2. Smart Cities, Users, Resources & Interactivity
● MUST be more interactive to be distinct from past
・Enable users to make City “Mashups”
● Discovery – what’s out there ?
● Resources – what have I got to work with ?
・Data sources – Open Data
・ Introspection - self-describing
・ Encourages exploration..
・Processing resources
・ Hardware – compute
・ Software – tools – applications – “Apps”
● Combining resources – what can I do with it ?
・Components,Tools, Filters..
・Workflows
● Publish – how can I let people know what I’ve done ?
・City “App” store
● Collaboration & interaction frameworks – how can I build a group/community ?
・Binding users, tools and resources…
● NB privacy, confidentiality & trust issues…
・Engineer options from the start – give users control..
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3. Supporting Infrastructures as R&D enablers
● JanetAurora / NDFIS
・Dedicated Fibre footprint
・SDN Controlled nodes for flexibility
・Bristol, Cambridge, Southampton, UCL (London), London interconnects
● SDN Overlay
・TOUCANLab & Janet overlay – layer2 (ethernet)
・ Bristol, Edinburgh, Herriot-Watt, Lancaster
・University Labs
・TOUCAN partners & others
・WiFi (+), 3/4/(5) G, LiFi
● Bristol is Open – BiO
● Infrastructure available at all levels
・Edge access to physical fibre
● International access via Janet & GEANT
・Europe, US & beyond – future federation ?
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4. SDNs & Network Service Providers
● Users don’t want to see the technology, they want good
services
・available quickly, high-quality, reliable… “it just
works”
● SDNs have potential to help with service provider
delivery - flexibility, quality…
・Service provisioning & dynamics
・Play proper part in end-to-end service orchestration
● But ! – we MUST have inter-domain operation !
・Controllers need to inter-operate
・Heterogeneous multi-vendor environments
・Devices & controllers
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