project stories from bt

Project Stories from BTPaul Jenkins

Head of Collaborative Research, BT

© British Telecommunications plc

Outline

• Our Experience

• Example Projects

• Our lessons


Why does BT collaborate and who with?

We multiply our research & innovation through our innovation partners

Government

• Collaborative

• Regional

partnership

• EU, iUK, BIS

• Standards

• Influencing

government

Universities

• Expertise &

facilities

• Contract research

• Benchmarking

• Internships

• Regional

engagements

Industry

• Co-Innovations

• Prototyping

• Proofs of concept

• Early access to

new technology

• Influencing

industry

Start-ups

• Early access

to technology

• Influencing

BT business

direction

• De-risking

• Customer

co-innovation

• Bid support

• Roadmaps

• Future proofing

Customers

http://accelrys.com/

http://accelrys.com/

http://www.philips.co.uk/index.page

http://www.philips.co.uk/index.page

http://www.unilever.co.uk/

http://www.unilever.co.uk/


BT and Recent EU Programmes

FP 6 28 Projects (5 Leader) £230M Value

FP 7 27 Projects (4 Leader) £200M Value

CIP 3 Projects (0 Leader) £10M Value

H2020 6 Projects (0 Leader) £31.4M Value

EIT 8 Activities (0 Leader) £15.5M Value

Example Research Collaborations


FP7 Idealist

The ProjectUnderstanding of how to

create, monitor and use

flexgrid superchannels.

The BT Benefits1. Shared requirements

2. Simulations

3. Benefit comparisons

The PartnersTelefonica, TI, DT,

ALU, Cisco, Ericsson

Uni (I, E, G, Po, NL, UK)

SMEs (E, UK, Italy)

The Results1. Understanding the benefits

of flexgrid variants.

2. Global leadership


World’s 1st 3Tb/s fibre super-channel


FP7 Leone

The ProjectTechniques for measuring

Internet performance.

The BT Benefits1. Better relationships AT&T

CISCO, ALU, Jacobs Uni

2. Developing measurement

capability for BT Hubs

The PartnersTI

Uni (I, D, B, Fin, ES)

SMEs (CH, UK, Slo)

The Results1. Agreement what to

measure for experience.

2. Work integrated in IETF


EIT Digital Backhaul

The ProjectMove high speed copper

research towards deployment

through standards

The BT Benefits1. Equipment available for

procurement

2. Faster deployment of

higher speed networks

The PartnersOrange,

TNO, Ericsson

Uni (S)

SMEs (F)

The Results1. Research from FP6 MUSE

and CELTIC 4GBB

downstreamed

2. ITU standards produced in

2014


Ultrafast Broadband

• On 30th January 2015, Gavin Patterson announced our Ultrafast broadband vision

• G.fast is at the heart of that vision

• Ten-year vision of 500Mbps available across most of the UK

• Premium 1Gbps fibre broadband services for high-demand customers


BT’s H2020 5G projects

Sonata1. Modular plug-in architecture orchestration platform for 5G services

2. Including trust, performance and reliability control and management

3. Open architecture

Superfluidity1. Push virtualisation to its logical conclusion.

2. Abstract/platform independent functional decomposition of network components

3. Scale invariant architecture

Speed 5G1. Radio resource management

2. Flexible processes in small base-stations that depend on backhaul / fronthaul

balance

3. Wide range of terminal types using a new flexible MAC combined with RRM.


BT’s H2020 5G projects – progress

Sonata1. Developing open source SDK for developing testing and deploying virtualized

functions

2. Developing open source orchestrator

Superfluidity1. Looking at Extended State Machines as possible ways to achieve NFV.

2. Developing validity checker for virtualized function chains

3. Evaluating lightweight virtualization techniques

Speed 5G1. Simulation software for Radio resource management & MAC interactions

2. Developing new MAC for M2M

3. Standards contributions to 3GPP and IEEE

BT’s Lessons Learned


Research in to what?

Big

Data

related

Further, faster, cheaper Better

Futures

Big DataNetworks Mobility Software

& Systems

Customer

Experience

Operational

Transformation

TV & Content

Security Visual

Analytics

Future

Voice

IT Services Internet of

Things

Advanced

Analytics

New

Paradigms

New

Products

New

Techniques

& Apps

New

Technologies

Our

Customers


H2020 Projects

Big

Data

related

Further, faster, cheaper Better

Futures

Big DataNetworks Mobility Software

& Systems

Customer

Experience

Operational

Transformation

TV & Content

Security Visual

Analytics

Future

Voice

IT Services Internet of

Things

Advanced

Analytics

New

Paradigms

New

Products

New

Techniques

& Apps

New

Technologies

Our

Customers

2-IMMERSE ESCUDO

SONATA

SUPERFLUIDITY

SPEED-5G

C3ISP


What makes a good project

• Clear achievable outcomes

• Contribution to BT research priorities

• Good partners with mix of skills

• Timely results


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