Next Generation Network Infrastructures

The FOKUS competence center Next Generation Network Infrastructures (NGNI) provides the expertise and technologies for future communication technologies offering seamless access to services and applications related to various application domains. Taking advantage of our experiences gained in the fields of fixed mobile convergence and telecoms and Internet convergence, as well as from active research in the fields of the Future Internet (FI), namely the Internet of Services (IoS) and Internet of Things (IoT), the competence center NGNI is focussing on the progressing convergence of human-to-human and machine-to-machine communications within emerging Smart City infrastructures. In this regard, the globally recognised NGNI testbed toolkits, such as OpenIMS Core, OpenEPC and OpenMTC, stemming from the Future Seamless Communication (FUSECO) Playground as well as the Open Communication Server, Telco Communicator Suite and WebRTC Telco Stack from the  Smart Communications Playground are building the foundation for prototyping various Smart City applications, such as Smart Power Grids, eMobility, eHealth, and eGovernment.

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FI-Star, an Integrated Project in the European FP7, was kicked off in April 2013.

It investigates the suitability of the Fi-Ware platform, developed in the Future Internet Public Private Partnership (FI-PPP) framework, in field trials of seven different e-health scenarios, in seven different EU countries.

Special Tutorial by Prof. T. Magedanz in Krabi,Thailand

Special Tutorial by Prof. T. Magedanz: “Smart City Communication: M2M standards, applications and platforms” at Maritime Park and Spa resort, Krabi,Thailand, May 16th 2013."

OpenMTC Training in the National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan

The OpenMTC software has found another customer in the National Chiao Tung University (NCTU). The software has been successfully delivered and deployed at NCTU premises and additionally, a three hands-on training was performed on site in Taiwan.

Smart Communications Playground: Whether human or machine, one communication platform for all

The competence center NGNI introduces the Smart Communications Playground, a test and development environment for communication services in smart cities.

Fraunhofer FOKUS @ MWC 2013

The Open Mobile Alliance Demo Day took place at this years Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on 27 February 2013. Fraunhofer FOKUS presented Smart Home applications over next generation M2M, showing the migration path for operators from a human communication paradigm towards Machine Type Communication (MTC).

Image Sharing App for Joyn

A video of our RCS-e app for Deutsche Telekom with which users can share pictures from their Facebook page via joyn with other joyn users is now online.

UC Lab opening at IT Telkom in Bandung

Prof. Dr. Thomas Magedanz took part in todays UC Lab opening ceremony at IT Telkom in Bandung, Indonesia. UC Lab is a part of Telkom Institute of Technology and it is a leading international research centre in the field of communication technology, where research, industry, and customers can benefit from its creativity process.