartmentofAgriculture,theDepartmentof

the InteriorandtheCulturalandAudiovisualsMediaDe-

partment,andfromcitycouncils.

18universityresearchgroupsandmorethan70companiesand

organizationshavecollaboratedintheinnovationprojects.

Amongprojectsaccomplishedorinprogress,Thei2Health

SantPau project must be noted. This project’s aim is to

developacentreofexcellencefortheapplicationofthe

ICTand,specifically,theInternetinthefieldofhealthand

medicalassistance.Anotherobjectiveoftheprojectisthe

developmentof7newEuropeanprojectsoftheNetwork

TechnologiesClusteraswellastheCulturaliveprojectun-

derthenameoftheAudiovisual.

Amongthoseactivitiescarriedout, thefollowingare

worthmentioning:

24innovationprojectswerecarriedoutandfinalised.78

arestillinprogressincomparisonto64lastyear.However,

23projectsareintheanalysisphaseduringthisperiod.

Thetotalnumberofinprogressbyunits,clustersandar-

easarethefollowingones;12inNetworkTechnologies,6

inUbiquitousTechnologies,23inAudiovisual,19inHealth

andDependency,8inEducation,5inIndustryand5inTech-

nologyTransfer.

Regardingthetypeoffunding;7national,16stateand15

Europeancompetitivefundshavebeenobtained. Itmust

also be noted that i2CAT obtained important financing

MainActivities

Finishedprojects

Projectsinexecution

Projectsunderstudy

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MainActivities

With respect to theparticipation in competitive calls,

therelationofprojectsinprogresswithfundsofdiffer-

entcallsatanational,stateandEuropeanlevelarethe

following:

National Funds, calls of ACC1Ó: 4ZIG-VIC,VALFUS,MIVALandM2I.CAT

National Funds, call INFOREgIÓ: 3

SILVIA, MEDCAT and BARCELONA CIUTAT

INTEL·LIGENT

State Funds, calls from the Ministry of Indus-try, Tourism and Trade (Plan Avanza): 13TRAÇABILITATRFID,INESSH,SELENE,CVe-LEAR,

CIBER, NUSSIA, HIPERMED SALUT, SISTEMMA,

ARENALIFE,FURIA3,HIPERMED,PCAICENTRES

CONEIXEMENTandPORTALINDUSTRIAL

State Funds, calls from the Ministry of Sci-ence and Innovation (INNPACTO): 2 EFFICITYandCLOUDDESTINATION

European Funds, vII Framework Programme: 15 GÉANT3,GEYSER,BONFIRE,RAISME,

MANTICHORE,OFELIA,NOVI,HELP4MOOD,LIFE

2.0CIP,FEARLESS,WINNOVATE,FOTORALLYES,

INDICATE,LINKEDHERITAGEandVISIONAIR

CENIT Programme, CDTI (Ministry of Science and Innovation): 4 VISION,I3MEDIA,INREDIS,SEGUR@

Itisworthmentioningthat30%oftheobtainedfunds

wereachievedin2009callsand,in2010callstheper-

centageofsubsidisedprojectsoutofthetotalpresent-

edprojectsinaEuropeanscopeimprovedsubstantially.

In relation to the billing of services, there has been a

significantincreasewithrespecttolastyear.Thetotal

billingreachedthatof€1,224,935,whichrepresentsa

raiseof25%fromthepreviousperiod.

Theincreaseofthebillingofservicestocompaniesand

entitiesismainlyduetothesellingactivitiescarriedout

bytheresponsiblefortheclusters,unitsandtechnology

transfer,andalsoduetotheparticipationinprojectsas

subcontractorsinsteadofparticipatingasacollabora-

tivemember.

4.3 FINANCINGWITHCOMPETITIVEFUNDSANDBILLINGOFSERVICES

Inthislastexercise,eventhoughthisyearthecom-

petitive calls have not been as successful as other

yearsandastheeconomiccrisishasmadethecon-

tractingofservicesdifficultonthepartofthecom-

panies,thei2CATFoundationhasexperiencedano-

table increase regarding the funding obtainedwith

competitive funds, and has also consolidated the

revenuescomingfromthebillingofservices.

During2010,proposalshavebeenmadetodifferent

calls inthenational,stateandEuropeanscope.The

funding obtained for projects due to be completed

inthis lastyear (forthoseapplicationsmadeinthe

years 2009 and 2010) has reached a total sum of

€1,244,144,whichrepresentsa43.9%increasewith

respecttothoseobtainedin2009.

Thefundsobtainedineachcallhavebeenasfollows:

EuropeanUnion,FrameworkProgramme:€571,487

State,AvanzaandINNPACTO:€463,161

National,ACC1ÓandInforegió:€209,496

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The mission of the Technology Transfer Area is to

transform the knowledge and the ICT technologies

developedat i2CAT intoproductsandserviceswhich

provideaddedvaluetothemarketandwhichimprove

thecompetitivenessofthecompanies.

Thekey inorder that thisknowledgearrives immedi-

atelytothemarket lies inthetechnologicalcoopera-

tion with the companies, establishing collaborations

inwhichthecompanywouldcontributetothemarket

visionwhereasi2CATwouldcontributetothetechno-

logicalknowledge,withthefollowingobjectives:

Torelatetechnologieswithmarketopportunities.

ToturnR+D+itechnologiesandresultsintoadded

valueforthecompanies.

To increase thedevelopmentof applications and

technologies oriented towards the needs of the

market.

To adapt and apply technologies in new market

segments.

On-demand R+D+i services

Integrationandadaptationoftechnologies

Implementationofprototypesandpilottests

Executionoftailor-madedevelopments

Developmentoftechnologicalstudiesandfeasibil-

itytests.

ManagementofR+D+iprojects

Deployment of Advanced Internet Infrastructures

Accesstoexperimentalplatforms

Deploymentofpilottests.

Aimingtopromotethecollaborationandthetechnol-

ogy transfer, aswell as to provide solutions for the

needsofcompanies, i2CAToffersthefollowingser-

vices:

Commercialization and licensing of technologies

AppraisaloftheR+D+iresults

IPR(IntellectualPropertyRights)licensing

Prototypelicensing

Agreementsofproductcodevelopment(OpenIn-novation)

Creationoftechnology-basedcompanies(spin-off)

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4.4TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

JoanManelMartín

MainActivities

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EVALUATIONOFRESULTS

EvAli2CAT project

TheEVALi2catprojecthasbeenfinishedduring2010.Its

aimwastherevisionandtheinitialevaluationoftheaccu-

mulatedknow-howofi2CATinthefieldofICTtechnolo-

giesandtheFutureInternet,soastobringitclosertothe

marketinthebestpossibleway.Inordertoachievethis

goal, KIMbcn has evaluated five i2CAT’s technologies/

projectstakingintoaccounttechnologicalandcommer-

cialfeasibilitycriteria.

Thefiveevaluatedtechnologies/projectshavebeenthe

following: Trilogy/P2P, MANTICORE, Ultra-High Defini-

tion,Hospisegur(WSNappliedinthefieldofhealth)and

SANTE (telerehabilitation).The secondphasehasbeen

theelaborationofaroad-bookforthetwohighestpoten-

tialtechnologies:MANTICOREandUltra-HighDefinition

(UHD).

TheconclusionofthestudywasthattheUHDtechnology

wasthemostmaturetechnologyandwithgreatershort-

termpotentialwhenaccessingthemarket,eventhough

theappropriateproductsandusecasesshouldstillhave

tobeidentified.Inthisrespect,wewentforthecreation

of a spin-offwith theobjectiveof commercializing the

aforementionedUHDtechnology.

Theprojecthasbeensubsidizedthroughanappreciation

fundnamedVALCON2009(ACC1Ó).

uctsbasedonUHDoIPtechnologyandappliedinthefields

ofaudiovisualproductionandtelemedicine.

TheIP-AVDeliveryproductisamodularsystemwhichen-

ablestocarryoutallthefunctionsofthecurrentaudiovi-

sualproductionplatformsthroughanIPinfrastructure.The

productisprovidedwithmodulesforcapturing,commuting,

mixing,distributinganddisplayinganykindofaudiovisual

content in real timeand fromany locationprovidedwith

anIPnetworkconnection.Byintegratingthewholeaudio-

visualproduction intheIPworld,thecurrent investments

in cabling and dedicated architectures are avoided,more

flexibilityisachievedanditopensupthepossibilityofnew

servicestocomesuchastheremotemulti-executionoflive

sporteventsortherealtimeproductionofaudiovisualcon-

tentamongthedifferentlocalnetworksoftheproduction.

The IP-Vision product is an advanced and optimized vid-

eoconference system for telemedicine applications. Its

provisionsregardinghighdefinition,lowlagtimeandhigh

capacitytowidenthefieldofvisionenabletoestablisha

completely interactive and immersed environment,which

is essential to successfully develop certain telemedicine

services,suchasremotesurgical interventionsorpatient

diagnosisinemergencysituations.

Atthemoment,IGLORisinitstutelaryphase; itbasically

carriesout thedevelopmentof theappreciation tasksof

theUHDoIPtechnologyandbeginsmakingcontactswithin

themarketinordertostarttocommercializethedefined

productsthroughout2011.

PROTECTIONOFTHER+D+IRESULTS

Patent application

The18thJune,2010thepatentapplicationfortheinven-

tion”EncapsulationMethodanddatade-encapsulationin

OBSopticalnetworks”wasregisteredattheSpanishPat-

entandTradeMarkOffice(SPTO).Deedssharedbetween

i2CATandUPC.

COMMERCIALIZATION

Spin-off creation

During thefirst semesterof2010 thefirst spin-offof

i2CAT has been created, IGLOR Soluciones Audiovisu-

alesAvanzadas,S.L., withtheobjectiveofcommercial-

izingUHDoIP(Ultra-HighDefinitionoverIP)technology,

one of the software developments in which i2CAT has

beenworkingformorethan4yearsandwhichenablesto

transferaudiovisualcontent in real timewithveryhigh

definition(upto4K)andalowlagtimeoverIPnetworks.

Theuseofthistechnologyopensupthepossibilityofthe

development of new interactive products and services

applied to many sectors. I2CAT has transferred exclu-

sively to IGLOR the exploitation rights of the UHDoIP

technology.

TheIGLORactivitywillbefocusedonthedevelopmentand

commercialization of new audiovisual services and prod-

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Commercialization agreement of the viewCAT application

ViewCATisawebapplicationofcollaborativeworkwhich

allowsforthecreationofvideoconferencessessionsbe-

tweennumeroususers,aswellaschattingandsharingthe

presentation of documents simultaneously. ViewCAT,

which has been developed in the Health and Depen-

dencycluster,standsoutforitsusabilityasclientswill

nothaveto installanykindofsoftwareand ittotally

adaptstotheusersneeds.

i2CAT has transferred a exploitation license of the

ViewCATplatformtoPulsoEdiciones,withtheobjec-

tiveofcommercializingViewCATwithinthehealthsec-

tor and especially, among the medical professionals

collective, taking advantage of their experience and

relationwithnumerousmedicalassociations.

Commercialization framework agreement with kIMbcn

I2CATsignedacollaborationframeworkagreementwith

KIMBcnlastSeptember(2010), inordertopromotethe

commercializationofboththeknowledgeandtheavail-

able technologies of i2CAT. KIMbcn, which contributes

toaglobal visionof themarketand the correlation ca-

pacitywithall theagentsof the innovationsystem,will

carry out performances in order to disseminate i2CAT

technologies and promote its commercialization within

themarket througha license,a technologicalcollabora-

tion or creation of a new technology-based company.

IP-AvMIXER

TheaimofIP-AVMIXERprojectistodevelopacommer-

cial pre-product which implements the functions of a

switchingmatrixandanaudiovisualcontentmixer in IP

environments. Itwillbecarriedout taking intoaccount

the appreciation of the UHDoIP (Ultra-High Definition

overIP)technology,developedbyi2CAT,whichallowsfor

thetransmissionoverIPnetworksofhighdefinitionau-

diovisualcontentsinrealtime.

APPRECIATIONOFTECHNOLOGIES

Theappreciationactivitiesaredesignedtocovertheneces-

sarytechnologicaldevelopmenttoconvertatechnology,a

resultofaR+Dprojectoranacademicprototypeintoacom-

mercialpre-productwhichmustmeetapreviouslydetected

needormarketopportunity.

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TheinnovationdegreeoftheIP-AVMIXERprojectisthe

developmentofasystemwhichallowsfortheintegration

andadaptationof theaudiovisual contents (entrances/

exits with standard audiovisual interfaces) in order to

carryoutitstransmissionoverIPnetworks,andwiththe

guarantee of quality, delay and lag time requirements

thatakindofaudiovisualtrafficneedsinrealtime.Now-

adays, themarketdoesnotofferanypossiblesolution

whichprovidesthiskindofserviceandfunctionalities.

Thesolutionisorientedtowardstheneedsoftheau-

diovisual production companies and the television

channels(local,national,etc.).Atpresent,contacthas

alreadybeenmadewithacompanyofthesectorwhich

could be interested in commercializing the resultant

product.

The development of this project, due to be finished in

2012, is partially funded by a subsidy obtained in the

competitivecallVALOR2010(AGAUR/ACC1Ó).

SENSORDROID

TheSENSORDROIDproject isaimedatprovingtech-

nical andcommercial feasibilityof anubiquitousand

mobile domotics management platform, based on

commercialmobile phones,which enables the indoor

and outdoor interaction with electrical appliances

providedwithminimumelectronicintelligence(forin-

stance, theTV, thefridgeortheairconditioning)and

withothergenerichomeelements(suchasdoorsand

blinds).

The remote control system will be based on a mo-

bile device which will allow for controlling different

home elements (wireless sensors/actuators with Zig-

bee/802.15.4protocol)throughagraphicinterfacede-

velopedoveranopenoperatingsystem(Android).

The innovation degree of this project is based on the

integrationofbothcommercialsensors/actuatorsthat

currentlyexistandfuturesensornodeswhichwillincor-

porateZigBeeinthesamemanagementsystem(themo-

bilephone,whichwillbetheuniversalremotecontrol).

Theknowledgeofwirelesssensorsnetworksaswellas

thedevelopmentofmobileapplicationsthati2CAThas

acquiredduringtheexecutionofvariousR+Dprojects

inthelastfiveyearswillbetakenintoaccountinthis

project.

Thedevelopmentof thisproject,duetobefinished in

2012, is partially fundedby a subsidyobtained in the

competitivecallVALOR2010(AGAUR/ACC1Ó).

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ON-DEMANDR+D+ISERVICESANDPRODUCTS

Feasibility study to offer multiline ToIP services to companies with gPON con-nectivity

Orangeisdeployinganewhighcapacityopticalfiberinfra-

structure (GPON) in industrial areasofCatalonia,with the

objective of offering new telephony and Internet access

solutionstocompanies. i2CATtakespart inthisprojectby

providingitsknowledgeintelephonysystemsoverIP(ToIP)

aswellasinadvancedopticalnetworks,inordertostudythe

feasibilitytooffermultilineservicesandIPTrunkingservices

inenvironmentswithGPONconnectivity.

i2CATisresponsibleforcarryingouttheinteropera-

bilitytestswithdifferentdevicesofclients,aswellas

foranalyzingthefunctionalitydegreeandthequality

andsecurityprovisionsinordertodefinethesolution

andthemostsuitableparametrization.

The commercialization of these services for compa-

niesbyOrangeisduetobestartedduring2011.

Signed agreements aimed to the implementation of innovation and research projects

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NETWORKINGANDDISSEMINATION

The aim of these activities is to establish a more direct and continual relationship with the agents who take part in the Catalan innovation system:

AssociationsofInformationTechnologyCompanies Supportcentresforthecreationofcompanies. Research/technologycentres Disseminationentities TechnologicalParks(NetworkAPTE),andenterpriseincubators.

TransferSystemAgents Technologicalconsultancies PatentAgencies Legalassessorsspecialisedintransfercontracts

As follows are the networking activities in which i2CAT has participated during 2010:

ConferenceonR+D+iinthefieldofICTandHealthin

Catalonia(Barcelona)

TheDayoftheEntrepreneur2010(Barcelona)

Connect-EUconferences(Barcelona)

SIMONetworkBrokerageEvent(Madrid)

BCNTechworkingwithICTcompaniesfromJapan(Barcelona)

ICTNetworkingACC1Ó(Barcelona)

OpenInnovationInnobaixWorkshop(Viladecans) 2 0 0 7 2 0 0 8 2 0 0 9 2 0 1 0

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Participation in theEuropeanPPP initiative abouttheFutureInternet.

DevelopmentoftheAnellaCulturalIberoamericana(LatinAmericanCulturalRing),togetherwithSpan-

ishandLatinAmericanentities.

ParticipationintheEuropeanplatformsNEM,Mobil-ity,es.Internet,Foton21andLivingLabs,andinthose

onaninternationalscale,GLIFandCINEGRID.

Participation in the FIREweek 2010 conference,coordinated by theUniversitat Pompeu Fabra, or-

ganizingthesessionon“NewbordersintheFuture

Internet”.

Collaborationintheorganizationofthe1stSummerSchoolofLivingLabs,heldinParisinAugust.

Integration in the ENOL General Assembly (Euro-peannetworkofLivingLabs).

Active participation in the GLIF Plenary Session,heldinGenevaduringOctober.

Participationinthedifferentstandardizationorga-nizations(IETF,IEEE,ISO,CONTINUA,HL).

Collaboration in different forums concerning thee-infrastructures and its possible support to the

worldofculture.

ParticipationintheISO/IECJTCofFutureNetworksandthecreationofanationalgroupviaAENOR.

4.5 INTERNATIONALCOLLABORATIONANDPRESENCE

There has been continual reinforcement of the bonds with organisms and both European and International research groups in order to:

Amplify the relationshipwith international research

centres by way of establishing cooperation agree-

mentsforknowledgeandexperiencetransfer,andfor

thedevelopmentofjointprojects.

Increase the level ofparticipation inbothEuropean

research projects and membership in research and

standardisationcommittees.

Exchangeofhumanresourcesandresearchpersonnel

intheframeworkofEuropeansupportprogrammes.

The following are examples of the most important milestones attained in 2010 in the field of collabora-tion and international presence:

ParticipationinthecongressofFrenchcompetitiveclusters,heldinParislastJanuary.

SeminaronRegionsandLivingLabs, held inBrus-selslastJanuary.

Participation in theNEM (NetworkElectronicMe-dia)GeneralAssembly.

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4.6 PARTICIPATIONININITIATIVESAIMEDAT

PROMOTINGTECHNOLOGICALDEVELOPMENT INCATALONIA

One of the cornerstones of i2CAT’s strategy has al-

ways been the cooperation with different bodies of

theGeneralitat(thegoverningbodyofCatalonia)and

withotherorganizationsinourcountry.Theintention

wastocreatestrategiesinordertoreinforceresearch,

innovationandtheindustrialsectorbasedontheevo-

lutionandthenewInternetgeneration.

The following form part of the most important action points fulfilled during 2010:

Developmentofprojectsregardingthesectorialrings

(Industrial,Logistics,AudiovisualandCultural)incol-

laborationwiththeSecretariadeTelecomunicacions

iSocietatdelaInformacióanddifferentcompanies

oftheentailedsectors.

Collaboration with the Departament d’Agricultura

i d’Interior in the development of projects for the

application of sensor networks in agricultural and

emergencyenvironments.

NewactionsintheframeworkoftheAnellaCultural

(CulturalRing)incollaborationwiththeDepartament

deCulturaandtheCCCB inorder toencouragethe

disseminationofculturaleventsthroughbroadband

networks.

Active participation in the TIC.cat plan, led by the

Conselleria de Governació and Administracions

Públiques.

ActiveparticipationintheInforegiócallincollabora-

tionwithdifferentcompaniesfromtheCatalan ICT

sector.

ContinuingcollaborationwiththeCTTIinordertode-

finethe innovationneeds inthetelecommunication

serviceofdifferententitiesanddepartmentsofthe

CatalanGovernment.

DevelopmentofCulturalHeritagedigitalisationproj-

ectswiththeDepartamentdeCultura iMitjansAu-

diovisuals.

CollaborationwiththeSantPauandtheSantaCreu

Hospitals in the development of an ICT knowledge

centreapplicabletohealth.

Developmentof innovationprojects togetherwith

differentcitycouncils(Rubí,Cornellà,Viladecans).

Collaboration with the Consorci d’Acció Social and

the Taula del Tercer Sector in order to create the

BENESTIC Foundation, with the objective of intro-

ducingtheICTinthefieldofsocialservices.

Evolution of the publications carried out

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4.7PROMOTIONALAND DISSEMINATIONACTIVITIES

TheFoundationhas carriedout a numberofdifferent

activitiesduring2010inorderforthedisseminationof

thegoalsandtheresultsoftheinnovationandresearch

projects, inadditiontoroundtablemeetingsintroduc-

ingdifferentaspectsofInternettechnology.

The most prominent activities are as follows:

ParticipationintheGeneralAssemblyoftheEuropean

NetworkofLivingLabs,heldinParis(September).

ParticipationintheCultureHeritageandPerform-

ingArtsseminar,heldinDaegon(SouthKorea).

Collaboration in the Future Internet Architecture

(FIArch) Open Workshop, held in Brussels (Octo-

ber).

Publicationofabookonthesensorsnetworks,to-

getherwithVodafoneandFundacióVodafone(No-

vember).

PresentationoftheworkinggroupontheCTN71/

GT7sensorsnetworksoftheSpanishmirrorofthe

ISO,ofwhichi2CATFoundationholdstheSecretaria

AENOR,heldinMadrid

Participation intheplenarymeetingoftheIEEEin

the framework of the 802.21 and 15 Committee,

heldinDallas(November).

PresentationoftheIndicateprojectintheframework

oftheInfrastructuresfortheCulturalHeritagesemi-

nar,heldinBrussels(October).

InaugurationoftheAnellaCulturalIberoamericana

(LatinAmericanCulturalRing)withtheinterconnec-

tionofculturalcentresofCatalonia,Colombia,Bra-

zil,ChileandArgentina.

NetworkpresentationoftheCasalsprojecttogeth-

erwith theDepartamentdeGovernació IAdminis-

tracion Públiques and Fundació Vodafone, held in

Igualada(November).

ParticipationintheIVforumofCAVEnetworkwhich

includestheaudiovisualclustersnetworkofSpain,

heldinCaceres(November).

MainActivities

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Herearesomeoftheappearancesmadebythei2CATFoundationinthemedia:

In this respect, the following actions have been carried out:

Updatingof thenetworkplatform,bystabilizingthe

connectivity of the 10G bandwidth in just an other

serviceandturningitintoausualresourceforexperi-

mentalprojects.

Improvementof the transport network technologies

atanopticallevelinordertoreceivenewconnectiv-

ity paradigmswhichwillmultiply by ten the current

capacityofthenetwork.

Designanddevelopmentofnewtoolsinordertoim-

prove the communication and efficiencywhen using

platformsandtoolsintheprojects,awayofapproach-

ingtheexperimentationtechnologytoresearchers.

Researchofnewmodelsofvirtualizationtechnologies

appliedtotheconceptoftheInfrastructureasaSer-

vice(IaaS).

Followingtheguidelinessetthroughout2009,thetech-

nological platform of i2CAT Foundation has continued

thiswayinordertoimprovetheexperienceofresearch-

ersandprojects,bywayofadaptingtonewmodelsand

needsemergingfromthecurrenteconomicenvironment

andthetrendsoftheresearchitself.

Throughout 2010 the technological platforms have

startedtoexperienceanevolutioninordertobeadapt-

edtothenewresearchparadigms.Thesechangeshave

beenorientedto improvetheexperience infavourof

researchers, optimizing the resources, tools and ser-

vicesofferedbyNetCATandMediaCAT.

5.Platforms

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5.1 NETWORKPLATFORM (NetCAT)

Used and/or available technologies

IPv6, Metro-Ethernet, MPLS & GMPLS, ROADM,UCLP,DWDM,SDH,OTN,OBS.

Improvements throughout 2010

ImprovementoftheexperimentalnetworkwiththeextensionoftheROADMring.

Expansionofthe level2connectivitywiththenew10Ginterfacesbyunifyingservicesandexperimen-

talnetwork.

Consolidation of the hardware equipment and ad-vancednetworkservices

Expansionofprivatecloudsserviceswiththeincor-porationofnewservers.

5.2 AUDIOVISUALPLATFORM ANDSERVICES(MediaCAT)

Used and/or available technologies:

HTML5, FLASH, virtualization, software engineering,OpenSourceSoftware,802.11,HDV,SIP,MPEG-x,LAMP,

Web3.0,VoIP,VoD,H.323,H.264,web-conferencing,P2P,

WebServices,MediaoverIP,streaming,backups,LDAP.

Improvements throughout 2010

Designandimplementationofanewmanagementmodelfor

theinteroperabilitybetweentheplatformandtheclusters.

Researchanddevelopmentofnewmodelsofinfrastructuresas

aService(IaaS)throughvirtualizationandopensourcetools.

Continuation of the implementation and improvement

of services offered by the platform, byway of integrat-

ing them with European NREN international initiatives

(Eduroam,Educonf…).

From left to right - Standing: AlbertVidal(Research),SergiFiguerola(NetworkTechnologies),JosepMariaColomé(HealthandDependence),JoanManelMartín(TechnologyTransfer).Sitting:FlaminioMinerva(Audiovisual)

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Areas,ClustersandUnitsRESEARCh AREA

Person in chargeAlbertVidal

Budget354.088€

Duration01/07/2009-31/06/2011

Financingi2CAT

Participantsi2CAT,WirelessNetworkGroup(WNG)oftheUPC,Me-

diaENTEL Group of the UPC, Optical Networks Group

(GXO)oftheUPC, SystemCollaborativeDesignofthe

ICT(COLS)oftheUPC,NetworkTechnologiesandStra-

tegiesGroup (NeTS) of theUniversitatPompeuFabra,

MultimediaTechnologiesGroup(GTM)oftheURLLaSa-

lle,AdvancedNetworkArchitectures(ANA)oftheUPC

Projects

AlbertVidal

TARIFA (The atomic Redesign of the InternetFuture Architecture

ResearchArea

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GENERALDESCRIPTIONANDGOALS

TARIFAwillprovideanewapproachoftheFutureIn-

ternetwitha redesignconcerning thearchitecture,

based on a paradigm consisting of non-divisible or

atomicfunctions.

INNOVATIONANDRESEARCHELEMENTS

Theprojectwillbedevelopedtaking intoaccount

twomainusecases:an evolutionary use case,whichwilldemonstratethatthenewdesignoftheFuture

Internetarchitectureisbackwardscompatible with the current Internet,bybuildingaserviceorafunc-tionalitysimilartotheexistingsolutionswithour

approach;anda revolutionary usecase,whichwilldemonstratethattheprojectisactuallysolving the problems that the current Internet cannot solve inanefficientmanner.

The socioeconomic impact on the proposed so-

lution will be developed in depth throughout the

project, as well as the definition of new business

models, which must be deeply studied by the ac-

torsinvolvedinthevaluechainofthenewproposal.

INDUSTRIALAND/ORSOCIALBENEFITS

TARIFA will provide new concepts for future derived proj-ects in the following areas:

Service composition: studyandproposesolutionsfortheprovision of adapted and personalized Future Internet

services(especiallyfocusedontheFutureMediaInternet

andInternetofThings).

Autonomous network management: defineanddesignareliable,scalableandsolidnetwork infrastructurebased

onautomaticmanagementprinciples,whichallowforan

appropriate reply to thenetworkconditions indifferent

scenarios, in order to guarantee the final goals of data

flowstotheconsumer.

New routing and addressing paradigms for the Future Internet: givesolutionsthatprovideabetterroutingscal-ability,takingintoaccounttheseparationofIPaddresses

intoendpointlocatorsandroutinglocators,aswellasthe

fulfilmentofthechallengespresentedinthissolution.

Socioeconomic impact: design innovative businessmodelswhichcanbeexploited in thecontextof the

InternetoftheFuture.

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Areas,ClustersandUnits INNOvATION AREA

Number of projects

4national12international

list of knowledges and technologies

Hypervisorsmanagement(VMware,XEN,OpenNebula)

Equipmentmanagementandexperience inconfigu-ration

Routers(Cisco2800,3700,NX7200,JuniperM

andMXseries) Switches(JuniperEX3200,Cisco3750,allied

Telesys,NECS3640,HPE350) Multiserviceplatforms(CiscoONS15450,

NortelOME,HDX,Alcatel1650) PhotonicSwitch(CalientDiamondWave) ROADM(W_OnesysProteus)

OpenFlowcontrolenvironment

DevelopmentplatformsforJuniper(JunOSSDk,JunosSpaceSDK)environments.

TCP/IP,OSPF,RP,RSVP,BGP,MPLS,Ethernet,

GMPLS,OTN,SONET/SDH

ManagementandconfigurationprotocolsCLIIOSTL-1,SNMP,CLINX-OS,CLIJunos,

Netconf,WSMA,OpenFlow

NetworkarchitecturesTCP/IP,Ethernet,OTN,OpticalmetroEthernet,

FTTH

RINA(RecursiveInternetArchitecture)

- Interprocesscommunication

- Nomenclatureandcomputernetworkad-

dressing

- CommonDistributedApplicationProtocol

(CDAP)

- DataTransferProtocol(DTP/DTCP)

- Configurablepolicy-basednetworks

Programminglanguages,toolsandenvironmentsJava

-OSGi -SpringFramework

-EclipseRCP -GlobusToolkit4

-ApacheMuse -ApacheMaven

-ApacheAxis -ApacheAnt

-ApacheCXF -ApacheIvy

-HibernatePython

-DiangoFameworkC/C++

MethodologiesofsoftwaredevelopmentSCRUM

Types of applications/developments and services

Infrastructuresmanagementandcontrol Virtualizationofresources(L1,L2,L3) Designanddevelopmentofdistributed

applications Developmentofnetworkmanagement

systems

InnovationArea

NETWORKTECHNOLOGIESCLUSTER

SergiFiguerola

general description

TheNetworkTechnologiesCluster(CTX)hasalargeex-

pertiseonnationaland international ICTresearchproj-

ectsbasedonFutureNetworks&Internet,Experimental

Facilitiesande-infrastructures.TheCTXhasbeenpar-

ticipatingonseveralresearchEuropeanprojects(twoof

them already finished) and national projects that have

beensuccessfullyfinished.TheexpertisewithintheCTX

spans from advanced management systems with net-

workvirtualisationcapabilitiesandcloudinfrastructures

provisioning(IaaS),tonewfutureInternetarchitectures

designandimplementation.Moreoveritprovidesconsul-

tancyservicestotheITgovernmentdepartment,specific

proofofconcepton-demanddevelopment,andvalidation

servicesofnewtechnologiesoveranadvancednetwork

andITexperimentalfacility.

Personnel

20engineers(full-time):

10telecommunicationengineers(including2PhDs)10computerengineers

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Types of activities

DevelopmentofR+D+iprojects ManagementofnationalandEuropeanprojects

Softwaredevelopment

Developmentofprototypesandproofsof

concept

Fieldtests

Distributedapplications

ResearchontheFutureInternet

Developmentofnetworkservices

On-demandR+Dservices Applicationsdevelopment

Integrationandpersonalizationoftechnology

Technicalandfunctionalvalidationofnew

technologies

Adviceonnewtechnologies

Training TrainingonICTtopicsfornon-engineers

TrainingonSCRUMsoftwaremethodologies

Trainingonbackbonenetworksandaccess

networks

Standardizationactivities NSI(NetworkServiceInterface)intheOGF

(OpenGridForum)

ISOD(InfrastructureServiceonDemand)in

theOGF

NVRG(NetworkVirtualizationResearch

Group)intheIRTF(InternetResearchTask

Force)

Implementationofcontrolplans Designofpassive/activeaccessoptical

networks DesignofCore/metronetworks Designofopennetworksanddevelopment

ofthebusinessmodel Developmentofbandwidthsystemson

demand End-to-endprovisioningsystems RecursiveInterNetworkArchitecture Networkfederation Servicesorchestrationengines NetworkandITresourcesintegration ExpertsinJunosSpaceSDKofJuniper

IaaS,PaaS,cloudfacilitators Cloudinfrastructuresfacilitators

DevelopmentofIPNetworkSystemsasa

Service

Designanimplementationofmashup

enginesarchitectures

Experimentalfacilities LambdaCATPlatformtosupportthevalidationand

certificationofnewICTtechnologies

- Basedon10Gbpsdynamicopticalnetwork

- Facilitiesfortheco-allocationofequipments

- Measurementtools

- Certificationprocesses

- 10Gbpsinternationalconnection

JuniperMX480ambSDK

TestbedOpenFlow

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The GEYSERS project, funded under the 7th FrameworkProgramme of the European Union, aims to qualify theoptical infrastructureprovidersandnetworkoperatorsinordertoenhancetheirtraditionalsetofbusinessmodels.The technological elements which will help to meet theobjectives are the latest advances in resource partition-ing,logicalinfrastructurecompositionandnetworkcontrolplan architectures. This project will further improve theposition of the optical infrastructure provider, as it pro-videsamechanismfortheintegrationandprovisioningofnetworkandITresources.ThisfutureopticalnetworkwillsupportITservicesandFutureInternetarchitectures,thusenablingandfostering theemergenceofnewdistributedapplicationsgroupswhichwillbringaboutinnovativecom-mercialopportunities.

GEYSERSdefinesandappliesanewnetworkarchitectureofcommutationcircuits(OpticalNetwork+any-IT)tothenetworkoperatorswith theobjectiveofofferingend-to-end services. GEYSERS proposes a revolutionary visionunder an evolutionary approach, which still focuses onthenetworkwithabottom-upapproximation. Thisvisionis based on the separation of the infrastructure in orderto create different layers of virtual infrastructures. Thislayercompositionenablestoovercomethecurrentlimita-tionsregardingnetworksanddomainsegmentation.Eachone of these virtual infrastructureswill be controlled byanimprovedcontrolplan,whichwillbeabletodynamicallyprovidenetworkservicesintegratedwithon-demandITre-sources.


Themain objective of the GEYSERS project is to define,developandvalidateend-to-endprovisioningservices,ca-pableofcombiningresourcesinadynamicandtransparentmanner.

GEYSERS architecture will address the full integration oftheopticalsubstratewiththeITresourcesattachedtothenetwork edges, thus creating a unique global cloud infra-structure.This composition towards a unique virtual infra-structure tries to overcome the current technological andadministrativeboundaries.


GEYSERSwillintroduceanewarchitecturethatwillre-quali-fytheinteroperationoftheplansbymeansoftherepresenta-tionofavirtualleveloftheinfrastructureandtheITresources.GEYSERSprojectaimstoestablishabreakthroughregardingthewayinwhichtheinfrastructuresareoperatednowadaysandhowthedesignandimplementationofopticalnetworksisbeingcarriedout.Inthisrespect,weexpecttoattractandgenerateanimpactonallthestakeholdersinvolvedinthecur-rentnetworkbusinessmodels.

GEYSERS will define a new architecture which will enableinfrastructureproviders,networkoperatorsandapplicationproviderstocreatenewbusinessmodels.Inthissense,GEY-SERSaimstohaveamajorimpactonthemodelforthecon-structionandexploitationoftheFutureInternet.

Person in chargeSergiFiguerola,JoanA.GarciaEspin

Research groupNetworkTechnologiesCluster

Budget7.000.000€

Duration01/01/2010-31/12/2012

FinancingFP7EuropeanProject

ParticipantsInteroute (Coordinator), i2CAT (Technical Coordinator),

Martel,Nextworks,PSNC,UEssex,TUBS,ADVA,TID,Alca-

tel-Lucent,TP,UvA,Lyatiss,INRIA,SAP,UPC,AIT,II

webwww.geysers.eu

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TheMantychoreprojectexploitstheInfrastructureasa

Service (IaaS)paradigminordertoprovideserviceson

theNationalResearchandEducationNetworks(NRENs).

Bybuildinganddeployingsoftwareandtools,theNRENs

will beable tooperateandadminister their infrastruc-

tures with the intention of providing IP networks as a

service(IpaaS)tovirtualresearchcommunities.Initially,

thethreeresearchcommunitieswhichwillbenefitfrom

the IPnetworkservicearethefollowing:DanishHealth

DataNetwork, theBritishAdvanceHighQualityMedia

ServicesandtheIrishGrideffort.

Another important objective is to improve and expand

theMantychoreservicesprovidedbymeansofintegrat-

ing the results of the privately fundedMANTICORE II

projectwiththeIaasFrameworkbasedsolutionsforop-

tical (Argia)andEthernet/MPLSnetworks (Ether); thus

beingabletoprovideintegratedservicesatlevels1-3to

theresearchcommunity.


TheMantychore tool endures thenetworkvirtualiza-

tion.Therefore,oneof the researchactivitieswillbe

tostudythepossibilitytomigratethevirtualdevices,

asaresultoftheavailabilityofrenewableenergy.To

this respect, a collaboration agreement hasbeenes-

tablishedwith theGreenStarNetwork (GSN)project,

whichcarriesoutaninvestigationregardingthemigra-

tionof the virtual networks fromone location to an-

otherdependingontheavailabilityandenergyrequire-

mentsofthenodes.

Theprojectexploresanewbusinessmodelthroughthe

implementationofaMarketplacewherethenegotiations

andtheautomaticbookingofresourcesbetweenusers

andsupplierswillbecarriedout.Thissitewillbespecifi-

callydesignedforMantychore.


Impactonnationalnetworks,Europeanresearchgroups,theICTindustryandtheEuropeansocietyandeconomy.

Increaseofthequality,attractivenessandeffectivenessoftheelectronicinfrastructuresandtheEuropeanresearch.

Facilitationofthedevelopmentandstandards,toolsandproceduresadoption.

Newbusinessmodelsamongsuppliers.

Interoperability among different authentication and au-thorizationinfrastructures.

Person in chargesSergiFiguerola,PauMinoves


Budget1.564.386€

Duration01/10/2010-31/03/2013


Participantsi2CAT (coordinator),NORDUnet,HEAnet,UNI-

C,Univ.Essex,TID,TCD

webwww.mantychore.eu

MANTyChORE (Making Articulated Private Networks (APN) Network Topologies on Internet CORE)

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Themainobjectiveofthisproject isthedesign, imple-

mentation and operation of a multi-domain cloud in-

frastructure and its operational software framework,

focused on the research and experimentation of the

FutureInternet.Therefore,BonFIREisaimedatoffering

anexperimentalinfrastructureforresearchersinorder

tobeabletotestandvalidatetheirsystemsandappli-

cations.This infrastructurewill beopened to research

groupsuponrequestandafterhavingbeenselectedfor

experimenting inBonFIRE,andalsotoawideresearch

community.


Contributionofamulti-domainexperimentalcloudinfrastructurewithahighdegreeofhetero-

geneity,whichwillallowfortestinganykind

ofapplication.

Automationoftheexperimentationusingaresearchmethodologybasedonexperiment

descriptors.

Integrationofmonitoringtoolsintheservicelayerinordertoofferaninterrelatedvisionoftheef-

fectsamongthedifferentlayers,aswellasprovid-

ingrepeatableexperimentalconditionstousers.


BonFIREopensnewpossibleinnovationareasforthe

FutureInternetandthetechnological industry.These

areasinclude:federationofinfrastructuresoperating

with different technologies, experimental tools, net-

workemulation,infrastructuresvirtualizationandtest

modeling.Moreover, wewill extend the scope of the

aforementionedexperiments,enablingthefederation

withotherfacilitiesfromtheFIREcommunity(Future

Internet Research and Experimentation), like FED-

ERICAandPanLab,aslongasitispossibleandjustifi-

able.Finally,BonFIREwilldevelopabusinessmodelfor

sustainabilityintermsofexpandingtheplatformafter

finishingtheproject.

Person in chargeJosepPons


Budget8.555.569€

Duration01/06/2010-30/11/2013


ParticipantsATOSOriginSAE(coordinator),UEDIN,SAPAG,

USTUTT,Fraunhofer, IBBT,UCM,HPLB,451G,

TUB,ITInnovation,INRIA

BONFIRE (Building service testbeds on FIRE)

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OFELIAispartoftheFP7ICTprogrammeoftheEuro-

peanCommissionanditisaimedatcreatinganexperi-

mentationinfrastructurebasedonOpenFlowtechnol-

ogyandofferingittotheresearchcommunity.

Thefirstphaseofthisproject,ontheonehand,triesto

deploytheinfrastructurecomposedofvariousL2/L3

equipmentswithOpenFlowsupportaswellasvarious

servers in order to act as endpoints infivedifferent

andremotelocations;ontheotherhand,ittriestocre-

ateanautomatedcontrolsoftwareforthereservation

ofresourcesandtheoperationoftheexperimentation.

Aftertheplanningandimplementationphase,through-

out2011 therewill bea call forall theEuropean re-

searcherssothattheytesttheirideaswithOFELIAin

ordertocountonrealcases.

Inthesecondandthirdphase,thegoalwillbetointer-

connectthedifferentlocationsinordertoworkinone

infrastructure,aswellastoadaptandimprovethecon-

trolsoftwaresoastobeabletoworkinamulti-domain

environment.


OpenFlowisatechnologythatenablestheresearchersnot

onlytoexperienceinatestingnetworkbut,atthesametime,

tocontrolitdynamically.OFELIA,asanOpenFlowtestbed,

will allow for the testing of3 level and superior network

protocolsandthevalidation,inarealenvironment,oftests

closetoproductionnetworksandwithrealtraffic.

OFELIAisthefirstEuropeaninfrastructurewithnetwork

equipmentwhichsupportsOpenFlowinamulti-domainand

multi-layerenvironment.Inthisrespect,OFELIAwillcount

ontheopticalequipmentadaptedtoOpenFlow.Inorderto

carryouttheexperimentationonalargescale,therewill

beacomputerscluster(virtualwall)whichwillmakepos-

sibletohavethousandsofnodesforexperimentation.


Experimental infrastructure opened to the research

community

Possibility to validate new paradigms and network

protocolsinrealenvironments

Possibility to experiment on new network architec-

tures (clean slate approach) in order to define new

standardsfortheFutureInternet.

Possibilitytoexperimentonamulti-layerandmulti-

domainenvironment.

Person in chargeMarcSuñé


Budget6.034.867€

Duration01/10/2010-30/09/2013


Participantsi2CAT,DT,EICT,NEC,ETHZ, IBBT,ADVA,Univ.

Essex,Univ.Stanford

webwww.fp7-ofelia.eu

OFElIA (OpenFlow in Europe - linking Infrastructure and Applications)

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Thisprojectisaimedatdevelopingamash-upsoftware

platform,bymeansofthecollaborationbetweenSMEs

and R&D entities, which will integrate the different

servicesofferedbythetoolsgiventotheprojectpro-

videdbypartnersandthatwillenablethefutureinte-

grationofnewservices.Thesetoolsarecurrentlyused

in different areas: information extraction from com-

plexdatasources,predictionofcomplexdatasystems,

creation and optimization of models from datasets,

graphvisualization,web-basedvisualization, etc.The

integrationoftheseservicesinseveralpossibleways

willoffertotheendusersmorepowerfulsolutionsfor

dataanalysisaswellasformakingdecisionsonareas

suchasmedicine,transport,finances,etc.


The establishment of conceptual foundations on

mashupsforthedevelopmentofaplatformthatwill

allow for the rapid integration of complementary

software,creatinganoverallapplication.

Theuseofworkflowtechnologiesaswellassecurity

anddataminingstrategies.

The use of ontologies and recommended systems

whichwill help users to create their personal and

individualsolutions.


At the end of the project, the SMEs will have an in-

tegrated, innovative, scalable and low cost platform

whichwillgivethemnewmarketopportunitiesandwill

strengthen the industrial competitive-

ness,takingadvantageoftheknowledge

andexperienceoftheR&Dparticipating

entities.Finally,amethodologyinorder

toprepareandaddnewthirdpartytools

intotheintegratedplatformwillbede-

fined.

Person in chargeJosepPons


Budget982.844€

Duration01/11/2010-31/06/2012


ParticipantsDRTS (coordinator), GAMCO, VISup, INRIA,

Univ.Sheffield,Univ.Bordeaux1,UPC

RAISME (Rapid Application Innovation for SMEs)

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Themainobjectiveoftheprojectistodevelopanddem-

onstrate the first RINA architecture prototype. RINA,

developedbytheInternetpioneerJohnDayinhisbook

“Patterns inNetworkArchitecture”,providesageneral

theoryregardingthenetworkarchitecture.Thistheory

clarifies which is the layered structure of protocols:

there isonlyasingletypeofconfigurable layer,which

canberepeatedasmanytimesasneededtooptimally

solve the network resource allocation problem. This

modelopensthedoortomultipleparallelinternets(not

onlythesingle,global,flatnetworksuchasthecurrent

Internet);itprovidesastructurethatinherentlysupports

multi-homingandmobilitywithouttheneedforspecial

protocols;itprovidessecurity;itsimplifiesthenetwork

managementandconfigurationinordersofmagnitude;

itenablestheapplicationsusingthenetworktocommu-

nicatewithotherapplicationswithouthaving toknow

networkinternaldetailssuchastheaddressing.


Thedefinitionofa layerasadistributedapplication

thatprovidesaninterprocesscommunicationservice.

Thearchitectureisrecursive,allowingasmanylay-

ers(whichareconfigurableinsidethescopeofthe

layer)asrequiredbythenetworkdesigner.

Theproposalofacompletenamingandaddressing

schemeforcomputernetworks.

Theseparationbetweenmechanismsandpoliciesin

datatransportprotocols.


RINA enables to obtain simpler orders of magnitude

which are thereforemore economic to build and oper-

ate.Atthesametime,itprovidesmulti-homing,mobility,

multicastandqualityofservicestous-

ers.TheprojectwillofferthefirstRINA

implementation,thusenablingtoprove

its benefits, refine the specifications

and understand how to interoperate

withTCP/IP.

Person in chargeEduardGrasa


Budget40.000€

Duration01/05/2010-31/12/2011

FinancingSelf-financed

ParticipantsBoston University, TSSG, TRIA Network Sys-

tems,i2CAT

RINA (Recursive InterNetwork Architecture)

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The LambdaCAT project offers a network technol-

ogyexperimentationplatformbasedonanopenoptical

backbonenetwork,whichisreconfigurableanddynamic,

anditisusedfordevices,technologiesandnetworkser-

vicestestbeds.Itisanopentooltocarryoutresearch

andinnovationwhichisveryusefulforresearchgroups,

centres and institutes of universities, companies and

Administration. The main experimental services of-

feredtotheplatformarethefollowing:

End-to-endwavelengthservice

End-to-endbitstreamservice

Internationalconnectionserviceupto10Gbps

HighcapacityIPnetworkservice

Accesstovirtualmachines,routersandswitches

Cloudcomputingexperimentalservices

Performancemonitoringsystem

Connections to high definition content-adaptive

videoservices

AccesstoFTTHnetworkstestsextensions

Equipment hosting and location in the platform

nodes


Advanced network architecture composed oftransparentROADMnodes

Performance monitoring systems and statisticalreport

Infrastructureandback-upresourcesmanagerof-feredtouserssothattheycontrolindependently

theback-upresources


TheLambdaCAToffersaninnovativeserviceoftechno-

logicalvalidationinnetworktechnologieswhichwillen-

abletheCatalancompaniestotesttheirtechnologiesin

arealenvironment,improvingtheircompetitivenessand

promotingthecreationofnewcompanieswhichperceive

theLambdaCATplatformasavaluefortheirbusiness.

Person in chargeSergiFiguerola,CarlosBock

Research groupi2CAT

Budget1.000.000€

Duration01/01/2010-31/12/2010

FinancingInforegió,Avanza,ACC1Ó,i2CAT

Participantsi2CAT

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Person in chargesCarlosBock,VíctorJiménez

Research groupi2CAT,UPC

Budget85.000€

Person in chargesSergiFiguerola,JoanA.Garcia

Espin,JordiJofre

Research groupi2CAT

Budget181.446.353€

Duration01/01/2010-31/12/2010

FinancingCTTI

Participantsi2CAT,CTTI

Duration01/04/2009-31/03/2013

FinancingEuropeanUnionandfinancedbyeach

participant

ParticipantsConsortiumof36researchcentres

gÉANT 3SUPPORT TEChNOlOgIES CTTI (Support project of network innovation technologies for the CTTI of the generalitat de Catalunya)

This project offers strategic support to

the Generalitat de Catalunya’s Centre

of Telecommunications and Information

Technology centre’s (CTTI) operations

personnel forthetechnologicaldecision

makingoftheOpenNetworkandtheCen-

treofExcellenceprojects. Inthisway, it

offerstechnologicaladviceforthemode-

llingof future rootandaccess telecom-

municationsnetworks, inadditiontothe

supportintheexecutionofnetworkequi-

pmentvalidationtests.Furthermore,new

trends regarding the new management

paradigmswithinthetelecommunication

infrastructurehavearisen,anda techni-

calstudyhasbeenmadeonthestate-of-

the-artLTE technologiesand itsmarket

positioning.

GÉANT is the pan-European network

which serves the educational and re-

searchcommunity.

GÉANTresearchesintoemergingtech-

nologiesinordertoofferalistoftools,

applications and multi-domain advan-

cedservicesonaleading,fastandsecu-

renetwork.Thisprojectentailsawide

rangeoftasks: i2CATtakespart inthe

AutoBAHN design, in the research of

lastmilesolutionsandinthevirtualiza-

tionmethodsapplicable to theGÉANT

networkinaframeworknamedGEMBus,

in order to offer added value services

throughthecompositionofservices.

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Person in chargeSergiFiguerola,CarlosBock

Research groupUPC,CTTC,i2CAT

Budget705.400€

Person in chargesCeliaVelayos,AlejandroChuang

Budget3.264.400€

Duration01/11/2010-31/10/2011

FinancingInforegió2010

Participantsi2CAT,UPC,CTTC,AtosResearch,Orange,

Tradia, Mediapro, Tecsidel, W-Onesys, Iglor,

eyeOS,AjuntamentdeSantVicençdelsHorts

Duration01/09/2010-31/03/2013

ParticipantsCISCO, DFN, ELTE, FRAUNHOFER,

GARR,INRIA,i2CAT,NTUA,MARTEL,

PSNC,UPMC,UPC,UvA

SIlvIA (Intelligent Services for Advanced Internet validation)

NOvI (Networking innovations Over virtualized Infrastructures)

Inorder toattain thisgoal, anadvanced

management systemwill be established

inorder tooffer theplatformresources

as a service through a model of infras-

tructure as a Service (IaaS). Furthermo-

re, a clientwill bedeveloped inorder to

enableuserstoaccess independentlyto

on-demandservicesthroughasiteforre-

sourcesreservation.

TheSILVIAprojectisaimedatdeveloping

anadvancedandopentechnologicalvali-

dationplatformwhichoffersservicesin

ordertobeabletovalidatenewdevices,

equipments,protocols,servicesandtele-

communicationapplicationsinatranspa-

rentway,coveringfromthephysicallayer

to theapplication levelofa telecommu-

nication network. SILVIA will create an

innovation ecosystem with connections

to the main national actors regarding

network technologies, infrastructures

andmediacontents.

the creation of prototypes for the in-

frastructuresfederation.Thefirststep

will consist of federating two existing

testbeds: FEDERICA and PlanetLab

project. Furthermore, the possibility

to enable the federation to use other

testbedswillbestudied.

ThegoaloftheNOVIproject isthere-

searchinthefieldoffederationofvir-

tualizationinfrastructuresand,specifi-

cally,theresearchofitsresourcesdata,

control, monitoring and provisioning.

Themodels andmethodsdeveloped in

the project will be validated through

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Atthemoment, theAudiovisualUnithas23people

(3universityprofessorsand20senior/technicalen-

gineersandgraduates)whodevelop19R+Dprojects

(6 national, 6 state and 5 European/international

projects).

general description

TheAudiovisualUnitisajointdepartmentofR+Dcom-

posedof i2CATand theUPC thatworksondifferent

researchareasrelatedtothetechnologiesusedinthe

multimedia, cultural, education and tourist industry,

amongothers.Throughtheparticipationinvariousna-

tional, stateandEuropean/internationalprojects, ef-

fectiveprogresshasbeenmadeonthefollowingstate-

of-the-artmatters:codinganddistributionofnetwork

audiovisual contents, videoconferencing, metadata

andservicesinmobility.

Moreover,thecurrent/futureworkoftheunitfocuses

mainlyonthefollowingresearchlines:interoperability

andintelligentcontentmanagement,semanticdescrip-

tionofcontents,contentadaptationinend-to-enddis-

tributedaudiovisualsystems,optimizationofcontent

transmission in limitedbandwidthenvironments,ser-

vicesbasedonthepositionandmicro-locationofthe

devicesinimmersiveenvironments.

AUDIOVISUALUNIT

JesúsAlcoberFlaminioMinerva


PacketReflector

Contentadaptation

P2Pandcontrollayer(SIP)

Superhighdefinition

Servicesinmobility

Algorithmsforclassification

Videoscalability(MDC/SVC)

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utedaccessandcomplexdatavisualizationthrough

improveduserinterfaces.

videoconferencingReal time applications in super high definition on

Internet(videoconferencing,gaming,virtualreality,

broacasting live events to numerous destinations)

andthecorrespondingadvancedvisualizationfacili-

ties.

Network controlOn the one hand, there is an analysis of the distri-

butionofaudiovisualcontentswhichareadaptivein

P2Pnetworkswithmulti-deviceinteroperability(in-

cludingad-hocmobilenetworksandemergingtech-

nologiessuchasHbbTV).

Ontheotherhand,thereisastudyofthemultipoint

audiovisual sessions and their signaling, together

withthemediaindependenceconcept,facingawide

range of advanced audiovisual contents (3DVideo,

metadata,etc.).

Types of activities

DevelopmentofR+Dprojects Innovationprojectsfocusedonusers(LivingLabs) R+Dservicesondemand Standardizationactivities(ISO,IETF,IEEE) Consultancyoncompetitivecallsandpreparationofproposals

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Contextual adaptationOntheonehand, the features related to thecontext

(personalmobility,MobileIP,servicesbasedonthepo-

sitionandthemixedreality)substantiallyimprovethe

videodistributionsystemsbasedonmobilityandpro-

videnewopportunitiesforaddedvalueservicesbased

onthepositionandfocusedonthepersonalization.

On the other hand, the content transcoding (format

conversion), the scalable codification (modification

ofthespatialandtemporalresolution)andthetrans-

modingenableuserstoaccesstonumerouscontents

inanymomentfromanyterminalandnetwork.

Content managementThemainsubjectmattersarethefollowing:seman-

tic description of the contents, ontologies, mining

oflargequantitiesofinterrelateddata,naturallan-

guageprocessing, content interoperability, distrib-

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Theprojectlooksforsolutionsregardingthecreationof

technology,whichwillenabledealingwithintelligentcon-

tent, orientated towards the automationof heavy-load

tasksfromtheaudiovisualcontentcreationindustryand

asignificant improvement in termsofaccessibilityand

usabilityoftheaforementionedcontents.


i2CATconcentratesitseffortsonthedesignandimple-

mentationofausercontextspecificsacquisitionmodel

andofacontentadaptationmodelcapableoffindingthe

bestsetofcharacteristicspossibletofitthecontext.


Themodule enables the efficient use of computer and

network resources by both service providers and con-

tents.Moreover,itimprovesthequalityoftheuser’sex-

perienceinreceivingcontentsadaptedtotheirfeatures

undermaximumqualitycriteria.

PUBLICATIONS

AlbertoJ.González,RamónMartíndePozuelo,KayhanZrar Ghafoor, Francesc Pinyol, Jesús Alcober, “Con-

text-aware Multimedia Service Composition Using

QualityAssessment”, ICME2011 (IEEE International

ConferenceonMultimediaandExpo),Barcelona,11-

15/07/2011.

AlbertoJ.González,AndréRios, JesúsAlcober,AlejandroCadenas,“NGN-basedsubscriber’scontext

processingtelcoservicearchitecture:designandim-

plementation”,en “Advances inNextGenerationSer-

vices and ServiceArchitectures (ANGSA),Volume I”,

ISBN:978-87-92329-55-4,RiverPublisher.

Person in chargeAlbertoJ.González

Research groupBAMPLA-UPC

Budget35M€

Duration01/01/2007-31/12/2010

FinancingCENIT2006(CDTI)

ParticipantsMediapro(coordinator),Telefónica I+D(subcontracting

i2CAT), Alcatel-Lucent España, Havas Media, Activa

Multimèdia Digital, CCMA-ASI, Raditech, Noufer, STT

IngenieríaySistemas,Infospeech,Brainstorm,TV3,Bar-

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

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TheDigitalTalentFactoryisaspaceequippedsothat

newtalentcandeveloptheirownideas.Furthermore,it

givesnecessarysupportinthewaythattheseideasare

suitablyprojectedonnewchannelsofcommunication,

inparticularthatoftheInternet.Withthisgoalinmind,

theFactorywillhaveateamofprofessionsspecialised

inthesearchforthesetypesoftalentandinmarketing

andprojectiontechniquesatitsdisposal.Additionally,

theFactorywillprovideanaudiovisualportalwhereit

willcollectandgeneratecontentinordertogenerate

projects.


TheFactoryisn’tjustaentrepreneurialincubator,but

alsooneforcreatorswhosecreationswillbedirected

towardsthefinaluserandwhichwillaimtoaccomplish

completeprojectsintheareaofnewformatswithinthe

audiovisualindustry(multi-conferencing,UHD,etc.).


Thisisaprojectframedwithinthefieldofculturaland

leisure content and consequently it affects a wide

range of society, aside from being a service to both

the industry and culture of our country. The project

benefits every agent related to the Factory. On the

onehand,theyoungtalentandthespotsofgeneration

of this new talent suchasUniversities andacademic

centres.Ontheotherhand,italsoaffectsthegeneral

public who will benefit from an increased offer of a

newgenerationcontentofferwhichtheFactoryhopes

toachieve.Finally,industrywillalsobenefitfromthis

projectbywayof thebackingof thesepilotprojects

whichwillcomeoutoftheFactoryandbeadaptedto

theindustry.

Person in chargeFranciscoJ.Iglesias


Budget1.722.868€

Duration01/12/2007-31/03/2010

FinancingAvanzaContenidos2007(MITyC)

ParticipantsFundacióDigitalent,Digital360

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PAT.MAPA 2010 GENERALDESCRIPTIONANDGOALS

Pat.mapaisanintelligentsearchengineofthecultural

heritageofCatalonia.Itallowstosearcharchitectural

and archaeological heritage elements as well as the

museums of Catalonia in amap, in a timeline and by

thematic areas and features in the advanced search.

Wetalkaboutintelligentsearchenginebecause,apart

fromfindingwhatwesearch,italwaysoffersthepos-

sibility of looking up other heritage elements which

are related to those appearing on the screen, either

bygeographicproximityorbecausetheyarefromthe

sameperiodoftimeorbecausetheyhavethematicre-

lations.


Culturaltourismisoneoftheemergingsectorswithin

the tourist industry. Heritage and tourism represent

a remarkable mutual source of resources. Tourism

canbenefitfromheritageandviceversa.Thisproject

clearlybenefitsbothsectors.


Themostimportantinnovationelementisthegraphsvisu-

alizatorbasedonontologies,entirelydevelopedbyi2CAT,

whichshowsanewwaytonavigatethroughinformation.

Furthermore,anewsemi-automaticenrichmentmoduleof

theontologyisbeingdevelopedwhichdetectseventsthat

canbeaddedtotheontologyinamonitoredway.

Person in chargeSergiFernández

Research groupLSI-UPC

Budget116.703€

Duration01/09/2010-31/08/2011

FinancingGeneralitatdeCatalunya

(DepartmentofCulture)

ParticipantsiSOCO

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TheFURIAprojectisaimedatpromotingtheresearch

and development of emerging technologies for the

distributionofaudiovisual contents towardsfixedor

mobileterminals.ThisgoalisachievedthroughaSpan-

ishconsortiumcomprisedof27entitiesdeterminedto

attaincontributionstothebodiesofstandardisationin

additionto industry forums,suchasDVB, inorder to

elaborateandbuildtechnicalproposalsforthefuture

ofDigitalVideoBroadcasting.


i2CAT Foundation is focused on the following tasks:

PT1-SPT1(DVB-HPhyiscalandLinklayer):astudy

oftheevolutionfromthecurrentstandardlayerto

NGH.

PT3-SPT1 (DVB-T2): focus on the development,

simulation and implementation of the new Digital

TerrestrialTelevisionstandard.


Withinthecontextoftheproject,thei2CATFoundation

participatesinthePT3-SPT1(DVB-T2).Theobjective

istooptimallyplanthedeployment,theprovisionsand

the limitsofthenewgenerationofDigitalTerrestrial

Television (DVB-T2standard).This technology ispar-

ticularlysuitableforthetransmissionofahighdefini-

tionvideoinmovingterminals(vehicles,trains,etc.).

Person in chargeFlaminioMinerva

Research groupWiComTec-UPC

Budget8.076.567€

Duration01/01/2009-31/12/2010

FinancingAvanzaI+D2009(MITyC)

ParticipantsRetevisión (coordinator), AICIA, Astra, CEDETEL,

CEIT,Communi.TV,Dominion,Egatel,ETB,Hispasat,

HYC,Integrasys,UPV,URL,MGEP,Mier,Moviquity,

Robotiker,SIDSA,TVE,TID,UPM,UPV/EHU,Uni-

versidaddeValladolid,Vicomtech,Vilaumedia

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EFFICityaimsistodeepenintheSmartCityconcept,

throughthecoordinationofanewgenerationnetwork

infrastructurewhichwilltakeadvantageofthelighting

architecture and through the integration of services

whichfacilitatetheefficientmanagementofcities.

Theadvantageofbenefitingfromexistingnetworks,follow-

ingthephilosophyoftheSmartGrid,liesinthereductionof

theoperatingcosts.Furthermore, thepublic lightingsuch

asthestreetlightsisuniversallyunderstood(toagreateror

lesserextent).Thus,asolutionthatusesalightingnetwork

ofacitycanbeappliedtovirtuallyallovertheworld.


Thanks to the new generation network that EFFICity

aimstodevelop,theefficiencyintheresourcesadmin-

istration will be able to increase: energy, assistance

services, security, etc. Moreover, if we take into ac-

count the interrelation among the essential systems

of the city through the axis of the public lighting in-

frastructure,anintelligent“systemofsystems”willbe

achieved.


The technological progresses have an increasing

monitoring of critical aspects regarding the devel-

opment of the city, which could nor be measured

orchangedbythepolicy-makers.Thismanipulation

generates, for instance, newdataon theefficiency

ofthewaterortransportdistributionsystemsofthe

city.Thanks to themonitoring and interconnection

oftheessentialsystemsofthecity,theinformation

obtainedcanbeusedtomakeintelligentandquali-

fieddecisions.

Person in chargeOriolSolé

Research groupWSN-UPC

Budget3.348.802€

Duration01/09/2010-31/07/2013

FinancingINNPACTO2010(MICINN)

ParticipantsMaatG Nozzle (coordinator), EkoPLC, Indalux,

Neàpolis,Difftec,UCM,Prodigy

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Budget6.498.668€

Duration01/09/2010-31/07/2013

FinancingINNPACTO2010(MICINN)

ParticipantsMaatG Nozzle (coordinator), SolidQ, Winhotel,

Neàpolis, e-tooltech, Globalred, LabHuman, CIC-

TourGUNE,Prodigy,Araldi,Playence

ClOUD DESTINATION GENERALDESCRIPTIONANDGOALS

TheCloudDestinationproject is focusedonoffering

businessandtourismsolutionsthroughoutthewhole

tourist lifecycle (before, during and after their stay),

thuspromotingintelligentdestinations.Theobjective

ofthisprojectistooffersolutionstobothcompanies

andtourists.Ontheonehand,thankstotheintegration

of servicesand tools in cloudcomputing, theproject

will offer the possibility to obtain complete and de-

tailed information of tourists profiles to companies,

whichwillallowthemtohaveabettermanagementof

theiractivity,focusingtheirservicesandproductsina

morespecificway.Ontheotherhand,theintegration

of new complementary services (augmented reality,

ubiquitous content, etc.)will allow tourists to have a

betterandmoresatisfactoryholidayexperience.


ThemaininnovationaspectsofCloudDestinationarethe

following: interoperability between different systems of

thetourismenvironmentbymeansof theuseofdomain

ontologiesbasedontourismstandards(OTA)allowingthe

mappingbetweendifferentdatamodelsandcommunica-

tionbetweenseveraldifferentservices;cloudificationof

theverticalservicesoftheparticipatingcompanies;modu-

lationofthebusinessintelligenceinthetourismcontext;

contentadaptabilitytoinfrastructuresanduserprofile.


Cloud Destination is a technological tool to boost and

drive tourismto thedestination regions,establishinga

newtechnologicalstandardforallthetourismcompanies

oftheseregions.Thisactioninintendedtodynamizetour-

ismaswellasthewholeeconomicactivityoftheareas.

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Research groupJordiColobrans

Budget3.339.280€

Person in chargeXavierCalvo


Budget35M€

Duration15/10/2008-30/06/2010

FinancingAvanzaI+D2008(MITyC)

ParticipantsCARTV (coordinator), TVC, Activa

Multimèdia, Retevisión (sucontrac-

tingi2CAT),UPM,ITA,Aranova

Duration01/01/2007-31/12/2010

FinancingCENIT2006(CDTI)

ParticipantsTelefónica I+D(coordinator),ADTEL

(subcontractingi2CAT),Ericsson,Al-

catel-Lucent, Anafocus, Brainstorm,

ADTELECOM,Previ,SAPEC

PIlOT PROJECT IN NEw TDT TEChNOlOgIES

vISION

Theaimofthisprojectistocarryouta

pilot test innewtechnologies ina real

TDT broadcasting scenario. There are

alreadybasicsolutionswhichallowfor

the rapid deployment of the technolo-

gy; however there isalsoa substantial

amount of unexplored research which

thisprojecthopes to cover:morequa-

lity of reception, radio broadcasting

with less bandwidth, more efficient

reception, interactivity and subjective

perception.

ThegoaloftheVISIONprojectistoattain

significantleapindigitalaudiovisualcom-

munication as those separatedbygreat

distanceshavetheperceptionofsharing

thesamephysicalspace.

Inordertoattainthis,theprojectscarries

outresearchontechnologieswhichallow

for the generation of knowledge neces-

saryforthedevelopmentofnewadvan-

cedhighqualityandrealisticcommunica-

tionsystems.Insuchaway,thiscatersfor

theinterconnectionofremoteplacesand

environments through communication

networks.

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FotorallyEuroSlamisaEuropeanprojectwhichaims

toexplore theemergingEuropeancitizenshipaware-

nessthroughthecompilationofdifferentexperiences

ofcitizensandthecreationofanewEuropeancultu-

ral learningnetwork. ThenotionofaEuropean Iden-

titywillbeexplored in illustrationsbywayofphotos

provided by the same

citizens. Photographic

competitions, digitali-

zation workshops for

seniorsandphotocom-

petitionsforsecondary

school pupils will be

carriedoutthroughthe

Fotorallyproject.

Themaingoalofthisprojectistogenerateanewwayof

re-broadcastingsportsevents,particularlymotorsports.

Technically,itdealswithvirtualisingtheseevents,trans-

formingthemintoavisualexperiencesimilartothatof

videogamesandatthesametimetransformingtheminto

ahighqualityinteractiveexperience.ArenaLiferelieson

threebasicareasofinnovation:trackingsystems(loca-

lisationand tracing),advancedproductionsystemsand

advancedvisualisationsystems.

Thisprojectconsidersthecreationofaninnovativetech-

nological solutionwhichsolves theproblemassociated

with themanagementofdigital rightsbydesigningso-

lutionstoattracttheusertonewservicesbasedonIMS

networksinasafeandinteroperableframework.

ThisprojectisbasedinparticularonOMADRMv2.x,Win-

dowsMediaDRMandMarlinandCoralstandards.

Person in chargeFranciscoJ.Iglesias

Budget2.120.301€

Duration01/11/2008-31/03/2011

Person in chargeDanielRodríguez

Research group:BAMPLA-UPC

Budget3.978.818€


Budget211.653€

Duration15/05/2009-

14/05/2011

FinancingAvanzaI+D2008

(MITyC)

ParticipantsCromosoma(co-

ordinator),Activa

Multimèdia,UPC

Duration01/07/2007-31/03/2010


(MITyC),CELTIC(UE)

ParticipantsTelefónicaI+D(coordinator),TelefónicaMóviles,Ektacom,Vitec,Bantry,EMI,ResonateMP4

FinancingCultureProgramme

2007-2013(UE)

ParticipantsLasipalatsiMediaCentre

(coordinator),Manchester

DigitalDevelopmentAgency,

AmsterdamInnovationMotor

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Animac is a non-competitive animation exhibition ai-

medatartistswhouseanimationasawaytotransmit

theirpersonalexpression.After15years, ithasbeen

establishedasoneofthemostimportantaudiovisual

eventsof theyearanddeservingof the international

prestige through its rigor,dynamicsand independent

personality.Theobjectiveoftheprojectwastorenew

thewebsite(www.animac.cat).

CulturaLivehascarriedoutthedevelopmentofasystemca-

pableofgenerationandrealtimevideostreamingtomultiple

destinationsofaprofessionalqualityvideoresemblingthat

ofavideocamera,mobileunitoranyothermeansofgene-

ratingvideoinrealtime,usingPeer-to-Peertechnology.The

developmentof thisprojectwillprovidea robust, scalable

andefficientsolutionintermsofoperationalcostaswellas

suitableforprofessionalusersoftheculturalfield.


Budget15.497€

Person in chargeDanielRodríguez


Budget287.375€

Duration01/12/2009-31/12/2010

FinancingIMACLleida

(GeneralitatdeCatalunya)

ParticipantsBitendian

Duration23/06/2009-22/06/2010

FinancingInforegió2009(Generalitat

deCatalunya)

ParticipantsVSN(coordinator),TDI,UPC

Themain aimof the project is to place themost va-

luablecontentsofthemuseuminaspaceatthehead-

quartersoftheTàpiesFoundationandbywayofaweb

platform within reach of the users. The project con-

sistsofthecreationofaknowledgecentreregarding

cultural content simultaneously to both the network

andtheheadquartersoftheFoundation.Thishasare-

ferenceroleasacentreandplatformforthetransfer

of knowledge for theeducation sector, theacademic

worldandthoseculturalinstitutionsdedicatedtothe

distributionofheritage.

Person in chargePedroLorente

Research groupJordiColobrans

Budget1.710.053€

Duration01/09/2009-31/12/2011

FinancingAvanzaContenidos2009

(MITyC)

ParticipantsFundacióTàpies(coordinator,

subcontractingi2CAT),UPC,

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Theobjectiveof thisproject is thetechnologies research

andthedevelopmentofprototypesfortheimplementation

ofvideoconferencing,navigatorsandhighdefinitionresolu-

tionsonthesefunctionalities.Attheendoftheproject,we

wanttohavethenetworkcontentsandapplicationstothe

enduserinafriendlymanner,withtheexpectedreliabilityof

aTVorasimilarconsumptionelectronicappliance.

TheAnellaCultural(CulturalRing)isaprojectwhichaims

tointerconnectallofthepublicculturalcentresinCata-

loniaandLatinAmericathroughtheuseofnewtechnolo-

giesinCulture.Basedonthephysicalconnectionofcultu-

ralcentresthroughbroadbandInternetandthebuilding

of services and methodologies supported on this net-

work,wewanttotakeastepforwardwithregardstothe

modificationofthetraditionalmodusoperandiofallthe

agentsinvolvedintheculturalsector,bothculturalmana-

gersortechnicians,artists,producersorinstitutions.

Person in chargeJavierLópez

Research group:BAMPLA-UPC

Budget1M€


Budget49.183€

Duration01/01/2010-

31/12/2010

Duration08/06/2009-31/05/2011

FinancingNuclisCooperatiusACC1Ó2009

(GeneralitatdeCatalunya)

ParticipantsSONYEspaña(coordinator,

subcontractingi2CAT),DRA-

CO,ActivaMultimèdiaDigi-

tal,TelevisiódeCatalunya

FinancingAECID(MinisteriodeAsun-

tosExteriores),Departament

deCultura(Generalitatde

Catalunya)

ParticipantsCCCB,OrangeCatalunya

F2FTv ANEllA CUlTURAl 2010

Thisprojectcompletesthedevelopmentofanaudiovi-

sualplatformonbroadbandIPtechnologyinorderto

supportthoselinguisticcommunitieswhichhaveboth

cultural and commercial cooperation programs with

theGeneralitatdeCatalunyatolearnanddisseminate

theirownmothertonguesacrosstheworld.Thisenvi-

ronment will enable the sharing and management of

audiovisualresourcesindifferentlanguages.


Budget23.256€

Duration01/01/2010-31/12/2010

FinancingCasadelesLlengües

(Generalitatde

Catalunya)

ParticipantsCromosoma

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HIPERMEDwilldesignanopentelemedicineplatform

basedonaunifiedserviceorientedarchitecture(SOA),

providingmedia,controlandnetworkservicesoverthe

Internetprotocol(IP)inaunifiedway.Theprojectex-

ploitsandextendstheresultsfromtheCELTICHDVI-

PER(www.hdviper.org)inthefieldofhealthcare.

Person in chargeFlaminioMinerva,

XavierCalvo

Research groups:BAMPLA-UPC

Budget6.164.980€

Duration01/07/2010-31/03/2013

FinancingI+D+I2010(MITyC),CELTIC(UE)

ParticipantsGigle(coordinator),Andro-

me,OSM,ArteixoTelecom,

PlanetMedia,Karolinska,

KTH,Borderlight,PSNC,Ves-

tel,Innova,NRGSolutions,

SANAtech,ASSH

hIPERMED

The INDICATEprojectwillcoordinatepolicyandbest

practicesregardingtheuseofe-Infrastructuresfordi-

gitalculturalheritageintheMediterraneancountries.

The project will establish and nourish a network of

commoninterestmadeupofexpertsandresearchers

from all the relevant fields. The network sustainabi-

litywillbeplannedonalongtermbeyondtheproject

duration.Thenetworkwill shareexperiencesandwill

promotestandardsandbestpractices.

NTIC is a project aimed at approaching and training

personnel in the field of traditional culture (dance,

theater,poetry,etc.),inordertogenerateaknowled-

ge and experience platform in the field of the per-

forming arts. The main objective of this project is

allowingthesegroupstohavethetoolsandprotocols

for thedevelopmentof innovationprojects in tradi-

tionalaudiovisualformats.


Budget599.965€

Duration01/09/2010-31/08/2012


Budget10.000€

Duration01/07/2010-31/12/2010

FinancingFP7-INFRASTRUCTU-

RES-2010-2(UE)

ParticipantsICCU,GARR,COMETA,

MCC,NTUA,CULTNAT,

DA,SGB,AAS

FinancingAyudasdeAccióny

PromociónCultural

2010(Ministerio

deCultura)

ParticipantsKonic,FundaciónCEER

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Themainobjectiveofthisprojectisthecreationofaspecific

network infrastructure for the starting-up and interaction of

servicesorientedtotheaudiovisualsector.TheAnellaAudio-

visual(AudiovisualRing)willbeapointofmulti-operatorinter-

connectionthroughvarioustechnologies,whichwill linkother

sectorialringswhicharealreadyfunctioning,suchastheCultu-

ralandtheIndustrialring.Theeconomicgoaloftheprojectisthe

trainingofCataloniaaswellasoftheotherCatalancompanies

regardinganinternationalexpansionintheIPservicedemand.

Thegoalsofthisprojectarethefollowing:conceptualizeand

designadigitalplatformwhichdisseminatestheCatalanro-

manicandthemodernistcellars;offerinformationanduse

proposalsaddressedinapersonalwaytothedifferentty-

pesandlevelsoftargetusersoftheplatform;sellandposi-

tionatethe“romanic”and“cellar/wine”brandsthroughInter-

net,providingavisionlinkedtotheterritorialenvironment

(institutions,entities,tourismandbusinesssector).

The main goal of this project is the generation of the

knowledgeneededtocreateasocialnetworkwithaudio-

visualcontentaccess.i2CATtakespartinthedevelopment

ofarobustandscalableP2Pplatform.

However, various scalable video codification techniques

(Multiple Description Coding) will be studied in order to

improvethescalabilityreproductioninheterogeneouster-

minalsanddynamicenvironments.


Budget15.000€

Duration01/09/2010-31/12/2011


Budget520.000€

Duration01/12/2010-31/12/2013

Person in chargeAlbertoJ.González

Research groups

BAMPLA-UPC

Budget2.296.921€

Duration01/11/2010-31/08/2011

ParticipantsAbertis,ACN,

ActivaMultimèdia,

Alcatel-Lucent,

Cromosoma,

Mediapro,Orange,

VSN,XAL

FinancingObraSocial“laCaixa”

ParticipantsDepartamentde

Cultura(Generalitat

deCatalunya),iSOCO,

King-eClient,Iuris.doc

FinancingAvanzaCompetitividad

I+D+I2010(MITyC)

ParticipantsÁndago(coordinator),

AIDO,VSN(sucontracting

i2CAT),CBT,IDPI,IUMA,

Kirmedia,Safeview,

UC3M,UV,Digital360

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Althoughnowadaysweworkinawiderangeofappli-

cationareas,wewillmaintainthefocusontheWSN

applications in the smart cities, in order to make

themmore efficient regarding the use of their (in-

creasinglylimited)resources,thusfacilitatingtheir

management, the improvementoftheenergeticef-

ficiencyofthebuildingsthroughtheICTintegration

in the building techniques, the optimization of the

irrigationareasinagricultureissuesandtheintegra-

tionofemergencysystems inorder to improve the

competencesofthepublicbodies.

Personnel and number of projects

At themoment, theUITU has R+D+i engineers, 7 re-

searchers, 8 university professors and 1 professor,

whodevelop13R+D+iprojects(7Catalan,4stateand

2Europeanorinternationalprojects)


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MESHNETWORKING

ENERGYCONSUMPTIONOPTIMIZATION

Types of applications/developments and services

wSN for smart citiesTheaimistohelpmunicipalitiestooptimizethecity

management,increasethecitizensparticipationand

attracthigh-technologycompanies through the ICT

innovation.

There is awide rangeofapplicationswhicharecur-

rently being developed, such as: services of maps

whichmeasurethetemperatureandtheairhumidity,

mapsshowingthegroundhumidityofparksandgar-

dens,publictransportmonitoring,optimizationofthe

routesfortheseparatecollectionofwaste,measure-

general description

The Ubiquitous Internet Technologies Unit (UITU)

is the resultof the close collaborative relationship

between i2CAT and the Universitat Politècnica de

Catalunya, which has lead to the development of

more than30projects in the fieldofnetworkcom-

municationssince2003.

Themainspecializationtechnologicalareasarethe

wirelesssensornetworks(WSN),whichwillleadthe

way in the future of the Internet of things and the

mobile technologies, providing users Internet ac-

cessfromallovertheworld.

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mentofthetrafficintensityormobileapplicationsfor

the proper maintenance through augmented reality

properties.Nowadays,i2CATiscarryingoutpilottests

inthefollowingcities:SantVicençdelsHorts,Barce-

lona,VilanovailaGeltrúandVélez-Málaga.

wSN for energy efficiency in buildingsOneof themaingoals is togiveconsistency to the

contributionsofthesensornetworksinthebuilding

techniquesinordertoobtainefficiencyinthebuild-

ings consumption. This application will allow for a

smartrefrigeration/heatingsystem,automaticmea-

sures of the consumption ofwater, gas, electricity

resources,orevenprecisionintheindoorlocationof

objectsorpeople.

wSN for agricultureThisapplicationiscurrentlyenablingtheagricultural

sectortoreducethewaterconsumptionthroughthe

Information Technologies, thus strengthening this

traditionalsector.

wSN for emergency services Theobjectiveistheimprovementoftheefficiencyand

securityofthesecuritybrigadepersonnelthroughthe

innovation of wireless sensors networks. This sys-

temsallow for themonitoringof thebiometric con-

stantsofthefirebrigade,suchastheheartbeat,the

breathingrate,thebodytemperatureandlocation,in

ordertopreventdangeroussituations.

Types of activities

DevelopmentofR+Dprojects Developmentofprototypesandpilottests On-demandR+Dservices Standardizationactivities(ISO,IETF,IEEE) Specializedtrainingonwirelesstechnologies Technicaladviceonthepreparationofthespecifi-cationsfortenders

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WiNNOVATEaims tostrengthen the innovationcapacity

ofregionalandmunicipalauthoritiesinGreece,Spain,Italy

andSloveniabytransferringknowledgeandbestpractices

inthefieldofwirelesscommunications.Italsointendsto

promotecoordinationbetweengovernment,citizensand

catalytic agents in the introduction and proliferation of

wirelessapplicationsandservices.

Theprojectaimistoenhancethewirelessinfrastructure

(local and metropolitan), and define pilot projects that

willaddvaluetoinfrastructuresforthebenefitoftheend

users.Therefore,aroadmapwillbedefinedinordertoin-

troduceanduseinaninnovativewaywirelessnetworksas

wellasthepossibleservicestobeoffered,withthepur-

poseofenhancingtheinnovationcapacityofanyMedre-

gionthroughtheuseofwirelesstechnologies.


Toachieveareusablemethodologicalapproachinorder

toevaluateandorientatethetransnational,nationaland

regionalauthorities towardthe innovationofwireless

networks.

Tocreatedifferentpilottestsineachparticipatingregion.

Tocarryoutanevaluationaftertheresultsofthepilottests

Togenerateasetofrecommendations


The results of this project are oriented towards the

developmentofnewservicesandproductsthatprofit

fromthebenefitsofferedbywirelessnetworks.Ase-

riesofpilottestsusedtodemonstratetheviabilityof

the wireless networks are obtained at intermediate

milestonesandattheendoftheproject.

Itisworthmentioningthatthechallengeofintegrating

researchcentres,companiesandpublicadministration

(atregionalandlocallevel)withinthesameprojecthas

beentakenintoaccount.Person in chargeAlbertVidal

Research groupi2CAT

Budget1.521.620€

Duration01/05/2009-31/04/2012

FinancingProgramaMED

ParticipantsResearchCenteroftheAthensUniversityofEconomicsand

Business (Greece), Ajuntament de Vélez-Málaga (Spain),

OrganizationofMunicipalitiesofChios(Greece),Consorzio

UniversitúIndustria–LaboratoridiRadiocomunicazioni,Ra-

dioLabs (Italy), i2CAT (Spain),MunicipalityofGenoa (Italy),

DevelopmentAgencySinergija(Slovenia)

wiNNOvATE (Mediterranean wireless Innovation)

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edinimportantcentresofresearchandapplicationof

new technologies for thedeploymentof services, and

havesubsequentlygeneratedagreatdealofprojects.

Eventhoughthere isnotanexactdefinitionforsmart

cities, we could describe them as those cities which

applyICTintheurbanareainordertoincludeaninfra-

structure that guarantees a sustainable development,

anincreaseofthequalityof live,amajorefficiencyof

theirresources(bothhumanandenergetic)andagreat-

ercitizenparticipation.

TheOrangeSmartCityprojectinSantVicençdelsHorts

wantstoprovidesolutionsforsmallandmediumcities

basedonM2Manddelay-tolerantnetworks,aswellas

givingresponsestoaninnovationprojectinthefieldof

sensornetworksappliedtosmartcities,withtheobjec-

tiveofmonitoringdifferentpopulationdatawithoutthe

needofaninfrastructure.


Thepreviousprojectscarriedoutinthefieldofsmartcit-

iesstartedwithsensorsthattransfertheirdatathrough

anoperatingwirelessinfrastructure.Inthiscase,theob-

jectiveistoaddtheisolatedsensorsofthisinfrastructure

and develop a delay-tolerant network, in which themu-

nicipalvehicles(police,buses,etc.)collectthedata,taking

advantage of their daily tasks and their habitual routes

across the cities. This data is sent through the devices

installedinthevehiclesbymeansofM2Mcardsuntilthe

centralserver.

Themanagementofthenodes’batteriesisoneofthemost

innovativeresearchelement.Thenodesare“switchedoff”

andthey“switchon”whentheyhaveavehiclewithintheir

fieldofactioninwhichtheycantransferdata,thentheydo

soandreturntotheconservationstate.

Theprojectsendswithasystempilottest,whichwill in-

cludethedeploymentofthreedifferenttypologiesofsen-

sors,eachoneofthemhavingdifferentfunciontalitiesand

offeringdifferentservices:

Environmental information sensors:Thesesensorsaredesignedtomeettheneedofmoni-

toring different environmental parameters, due to

the current pollution levels of the cities and its con-

sequences.Therewillbetemperature,humidity,noise

andairpollutionsensors.

Urban incidences sensors:Cities are composed of a wide range of equipments

such as lights, traffic lights, payment machines, etc.

whichneedaroutineandperiodicalinspectioninorder

tocheck itsproper functioning.Thesensorsnetwork

deployedinthepubliclightingwillenablethistaskina

remoteway,andwillcontroltheconsumptionleveland

itsluminosity.

Parking places sensors:Sensorspilottestinordertodetectstadisticallywhich

areaofthecityismorelikelytohaveaparkingplace.

Sewerage sensors:Sensorspilottestinordertocontrolthelevelofthesew-

erageoccupationofcities,with theobjectiveofantici-

patingfloodsorotherrelatedincidences.


The results of this project are oriented towards

thedevelopmentofnewservicesandproductsthat

profitfromthebenefitsofferedbythesensorsnet-

worksand,especially,thedelay-tolerantdata.


Research groupWNG-UPC

Budget44.460€

Duration01/11/2010-31/09/2011

FinancingOrange

ParticipantsUPC,i2CAT,Orange,

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HortsCityCouncil

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Thecurrentwaterdistributionmodelandlackofcontrol

regardingthemanagementofthisresourceinCatalonia

hasmadeitnecessarytoimprovetheefficiencyofitsuse

andmoreover,itsuseinirrigationsystems.Themainob-

jectiveofthisproject istodevelopan irrigationremote

controlsystem,whichprovidestheknowledgeandtools

toimprovetheirrigationsystems.


Themediumand lowdistributionnetworksare those

considered to be inadequately managed, or those

whichcouldbemoreefficient.Efficientmanagement

and automated controlmay optimise the water con-

sumption and consequently reduce thewaste of this

vitalresource.Theproposedaimsoftheremotecon-

trolsystemare:

Water consumption control in order tomake hydro-

logicalresourcesmoreefficient.

Optimisationoftheuseofpipes,hydrants,filtersta-

tionsandoccasionallypumpstationsand regulation

pools.

Reductionintherunningcostsoftheirrigationcom-

munities.

Improvementintheproductivityofagriculturalculti-

vation.

Theprojectwilllookforsolutionsforboththesecondary

andtertiarydistributionnetwork.Thedevelopmentswill

empower the irrigation systems, thanks to the interac-

tionbetweenthedifferentmonitoringelementsandthe

smartmanagementsystem,whichwillbeabletoperform

overtheinstalledactionelements.

Froma technological point of view, it aims todesign a

wirelessnetworkforeachscenario,capableofmonitor-

ingandactingupondifferentirrigationnetworkdevices

bothinthesecondaryandtertiarydistributionnetwork.

Inordertocommunicatethesystem’swirelessnetwork

with thenetworkofother technologies, it is necessary

todevelopconnectiongateways;forinstance,agateway

inordertosendthedatareadbythesensorstothedata

collectorserverthroughtheGSMorUMTSnetwork.

ETRICAT - AgRICUlTURA (Optimization of Agricultural Projects)

Wirelesssensornetwork technologyprovides improve-

ments inordertoaccomplisheachofthetechnicaldif-

ficultiesthatthisprojectface.Wirelesssensornetworks

arebasedonlowconsumptionsmalldevicesincludinga

radio interfaceanda small processor.Asa result, they

areabletoestablishcommunicationovergreatdistances

thankstotheestablishmentofmultipointnetworks.


Theresultsofthisprojectareorientatedtowardsthe


fromtheadvantagesofferedbytheubiquitoussensor

networks.Aseriesofpilottestsusedtodemonstrate

theviabilityoftheadoptedsolutionsareobtainedat

intermediatemilestonesandattheendoftheproject.

Finally,wewillcarryoutfunctionalprototypesofthe

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Budget240.000€

Duration01/01/2009-31/12/2011

Financingi2CAT,De-

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The need for radio communication by security and

emergencyservicesiswell-known.Suchtechnologyof-

ferscertainmobility toemergencyunitsandprovides

communicationwiththecorrespondingcontrolstation

which manages the operational actions. Regardless

of thegoodworkingorderof thecurrentsecurityand

emergency service networks there are certain situa-

tions inwhichthissystemdoesnotprovideasuitable

solutionandislackinginfeatures.

Thei2CATFoundationtogetherwithSensing&Control,

Bombersde laGeneralitat (theGeneralitat’sFireDe-

partment)andMossosd’Esquadra(Catalannationalpo-

lice),aimtodesignanarchitecturewhichsolvesthese

problemsandmoreoverprovidesfurtherfunctionality

andflexibilityinordertoimprovetheefficiencyofthe

emergencyservices.


A series of scenarios where current networks and uti-lised systems can be optimised by means of new tech-nologies has been specified by the project.

Scenario A:Chemicalhazardanddisarmingofanexplosivedevice.In

thecaseofemergenciesrelatedtochemicalleaksorex-

plosivedevices,theTETRAcommunicationdevicecastsa

highpoweremissionthatcouldprovoketheactivationof

thedeviceortriggerachemicalreaction.Usingawireless

sensornetworkisproposedonthebaseofitslowpower

emissionwhichreducestherisksfaced.

Scenario B:

Cavesandsewersystem.Thisscenariocorrespondstothose

operationsperformedbyfirefightersandsecurityperson-

nelinthesewersystem.Theuseofwirelesssensornetworks

willoffertwoservicestosecurityunits:ontheonehand,the

capabilitytomonitorthewholearea,andontheotherhand,

avoicecommunicationchannelwiththeoutside.

Scenario C:

Urbanfire. In a similarmanner to that of scenario A,

sensorswillbeaddedtotheoperationunit’snodes.In

particularabio-monitoringsystemwillbe integrated

alongsidetheTETRAnetworkandavoicecommunica-

tion systemwhich, a resultof theuseof sensornet-

works,willoffera reduceddeploymenttimeframeas

astrongpoint.


Theresultsofthisprojectareorientatedtowardsthe


fromtheadvantagesofferedbytheubiquitoussensor

networks.Aseriesofpilottestsusedtodemonstrate

theviabilityoftheadoptedsolutionsareobtainedat

intermediatemilestonesandattheendoftheproject.

Finally,wewillcarryoutfunctionalprototypesofthe

twoscenariostobedeveloped.



Budget240.000€

Duration01/01/2009-31/12/2011

Financingi2CAT,InteriorDe-

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deCatalunya)

ParticipantsUPC,Sensing&Control,

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FinancingAGAUR

ParticipantsUPC,i2CAT

Budget98.600€

Duration01/12/2010-31/11/2012

Duration01/12/2010-31/11/2012

FinancingAGAURInforegió2010

ParticipantsUPC,i2CAT,Abertis,Aventia,AiA,IMI,Doxa

SENSORDROIDBARCElONA SMART CITy

Throughout these lately years, smart

citieshavebecomeparticularly impor-

tantinthefieldofR+D+i.Thisprojectis

intendedtodefine,designanddevelop

abenchmarkmodelofanetworkman-

agementandsensorydataplatformfor

smartcitiesand,subsequentlyvalidate

itinsuchanimportantcityasBarcelo-

na,withtheultimatepurposeofadopt-

ing thismodel in any other city of the

world.

It is worth highlighting the following in-novative elements: Design, development and validation

of a sensors network management

platform, considering the commu-

Themainofobjectiveof theSensorDROID

project is to demonstrate the commercial

and technical feasibility of an ubiquitous

andmobiledomoticsmanagementplatform,

aswellastocreateanddevelopauniversal

remotecontrolbasedoncommercialmobile

devices both for electrical appliances and

genericelementsofourhome(doors,blinds,

etc.).Theprojectwillenabletheindoorand

outdoorinteractionwiththem.

The project intends to demonstrate the

feasibility of the ZigBee technologies

in thefieldofdomoticsandenergyeffi-

ciencyinoffices.Theprojectwillbecom-

pletedbycarryingoutapilottestinwhich

we will see the interaction between the

mobileterminalandsensor/actuatorsde-

vices.Wewillcheckwhetherelectricalap-

plianceswhichalreadyexistinthemarket

nications layer and the associated

data structure and allowing for the

integration of other types of com-

munications at the level of sensors

network,WSNprotocolorWideArea

Network(WAN)protocol.

Development of a new platform con-

ceptwhichwillincludethedeployment

ofthesystemandwillinteractwithin-

frastructuresofexistingsensors.

Theresultsofthisprojectwillallowfor

thedevelopmentofnewservicesinthe

field of smart cities, through the inte-

gration and interaction with existing

devicesofdifferentsuppliers.

and which have ZigBee (IEEE 802.15.4)

connection can be integrated within the

system, with devices that do not offer

this connectivity andwhichwill need an

specific hardware element so that they

caninteract.

Theresultsofthisprojectareorientated

towardsthedevelopmentofnewservices

andproductsthatprofitfromtheadvan-

tages offered by the sensor networks

within the household or the companies

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Advancedcollaborativetoolsforthehealthsector

Videoconferencing and audiovisual web-

based systems, high definition audiovisual and

multiconferencesystemsofthehealthsector

Advancedsocialnetworksapplicationofthesocial

andhealthsector

Monitoring systems of dependents and expert

systemsforitsprevention

Accessible and usable interfaces for dependent

people,patientsandsocialsector.

Mobility applications in the field of social

applicationsandclinicalsector(IOSandAndroid)

Virtualreality(VirtualPhysiologicalHuman)

Added value applications of the health sector

throughInternet.

Services

Telemedicine:

Collaborationplatformsamongprofessionals:

•OniOffline

•Professional-professionalandprofessional-patient

Clinicalmulti-conferencesandhighdefinition

systemsoftheclinicalsector

Sharing,advancedretransmissionsofDICOM

radiologicimages

Predictionsystemsand(smart)expertsystems

fortheclinicalsectorappliedtopatients

general description

TheHealthandDependencyCluster(CsaDe)isaimed

atresearchinganddevelopingtools,servicesandin-

novationapplicationswhichseektogivesolutionsto

specificproblemsofthehealthsector.Itpromotes

the widespread adoption of these advanced solu-

tions, with the objective of favoring the improve-

mentofthehealthsystemtothecitizens.

Technologies and knowledges

RFID technologies (active/passive) andZIGBEEof

thehealthsector.

BLUETOOTH technologies health sector and

BLUETOOHHealthDeviceProfile

DICOMradiologicimages

StandardoftheeHealthHL7(messaging,CDA)sector

InteroperablePersonalHealthSystems

Telemedicinesolutions

HomeInformationGatheringSystems

(Smart)expertsystemsofthehealthsector

Monitoringandpredictionsystemsofthepatients

evolution

Telecare:

Advancedinterfacesfordisabledpeople

Mediaapplicationsforthesocialsector

HEALTHANDDEPENDENCYCLUSTER

JosepMªColomé

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Realtimemonitoringoftheevolutionof

dependentpeoplewholiveathome

Predictionandapplicationofsmartsystems

forbothdependentandelderlypeoplewho

liveathome

Advancedsocialplatformstoavoidthesocial

exclusionandisolationofbothelderlyand

dependentpeople.

Telerehabilitation:

Cognitivetelerehabilitationsystemsthrough

advancedInternetapplications

Monitoringandfollow-upofclinicaltherapies

basedonICTsystemsattheusershome.

Virtualrealityapplicationsforthemonitoring

oftherehabilitationsexercisesattheusers

home.

Other:

Advancedcollaborativetoolsforclinical

environment

HL7interoperabilitysystems

IntegrationofeHealthapplicationstothe

existingclinicalsystems.

ePrevention

Advancedsystemsforthebroadcastingof

medicaleventsviaInternet

Activities

Development of innovation

and research projects

Researchactivities

Innovationactivities

Projectmanagement

SWandHWdevelopment

Prototypesandproofsofconcept

LivingLabsactivities,User-CentricInnovation

On-demand innovation and research activities

Innovationandresearchactivities

SWandHWdevelopments

Prototypesandproofsofconcept

LivingLabsactivities,User-Centric

Innovation

Other

Training

Standardizationactivities

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The knowledge centre i2Health Sant Pauwill provide a

speciallyequippedspaceforthedesign,developmentand

validationofnewproductsandservicestoagroupofex-

pertsofthefieldofmedicineandinformationtechnology.

Inordertoguaranteethefunctionalityandfuturesustain-

abilityofthesedevelopments,themainrolewillbegiven

tocitizensandconsequentlyorientatedbycompaniesand

supervisedbycompetentauthorities.

i2HEALTHSantPauaimstobeconvertedintoareference

centreonaEuropeanlevelwithrespecttobiotechnology,

assistanceanddisability,usingadvancedLivingLabtech-

nology.


Validationofnewproductsandservicesoriented to

theFutureInternetinthefieldofbiotechnology.

Creation of a space that gathers amultidisciplinary

teamcomposedofexpertsonthehealthandtechnol-

ogiessector,inordertoinnovateinthemostpossible

efficientway.

Researchonthepatient-clinicrelation,whichincreases

andstrengthenstheempowermentofthecitizen,un-

derstandingthecitizenshipasahealthcommunitywith

patients,clinics,hospitalsandPublicadministration.

Finalment,generarunconjuntderecomanacions.INDUSTRIALAND/ORSOCIALBENEFITS

Oneofthemainbenefitsoftheprojectisthedynamism

oftheproductandservicesdevelopment,aswellasthe

technologytransferthroughthedirectparticipationof

thecompaniesintheproject.Inordertoattainthisben-

efit,ademonstrationspacehasbeencreated inorder

toshowthedevelopedproductsandservicesandthus

facilitatingitstransfertotheindustry.

Person in chargeRafaelPardo

Research groupHealthandDependencyCluster

Budget1.100.000€

Duration01/09/2009-31/09/2011

FinancingPlanAvanzaContenidos

SElENE (knowledge centre i2health Sant Pau)

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TheMedCATprojectaimsatresearchinghowtoimprove

thecontrolandconditionsinwhichthefollow-upofthe

chronicpatients iscarriedoutthroughtheapplication

of the new Information andCommunicationTechnolo-

gies(ICT).

MedCATwillprovideacontinuousmonitoringofthevi-

talsignsofthecardiacandrespiratorychronicpatients

and its symptoms, andwill offer amore efficient and

lessexpensivemonitoringserviceforchronicpatients,

inwhich the informationwill bemoved insteadof the

patientsandthespecializedprofessional.


The research during this project will simultaneously

collectthedataandprotocolsneededtodefineapre-

dictivemodelofpatientstatusandeventsandwhich

maybe implemented inatele-healthcaresystemfor

chronicpatients.Thiswillbepossiblewiththedevelo-

pmentandthesubsequentdeploymentofatechnical

platform responding to E23 architecture and which

connects thepatientwith theprimarycarephysician

andtheremoteexpertteamusingthesetofmodules

andservicesdeployedfortheproject.


Themostimportantbenefitoftheprojectwillbethe

demonstrationof the improvementof thehealthcare

qualitythroughthedomicilemonitoringofpatients,as

wellasthereductioninthenecessityofhospitalinco-

meandurgentvisits.Therefore,thesystemwillenable

the health suppliers to have a very important saving

andatthesametime,itwillmakecitizensco-respon-

sible for their health by encouraging the adoption of

healthierlifestyles.

Person in chargeJaumeBenseny


Budget435.000€

Duration23/06/2009-30/05/2011

FinancingInforegióeSalut

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Theaimof thisproject is thedevelopmentofacom-

pletesystemofcooperationandcollectiveintelligence

forresearch.Itwillincorporateavirtualdesktopthat

willallowfortheintegrationinasingleplaceofava-

riety of information and knowledge sources needed

byprofessionalsoftheresearchsector.Itwillalsoin-

corporatecollaborativework tools for thegroupand

information processing systems by means of neural

networkssuchasvideoconferencing.


Thei2CATFoundation’sactivityisfocusedonthefollowing

tasks:

Developmentofaninnovativewebcasttoolwhich

willallowforthetraininganddisseminationoflong-

distancemedicalconferences.

Researchandinnovationofadvancedcollaborative

toolsabletobeadaptedtotheusersenvironment

andthatenabletheeffectivecommunicationamong

theresearchcentres.


i2CATFoundationprovidestheexperienceinmultimedia

andvideoconferencingtransmission,inordertoimprove

theknowledgeexchangeamongtheresearchcentresin

themedicalfield.Thesetechnologiesprovideanappro-

priatecollaborativeworkenvironmentinordertoshare

informationamongcentreslocatedindifferentgeo-

graphicalareas.

Person in chargeJaninaGarrigós


Budget367.480€

Duration01/01/2009-31/12/2010


Participantsi2CAT,CIBER-OBN,PulsoEdiciones,ISOKO,

KINAMIK

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Person in chargeSergiMarí


Budget209.493€

Person in chargeSorayaEstévez


Duration01/12/2007-31/03/2010

Duration01/10/2008-01/10/2010

ParticipantskeepUMediaSLU,FPAPD,i2CAT

Financing7FP

ParticipantsUEDIN,i2CAT,UBB,FVA,UPVLC,

OBSM,UPC,HWU

lIvINglAB4CARERS hElP4MOOD

Thisprojectsaimstooffernewtechnologi-

calsolutionsandnewdigitalcontentsthat

willfavourthecreationofanewsocialnet-

work for carers. To authorise this project,

there is the proposed establishment of a

platformwhichwillallowfornewimprove-

ments in social well-being framed with a

LivingLabinordertoadaptafinalsolution

product which meets the requirements of

themainusersofthisservices.

TheLivingLabwillbecarriedoutinCor-nellàdeLlobregat,acitywithapopula-

tion of more than 85.000 inhabitants.

This city has the appropriate size to

performthisinnovativeexperiencesfo-

cusedonsocialandhealthmatters.

The Living Labs encourage new ideas.Wepretendtomodernizeaspectsofthe

The main objective of the Help4Mood

project is to provide a support approach

to the control, communication and treat-

mentmanagementofpatientswithMajor

Depression,inordertocreateatoolwhich

enables the constant follow-up of the

treatmentinaremoteway.

Theconditionofthepatientwillbeanaly-

sed by way of monitoring relevant data

from the daily life of the patient (daily

activities, eating habits, behaviour while

sleeping)inacontinuousandcoherentway

byplacingdifferentsensorsinthepatient’s

environmentinanalmosttransparentman-

ner.Theobtaineddatawillbesummarized

bytheDecisionSupportSysteminorderto

transmitrelevantinformationtothehealth

institutionresponsibleforthetreatment.

carersandthesocialactorsthroughthe

innovation, which is naturally produced

withinaLivingLabscontext.Therefore,

the developer of this project ends up

being the own society which actively

collaboratesintheresearchandtheim-

provement of the proceeds applied to

thecarersfortheimprovementoftheir

qualityof lifeaswell as theoneofde-

pendentpeople.

It will encourage the use of technolo-gies among the participant community

ofcitizens.Theresultingproductofthe

projecthastobeabletobeextendedto

othercitiesandservicesproviders.

Furthermore,avirtualagentwillalsotake

partinthetreatmentandwillcarryoutpe-

riodical interactionswiththepatient.The

dialogueand theexpressivebehaviourof

the avatar of the interaction will be de-

fined depending on the current state of

the registered patient. The virtual agent

willhaveahumanappearanceandhighlev-

elsofexpressiveness, inordertoreacha

closerinteraction.

Itwillprovideatoolthatwillbeanimpor-

tant advance in the improvement of the

qualityoflifeofpatients,providingacon-

tinuousandtransparentfollow-upinare-

moteway.Thislevelofcontinuityregard-

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Budget200.000€

Duration01/04/2008-01/12/2010

FinancingDepartmentofHealth,i2CAT

ParticipantsDepartment of Health (Generalitat de

Catalunya), i2CAT, TICSalut, Plan for

VascularCerebralIllness

XARXA TElE-ICTUS CATAlUNyA (Treatment of acute-phase strokes)

The project uses a remote medicine

system which provides permanent

neurological attention to the entire

networkofhospitalsinCatalonia.Spe-

cialists from reference hospitals will

provide remote medical assistance to

patientssufferingfromanacutestroke

by means of information and commu-

nication technology. Therefore, the

appropriate attention can be given to

thoseintheacutestageoftheillness.

Person in chargeJosepM.Colomé


Durationstarted01/04/2008

Financingi2CAT

ParticipantsHospitalClínic,i2CAT

CONTINUA hEAlTh AllIANCE (Personal health System interoperability)

ry.TheHealthandDependencycluster

participates in the Technical Working

Group.

TheContinuaHealthAlliance is an al-

liance of the leading telecommunica-

tions and electronics manufacturers

which aim to, owing to their collabo-

ration inseveralhospitalsallover the

world, analyse the medical and func-

tional requeststhatthefutureHealth

SystemStaffmust fulfil.The alliance

willbeabletoselecttheprotocoland

technological standards which guar-

anteethe interoperabilitybetweenall

devices and therefore, achieving an

ecosystemwhichcandealwiththeen-

tiredatapath:fromthepatienttothe

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Theprojectwilldevelopaninnovativesystemofresource

andassistanceprocessmanagementformedicalcentres

based on authentication technologies and the localisa-

tionofresourcesinrealtime.Theresultthatwillbeob-

tainedbythisprojectisaprototypewhichwillbetested

intotheHospitalGeneraldeVic,inthesameplacewhere

an activeRFID technology (developed internally by the

Technological Centre of the i2CAT Foundation) will be

testedwithinahospitalenvironmentandwiththeinten-

tionofimprovingthejobofsanitarystaff.

TheCasalsenXarxaisacommunicationandcollaboration

platformwhichconnects inausableandaccessibleway

various elderly community centres of the Catalan net-

work,inordertocarryoutactivities,coursesandtalksvia

Internet. Themainobjectives tobe attained through

theCasalsenXarxaprojectarethefollowing:

Thecreationofacollaborative network of elderly com-munity centresfromallaroundCatalonia.

Thesharing ofactivitiesand the jointorganizationofevents.

Theuseofnew technologiesascommunicationfacili-tators between the community centres located in

distantplacesofCatalonia.

Thepossibilitythatuserstakepartinthesocialnet-

work from home.

Person in chargeJoanCarlesCastro

Research groupHealthand

DependencyCluster

Budget79.620€



DependencyCluster

Budget25.000€

Duration01/12/2008-31/11/2010

FinancingCIDEM

Participantsi2CAT,Hospital

GeneraldeVic

Duration01/09/2010-01/09/2011

ParticipantsFundaciónVodafone

España,Generalitat

deCatalunya,i2CAT

ZIg - vIC (Active RFID Platform in the hospital of vic)

FOS (Open window to Senegal)

CASAlS EN XARXA

The FOS project aims to increase the access to health to

thousandsofpeoplefromSenegalwhoarecurrentlynotpro-

videdwithanykindofhealthservice.Theprojectfocuseson

theKoldaregion,oneofpoorestofSenegal,acountrywitha

mortalityrateofchildrenfrom0to5yearsoldby38%.

Tobespecific,theprojectwillallowfortheinterconnectionof

theOpthalmologyInstituteofLleidaandthePrincipalHospi-

talofKolda(Senegal)bymeansofaremotemedicinesystem

providingsupportforopthalmologists inthediagnosisand

decisionmakingaswellashospitalpersonneltrainingandfi-

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Budget50.000€

Duration01/03/2009-01/12/2010

Financingi2CAT

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TheprojectVisual-Salutdevelopsanaudio-visualpilotplat-

formwith health contentsoverbroadband IP technology in

ordertosupportthemedicalsectoroftheAcademyofMedi-

cal Sciences. This academy considers that the audiovisual

contentsareakeyfactorfortheproperdevelopmentof its

activities,especiallyinthedisseminationofitsmedicalcon-

tentstothepublicaswellasinthetrainingofthemembers

whoconstitutetheacademy.

Thegoal of thisproject is thedevelopmentof a new

innovativetoolwhichwillenabletosharemedicalre-

portsallowingspecialistsfromdifferentmedicalcen-

trestoworktogetherwhensolvingemergencysitua-

tions.Inordertofacilitatethecommunicationbetween

specialists, the platform has to include a system of

videoconferencingandasharedwhiteboardplatform

forinteractionbetweenspecialiststhroughradiologic

medicalimagesbymeansofthesectorsstandards.



DependencyCluster

Budget12.500€



DependencyCluster

Budget73.698,76€

Duration01/01/2007-01/01/2011

FinancingAcademyofMedical

Sciences

Participantsi2CAT,Acadèmiadeles

CiènciesMèdiques

Duration01/01/2007-01/01/2009

FinancingAGAUR(VALOR2010)

Participantsi2CAT,InstitutdeRecerca

del’HospitalValld’Hebron,

UDIATCentreDiagnòstic

vISUAl-SAlUT (Medical Contents on Internet 2)

REMEI (REal-time MEdical reporting servIce)

TheaimoftheMADEPprojectisthedesignanddevelop-

mentofacomputingtoolwhichsupportsandhelpsthe

remote treatment of those suffering depression. This

toolshouldcarryouttheremote,continuousandperson-

alizedmonitorofpatients.Therefore,amonitoringsys-

temofthepatient’sbehaviourwillbeimplementedand

willbecomplementedwithavirtualassistantwhichwill

providedirecthelptopatientsonspecificaspectsofthe

treatment.Thismonitoringwillbeaddedtothepatient’s

HistòriaClínicaCompartidadeCatalunya(SharedMedi-

calHistoryofCatalonia).

Person in chargeSorayaEstévez


DependencyCluster

Duration06/10/2010-30/12/2012

FinancingACC1Ó

ParticipantsMicroArt,i2CAT,CREB

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Themainaimofthisprojectistocreateanewflexible

and innovative technological platform that will pro-

videaneffectiveserviceintheattentionandintegral

management of the services offered to people with

disabilities.Amongstothergoals,theprojectaimsto

promote the use of new technology within the local

communitybyparticipatingandimplementingnewin-

tegratedmanagementmodelswhichadheretothenew

DisabilityLaw.

Theprojectaimistodevelopamulti-videoconferencing

platform based onweb technology and free software

which will allow for the solution of the current prob-

lem:usingthistypeofvideconferencingservicewithin

hostile environments in public institutions and in the

hospitalsector.Therefore,abetterandmoreefficient

communication between the medical and dependency

professionalswillbeoffered.

Theprojectdealswiththecreationofaflexibleandin-

novativetechnologicalplatform,designedspecifically

forthosesufferingfromAlzheimerandtheircarers.It

easeswell-being condition and technological promo-

tion,aswellasencouragessocialcontactamongcar-

ers and provides welfare support of a professional

throughavideoconferencingenvironment. It includes

a cognitive stimulation tool for those suffering from

Alzheimer’sdisease.

Person in chargeAntonioSantoyoQuesada


DependencyCluster

Budget73.000€



DependencyCluster

Budget100.000€

Duration01/10/2008-

01/12/2010

Financingi2CAT

Participantsi2CAT

Duration01/07/2009-31/12/2011

FinancingCitilabCornellà

ParticipantsCitilabCornellà,AFA

BaixLlobregat



DependencyCluster

Budget1.309.124€

Duration2008-2010

FinancingPlanAvanza

Participantsi2CAT,Redman,Fundació

HospitalComarcalSant

AntoniAbatde

Vilanova,FundacióCiutat

deViladecans,Fundació

HospitalClínic,UPC

AgEDA (Attention and management of dependency)

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Thegoalofthisprojectistodevelopaseriesofcom-

plementary and necessary electronic and computer

applicationswiththeaimtoobtainamanagementand

patients locationsystemand indoorassetsbasedon

RFIDtechnology.

This initiative is intended to offer a solution to the

needswhichhavearisenfromhospitalcentresregard-

ingthemanagement,locationandpositionofpatients

orresourceswithinthehospitalenvironment.

Themaingoalofthisprojectisthedevelopmentofaplat-

form to create, disseminate, exploit and exchange (co-

operation)multimediacontentsforeLearninginmedical

environments, basedon virtual communities (Web2.0).

Relevantcontentforitsonlinemanagementwillbegen-

eratedonthisplatform,obtainedfromtheavailablema-

terialofthemembersoftheconsortium.



DependencyCluster

Budget815.513,25€



DependencyCluster

Budget2.460.643€

Duration01/01/2007-01/01/2009


Participantsi2CAT,PulsoEdiciones,

Meditecnologia,

CEPHIS-UAB

Duration2009-2011

FinancingPlanAvanza

ParticipantsProengsoft,Universitat

AutònomadeBarcelona,

Novatec,i2CAT

SEHRC is an strategic alliance between the CREB

(BiomedicalEngineeringResearchCentre)andi2CAT

whichaimsatjoiningeffortsinordertotakeadvan-

tageofthemutualmotivationsofbothSpanishlead-

ingeHealthR+D+i organizations, aswell asbenefit

fromtheexperienceofthesetwocentresontheba-

sicresearch,theappliedresearchandtheinnovation

inthehealth,biomedicalandsocialfield.

Person in chargeJosepM.Colomé


DependencyCluster

Budget100.000€

Duration01/06/2009-01/06/2011

FinancingCIDEM

Participantsi2CAT,CREB

RFID – PRINTED ElECTRONICS elEARNINg SEhRC (Creation of a CREB-i2CAT joint brand)

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Theaimofthisprojectistoprovideapplicationscom-

monlyusedintheindustryandtheengineeringinorder

tomaketechnicalcalculations.Theonlinecalculations

oftechnicalformulasareasmuchorevenmoreuseful

than having pocket-size technical calculation calcula-

tors.Thisportalwantstodeveloptheloyaltyofthestu-

dentswhowillbeabletouseitthroughouttheirprofes-

sional lifeaswell.Someof theapplicationswhichwill

givetheportalmoreaddedvaluearethefollowing:Grid

orsupercomputerapplicationsorqueries intopatents

databases.


The project will make a web available for users in

which both students and engineering professionals

willbeabletouseaseriesoftechnicalcalculationsand

intensivecalculationsresources.Itwillalsoenablethe

universitydepartments to addpaid applications tak-

ingintoaccountthepossiblecollaborativeagreements

withcompanies.


ToboosttheR+D+iamongcompaniesoftheindus-

trialsectorandtobringtheUniversityandthe in-

dustrialsectortogether.

Thedevelopmentofthecollaborativeworkbetween

the SMEs of the industrial sector and the related

universitydepartments.

The connection between the supercomputing cen-

tresandthecompanies.

Person in chargeEmiliHernández

Research groupi2CAT,ETSETIB

Budget€125,000and€160,000onloan

Duration23/09/2010-31/12/2012

FinancingPlanAvanza

Steering entitiesi2CAT

ParticipantsFIRMAPROFESIONAL,ADTEL,MSS,i2CAT

PORTAl OF INDUSTRIAl CAl-CUlATION (Anella Industrial)

EDUCATIONALANDINDUSTRYCLUSTER

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Theaimofthisproject istobuildaplatforminorder

to create support interactive digital contents and to

stimulatetheKnowledgeCentresNetworkofSpain.

Theprojectwillenabletoarticulate,boostandlookfor

synergies among the domains related to knowledge

centres(especiallytheculture,thesocialinclusion,the

promotionofcompaniesandjobcreationandthetrain-

ingofnewprofessionals),bywayofusingatechnologi-

calplatformwhichjoinsandconnectsthecontentsand

theactionsofthisnetwork.


It focuses on the design and implementation of in-

teractivedigitalcontentplatformwhich,at thesame

time,canbeusedtoarticulatetheKnowledgeCentres

Network,convertingthisplatformintoarallyingpoint

ofdifferentprojectsandpromotersofpossibleproj-

ectsincommon.

This platformmust facilitate the visualizationof the

activitiescarriedoutbytheknowledgecentrestothe

citizenship.


This project aims to highlight the importance of

theso-called “open innovation”or the innovation in

which citizens actively collaborate. Thanks to the

knowledgecentres’participation,wewillbeableto

visualize the open innovation projects and its real

applicationinapracticalmanner.

Person in chargeRicardFaura

Budget854.000€

Duration01/11/2010-31/11/2012

FinancingPlan Avanza (Ministry of Commerce, Industry

andTourism)

ParticipantsCornellàCitilabandotherknowledgecentresfrom

alloverSpain

INTERACTIvE DIgITAl CONTENTS PlATFORM (Support to the knowledge Centres Network)

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Budget82.000€

Duration01/09/2009-31/12/2010

Participantsi2CAT, TechIdeas,MIRATecnologia,

IFRAutomotive


Budget107.000€

Duration01/01/2010-31/01/2010

ParticipantsOrange, Abertis Telecom, FirmaProfe-sional, BSC-CNS, CESCA, SEAT, Ges-tamp, Ficosa, Nissan, SOLUTE, ESI,TechIdeas,ATOS,Nub3D, Siemens,Al-tran,Unitronics,T-Systems,MIRATec-nologia, IFR Automotive, Btech, EQT,AperioTec,Quantech,Biscarri,Megatec,Principia,BarcelonaActiva.

CAlCUlONDEMANDONPyME

velopment of R+D+i; and last but not

least,theintroductionofnewhighadd-

edvalueservices(suchastheexchange

ofheavyfiles).Thisprojectisapilottri-

alwiththesubsequentaimofrepeating

theexperienceinotherSMEs.

The most important innovative ele-

ments of this project have been the

following: the introduction of the on-

demand use of design and simulation

software; the connectivityof themain

companiesofthesectorwiththemain

university research groups for the de-

increase the collective work and de-

veloptheintroductionofnewadvanced

services.Thisprojectisalreadyacom-

mercialrealityandintendstobesubse-

quentlyimplementedinotherindustrial

sectors.

Theobjectiveof thisproject is topro-

vide broadband services to a groupof

automotivecompanies,withtheaimof

improving the broadband connectivity,

guaranteetheconnectionwithresearch

centres and supercomputing services,

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Person in chargeJoaquínFernández

Budget40.000€


Duration01/01/2010-31/12/2010

Research groupCOLS

Participantsi2CAT,Sicta


Budget20.000€

Duration01/01/2010-31/12/2010

ParticipantsAPB,CIMALSA,CILSA,Mercabarna,TicSolutions,i2CAT

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sions has a wide projection. The pro-

posal consists of working on the less

explored domain of the e-governance,

by applying the strategy of the social

networks inorder topromote the citi-

zen participation in the decisions that

affectthecitizenship.

Fromatechnicalviewpoint,theconver-

gence between Internet and television

isnolongeranovelty,butthepotential

ofdevelopingservicesfromtheconflu-

ency of these two worlds is already a

white space. Therefore the market of

services based on interactive televi-

the possibility of optimisation of cur-

rent production processes or for the

initiationofnewservices.Themostin-

novativeelementscanbedefinedinthis

project,theinterestinwhichiscentred

onfindingserviceswhichprovidedadd-

edvaluetothelogisticssector.

With the aim of encouraging the com-

petitiveness of the Catalan logistic

sector by means of the application of

advancedITresources,theprojectwill

be responsiblefor thetelematic inter-

connection of the main Catalan logis-

tics platforms, in that it will allow for

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Theobjectiveofthisprojectisthedesignandevalua-

tionof theBusiness,DesignandTelecommunications

Masterprogramme,givenbywayofajointagreement

betweenTelefónicaandtheUPC(UniversitatPolitèc-

nicadeCatalunya).ThislearningenvironmentviaInter-

netallowsfor thedevelopingandtestingofnewdis-

tancetrainingapproachesbasedonweb2.0toolsand

techniques,aswellasoncollaborativeprojectsandthe

studentsmonitoring.

eBloodistheresultofthejointworkofanexpertgroupon

blood transfusion processwith a group of engineers and

designersinordertocreateatransfusionprocesssimulator

basedonInternet2.0.Itwillallowfortheinnovationinnew

processeswhichwillimprovethepatientssecurityand,at

thesametime,willgivecompetitivenesstoolstotheindus-

tryinordertoproposetheincorporationoftechnologies.

Theobjectiveof thisproject is thedevelopmentofa

broadbandmodel based on PLC for industrial areas,

carried out in the context of an innovation cell. The

projectmustdevelopapilotapplicationinanindustrial

zoneofRubí,andhastoraiseabusinessmodelinorder

tomakethenetworkexploitationviable.


Research groupCOLS

Budget72.422€


Research groupCOLS

Budget230.000€


Research groupCOLS

Budget75.000€

Duration15/10/2008-30/12/2010

FinancingTelefónicaLearning

Services

ParticipantsUPC

Duration01/01/2010-31/12/2010


Participantsi2CAT,Sicta

Duration15/06/2010-30/06/2011

FinancingAyuntamientodeRubí

(RubíCityCouncil),UPC

ParticipantsUPC,Endesa,Orange

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Expenses evolution Total expenses

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2008

2009

2010

2007

2008

2009

2010

1.800.000

1.600.000

1.400.000

1.200.000

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800.000

600.000

400.000

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4.200.000

4.000.000

3.800.000

3.600.000

3.400.000

3.200.000

5.000.000

4.500.000

4.000.000

3.500.000

3.000.000

2.500.000

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3.000.000

2.500.000

2.000.000

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1.000.000

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GENERALITATDECATALUNYACONTRIBUTION

MANAGEMENTANDCOORDINATIONOFi2CAT

RESEARCHANDINNOVATIONPROJETS

PROMOTIONALACTIVITIES

OTHERPROJECTSUPPORTEXPENSES

AMORTIZATIONS

CONTRIBUTIONSOFENTITIESANDCOMPANIESTO

PROJECTS

COMPETITIVEFUNDS SERVICECHARGES 2007

2007

2008

2008

2009

2009

2010

2010

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Budget Evolution

EXPENSES

Management and coordination of i2CAT

Research and innovation projects

Promotional activities

Other project support expenses

Amortizations

TOTAl

2007

246.975

2.902.951

75.860

251.518

165.547

3.642.851

2008

210.727

3.563.040

68.463

330.166

210.878

4.383.274

2009

212.101

3.295.876

49.722

264.820

234.206

4.056.725

2010

219.402

3.472.436

56.336

293.620

234.505

4.276.299

REvENUES

generalitat de Catalunya contribution

Contributions of entities and companies to projects

Competitive funds

Service charges

Total

Other revenues

TOTAl

2007

1.010.000

1.358.436

540.870

727.712

3.637.018

11.481

3.648.499

2008

780.000

1.556.192

918.260

1.088.592

4.343.044

41.984

4.385.028

2009

650.000

1.548.299

850.342

1.006.998

4.055.639

2.949

4.058.588

2010

600.000

1.198.672

1.244.144

1.224.935

4.267.751

13.114

4.280.865

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