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United Kingdom : SDN is key to network convergence claims University of BRISTOL [TendersInfo (India)](TendersInfo (India) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) University of Bristol claims that Software defined networking (SDN) is the key to network convergence, part of a £12m consortium developing it. The venture, Towards Ultimate Convergence of All Networks ( Toucan ), includes a technology agnostic architecture that which will facilitate optimal interconnection of any network technology domains, networked devices and data sets with high flexibility, resource and energy efficiency, and will aim to satisfy the full range of quality of service QoS and quality of experience QoE requirements , said the University. Toucan will add to SDN what Bristol explains as technology-specific interfacing and resource description followed by infrastructure resource abstraction, virtualisation and programmability. Toucan will revolutionise the way we build and operate communication networks in a similar way that computer networks and more recently mobile terminals were transformed from platform-oriented to platform-agnostic solutions, for example through Linux and Android, and will drive towards commoditisation of network devices, said project lead Professor Dimitra Simeonidou. In that sense, Toucan will deliver a network technology USB which will make any networked technology and device discoverable, describable and interoperable within any network infrastructure. Any new technology generation, regardless of whether it is wired or wireless, will connect to the Toucan network in a plug-and-play fashion. £6m over five years comes from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). Project associates include: Professor Dimitra Simeonidou and Professor Mark Beach University of Bristol; Professor Harald Haas University of Edinburgh; Professor Steve McLaughlin Heriot-Watt University; Professor David Hutchison Lancaster University. External consortium associates are: Bristol City Council, Broadcom UK, BT, Janet UK, NEC, Plextek, Samsung, and the Technology Strategy Board, who collectively are dedicating over £3.6m. Another £2.4m will be contributed by the participating institution through PhD studentships and research equipment financing. (c) 2014 Euclid Infotech Pvt. Ltd. Provided by SyndiGate Media Inc. (Syndigate.info). |