Project Data
European FP7 Project
The CONVERGENCE project is funded by the European Union's 7th Framework Programme
Collaborative Project
Grant agreement n. FP7-257123
Coordinator
CNIT (Consorzio Interuniversitario per le Telecomunicazioni)
Contact:
Prof. Nicola Blefari Melazzi
blefari@uniroma2.itCommunity contribution to the project
2,989,140 Euro
Project start date
June, 1, 2010
Project end date
May, 31, 2013
Step by Step
CONVERGENCE ROADMAP
1) July 2010 – basic management structures and technical infrastructure needed to run the project
2) October 2010 – set of user scenarios that can be generalized to a very large number of applications and target populations
3) November 2010 – set of functional requirements necessary and sufficient to implement these scenarios
4) November 2010 – preliminary system architecture capable of meet these requirements
5) November 2010 – initial specification of key technical components of the architecture – in particular VDI and protocols between different system components
6) December 2010 – analysis of user scenarios for possible business models and collection of CONVERGENCE technology enabled business scenarios
7) March 2011 – preliminary definition of VDI
8) May 2011 – requirements and initial protocol architecture to implement scenarios
9) July 2011 – review of use-cases and requirements for developing of CONVERGENCE network
10) July 2011 – system architecture
11) July 2011 – general vision, functional specifications for the tools and sample applications, and a plan for the trials
12) July 2011 – CONVERGENCE documents submitted to and accepted by MPEG
13) September 2011 – preliminary demo highlighting major system component operation
14) October 2011 – Trials Track 1 Phase 1 Started
15) December 2011 – Trials Track 1 Phase 1 Ended
16) December 2011 – network and middleware design
17) December 2011 – technical specification of tools and sample application
18) June 2012 – Trials Track 1 Phase 2 & Track2 Phase 1 Started
19) June 2012 – intermediate protocol architecture
20) July 2012 – Trials Track 1 Phase 2 & Track 2 Phase 1 Ended
21) July 2012 – Final definition of VDI
22) July 2012 – Final Protocol architecture
23) July 2012 – Network and Middleware implementation
24) September 2012 – Implementation, integration and testing completed
25) January 2013 – Trials Track 1 Phase 3 & Track 2 Phase 1 Started
26) March 2013 – Trials Track 1 Phase 3 & Track 2 Phase 1 Ended
27) May 2013 – Report on standardization
28) May 2013 – Report on trials and experimentations
29) May 2013 – Report on use cases and requirements in the light of development work
30) May 2013 – Report on exploitation strategy
