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PROJECTS
Some selected Research and Development projects:
INTERNATIONAL  | EDeAN | | Description: | The European Design for All e-Accessibility Network - EDeAN is a network of 160 organisations in European Union member states. The goal of the network is to support all citizens' access to the Information Society. EDeAN provides a European forum for Design for All issues supporting EU's e-inclusion goals, raises awareness in the public and private sectors and collects online resources on Design for All.
Laboratory for Telecommunications became an EDeAN National Contact Centre for Slovenia. In the past, EDeAN carried out IDCnet and D4ALLnet projects, 6. FP project DfA@eInclusion is currently in progress. | | Home Page: | http://lt.fe.uni-lj.si/sidean |
| SINTESIO | | Description: | SINTESIO stands for NGN interoperability test laboratory. The goal of project is to build an interoperability testing infrastructure; it needs to assure facility, equipment and personnel. In the project SINTESIO there will be close cooperation with standardization bodies such as ETSI PTCC, ETSI TISPAN WG6, IETF, and ITU-T. Project SINTESIO will connect equipment vendors and research groups and institutes with exchange of practice and opinions. One of the main tasks of the project SINTESIO is to organize and execute interoperability events, with a special emphasis on structured and well-prepared test purposes, test methodology and reporting to participants and standardization bodies. It will also organize and execute workshops, seminars, and tutorials on subject of interoperability, test methodology and other topics on that area. SINTESIO will develop proposal to build technology platform that will connect other testing laboratories specialized in interoperability testing. | | Partners: | Iskratel, SIST, ETSI |
| DfA@eInclusion | | Description: | The DfA@eInclusion Coordination Action (CA) aims to contribute towards the advancement of eInclusion in Europe through fostering design for all. Towards this end, DfA@eInclusion continues, extends and enhances previous efforts targeted to the creation of a sound Design for All (DfA) interdisciplinary theoretical framework of reference and a set of proven engineering practices. This is being achieved through supporting existing initiatives promoting Design for All, enhancing existing partnerships promoting e-inclusion, facilitating DfA knowledge spillovers across industry sectors and communities, and supporting the mainstreaming of accessibility in IST products and services through a series of dissemination activities. | | Partners: | EDeAN National Contact Centres, National Research Council,Institute of Applied Physics "Nello Carra" | | Home Page: | http://www.dfaei.org |
| eMAPPS (Motivating Active Participation of Primary Schoolchildren in Digital Online Technologies for Creative Opportunities through Multimedia) | | Description: | eMapps.com will develop and validate adaptable interactive tools which enable educational games to be played on an innovative mobile platform, running on multiple devices and networks, which teachers can customise. Communities of creative, networking children, focusing on age group 9-12, will be engaged in building their own cultural content, communicating with peer groups in other countries - and a growing community of teachers encouraged to meet learning objectives and to integrate the use of ICT in the school curriculum, within a clear pedagogical framework.
The main objectives of eMapps.com are:
- to build communities of creative, networking children, generating their own cultural content and communicating with peer groups in other countries;
- to contribute to the growth of a community of teachers who are aware of the potential for change through ‘schools without walls’ and who exchange knowledge and experience through communication with counterparts in other countries;
- to develop adaptable interactive tools (primarily games played on a mobile platform) with which to deliver learning objectives and which help to integrate the use of ICT in the delivery of the school curriculum;
- to create a child’s living map of Europe, based on geography, history and heritage, accessible through mobile devices, which can be continuously expanded as an important and rich content resource for schools.
- to design and implement effective training and multiplier mechanisms for future exploitation of the eMapps.com outcomes by schools and teachers;
| | Home Page: | http://www.emapps.com/ |
| CALIBRATE (Calibrating eLearning in Schools) | | Description: | Sixth Framework Programme project brings together eight Ministries of Education, (including six MoEs from new member states), leading research institutions, validation experts, technology providers and SMEs. The main aim is to carry out a multi-level project designed to support the collaborative use and exchange of learning objects/resources in schools by:
- carrying out research into new ways to improve the semantic interoperability of learning resource descriptions;
- further development and implementation of a brokerage system architecture as the basis for a European Learning Resource Exchange (LRE);
- development of an open source learning toolbox and explore to what extent IMS Learning Design is able to model collaborative learning processes and scenarios in order to support the collaborative use of learning resources accessed via the LRE;
- validation of CALIBRATE project results in up to 100 schools using an advanced validation methodology
| | Home Page: | http://calibrate.eun.org/ |
| Gateway | | Description: | The GATEWAY Project, funded through the Leonardo Da Vinci Community Vocational Training Action Programme, was designed to facilitate and encourage the use of Assistive Technologies for people with disabilities entering both 3rd level education and the workplace. This project has been developed in direct response to the lack of National and European guidelines for assessment of individuals with special learning needs and a lack of information on how barriers preventing these individuals from accessing education and employment can be removed. Through Gateway, a website is being created to raise awareness among young people, Education and Guidance Practitioners and Employers relating to the variety of Assistive Technologies available and the ways in which they can enable people with disabilities to reach their own potential. The Gateway Project has begun with the development of Case Studies which are being conducted to assess the needs of individuals with disabilities entering 3rd level institutions in 4 different European Countries (Ireland, Slovenia, Slovakia, Belgium). These case studies will be used to develop Models of Best Practice for the assessment of students entering the 3rd level, and will be published on the Gateway Website along with an Assessment Tool for Education and Guidance Practitioners across Europe.
(Project Brochure) | | Home Page: | http://www.gateway2at.org/ |
NATIONAL  | IRIS Smart Home | | Description: | IRIS Smart Home (Independent Residing enabled by Intelligent Solutions) is intended to become a demonstration centre of technologies and practices, which make it possible for people with disabilities and the elderly to live a longer, better and more independent life. IRIS Smart Home hosts Smart Home and Assistive Technology, provides possibilities for research in the fields of e-Accessibility and e-Inclusion, and works as a testbed for new, innovative concepts in home- and health-related ICTs. | | Partners: | IRSR, MVŠZT, MDDSZ, MZZ, SmartCom, SETCCE, MKS | | Home Page: | http://www.dom-iris.si |
| Technology Network ICT | | Description: | The Slovenian ICT technological network is establishing links between networks and technologies, individuals and organisations, skills and solutions, contents and services, users and providers. The network was established with the aim of an efficient technological synergy. Based on individual projects, top-skill knowledge and capabilities for research and development the technological network enables and facilitates a creative and inventive environment for the upcoming strategic challenges. The network excels in its own research and development, knowledge meeting points, high-level standard of ICT and dynamic enterprises. Many of its member companies have a long tradition in manufacturing and marketing ICT products, systems and services on the global market. All of these advantages make an excellent basis for the establishment of an international ICT test center in Slovenia, which will stimulate formation of new companies, thus contributing to higher competition on the global scale via multiplying effects.
ICT Network of Slovenia comprises more than 30 companies and institutions, which provide over 17.000 jobs and had a combined income of above 1,5 billion EUR in 2003, 24 % of which in export. The technological network in the field of ICT is open for enlargement and allows potential new members to join in the future. | | Home Page: | http://www.ict-slovenia.net/ |
| Center of Excellence for Information and Communication Technologies and Services (2004 – 2007) | | Description: | Center of excellence for information and communication technologies and services (CE ICT) establishes a partnership connection between institutions and enterprises, which are trying to form and integrate technical, applicable, innovatory, evolutionary and research excellence in the broader multidisciplinary field of information and communication technologies and services. By networking and connecting the critical mass of experts and knowledge is directed towards joint integrated projects of partners with real market possibilities. Currently 6 different projects are part of CE ICT: - Technologies for education and development of innovatory environments (co-ordinated by Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Ljubljana)
- Voice and graphic technologies in information and communication technologies (co-ordinated by Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Maribor)
- Command of research process and information technologies in developing solutions for electronic business (co-ordinated by Faculty of Computer and Information Science, Ljubljana)
- Protocols and integration of services in convergent systems of NGN (co-ordinated by Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Ljubljana)
- Wireless communication platforms (co-ordinated by Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana)
- Verification of operations regularity of communication systems (co-ordinated by Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Maribor)
Organization and execution of research and CE ICT strategy focus on efficiency, perfection and knowledge distribution. Larger investments in intellectual capital enable a new way of partnership co-operation, which is better adapted to the challenges of present-day research. CE ICT is managed by Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Ljubljana. |
| Next generation telecommunications network services (2003-2006) | | Description: | NGN is concept of evolution of communication networks representing unified, IP based infrastructure which will provide more bandwidth, adaptability and openness for convergent voice, data and multimedia services.
Research project includes analyses of new service provisioning in Next Generation Networks (NGN) and pilot development of several NGN services.
Within the project, future possibilities of Next Generation Networks will be demonstrated on top of selected pilot services for bussines & industry, users with disabilities and older people and for wider number users. | | Partners: | Iskratel, MŠZŠ |
| Inclusion of people with special needs and eldery into the information society (2002-2005) | | Description: | The project is dedicated to the topics of inclusion into the information society and is focusing on the development of new solutions and broadband and mobile applications. The key design principle is "design for all". Accessibility aspect of the information society for people with special need and elderly is taken into account.
The purpose of the project is specification of new telecommunication services and a proposal for deployment by service providers, design of pilot services and their evaluation by the people with special need and elderly. One of the key tasks is promotion of international standards, technological solutions and knowledge dissemination in the filed of information and telecommunication technologies for people with special needs. | | Partners: | IRSR, MIBO |
| CE ICT RR4 "Protocols and Integration of Services in Convergent Systems of NGN" | | Description: | The project establishes a testing and innovatory environment for the NGN systems, which function as an accelerator in increasing research and development of new protocols, systems, services and other parts of the broader context of NGN. The project encompasses planning, developing and testing parts of the new framework of the NGN context (protocols, services, interface) from a safety and an economic perspective. Also included are the latest trends in the field of ICT, such as service networks or GRID computing, which are evaluated for the effects on the development of NGN framework. Each protocol, application or service needs to be properly designed, planned, implemented, tested, evaluated and managed. The enumerated operations combined with the establishment of an advanced innovatory and testing environment make up the core part of this project. Network planning is generally defined by telecommunications engineering, but due to the specificity of NGN services new approaches to development of NGN services need to evolve. The results of planning analyses could further be used in the process of project development, especially in research and implementation of new services, which will be introduced through co-operation with the economic sector. |
| Sigtran architecture, SCTP and M3UA | | Description: | SIGTRAN, working group Signaling Transport in IETF, has developed a lot of protocols for signalization over IP nework. In most cases SCTP is used for underlaying protocol and it is based on IP. Adaptation layers like M3UA, IUA, UA, M2PA and others are used to interconect SCTP with user layers like ISUP, SCCP, MTP3... With this system of protocols signalization over IP between different user layers(PSTN) is made possible.
SCTP is connection-oriented protocol that provides reliable transfer of user messages between peer SCTP users. SCTP is viewed as a layer between the SCTP user application and a connectionless unreliable packet network (IP). Protocol provides services such as checksum algorithm, transport and stream sequence numbers for detecting errors, multihoming for more reliable transport over different routes and selective acknowledgement mechanism that enables retransmission of messages.
M3UA is adaptation layer that provides the transport of SS7 MTP3-TRANSFER primitives (ISUP, SCCP, TCAP...) across an established SCTP association. It is recommended that M3UA use the services of the Stream Control Transmission Protocol as the underlying reliable common signaling transport protocol. Signaling transport has strong requirements for functionality, quality, reliability and time delays.
The main objective of the project is to implement SCTP and M3UA protocol and include them in sistem SI2000V6. |
| Signaling Surveillance System - Symonet | | Description: | The Symonet system (Signaling Surveillance System) is a distributed, scalable and open system to support the telecom network management and customer care processes in the areas of performance management and fault management. The Symonet system offers a powerful network surveillance and management capability. By examining all data on all links in the network and reducing this data to useful management information, the Symonet provides a comprehensive set of tools for SS7 network surveillance. The SS7 surveillance system Symonet has a distinctive three-tier architecture that consists of: data-acquisition layer, data pre-processing and storage layer and applications (data processing and usage).
The main objective of the project was to develop functionality for data-acquistion on SS7 network. In co-opertion with MG-Soft was also developed the application NET inspector for processing and presentation of acquired data. |
| E-learning for the Ministry of Defence and the Slovene Government (2004-2010) | | Description: | The project proposes the introduction of Ministry of Defence and Slovenian Army e-learning service. E-learning platform along with the necessary information infrastructure will be set up. Several e learning pilot deliveries, based on self developed and third party courses will be performed and evaluated as well.
Training of the tutors, content developers as well as administrators will be conducted. Proposed e learning system will be integrated in to existing and future training and education activities of MoD and Slovenian Army. |
| CE ICT RR1 "Technologies for Education and Development of Innovatory Environments" | | Description: | Modern society which is based on the use of ICT is becoming more and more complex. A thorough analysis and a systematic approach to the introduction of methods for establishing and supporting innovatory environment and new objectives for developing learning processes are needed. Individual participants in the innovatory environment as well as the environment as a whole can only function successfully if supported by an efficient, but not too complex information system. The elaboration of quality and pedagogically efficient educational contents requires a lot of experience and skills. The latter is also necessary for adapting existing contents to the use within innovatory environments. Adequate multimedia contents essentially enhance the comprehension of a subject and are therefore more and more frequently used in the learning process. The concept of innovatory environment also comprises the idea of a telecenter, which could facilitate conditions for the transformation of local innovatory environments into autonomous communities. A telecenter can assume the role of a principal social and ICT hub for a certain settlement, region or community. |
| CuWeb Platform for designing and implementation of Web Multipoint Videoconference Applications | | Description: | Modern telecommunication and information technologies are often based upon and closely connected to internet and video conferencing systems. One of the main goals of this project was to design, implement and successfully use multipoint videoconferences as a way of communication in the platform for distance E-learning.
As a base platform the CuSeeMe CuWeb System Development Kit and its accompanying WhitePine multipoint videoconference server was used. One of the major advantages of this system is a possibility of a complete and transparent integration into web pages. The CuWeb system has been implemented in the distance E-learning platform E-CHO and successfully used in more than a few distance E-learning courses. Multipoint videoconferences represent a more natural and easier way of communication between the students. The result of this project is a CuWeb system which is completely transparently implemented within the E-CHO platform and can be used within a standard web browser. |
| SS7/IP protocol convertor | | Description: | We have developed software for SI2000 V5 platform, which allow us to convert SS7/ISUP protocol into TCP/IP protocol for access to service central. Converter select SS7 chanel from signalization link and serve it through LAN network to application running on service centre. In opposite direction, messages from service centre are distributed to converter and transformed in SS7 signaling messages. |
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