DELIVERABLES & PUBLICATIONS

Scientific publications and presentations....

WP1 (Management): This activity is vertical across the technical work packages. Its overall objectives are to ensure that the project reaches its goals, that the world at large is informed of its progress, and that suitable training is organised in using the project results. Four tasks are involved: Project Management, Administrative and Financial Coordination, Technical Management and Risk Management....

WP2 (Business and legal Ecosystem): This workpackage has the following objectives: a) Assessment of the legal situation for all stakeholders of P2P-Next, especially with regard to the New TV Directive of the European Commission and the pending changes on IPR regarding online content and user generated content b) Research and development of sustainable business models for the overall P2PNext system and various actors and users of the P2P--Next system, ranging from publishers to prosumers c...

WP3 (User Requirements and Architecture): According to a user-centric design paradigm the user requirements will be based on the needs of the user. Within WP2 the focus is towards the stakeholders. Within WP3 the user requirements will be the key focus, ensuring that we are putting the user first. A pilot group of users from the participating countries will be established....

WP4 (Peer-to-Peer and IPvNext Networking Fabric): Work package 4 comprises the technical core of P2P-Next. WP4 will develop the next generation of P2P technology which will enable the field to move from simple “file sharing” with keyword search towards “content sharing”, by seamlessly merging content, communities, communication, and commerce (Next-Share).Objective: provide the networking fabric for driving over 50% of future Internet traffic....

WP5 (User Generated/Professional Content and Metadata): This work package covers various aspects of content; creation of reference content, challenges of managing content, finding content, and enabling interactivity. This WP will develop reference content to be ingested into the P2P-system. It focuses on editorial as well as promotional content, and required media planning support....

WP6 (PC Integration and Prototypes): This WP will develop a PC platform consisting of standard PC hardware, software libraries and applications that enable users to exploit Peer-to-Peer technology for multimedia streaming and downloading....

WP7 (CE Integration and Prototypes): This WP will develop a CE (Consumer Electronics) platform consisting of hardware, embedded software stack and applications that enables consumers to enjoy the broad range of content consumption, social interactivity and content contribution opportunities made available by the introduction of the P2P-next medium; whether or not they have a PC in their home. The audience for P2P-next content and services may thus be enlarged dramatically and a broader demo...

WP8 (Living Lab Trials): This WP will deploy a series of test-beds/trials across Europe in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the P2P-Next approach when applied to a variety of services, across a heterogeneous networking infrastructure targeting various user terminals/devices. These extensive field trials will help to provide concrete results relating to the implementation when deployed over a large infrastructure....

WP9 (Dissemination and Exploitation): Work package 9 disseminates, at the national and international level, the main results to various parties and target groups such as content providers, broadcasters, telecom operators, home and mobile equipment vendors, universities and research organisations as well as project partners, users in particular. A special attention will be paid to reach SMEs in involvement and utilization of the results. Standardisarion is a key activity of the dissemination...