SPICE

Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science

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Summary

Vision: To design, develop, evaluate and prototype an extendable overlay architecture and framework that supports:

o	Easy and quick service creation of intelligent and ambient-aware services

o	Cooperation of multiple heterogeneous execution environments

o	Pan-European seamless delivery of services across operator domains, networks and terminals

Objectives:

Provide a unified and seamless way to deliver services over heterogeneous execution platforms, network and terminals

o	Enrich the service landscape, through an overlay structure offering a personalised user experience anytime, anyplace

o	Create a trusted and open platform that will simplify the use of services and devices through personalisation and customisation

o	Open-up to new business models and value chains

o	Enabling Pan-European service provisioning

o	Promoting the uptake of innovative IT software technologies in a telecommunications grade service platform environment

Participation CTIT is through the Telematica Instituut.

Project duration: 2006-2007

Project Coordinator: France Telecom

Participants:

Operators: FT, Telecom Italia, T-Systems, Telenor, DoCoMo Eurolabs, TP

Vendors: Alcatel, Ericsson, Nokia, Siemens, NEC, Bull

SMEs: Neos, Iris, Volantis

Research Centres / Academics: Telematica Instituut, Fraunhofer Fokus, Universities of Kassel, Surrey, Turin, Brussels, NTNU Trondheim

Operational PM support: Alma

Project budget CTIT: 140 k-€ / 70 k-€ funding

Number of person/years CTIT: 0.5 fte

Involved groups: Information Systems (IS), Software Engineering (TRESE)