Project Overview & Summary
Within the 6th Framework Programme, MUPBED was an integrated R&D project in the area "Research Network Infrastructure" of IST (Information Society Technologies) and it was partially funded by the European Commission. The main goal of the IST Project MUPBED was to integrate and validate, in the context of user-driven large-scale testbeds, ASON/GMPLS (Automatically Switched Optical Network/Generalised Multi Protocol Label Switching) technology and network solutions as enablers for future upgrades to European research infrastructures. This goal was pursued by creating a large experimental environment to assess the proposed network solutions, and that was offered as an open test platform to other European research projects and users. The testbed represented a multi-layer network based on IP/MPLS and ASON/GMPLS technologies, equipped with a unified control plane and designed to support the highly demanding applications of the European research community.

The following information provides an overview and summary of all project results as well as guidelines for NRENs; these guidelines have been supported by practical experiments, modelling and simulation:

    MUPBED Key Messages and Achievements (text document) (0.2MB)
    Project Summary & Overview (text) (2.1MB)
    Project Summary & Overview (slides); complete document (40.8MB)

      Individual chapters:
      MUPBED Project Introduction (0.7MB)
      MUPBED Network Architecture (7.6MB)
      MUPBED Application Network Interworking (5.9MB)
      MUPBED Simulation and Modelling (0.9MB)
      MUPBED Key Target Audience (1.0MB)
      Guidelines for NRENs (1.9MB)
      MUPBED Impact and Guidelines (3.8MB)
      MUPBED Key Events (10.9MB)
      MUPBED Dissemination and Publications (1.6MB)

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