LiveCity Live Video-to-Video (v2v) Supporting Interactive City Infrastructures

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(http://livecity-psp.eu/) CIP-ICT-PSP-2011-5 Grant Agreement No.297291 Working Packages Target Essential Objectives • LiveCity aims to empower citizens of a city to interact with each other in a more productive, efficient & socially useful way, by using high quality v2v over the Internet. • LiveCity is a pure technology integration trial, aiming to offer advanced services to over 2,750 users in 5 European Cities, via the implementation of selected pilot actions. • LiveCity envisages that the Future Internet will include a Right of Way for a user’s traffic without interference from unwanted traffic; it combines network infrastructure(s) with a beta version of the Virtual Path Slice (VPS) controller and existing off-the-shelf video components. • Create a city-based Living Lab with an associated ecosystem. • Implementpublic service use cases, by engaging users at the outset and by putting local organizations in driving roles. • Pilotinnovative v2v services and/or related applications and • conduct user-centric evaluation experiments. • Collect KPIs from embedded users and evaluate services in • conjunction with key stakeholders and public service operators. • Disseminateresults to public service network operators and city authorities in Europe, inter-alia. • Help accelerate live interactive high definition v2v mass market • take-up across Europe by several potential means, also including possibilities for establishing private-public partnerships. • WP1:Network Services Infrastructure Build • WP2:City eHealth & Emergency v2v Services Pilot • WP3:Municipal Services v2v Pilot • WP4:City Cultural & Educational Experiences v2v Pilot • WP5:Stakeholder Evaluation & Impact Analysis • WP6:Dissemination, Impact Generation & Exploitation • WP7:Project Management The LiveCity Ecosystem A Modern Infrastructure Scheme LiveCityLive Video-to-Video (v2v) SupportingInteractive City Infrastructures • Establishment of a “Living-Lab”-like Infrastructure for the implementation of selected pilots with diverse user communities, by sharing common service platforms. • Effort for a “common and interoperable solution” with the aim of reducing cost and having high reachability. • The LiveCity experimental network is a federation of existing test-beds and networks, creating a Living-Lab Internet Federation which supports a suitable Right of Way. • LiveCity is a “user community” driven initiative. It embeds city-based user communities which are in a “symbiotic” relationship with the foundation technology. Live City embeds city-based user communities, being in a “symbiotic” relationship with the foundation technology: Network features: • Composition of a suitable infrastructure scheme, by using a dedicated federation of networks. • Backbone connectivity will use a mixture of interconnection methods with a “hub” in the city of Frankfurt, creating a “real market”-oriented figure. • Integration of an existing VPS controller and a number of components (i.e.: video devices and applications). • Four network types are planned to be used to access network users: xDSL, WiMAX, HSPA, LTE. • LiveCity builds a network using ultrafast wireless and wireline technologies. v2v Platform Architecture Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme 2007-2013 CIP - Pilot Actions (Type B) LiveCity (Planned) Pilot Actions The LiveCity v2v platform aims to provide the following features: (i) End-to-end video streaming; (ii) content infrastructure; (iii) multiple user interface support, and; (iv) interface with the VPS controller. • Pilot service where an ambulance uplinks a live video to the hospital,so that the emergency doctor can improve the treatment outcome for the patient in the crucial “golden hour” (WP2). • Use of video-to-video between a patient and a hospital support group (patient tele-monitoring),enabling medical personnel to deliver enhanced support at lower cost and higher utility(WP2). • V2v services to reduce citizens’ travels to the City Hall that are necessary to realize several administrative processes;this also intends to decrease transport costs of citizens and reduce time spent on administrative processes (WP3). • Enhancement of city experiences by using live interactive v2v communication, through a joint pilot between two museums in Luxembourg (city) and in Athens.The interested group will have the opportunity to be virtually present at the cultural institute/museum and enjoy a real time guided tour through some permanent collections or temporary exhibitions over video (WP4). • V2v for the enhancement of teaching facilities and the support of learning experiences,in involved connected schools(WP4). Further Expectations Identification of channels and/or other diverse means for a potential interaction with related innovative and extended ecosystems, such as Living Labs. Definition and exploitation of potential “synergies” at various levels. Validation of pilot actions and of expected trials. Evaluation - assessment of proposed methodologies and of expected trials’ results. Exchanging of experiences, of best practices and/or of derived tools. Promotion of European concepts in the video community. Dissemination of results-findings-experiences. Examining opportunities for real market implementation and effective exploitation (at EU-level). Project Overview The Consortium consists of 18 partners from seven EU member states: Hellenic Telecoms Organization - OTE (GR) Magnet Networks (IE) Fundación Cartif (ES) National and Kapodistrian Univ. of Athens - NKUA (GR) RedZinc Services (IE) Scoil Naisiunta-Skryne (IE) Brunel Univ. (UK)Université du Luxembourg (UL)Telefónica Ireland (IE) DTAG (DE) QuartzSpark (IE) Municipality of Vrilissia (GR)  Ayntamiento de Valladolid (ES) OneSource (PT) HSE (IE)  EMAUG (DE) Innovators (GR) Royal Coll. of Surgeons in Ireland (IE) Project Info:Duration: 30 months  Start date: 01/04/2012  Costs: 4.518 M€ / 2.259 M€ Contacts: Dr. Ioannis Chochliouros (OTE) - Project Manager(ichochliouros@oteresearch.gr) Mr. Donal Morris (RedZinc) - Technical Manager(dmorris@redzinc.net) Mr. Evangelos Sfakianakis, Ms. Kelly Georgiadou (OTE) - Administrative Support({esfak, egeorgiadou}@oteresearch.gr) LiveCity –Live Video-to-Video Supporting interactive City Infrastructure