www.ict-davinci-codes.eu

 

The DAVINCI project aims at setting up foundations of Non-binary Digital Wireless communications which are believed to be a key enabler for reaching requirements (e.g. spectral efficiency, latency.) of next generation Cellular systems. The primary objective of the DAVINCI project will be thus to develop and strengthen its core technology: a new family of Non-Binary LDPC codes, then to propose new optimization strategies for Link Level procedures (Link Adaptation, Turbo-Processing, HARQ, Resource Allocation,.) in order to take fully advantage of the Non-Binary nature of the information.

Since the final outcome of the project is to bring to life a product concept for these new DAVINCI Codes, the technology roadmap and project organization of DAVINCI will ensure innovative research activities, development, architecture design, test-bed implementation, and finally ASIC feasibility, whilst fair Link and System Level evaluations will highlight benefits brought by these technologies onto IMT-Advanced Candidates, resulting if necessary into contributions to Standard and/or Regulatory bodies. Thanks to this, the European industrial and economic competitiveness will be strengthened. 

 

 

 

 

www.emmaproject.eu

 

 

The EMMA project is committed to deliver a middleware platform and a development environment which facilitates the design and implementation of embedded software for cooperative sensing objects in the transport domain. The objective is to create new prospects in the field of embedded systems for cooperating wireless sensors in order to hide the complexity of the underlying infrastructure and to provide open interfaces for third parties enabling the faster, cost-efficient development of new cooperative sensing applications.

In order to validate the EMMA middleware a set of lab tests on a number of wireless cooperative objects (wicos) will be performed. Furthermore the results will also be validated, in a second step, in the context of a number of applications: within an automotive subsystem, a car level and at a supra-car level (intelligent infrastructure).

 

 

 

 

www.inspire-strep.eu

 

The INSPIRE proposal aims at enhancing the European potential in the field of security by assuring the protection of critical information infrastructures through the identification of their vulnerabilities and the development of innovative techniques for securing networked process control systems. 

 

 

INTERSECTION (INfrastructure for heTErogeneous, Resilient, SEcure, Complex, Tightly Inter-Operating Networks) is a Collaborative Project co-funded by the European Commission in the context of the Seventh Framework Programme under the "Secure, Dependable and Trusted Infrastructures" subprogramme area.

INTERSECTION Project aims to enhance the European potential in the field of security by assuring the protection of heterogeneous networks and infrastructures. INTERSECTION is designing and implementing an integrated security framework made of different subsystems and components providing network and infrastructure security.

More information about the project: www.intersection-project.eu

 

 

 

 

www.n4c.eu

 

Many regions do not have access to the optical fibres, copper cables and radio waves linking up the world’s networks. Remote regions are often vast and sparsely populated, with a relatively poor economic base so that deployment of conventional access technologies is not viable. Combined with the huge distances involved, this means that constant connectivity will not be made available in these regions.

The Networking for Communications Challenged Communities (N4C) project, is funded from 2008 to 2011 under the EU's Seventh Framework Programme. N4C aims to use existing, novel technologies in these remote areas by creating an 'opportunistic networking architecture' (ONA) to exploit these communication opportunities and to set up two test beds in Swedish Lapland and Kocevje region of the Slovenian mountain.

Application tests will be carried out on:

• Reindeer (animal tracking)
• Hikers (a pod cast application)
• Meteorological data  

SECRICOM is proposed as a collaborative research project aiming at development of a reference security platform for EU crisis management operations with two essential ambitions: Firstly solve or mitigate problems of contemporary crisis communication infrastructures (Tetra, GSM, Citizen Band, IP). Secondly new smart functions to existing services which will make the communication more effective and helpful for users.

More information about the project: www.secricom.eu 

 

 

Results of the research performed by the Institute of the Labour and Social Studies in the Warmia-Mazury region indicate that 47% of SMEs in this region point out the lack of proper skills as well as the unavailability of proper training and consulting support to be the barriers preventing a wider use of internet in their businesses. Thus, the main goal of the SME.net.pl projects is setting up a virtual learning environment, where SMEs would be able to interact with other participants by means of the internet tools. Moreover, SME.net.pl has been developed to innovative blended learning aimed at acquisition of the e-business skills and dissemination of the results of the project among all organizations and institutions supporting the development of entrepreneurship and innovation in three selected regions.

More about the project: www.sme.net.pl

 

 

 

The main objective of TALOS multidisciplinary project is to develop and field test the innovative concept of a mobile, modular, scalable, autonomous and adaptive system for protecting European borders. The conventional order protection systems are based mainly on expensive ground facilities installed along the entire length of the border used only to observe, detect and warn. This infrastructure is complemented by human patrols, where there is an access to the border line. The system developed within the TALOS project will be more versatile, efficient, flexible and cost effective.

The complete system applies both aerial and ground unmanned vehicles, supervised by command and control centre. The ground platforms will be both the watching stations and the first reaction patrols, which will inform the Control and Command Centre and an intruder about her/his situation, and will undertake the proper measures to stop the illegal action almost autonomously with supervision of border guard officers. The most important features of the system are scalability, autonomous operation, mobility and adaptability. It will be easy to “scale’ the system to the local requirements such as border length and topographic conditions.

The consortium is formed of an experienced research teams from industry, research and academia from Belgium, Finland, France, Israel, Poland and Turkey, with established close links with end users (border guards), which gives good prospects for project success.

More information about the project: http://talos-border.eu