Future Cities Bristol is Open Prof. Dimitra Simeonidou Faculty of Engineering Research showcase 2015 1
Bristol is Open The first Joint Venture between the Council & the University Why are we doing this? How are we doing this? Faculty of Engineering Research showcase 2015 2
Bristol is Open (BIO) The aim is to build a research network integrating optical, wireless, IoT and computing to provide a unique open and programmable experimental platform in the centre of Bristol BIO will offer the test-bed as utility for experimentation BIO will support City-driven research and innovation Faculty of Engineering Research showcase 2015 3
Enabling Technology 24 June 2015 A Test-bed for Diverse Requirements Users Applications Media Transport ehealth... Demand Services Clouds IMS Service Delivery Platforms... Infrastructures Wireless / Sensors Fixed/ Wired Compute/ Storage Peripherals/ Device Faculty of Engineering Research showcase 2015 4
Who is this for? TMT businesses & academia Culture & creative content Ggj People, community, service delivery Better city management Faculty of Engineering Research showcase 2015 5
Our philosophy of innovation, co-creation, enabled by a JV Faculty of Engineering Research showcase 2015 6
The Network Infrastructure A city-region test-bed Faculty of Engineering Research showcase 2015 7
The Network Infrastructure With evolving technology Faculty of Engineering Research showcase 2015 8
The Network Infrastructure Where the sky is the limit Faculty of Engineering Research showcase 2015 9
Laying cables in rivers, modifying lamp posts Faculty of Engineering Research showcase 2015 10
Phase One, Bristol City Centre, live Q2 205 Faculty of Engineering Research showcase 2015 11
Connected & dynamic local host partners At-Bristol Hi-Def, 3D, visualisation in a Dome Watershed pervasive media - experience design at scale, impacting 100,000s EngineShed Business incubation & regional collaboration Faculty of Engineering Research showcase 2015 12
Phase Two, wider City-Region, live in stages 2015-17 Faculty of Engineering Research showcase 2015 13
Core Network Node User Boxes OpenStack Managed DC in a Box SDN enabled L2 Switch 10 G/40G/100G SDN enabled L1/L0 Optical Switch 100G Faculty of Engineering Research showcase 2015 14
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The Experimental Framework Develop Experimental Capabilities Faculty of Engineering Research showcase 2015 16
The Experimental Framework Minimize the Barriers for User Interaction with the Infrastructure 1 2 Have an idea/application Log on to the OPRC network portal 3 Configure your own network 4 Run your experiment!!! Controller (Intelligence) Data Center Services Application 1 Application 2 Application 1 Network as a Service (NaaS ) Firewall, Load Balancer Application 2 Faculty of Engineering Research showcase 2015 17
The Network Emulator HPC - Exascale Computing Quantum Computing Wireless Networking Optical Network research Programmable hardware platform Farm FPGA DSP Network Processor General Processor Network & IT Emulation Platform SDN Backplane Faculty of Engineering Research showcase 2015 18
The Service Platform Smart City OS (NetOS ) end-user services core services experimental services App 1 App 2 App 3 App N NetOS Mgmt Platforms management Exp 1 Service Development Kit Enhanced SDK Data Presentation Layer Data Pre-Processing Services service 1 service N Platform Virtualization/Slicing Information Models Data Collection Engine sync async OpenStack OpenStack, OpenStack etc. City Network(s) SDN Controller Gateway /Driver Gateway /Driver Gateway /Driver Gateway /Driver Gateway /Driver Gateway /Driver parking traffic gates smart grid CCTV public buildings weather sensors public transport... smartphones home meters cars HPC sensors Optical Wireless city resources citizen resources aux resources Faculty of Engineering Research showcase 2015 19
API API 24 June 2015 City Experimentation as a Service (CEaaS) City Test-bed as service City Test-bed as service Virtual City Control Knowledge Virtual City Control Knowledge SDN Enabled Virtual Infrastructure Control City OS City Slices City HyperVisor City Virtualization Network Slicing Compute Slicing Multi-tenant & Usage Policy Compute Control Network Devices Control Assets Control Knowledge Building Net Traffic Stats User Behavior Mobility Patterns User defined Knowledge SDN Enabled Virtualization Knowledge SDN Enabled Infrastructure Technology Agnostic Faculty of Engineering Research showcase 2015 20
The Applications I see Bristol as a laboratory for change Mayor George Ferguson Faculty of Engineering Research showcase 2015 21
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Eight types of network user Societal why? Academic urban researchers Large Corporations that work in cities Small companies - e.g connecting objects Micro users apps, games & creative Technical how? Academic technology researchers Large technology corporations Small technology companies Things connecting to other things (M2M) Faculty of Engineering Research showcase 2015 23
When will it work for who? Societal why? Academic urban researchers Large Corporations that work in cities Small companies & communities April 2015 April 2015 Nov 2015 Nov 2015 Technical how? June 2015 Sept 2015 Nov 2015 Nov 2015 Academic technology researchers Large technology corporations Small technology companies Things connecting to other things (M2M) Faculty of Engineering Research showcase 2015 24