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3/2012
mess@ge
The magazine for telecom insiders
NEWS
includes
ICT in Horizon
2020
The Kennedy Perspective
An SME or not an SME –
that is the question!
Events
NEM Summit 2012
in Istanbul
A bit beyond
Robots @ Home
EURESCOM mess@ge
Celtic-Plus will run its 8th annual conference, entitled “Celtic-Plus The event will be complemented with an exhibition of project results
Event 2013 – Realising the Smart Connected World”, in Kayseri/ from a selected number of important Celtic projects.
Turkey, from 6 to 7 March 2013.
Interested researchers and high-level managers from industry and Further information and registration access are available on the
public authorities are invited to attend. The number of participants is Celtic-Plus Event web site at
limited to 200! http://www.celticplus.eu/Events/Event-Kayseri-2013/default.asp
Highlights of the programme and the new Celtic-Plus re-
search areas are in particular: Heinz Brüggemann
■■ New, infrastructural telecommunication challenges for secure, Director Celtic Office
high-speed and ubiquitous networks Wieblinger Weg 19/4
■■ New service challenges, like digital/smart home, digital/smart 69123 Heidelberg/ Germany
cities, e-Health, etc. Tel: +49 6221 989210
■■ Future Internet topics in complement to the EU FI-PPP initiative, E-mail: brueggemann@celticplus.eu
e.g. to build up a Celtic-Plus “Use Case Factory”, as well as new
inter-disciplinary challenges related e.g. to smart energy, green
ICT, and CleanTech “grand challenges” www.celticplus.eu
Funding Opportunity for European R&D Projects
Celtic-Plus Spring Call for Proposals – Deadline: 23 April 2013
Celtic-Plus is a EUREKA Cluster dedicated to realising the vision of a Green-Internet relations
smart connected world through an industry-driven R&D programme. ■■ Consider environmental issues in ICT
There are two calls per year, in spring and in autumn, with a total fund- ■■ Encourage better energy efficiency
ing of up to 100 million euro. The funding is orchestrated via the Celtic- ■■ Consider Smart Grid, Water management & ICT
Plus programme and provided by Public Authorities from 47 EUREKA ■■ Develop multi-disciplinary approach
member countries. User friendly call process
Eligible topical areas The Celtic-Plus programme gives proposers the opportunity to submit
proposals twice in the year – Spring Call and the Autumn Call. The Spring
Get Connected Call deadline will be 23 April 2013. Celtic-Plus has an accelerated
■■ Infrastructure and connectivity aspects one-stage call process to ensure the shortest possible time between
■■ Fixed/Wireless, optics, energy-efficiency proposal submission and start of selected projects.
■■ Network architecture, autonomic networks Celtic-Plus proposals should be complete and clearly present the technical
objectives, timescales, participants, manpower, and expected results. These
While Connected
proposals are evaluated by independent evaluators. Proposals meeting the
■■ End-to-end services and applications, like
required standards will be retained and given the Celtic-Plus label. To be
■■ Digital home, digital enterprises
eligible for funding, project partners need to be located in EUREKA member
■■ Digital City (incl. digital school, digital transport)
countries.
■■ E-Health
■■ Security, privacy, identity Further information
Please visit the Celtic-Plus website at www.celticplus.eu for call details and
Future Internet relations
the Celtic-Plus Purple Book for details on the R&D priorities of Celtic-Plus.
■■ Complement Future Internet (FI-PPP) programme by
For further information, please contact Heinz Brüggemann, director of the
■■ Making the Internet a high-quality service platform
Celtic Office, at brueggemann@celticplus.eu
■■ Introduce the ‘Celtic-Plus Use-Case Factory’
■■ Extend the program by additional use cases not covered in the
FI-PPP program
■■ Contribute to future internet capacity building and test cases/
platforms
www.celticplus.eu
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EDITORIAL
Dear readers,
While we are now approaching the final year of not be representative for the whole industry. How- This issue also includes a variety of further ar-
the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), nego- ever, it shows what some of the key players in ticles on different, ICT-related topics, including
tiations on the directions and the budget of the European ICT are thinking on the subject. an event report on the recent NEM Summit in
new EU framework programme for research and The first article in the cover theme provides an Istanbul. See also the “The Kennedy Perspec-
innovation, Horizon 2020, have entered a deci- overview on Horizon 2020. The ensuing article by tive” on SMEs and innovation as well as the
sive phase, as this issue went into print. Brigitte Cardinael from Orange presents the posi- “A bit beyond” article on home robots. I hope you
In view of the importance of the new frame- tion of the ETNO R & I Group on the new frame- enjoy reading our magazine.
work programme for European research and work programme. The article is complemented My editorial colleagues and myself would ap-
innovation, the editorial team of Eurescom
by another telco contribution: Heinrich Arnold, preciate your comments on the current issue as
mess@ge considered the time right for dedicat- Senior Vice President at Deutsche Telekom’s well as suggestions for future issues.
ing a cover theme to Horizon 2020. We do this Telekom Innovation Laboratories, presents his
from the perspective of the ICT sector, focusing organisation’s view on the new EU framework
not so much on rules and budget, but rather on programme. In addition to these telco views we Milon Gupta
the content of the programme and the role ICT also present views from other branches of the ICT Editor-in-chief
should and could play in it. sector. Roger Kilian-Kehr and Stephan Fischer
For this cover theme, we have asked a number explain the vision of SAP Research for ICT in the
of ICT industry players to present their views on new framework programme, and Werner Mohr
the new framework programme. The result may writes about the Horizon 2020 views at NSN.
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EURESCOM mess@ge
Headline
Events calendar
Subhead
3 – 14 December 2012 8 – 10 May 2013
World Conference on International Future Internet Assembly
Telecommunications (WCIT) Dublin, Ireland
Dubai, United Arab Emirates http://www.future-internet.eu
http://www.itu.int/en/wcit-12
13 – 15 May 2013
5 – 9 March 2013 eHealth Week 2013
CeBIT Dublin, Ireland
Hanover, Germany http://worldofhealthit.org/2013/
http://www.cebit.de/home
27 – 31 May 2013
6 March 2013 IM 2013 – The 13th IFIP/IEEE Symposium
ENVIROFI Day on Integrated Network and Service Management
co-located with First Eye on Earth User Conference (4–6 March 2013) Ghent, Belgium
and EUROGI Imagine Conference (7–8 March 2013) http://www.im2013.org
Dublin, Ireland
http://www.envirofi.eu 9 – 13 June 2013
ICC 2013 – IEEE International Conference
6 – 7 March 2013 on Communications
Celtic-Plus Event Budapest, Hungary
Kayseri, Turkey http://www.ieee-icc.org
http://www.celticplus.eu
3 – 5 July 2013
21 – 22 March 2013 Future Network & Mobile Summit 2013
EuroCPR 2013 – 28th European Communications Lisbon, Portugal
Policy Research Conference http://www.futurenetworksummit.eu/2013/
Brussels, Belgium
http://www.eurocpr.org
Sn@pshot
Camouflage bendy robot
A robot that can change colour to either blend in with or stand
out from its surroundings has been designed by researchers
at Harvard University. The bendy robot was inspired by the
camouflage skills of sea creatures such as octopuses, cuttlefish
and squid.
Source:
Stephen A. Morin, Robert F. Shepherd, Sen Wai Kwok, Adam A. Stokes,
Alex Nemiroski, George M. Whitesides: Camouflage and Display for Soft
Machines, Science 337, 828 (2012), 17 August 2012
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/337/6096/828
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CONTENTS
Contents
3 Editorial
4 Events calendar
4 Sn@pshot
THE KENNEDY PERSPECTIVE 6 An SME or not an SME – that is the question!
Cover Theme
ICT in Horizon 2020
7 Horizon 2020 and ICT – An overview
ICT in Horizon
8 The vision of a smart connected future – The telcos’ views on Horizon 2020
2020
9 Deutsche Telekom’s vision for Horizon 2020
10 Towards an eco-system perspective for ICT research and innovation –
The vision of SAP Research for Horizon 2020
11 Significant industry participation needed – How Nokia Siemens Networks
views Horizon 2020
NEWS
Celtic-Plus News
C1 Editorial
C2 Interview with EUREKA Chairman Okan Kara
Project Highlights:
C3 4GBB
C5 ENGINES
C6 HOMESNET
C7 MEVICO
C8 Celtic-Plus at Spanish Smart City event in Seville
C8 Imprint
C8 About Celtic-Plus
Events 12 Implementing the Future Media Internet - NEM Summit 2012 in Istanbul
14 Future Internet Research and Experimentation – FIRE Engineering Workshop in Ghent
15 Towards Horizon 2020 – Net!Works Event in Brussels
News in Brief 16 urobarometer survey: Europeans like robots ++ ENISA report on cyber incidents in the EU
E
++ Norton cybercrime report
A bit Beyond 18 Robots @ Home – How machines will change our domestic life
Imprint
EURESCOM mess@ge, issue 3/2012 (December 2012)
ISSN 1618-5196 (print edition)
ISSN 1618-520X (Internet edition)
Editors: Milon Gupta (editor-in-chief), Peter Stollenmayer, Anastasius Gavras, Uwe Herzog
Submissions are welcome, including proposals for articles and complete articles, but we reserve the right to edit. If you would like to contribute,
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T H E K E N N E DY P E R S P E C T I V E
An SME or not an SME – that is the question!
Why the EU innovation policy needs a broader perspective
Are we forgetting large enterprises? The EC tween a large enterprise and a constellation of
SME observatory has noted that fewer than one suppliers or customizers in an eco-system. These
in ten EU SMEs (8%) reported turnover from ex- eco-systems sustain employment, stimulate
ports while more than one in four of large enter- growth and contribute significantly to the Euro-
David Kennedy prises (28%) have turnover from exports. So if we pean economy.
Director of Eurescom want Europe exporting, then large enterprises The new European emphasis on innovation
kennedy@eurescom.eu have a key role to play. should not miss that these existing eco systems,
Another problem I have with our approach to incorporating large, medium and small enter-
I often wonder when I see policies designed SMEs is the increasing European inferiority com- prises, should be assisted in keeping their prod-
to favour one group or another, if they are plex based on Silicon Valley envy. Why, in every uct portfolios relevant and therefore to continue
based on facts, fears or even guilt. The cur- discussion is there at least one participant who to be major contributors to the European econo-
rent policies in favour of SMEs make me re- starts with “We should learn from Silicon Valley”? my, rather than spending excessive resources
ally question if we know what we are doing. I would propose that Europe recognises that it is pretending that some European start up can be
Why do we declare what type of organisa- different from the rest of the world and stop wast- the next Google.
tion must do the work before we even know ing time pretending we can be Americans. We
what it is we want to do. Logic dictates we don’t have the same cultures as others and we Conclusion
should assess the job and then select the should play to our strengths of being able to col-
right players, but we seem to be bypassing laborate and achieve consensus. The next per- Who knows, maybe one day we will see a shoot-
logic here. son to say we should be Silicon Valley should be ing star from Europe emerging through EC fund-
put out of the room. ing. However, if this one bright spot would come
We are told the European research programmes America has a strong “Try, try, try” culture with at the expense of abandoning the mainstream
must be designed with small and medium-sized the ambition to get big fast, and is very tolerant industries we already have, it might be just too
enterprises (SMEs) in mind. When enquiring as of failures, whereas Europe has a strong history expensive. We would have missed that the es-
to why we have this bias towards SMEs, the of SMEs that are solid and happy being SMEs. sence of innovation is to make changes in some-
answer is that they are the most innovative. Then Europe does not support failures generously, as thing established especially by introducing new
there are rules to exclude many SMEs simply be- people can get banned from company manage- methods, ideas, or products. Europe can be in-
cause one of the shareholders is large and holds ment for many years if they have a failure. Euro- novative, if we recognise that you don’t have to
more than 25% – even if they don’t have a major- pean SMEs do not aspire to grow exponentially throw out the existing assets to be innovative, you
ity control of the company. Again the logic is like any of the recent bubbles – rather they wish just have to employ them better.
questionable. to maintain a stable business and have a long Come on Europe – look also after the estab-
life. These SMEs in Europe are very often in a lished industries! They provide significant em-
SMEs – the “true back-bone” of Europe’s relationship with a larger enterprise to the benefit ployment and a large part of the value created by
economy? of both parties. businesses in Europe.
However, if I quote the DG Enterprise and Indus- European industry eco-systems
try website, they highlight that “that more than
99% of all European businesses are, in fact, Our European success model is more often than
SMEs. They provide two out of three of the pri- not based on a close working relationship be-
vate sector jobs and contribute to more than half
of the total value-added created by businesses in
the EU. Moreover, SMEs are the true back-bone
of the European economy, being primarily re-
sponsible for wealth and economic growth, next
to their key role in innovation and R&D.” *
When I read this, I immediately get concerned
as to why, when designing research programmes,
we are stressing special support for 99% of Euro-
pean industry. Should we be more worried about
the tiny minority of the 1% of industry who are
not SMEs? This 1% seem to be generating nearly
half of the total value-added created by busi-
nesses in the EU.
*Source: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/sme/facts-figures-
analysis/index_en.htm
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Cover Theme: Horizon 2020 and ICT
Horizon 2020 and ICT
An overview
beyond research and facilitate the step from re- priorities. It seems 4 billion euros will be dedicat-
search to innovation. For this purpose, Horizon ed to the Scientific Excellence priority with most
2020 will combine all research and innovation of that going to FET actions. 8 billion euros will go
funding currently provided through the Frame- to Industrial Leadership; some of this will be re-
Milon Gupta work Programmes for Research and Technical served for planned Public-Private Partnerships
Eurescom Development, the innovation related activities of (PPPs) and 4 billion euros will be in the Societal
gupta@eurescom.eu the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Challenges nominally for ICT activities.
Programme (CIP) and the European Institute of It is in the Societal Challenges that it may be
In 2014, the new seven-year EU Framework Innovation and Technology (EIT). difficult to actually isolate and exploit this nomi-
Programme for Research and Innovation, nal 4 billion euros for ICT, as the themes for
Horizon 2020, will start. It is of core impor- Market-driven approach Societal Challenges are sector based and have no
tance for realising the Europe 2020 strate- explicit mention of ICT:
gy for smart, sustainable and inclusive Through Horizon 2020 the Commission aims to ■■ Health, demographic change and well-being;
growth in Europe. The main goal of Horizon tackle societal challenges by helping to bridge ■■ Food security, sustainable agriculture, marine
2020 is to implement the Innovation Union, the gap between research and the market. This and maritime research, and the bio-economy;
one of the EU2020 strategy’s seven flagship market-driven approach will include creating ■■ Secure, clean and efficient energy;
initiatives. As in previous framework pro- partnerships with the private sector and Member ■■ Smart, green and integrated transport;
grammes, information and communication States to bring together the resources needed. ■■ Climate action, resource efficiency and raw
technologies (ICT) will be an important The goal is to enable activities closer to the mar- materials;
part. The exact topical scope of ICT in the ket, including, for example, the provisioning of ■■ Inclusive, innovative and secure societies.
new programme is, however, still open. venture capital for start-ups emerging from Euro-
pean research projects. Experience has shown that it is very difficult for
At the time of writing, a number of questions are In the context of partnerships, the role of inter- ICT players to integrate themselves into themes
open: Will Horizon 2020 make the whole process national cooperation is likely to increase. In addi- initiated by sector actors, as the sectors do not
much simpler, as promised? How will the Euro- tion to Horizon 2020 being fully open to interna- understand what the ICT players can bring to the
pean Commission achieve this? Will the Commis- tional participation, there will be targeted actions endeavours. Furthermore, evaluators often do not
sion’s budget proposal of 80 billion euro for 2014 with key partner countries and regions focused recognise the contributions ICT players can make,
to 2020 be accepted by the European Parliament on the EU’s strategic priorities. Through a new as they judge them not to be appropriate to ad-
and the European Council? What share of the strategy, the Commission aims to achieve a co- dress the societal themes. Horizon 2020 offers
budget will be available for ICT? And which ICT herent approach to international cooperation in the opportunity for strategically developing ICT in
topics will the first work programme include? Horizon 2020. order for the EU industry to achieve a competitive
These are just a few of the questions that are The Commission has acknowledged that there advantage in the global marketplace.
currently being discussed. is no success without risks. In this context Hori- What is needed now is a dedicated action on
zon 2020 will reach out also to non-traditional future networks and information systems to focus
The scope of Horizon 2020 actors and allow failures in return for a certain the European efforts and achieve maximum im-
percentage of good success stories. pact with the resources available.
Let us start with the known facts: Horizon 2020
will be structured into three priorities: 1. Excellent The ICT sector in Horizon 2020 Outlook
science, 2. Industrial leadership, and 3. Societal
challenges. These priorities will be applied across The ICT sector is of high importance for Europe. Horizon 2020 offers Europe the opportunity to
ten Themes: 1. Health, 2. Food, Agriculture and It represents 4.8% of the EU economy and gener- increase its innovation levels and make public
Fisheries, and Biotechnology, 3. Information and ates 25% of total business expenditure in re- funding for research and innovation more effec-
Communication Technologies, 4. Nano-science, search and development (R&D). Investments in tive than it has been up to now. In order to stay
nanotechnologies and new production technolo- ICT account for 50% of all European productivity competitive towards other developed regions and
gies, 5. Energy, 6. Environment, 7. Transport growth. Thus, the Commission plans to increase emerging countries, Horizon 2020 will be crucial
(including Aeronautics), 8. Socio-economic sci- the funding for ICT in Horizon 2020. The plans for the success of the Europe 2020 strategy. It
ence and humanities, 9. Space, 10. Security. are to increase EU investments in ICT by 46% can only be hoped that the Europe 2020 strategy
These Themes, basically the same as in the under Horizon 2020 compared to FP7. This is in will be more successful than the (over-)ambitious
Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), are di- line with the Commission's proposed increase in Lisbon strategy that preceded it. All actors, public
rectly linked to EU policy goals in areas such as funding across all themes. It appears that the and private, have now the responsibility to make it
agriculture, energy, environment, transport and share of ICT in the overall budget will remain happen, in order to ensure the sustainable growth
security. Compared with FP7, the Horizon 2020 more or less stable, as compared to FP7. that Europe needs now more than ever.
approach suggested by the Commission will em- As distinguished from FP7, in Horizon 2020
phasise funding for projects that solve specified the ICT sector will be distributed across three Further information about Horizon 2020 is avail-
societal challenges, as opposed to prescribing priorities: Scientific Excellence, Industrial Lead- able on the EC website at http://ec.europa.eu/
the specific research topics to be addressed. ership, and Societal Challenges. research/horizon2020
A more fundamental difference compared to As things are currently proposed, the ICT bud-
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FP7 is that Horizon 2020 will be designed to go get will be 16 billion euros distributed across the
Cover Theme: Horizon 2020 and ICT
The vision of a smart connected future
The telcos’ views on Horizon 2020
■■ open cloud IT Minimising the organisational overload
Brigitte Cardinaël ■■ performing big analytics Telcos are willing to actively participate in deter-
Chair of ETNO R&I ■■ a greater and greater proximity with sectors mining the optimal community structures need-
Working Group ■■ reliable and secure hardware, software and ed for Horizon 2020 and to work towards having
Orange – applications this constituted by the time the programme
France Telecom group ■■ optimised energy consumption starts.
brigitte.cardinael@orange.com ■■
Users will interact with the digital world through Structure of programme operation
The European Commission is currently elab- enhanced intuitive means such as: The grand challenges may be addressed through
orating its RDI framework programme for ■■ 3D interactions and immersions (virtual world, an evolution of the PPP structure. This could in-
2014 – 2020, Horizon 2020. In this context, 3D vision, serious gaming, augmented reality, volve industry establishing a body to be the part-
the ETNO R&I Working Group has expressed etc.), ner organisation of the Commission.
its vision and its priorities. This article aims ■■ enhanced interfaces for devices (gesture,
to present the telcos’ key R&D priorities and voice, etc.) Conclusion: telcos’ commitment
governance expectations for Horizon 2020. ■■ efficient, contextual and personalised search to Horizon 2020
engines
Key R&D priorities The clear statements of H2020 looking for Euro-
Telco issues for Horizon 2020 pean leadership as a direct result of this pro-
As measured since 2000, the impact of ICT on gramme is very much appreciated by the Euro-
the economy goes much beyond the sector itself. Based on past experiences and lessons learnt pean telecoms network operators and service
Offering information management, communica- from previous European R&D programmes, ETNO providers. We agree that there is an opportunity
tion, transaction, storage and simulation means, members recommend to create Horizon 2020 in now for the EU ICT industry to achieve a com-
ICT contributes to increased productivity of many a way that encourages all players to participate petitive advantage in the global marketplace by
sectors. ICTs are intensively used in all aspects of and gain a lasting benefit from participation. In acting coherently to prepare the next generation
the economy from mobility (traffic and route order to get there, we consider the following of ecologically sensitive technologies and to lead
management), to aeronautics (3D design of points as essential: the development of new innovative services.
planes) via wholesale (real-time goods manage- To get the maximum benefits for Europe, the
ment), health or energy control. The benefits of Getting the right emphasis in the telcos propose that ICT research should be fo-
ICT apply also to government and non-profit or- programme cused on a limited number of “ICT Grand Chal-
ganisations through on-line services (employ- A key factor for the success of Horizon 2020 will lenges” where Europe has both strength and op-
ment, taxes, culture, etc.). be to address the subjects the industrial commu- portunities and to which the EU ICT industry is
ICT is a key driver to face societal challenges nity have identified as critical as well as exploring committed. We see three grand challenges:
such as environmental risk management, cli- other, more radical possibilities. ■■ providing capabilities for Big Data and
mate change or ageing population. Thus, ICT is innovative services
an important sector with its own market, but ICT Involving the right players ■■ providing fast, reliable and green networks
is also a pervasive enabler in many sectors. It is Active industrial participation is essential to en- and infrastructures
critical to understand this dual nature of ICT sure the results will have a real impact in the mar- ■■ providing an inclusive, trustworthy and secure
when developing a strategy in order to fully capi- ket. An industrial participation level of 70% should digital world
talize on the potential of this area. be a target of the Horizon 2020 programme.
There are three major trends that will shape We propose to assemble competences at Euro-
the world in the 2020 time horizon: Building on results pean level into a focused ICT initiative within Ho-
■■ Our world is becoming measured, There is a need within European research pro- rizon 2020 to develop the next generation of net-
instrumented, sensed grammes to have a greater emphasis on using work and information systems that will lead
■■ Our world is becoming interconnected the results obtained and avoiding repeat invest- European business, government and society into
■■ Our world is becoming analysed, processed, ments in the same subjects. a bright future by 2020 and call other players to
modeled join us.
These trends will grow stronger over the coming
ten years, and we do expect to live in 2020 in an Information on Horizon 2020
ICT-enhanced world where Virtual meets Real.
Our expectation is that in 2020, the Internet EC website – http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020/
will connect people, things, processes, content,
knowledge, information, and goods, based on: EC fact sheet on ICT in Horizon 2020 – http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020/pdf/press/
■■ a seamless, high data rate, full connectivity fact_sheet_on_ict_in_horizon_2020.pdf
■■ better performing and cost effective full IP
networks
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Cover Theme: Horizon 2020 and ICT
Deutsche Telekom’s vision for Horizon 2020
Evolution of network infrastructure structure is still a big challenge which will keep
researchers busy. The possibility of integrating
Dr. Heinrich Arnold Internet technologies have proven to help tele- modular and combinable infrastructure compo-
Senior Vice President communications network operators in setting-up nents controlled by software (software-defined
Telekom Innovation a cost-optimized network infrastructure. However, networking) and the virtualization of network
Laboratories this infrastructure is not yet fully developed to functions will, in particular, provide telecommuni-
Heinrich.Arnold@telekom.de support all future demands. Customers will need cations operators with the opportunity to produce
more bandwidth for a multiplicity of services and connectivity and ICT services in a much more
The economic and societal importance of applications. Past experience and future service flexible manner and at lower cost.
communication infrastructures and ser scenarios show that bandwidth is never enough.
vices has never been higher than today. And New technologies and functionalities such as Conclusion
it will further increase over the next years. service-differentiation (quality of service), new
In this context, the EU’s new framework pro- transport and access technologies, context Deutsche Telekom and T-Labs are committed to
gramme for research and innovation, Hori- awareness and personalized mechanisms, as open innovation and research, development, and
zon 2020, will play a key role in keeping the well as new architectures – which will not follow the international innovation ecosystem. In this
European ICT industry competitive and in the traditional client-server philosophy – have to context, we consider Horizon 2020 as an impor-
providing the communication infrastruc- be researched and developed to support the per- tant opportunity for providing the necessary
tures and services that Europe needs. formance of specific multimedia and communi- stimulus towards the networks of the future. We
cation offerings. This includes the proper han- firmly believe that the success of Horizon 2020
Combining technological and dling of security and privacy issues. requires that technological and socio-economic
socio-economic aspects Demographic changes and the integration of issues are not treated in isolation and that infor-
Smart City and smart home networks with many mation and communication technologies will
Deutsche Telekom and its research and innova- more networked devices add further complexities play an increasingly important role in laying the
tion unit, Telekom Innovation Laboratories (T- to telecommunications infrastructures. The evo- foundation of sustainable growth in Europe – to
Labs), have a long history of participating in col- lution from traditional media and content deliv- the benefit of citizens and businesses.
laborative European research, development and ery systems towards a unified cloud-based infra-
innovation (RDI) projects, and particularly in EU
framework programmes up to the current Sev-
enth Framework Programme (FP7). In all of our
Telekom Innovation Laboratories
RDI activities, technical issues have never been
the sole focus. At T-Labs we have always com-
bined technical expertise with business thinking,
About Telekom Innovation Laboratories
legal aspects and societal issues. We believe that
combining all these facets will be of critical im- Telekom Innovation Laboratories (T-Labs) is the research and innovation unit of Deutsche Telekom.
portance for sustainable growth in Europe and Linking its research and innovation activities with the Technische Universität Berlin (TU) and the Ben
the success of the upcoming Horizon 2020 pro- Gurion University in Beer Sheva and several other universities, institutes, industry partners, and
gramme. start-ups around the world ensures that science, business, and entrepreneurship are closely inte-
In particular, we are convinced that Smart Cit- grated. In Berlin, Darmstadt, Bonn, Beer Sheva (Israel), Tel Aviv (Israel), and Mountain View (USA),
ies will become an important nucleus for future 360 experts and scientists create innovative services and solutions for Deutsche Telekom customers
research and innovation in Horizon 2020. The and for Deutsche Telekom’s infrastructure.
required RDI activities will need to go beyond
technical research in order to be effective. Only Combining business modeling, regulatory issues, use cases, and technology aspects has a long
the integration of relevant use cases and coop- history in T-Labs. The results have been successfully transferred into the different business units
eration with use-case driven projects will provide and have built the bases for new high-tech ventures, apart from the generation of IPRs and publica-
a healthy mix, guaranteeing the success of the tions. 2012 has been the year with the richest output, with 20 pre-products and system components
forthcoming framework programme. Initiatives and 10 high-tech ventures created.
such as the Future Internet Public-Private-Part-
nership (FI PPP) and EIT ICT Labs will contribute Further information is available on the T-Labs website at www.laboratories.telekom.com
to relevant results.
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Cover Theme: Horizon 2020 and ICT
Towards an eco-system perspective for ICT
research and innovation
The vision of SAP Research for Horizon 2020
The eco-system perspective companies in all relevant areas including net-
works, infrastructures, platforms, services, and
SAP has traditionally cultivated an eco-system of applications; (ii) it aims at long-term business
many businesses – large and small – which built potential which could lead to next-generation
Stephan Fischer specific flavours of SAP's core products in order products for the European and global market; (iii)
SAP Research to meet specific customer requirements. SAP's it aims at universal eco-system oriented platforms
s.fischer@sap.com products essentially exhibit platform features on as a basis for innovative businesses to develop
a technical as well as on a business best-practice new applications and services.
level. Future Cloud infrastructures and platforms and
For the whole ICT sector it is essential to un- adaptable, flexible networks would be two key ele-
derstand that future growth will not only come ments in such a vision. The importance of Big
from corporations in established domains, but Data and innovation regarding the combination
Roger Kilian-Kehr increasingly from new innovative businesses that and processing of continuous data streams from
SAP Research identify emerging cross-sector business opportu- sources in different industry sectors in real time is
roger.kilian-kehr@sap.com nities and develop and market solutions rapidly another key element. Additionally, such a vision
on top of existing technology stacks and plat- should lead to focused research activities that de-
In this article we present the ideas of SAP forms. Furthermore, the innovation cycles of liver results into appropriate “playgrounds” or
Research for shaping ICT research and in- these new business entrants typically have differ- SME workbenches (“testbeds”) where mature
novation in Europe through the new frame- ent characteristics that need to be synchronised platform technologies, research results, and infor-
work programme Horizon 2020. with established players and platform providers mation assets from various sectors such as ad-
in sectors like networks or software. vanced manufacturing including the ones ad-
ICT research organisations and European Tech- We are strongly convinced that any strategy to dressed by societal challenges (e.g. healthcare)
nology Platforms (ETPs) have welcomed the Eu- sustainable growth in any platform-based busi- are brought together in an innovation-friendly
ropean Commission’s intention to improve the ness has to co-develop future technology and the framework.
integration of research and innovation activities corresponding eco-systems. Therefore research The FIRE, FI-PPP and EIT initiatives are cer-
within the new Horizon 2020 proposal for the and innovation activities in Horizon 2020 should tainly going into the right direction but can only be
next European framework programme. In partic- consider the eco-system dimension from the very considered as a first step so far, no overarching
ular the new programme pillar “Industrial Lead- beginning, as it will play an increasingly impor- focused innovation vision exists among these ini-
ership” is of high interest for technology-centred tant role in the successful adoption of new tech- tiatives. Furthermore, they do not yet embrace the
industry research in ICT. nologies and platforms. eco-system perspective adequately, which should
be a key element in the overall design of a re-
ICT industry in Horizon 2020 Towards an innovation-enabling real-time search and innovation framework like Horizon
platform for Europe 2020.
It is well known that new value-adding products
and services in other sectors are increasingly fu- Building on research on Cloud computing, Future Conclusion
elled by ICT. This leads to key question for players Internet and Business Webs, SAP Research has
in the ICT domain, including telecommunication identified a trend in business computing which We at SAP Research have a very positive view on
manufacturers and operators as well as software ICT players could develop into an overarching ICT Horizon 2020 in general and appreciate the ef-
and service companies: How can we engage in research and innovation topic. From our perspec- forts the Commission put into setting up this pro-
Horizon 2020 and benefit from research, devel- tive, the emerging requirements from a hyper- gramme. In order to fully leverage the framework
opment and innovation (RDI) programmes to connected world linking businesses with people in the ICT sector, however, we believe that the ICT
maintain and enhance industrial leadership and and things in real-time call for a broader vision industry needs to join forces and use the opportu-
prepare for new global challenges and business for R&D within the context of Horizon 2020. Con- nities that Horizon 2020 offers by creating a bold
opportunities ahead? tinuous, real-time data aggregation, processing and strong common vision and developing a com-
In order to meet the ambitious targets of the and analysis of information streams from various mon culture of collaboration in RDI projects
Horizon 2020 programme, new Work Pro- sources within pan-European and global busi- across domains.
grammes have to be defined and appropriate ness networks are major opportunities for a Euro-
RDI instruments have to be put in place that en- pean technology and business leadership in ar-
able research and innovation stakeholders not eas spanning public and urban infrastructures,
only to maintain or retain, but even more impor- advanced manufacturing, healthcare and trans-
tant, to increase industrial leadership. The ICT portation.
industry needs to explore these opportunities Such a vision of interoperable “Real-Time Intel-
and find new approaches and ways for collabora- ligent Business Network Platforms” could be an
tion within and across previously perceived sepa- overarching ICT research and innovation topic for
rate ICT domains. Horizon 2020 with the following characteristics:
(i) it involves strong and innovative European
10 Eurescom mess@ge 3/2012Cover Theme: Horizon 2020 and ICT
Significant industry participation needed
How Nokia Siemens Networks views Horizon 2020
tems, the two Priorities – Industrial Leadership between both priorities is necessary.
and Societal Challenges – are of particular inter- A combination of instruments like Public-Pri-
est for Nokia Siemens Networks. Activity Lines vate Partnerships for bigger research areas, e.g.
relevant to us include: on future communication infrastructures, and
Werner Mohr ■■ The Activity Lines on “A new generation of smaller, more flexible projects for dedicated
Nokia Siemens Networks components and systems: engineering of topics is desired to address different interests of
werner.mohr@nsn.com advanced and smart embedded components stakeholders.
and systems” and “Micro- and
This article presents the views of data net- nanoelectronics and photonics” will provide Key factors for success of Horizon 2020
working and telecoms equipment provider building blocks for components and optical
Nokia Siemens Networks on the European communications for backbone and access Significant industry participation in Horizon
Union’s forthcoming research framework networks. 2020 is essential for successful collaborative re-
programme Horizon 2020. ■■ Communication networks are based to a search, apart from facilitating the objective of
major extent on software technology. Cloud improved competitiveness of European economy
Nokia Siemens Networks and its founding computing requires ubiquitous, secure and that generates future growth, highly skilled jobs
companies Nokia and Siemens have been reliable access with high reliability. Therefore and creates knowledge in Europe. Therefore, Ho-
actively involved in collaborative research pro- the Activity Line on “Next generation rizon 2020 should provide suitable rules and
grammes for many years. Such programmes of- computing: advanced computing systems conditions fostering industry participation. Some
fer the opportunity – in particular in the ICT do- and technologies” is of key interest. key aspects to consider include:
main – to cooperate with other stakeholders on ■■ The Activity Line on “Future Internet: ■■ Shortening the time to grant compared to
new technologies and solutions, create consen- infrastructures, technologies and services” is former framework programmes in order to
sus on basic concepts and prepare future inter- in the core interest for research and keep topics relevant at project start, especially
national standardisation. All in all, collaborative development of next generation Internet, for areas with short innovation cycles.
research speeds up time to market and enhanc- mobile networks, future radio systems, ■■ Offering an attractive environment for
es the quality of new product and service in software defined networking and service beneficiaries on IPR handling, access rights
troductions, thus benefiting industry and con- infrastructures, which will also provide the for affiliates, reciprocity for international
sumers. Successful examples of collaborative basis for the Internet of Things. cooperation, reasonable requirements on
research projects are contributions to the devel- ■■ Security, privacy and trust are key elements open access to publications that respect IPRs
opment of third generation mobile communica- of the design of future systems. Big data and strategies of project participants, and
tions, LTE and IMT-Advanced as well as optical handling and analysis will be part of the limited administrative overheads.
communications and broadband access. Activity Line on “Content technologies and ■■ Investing adequately in research and
information management: ICT for digital innovation to foster knowledge and knowledge
Promising research topics content and creativity”. creation, which is the major “raw material” of
Europe. Our recommendation regarding the
Horizon 2020 will provide three main Priorities: As a key enabler of critical infrastructures like en- research budget proposal by the EU
Excellent Science (basic research), Industrial ergy, gas, water, traffic and health, communica- Commission is that it may be enhanced
Leadership (technology-driven research) and So- tion networks are progress drivers for our society compared to Framework Programme 7
cietal Challenges (application-driven research). and economy. Their further development will and the Competitiveness and Innovation
Nokia Siemens Networks welcomes the closer thus provide the platform for many applications Programme, both of which will basically be
linkage of the different phases in the research under the Societal Challenge priority. Given lon- continued in Horizon 2020.
and innovation process compared to former ger innovation cycles for communication net-
framework programmes, as it enables better ex- works, the necessary technologies, components Nokia Siemens Networks strongly believes that
ploitation of results including international stan- and systems should be developed under the In- Horizon 2020 offers great opportunities for con-
dardisation. dustrial Leadership Priority and at the same tributing to the economic growth in Europe, pro-
As a communication networks vendor with a time, collaborative research should be applied vided overall conditions are equitable and advan-
focused strategy around mobile broadband sys- and exploited in application domains under the tageous for all stakeholders.
Societal Leadership Priority. A close cooperation
Eurescom mess@ge 3/2012 11EVENTS
Implementing the Future Media Internet
NEM Summit 2012 in Istanbul
Halid Hrasnica
Eurescom
hrasnica@eurescom.eu
Peter Stollenmayer
Eurescom
stollenmayer@eurescom.eu
Following the success of the NEM (Net-
worked Media) Summits in Saint-Malo
(2008 and 2009), Barcelona (2010), and Opening message by Robert Madelin, Director General, DG Connect, European Commission
Torino (2011), the 5th NEM Summit took
place in Istanbul, Turkey, on 16-18 October
2012. Around 300 registered participants
discussed the impact of media on the future
Internet and how the resulting challenges
could be met.
The conference included presentations from
more than 35 highly recognised speakers, an ex-
hibition with about 20 exhibitors from various
projects and organisations and six co-located
workshops. The conference was organised by the
NEM Initiative under the aegis of the European
Commission (DG Connect), supported by Sigma
Orionis and Eurescom. The main local support
for The NEM Summit 2012 was provided by Turk
Telekom.
The NEM Summit offered participants an oppor-
tunity to share information and viewpoints on the Networking in the exhibition area
R&D status in the area of future media Internet
and get up-to-date and reliable information on
the technology and market perspectives in the The conference mission, and Consumption), New Networked
sector. The NEM Summit brought together repre- Media Experience, and New Connected Media
sentatives of the NEM community from Europe The Fifth NEM Summit 2012 was dedicated to Worlds. Furthermore, the Summit programme
and worldwide, major manufacturers and service the theme "Implementing Future Media Internet included an Application and Experimentation
companies, start-ups and SMEs, research cen- towards New Horizons". The Summit included track as well as a round table discussion on the
tres and institutions, industry associations and 27 peer reviewed papers, selected by the Pro- innovation system in Europe and how the NEM
groups as well as standardization and regulation gramme Committee among more than 50 sub- community can strengthen innovation. David
bodies. David Kennedy, Director of Eurescom, mitted papers, five keynote talks, and several Wortley, Founder and CEO of Immersive Technol-
said about the Summit: “I was very impressed welcoming and technical addresses. The main ogy Strategies, argued that “NEM technologies
about the excellent opportunities for networking topics addressed at the Fifth NEM Summit in the are capable of personalising their responses and
with the media and content communities and to scope of its scientific and technical tracks were behaviours to the capabilities, wants and desires
understand their requirements for content deliv- New Digital Media Content (Generation, Trans- of their human users. The implications of this are
ery”. profound and unpredictable”.
12 Eurescom mess@ge 3/2012NEWS
Editorial CONTENT
Editorial ...................................................................................................... C1
Interview with EUREKA Chairman Okan Kara ... C2
Celtic Project Highlights
4GBB ................................................................................................................ C3
Dear reader, ENGINES ...................................................................................................... C5
Celtic-Plus has recently finished its autumn Under ‘Celtic Project Highlights’, we give the
call 2012. This year, we received 12 proposals floor to four interesting Celtic projects that are
HOMESNET ............................................................................................... C6
with a total budget of around 127 million euro. At approaching their closure:
the same time, 7 of the spring call proposals ■■ 4 GBB, which initiated a brand-new standard
MEVICO ......................................................................................................... C7
received already the Celtic-Plus label. Compared for G.Fast (up to 1 Gb/s for last mile)
to previous calls the spring call 2012 was one of ■■ ENGINE on enabling next generation networks
the best after call 4 and call 5. Despite the cur- for broadcast services Celtic-Plus at Spanish Smart City event
rent economic problems in several European ■■ HOMESNET on the use of Femtocells for in Seville ........................................................................................................ C8
countries we are quite optimistic that we will home base stations beyond coverage
again be able to launch most of the labelled proj- ■■ MEVICO on Wireless Mesh Networks Imprint ............................................................................................................ C8
ects. Regarding the upcoming calls in 2013, see
our website at www.celticplus.org. Finally, we report on the Spanish Smart City About Celtic-Plus .................................................................................. C8
The Celtic-Plus Event 2013 will take place in event in Seville, to which Celtic-Plus contributed.
Kayseri, Turkey, from 6 to 7 March 2013. The
event will be held under the Turkish EUREKA
Chairmanship in conjunction with the EUREKA Enjoy reading this issue.
meeting of National Project Coordinators (NPC)
and the High-Level Group (HLG). On this occa-
sion, we interviewed Okan Kara, the current
Chairman of EUREKA, for this issue.
Heinz Brüggemann
Director Celtic Office
Celtic-Plus News 3/2012 C1Celtic-Plus News
The value of co-opetition and Clusters
Interview with Okan Kara, Chairman of EUREKA
From July 2012 to June 2013, Turkey has will enable a significant time reduction which
the EUREKA Chairmanship. In order to leads to reducing time-to-contract. In addition,
learn more about the priorities and activi- more information should be shared among the
ties of Turkey for their term, Celtic-News edi- public authorities and clusters about the national
tor Milon Gupta interviewed Okan Kara, the programmes and current ongoing processes to
Chairman of EUREKA. better align national applications. In conclusion,
it is obvious that cluster projects need more flex-
Mr. Kara, Turkey plans to make EUREKA a ible national funding processes and more budget
global platform for co-opetitive innovation. commitment. This message has to be communi-
What exactly do you mean by this? cated to high level representatives on ministerial
Okan Kara: Under the pressure of the market, Okan Kara, Chairman of EUREKA level in EUREKA countries to ensure high-level
competitive companies dealing with innovative commitment and synchronization.
solutions need to mobilize mutual resources for
innovation needs; this is, as we all know, the Which innovation goals in which industry
basis for the cooperation option. Creating these expectations towards the Celtic-Plus Event in sectors would you like to see achieved in
cooperative networks in competition refers to Kayseri and the co-located EUREKA meeting? Turkey and in Europe as a whole within the
knowledge sharing which creates a real eco- Okan Kara: The Celtic-Plus Event is an impor- next five years?
nomic value, and this is co-opetition. Within this tant platform which brings telecommunications Okan Kara: In the National Science, Technology
scope, our vision for the future of EUREKA is to stakeholders together and provides fruitful dis- and Innovation Strategy of Turkey for the period
be a preferred and flexible platform for co-opeti- cussions on new challenges for the telecommuni- 2011 to 2016, the ICT sector is identified as one
tive innovation. cations world. One of the most valuable parts of of the key sectors where Turkey has a strong RDI
Depending on the economic, social and politi- the Celtic-Plus Event is the project exhibition capacity and a focal point for mission-oriented
cal developments in the last two decades, the where project demos and results are discussed. approaches. Within the next five years Turkey
EUREKA network realized a clear need for inter- In our opinion, this exhibition will be a great wants to facilitate multi-disciplined, multi-national
national expansion. In the building process of opportunity to provide the High-Level Group and and inter-sectoral research for market-oriented
EUREKA’s future, we think that it is necessary to the National Project Coordinators with a better R&D activities which highlight SMEs and adopt a
cooperate with countries having growing innova- understanding of achievements provided through more innovative and strategic human resources
tion capacity not only via formal membership coordination and cooperation of national approach by putting some more effort to the area
affiliations but also through closer relations. Dur- research funding. They will also better under- of telecommunications, new media, future Inter-
ing our chairmanship we will tackle with the inter- stand how Celtic-Plus contributes to the ICT net, and applications and services. For sectors
national cooperation activities and the future of industry through successful and impressive proj- gaining acceleration from a national perspective
EUREKA within this scope. ects. This is an important showcase for demon- such as the energy, water and food sectors; more
strating the high impact and achievements of “needs-oriented” measures will be taken in
How do you see the role of EUREKA Clusters Celtic-Plus projects which have significant out- accordance with the strategies to boost R&D.
for enabling co-opetitive innovation? puts and new products enabling new markets The Key Enabling Technologies strategy of the
Okan Kara: EUREKA clusters were established and new business. EU defines the nanotechnology, micro- and nano
according to the needs, demand and vision of electronics, advanced materials and biotechnol-
the European industry. They present a unique Potential Celtic-Plus projects suffer from ogy sectors as the most strategically relevant
platform for the realization of co-opetitive innova- varying commitment of Public Authorities to technology fields in regard to their impact on
tion. In line with the European leadership vision provide funding and from a lack of synchroni- societal challenges and knowledge intensity as
on thematic technology areas, EUREKA Clusters sation of funding decisions; a similar situa- well as their economic potential. The challenges
create a significant added value for European tion exists for the other EUREKA Clusters. faced and the goals set by the European Union
competitors to compete on global markets. In How do you envisage improving this situa- are similar in nature to those of Turkey: trans-
order to carry the success of EUREKA clusters tion? forming R&D results into capital, raising public
into the future and set them as preferred plat- Okan Kara: In order to have better synchronisa- awareness of the sectors in focus, laying out
forms for co-opetition, we need to deal with the tion of funding decisions, the first aspect should coordinated roadmaps among funding mecha-
issue of synchronization and time-to-contract in be to have funding agencies’ call timeline and nisms of different countries, and undertaking a
the short and medium term. project timetables to be in sync. In most of the multi-disciplinary and human resource centred
cases, timing of national calls is incompatible approach to enhance and exploit skilled labour.
The Celtic-Plus Event 2013 will be held next with the timing of international calls. I would like to conclude by emphasizing that
March under the Turkish EUREKA Chairman- The second aspect should be to shorten the Europe is confronting new “Grand Challenges”
ship in conjunction with the EUREKA meeting time between idea and project start. Speeding up and new “Societal Needs”, Clusters provide a
of National Project Coordinators (NPC) and the application and decision-making processes platform to address these challenges and needs
the High-Level Group (HLG). What are your by supporting multi-disciplinary projects through
their flexible bottom-up approach.
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