Future Internet Research and IPv6

Till C. Lech, Senior Advisor VERDIKT

What will the Future Internet look like…?

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The Future Internet will have…

  A considerably higher transmission capability

  A computational capacity and performance that clearly will exceed what we have today

  Wireless access everywhere

  A great number of different digital objects and electronic devices connected

  Integrated security mechanisms at all levels and adaptive tools and services

The Driving FI Trends in VERDIKT

Background for topics

  Social Networks, Internet of Things and Mobile Internet are identified as three of the most significant forces behind the Future Internet.

  All topics have several imminent challenges within a number of special fields where Norway has, or should have, substantial competence.

  The topics are important for the development of a competitive industry and will have considerable social impact.

  At the same time the topics represent some of the most central challenges within ICT as we are facing a society where everything and everybody are increasingly dependent of ICT

VERDIKT – National strategic ICT-research programme Annual budget (2010): 170 mill NOK (21 mill €)

- Competence – educate researchers, build research competence

-  Knowledge – research results relevant for society and industry

- Innovation – and value creation driven by ICT-research

- Status:   Total project volume: 1,5 mrd. NOK (186 mill €)

VERDIKT funding: 780 mill. NOK (96 mill €)   100 research projects / 145 PhD-students / 45 post

doc.

“Core Competence and Value Creation with ICT in the international forefront”

VERDIKT invests in Future Internet

  NOK 200m (25m EUR) – projects started May 2010  Social networks – healthcare and welfare, democracy and public services, game industry

  Internet of things – energy efficient radio communication, near field communication systems/RFID, sensor networks

 Mobile internet – mobile applications, seamless systems, cloud computing

  NOK 150m (20m EUR) in 2011 Call   Innovation Projects (ca 70m)

 Researcher Projects (ca 80m)

Building on Norway’s ICT Strengths and Advantages

 Industrial & technological presence in key ICT fields  Telecommunications and mobile services

 Advanced instruments / micro systems

 Software engineering for services and embedded systems

 Capacity to draw on multiple disciplines  Ability to transform technological progress into innovations

 The intersection between Internet of Things and Mobile Internet has resulted in a focus on “Smart Cities”

  EU spending on FI research in FP7 ICT since 2007:  Networks of the future: 540m€

 Software, Services, Cloud Computing: 300m€

  Internet of Things: 100m€

 Total: ca 7,3bn NOK

  …and even more on Security, applications, hardware etc…

Stepping up the game: European investment in Future Internet Research

Tying it all together: The Future Internet Public Private Partnership

  Launched in 2010

  300m€ over 4 years for research, roll-out and deployment of FI-technology

  Utilisation of EC-funded R&I and national initiatives

  Guided by the input of Europe’s leading industrial stakeholders

So, what about IPv6, anyway?

  Unique adressability of «things» in IoT, and devices in Mobile Internet requires a bigger address space

  Emerging technologies like e.g. 6LoWPAN in sensor networks or smart grids are IPv6!

  Social Networks as sand box for deployment and spreading of IPv6 (e.g. in the «IPv6 over social networks» facebook app)

  Difficult to build tomorrow’s internet while struggling with yesterday’s infrastructure technology.

Conclusions

  The Future Internet is a top priority in Norwegian and European ICT Research Funding

  Europe and Norway are dependent on cutting edge telecom infrastructures for keeping momentum in innovation and value creation

  IPv6 roll-out is one of the prerequisites for unleashing the innovation potential of Norway and Europe

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!

Till Christopher Lech Senior Adviser VERDIKT / National Contact Point ICT in FP7

tcl@rcn.no

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