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Project investigates heterogeneous IP
networks
The Heterogeneous IP Networks (HIPNet) project will focus on the design and modelling of next generation information and communication technology networks.
A GBP 20 million project has been awarded to the Institute of Advanced Telecommunications (IAT) and its partners The Heterogeneous IP Networks (HIPNet) project will focus on the design and modelling of next generation information and communication technology (ICT) networks
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Swansea is a consortium member of four leading UK-based universities that will provide innovative future optical, wireless and networking technology scenarios.
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ICT forms a substantial proportion of the UK GDP and is of vital importance to the UK economy.
In the last five years, the UK has made substantial progress in creating one of the most competitive telecommunications markets in the world and is seeing 3G mobile starting to make a real impact on services, with plans already being drawn for the introduction of advanced technologies such as 4G, WiMAX and ultrawideband wireless systems.
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It will focus on traffic modelling and the network testing of techniques needed to achieve economically the required levels of quality of service (QoS) for multiple services, in next generation networks (NGNs), under conditions of traffic growth and also of major disruption.
The explosion of services, application and content running over existing and new broadband technologies is accelerating the requirements for next generation networks.
The primary goal of the next generation networks will be to enable users to get the information content they want, in any media/format, over any facilities, anytime, anywhere, and in any volume.
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The scale of these next generation packet based networks and the interactions between elements within these networks gives rise to an overall complex behaviour which is not easily predicted or modelled.
HIPNet will develop the techniques needed to enable the design of robust, reliable, cost effective next generation networks.
Professor Jaafar Elmirghani, Head of IAT and the HIPNet project principal investigator, said: "HIPNet will help to establish IAT at Swansea University as a centre of excellence in telecommunications network design, contributing to the strong UK international presence in future network design".
"The HIPNet project is an exceptional opportunity for IAT and the UK to take an international lead in a very important technology sector".
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