iJOIN
Interworking and JOINt Design of an Open Access and Backhaul Network Architecture for Small Cells based on Cloud Networks
| Coordinatore | FUNDACION IMDEA NETWORKS
Organization address
address: AVENIDA DEL MAR MEDITERRANEO 22 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Spain [ES] |
| Totale costo | 5˙714˙635 € |
| EC contributo | 3˙689˙000 € |
| Programma | FP7-ICT
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies |
| Code Call | FP7-ICT-2011-8 |
| Funding Scheme | CP |
| Anno di inizio | 2012 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2012-11-01 - 2015-04-30 |
Partecipanti
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
FUNDACION IMDEA NETWORKS
Organization address
address: AVENIDA DEL MAR MEDITERRANEO 22 contact info |
ES (LEGANES (MADRID)) | coordinator | 0.00 |
| 2 |
COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
Organization address
address: RUE LEBLANC 25 contact info |
FR (PARIS 15) | participant | 0.00 |
| 3 |
HEWLETT PACKARD ITALIANA SRL
Organization address
address: Via G Di Vittorio 9 contact info |
IT (CERNUSCO SUL NAVIGLIO MI) | participant | 0.00 |
| 4 |
INTEL MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS FRANCE
Organization address
city: Valbonne contact info |
FR (Valbonne) | participant | 0.00 |
| 5 |
NEC EUROPE LTD
Organization address
address: WEST END ROAD ATHENE ODYSSEY BUSINESS PARK SOUTH RUISLIP contact info |
UK (LONDON) | participant | 0.00 |
| 6 |
SAGEMCOM BROADBAND SAS
Organization address
address: ROUTE DE L'EMPEREUR 250 contact info |
FR (REUIL MALMAISON) | participant | 0.00 |
| 7 |
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET DRESDEN
Organization address
address: HELMHOLTZSTRASSE 10 contact info |
DE (DRESDEN) | participant | 0.00 |
| 8 |
TELECOM ITALIA SPA
Organization address
address: PIAZZA DEGLI AFFARI 2 contact info |
IT (MILAN) | participant | 0.00 |
| 9 |
TELEFONICA INVESTIGACION Y DESARROLLO SA
Organization address
address: RONDA DE LA COMUNICACION S/N DISTRITO C EDIFICIO OESTE I contact info |
ES (MADRID) | participant | 0.00 |
| 10 |
UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID
Organization address
address: CALLE MADRID 126 contact info |
ES (GETAFE (MADRID)) | participant | 0.00 |
| 11 |
UNIVERSITAET BREMEN
Organization address
address: Bibliothekstrasse 1 contact info |
DE (BREMEN) | participant | 0.00 |
| 12 |
UNIVERSITY OF SURREY
Organization address
address: Stag Hill contact info |
UK (GUILDFORD) | participant | 0.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
Motivation. The last decades brought an exponential increase in mobile traffic volume. This will continue and a 1000-fold increase by 2020 has been forecasted. Small-cells promise to provide the required data rates through an increased spatial utilisation of the spectrum.
Problem statement. Due to strong inter-cell interference, small-cell deployments will require a high degree of coordination as offered by centralised processing. Furthermore, heterogeneous backhaul solutions will be used to connect small-cells and core network. So far, access and backhaul are individually designed and therefore not optimised. In order to support centralised processing and a heterogeneous backhaul, challenges on access and backhaul must be simultaneously tackled.
Approach. iJOIN introduces the novel concept RAN-as-a-Service (RANaaS), where RAN functionality is flexibly centralised through an open IT platform based on a cloud infrastructure. iJOIN aims for a joint design and optimisation of access and backhaul, operation and management algorithms, and architectural elements, integrating small-cells, heterogeneous backhaul, and centralised processing. Additionally to the development of technology candidates across PHY, MAC, and the network layer, iJOIN will study the requirements, constraints, and implications for existing mobile networks, specifically 3GPP LTE-A.
Results. iJOIN will design new network operation and management algorithms in the context of RANaaS, show their implications on 3GPP LTE, and evaluate the derived technologies with respect to four quantitative key objectives:
1) system throughput2) energy-efficiency3) cost-efficiency4) utilisation-efficiency
iJOIN will further impact
1) the research community by identifying new challenges,2) business opportunities through new concepts for implementing mobile networks, and3) standardisation through strong industry participation of all major stakeholders.