VeriLab

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VeriLab THE VERIZON MASS MARKET BROADBAND
SERVICES RESEARCH CENTER Dr. Isidoro Couvertier,
PI Associate Professor Dr. Bienvenido Vélez,
Assistant Professor Dr. Manuel Rodríguez,
Assistant Professor Dr. J. Fernando Vega,
Associate Professor Dr. Pedro I. Rivera Vega,
Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering
Department University of Puerto Rico
Mayagüez Submitted February 26, 2002 Revised
October 25, 2002
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VeriLab Project Objectives

• Realistic setting for studying impact of Gigabit
  Internet access from average home
• design intelligent devices
• ubiquitous remote control/access to home
• social implications
• Provide test-bed for RD and training on
  state-of-the-art networking technology
• Students related industry personnel
• Enhance UPRMs presence as a proactive technology
  transfer agent

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Homes connected via Gigabit lines
Currently In the order of Megabits/sec
Internet
An order of magnitude bandwidth increase from
current technology
RESEARCH How can we exploit the additional
bandwidth capacity?
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VeriLabConstituents
industry
faculty
students
ideas
ideas
Net Center
results
prototypes
Tech Center
Demo Center
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Gigabit Home-Area Network (HAN)
Verizon Gigabit Line
Home Wireless HAN
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VeriLab Networking Center
OPTera Metro
OPTera Metro
Remote Site LAN
Headquarters LAN
Gigabit Ethernet Wavelength
Accelar 8600
Accelar 1200
GbE
GbE
Server Farms
Server Farms
VERIZON NETWORK
UPRM
Provides test-bed for RD and training on
networking technology
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Social Implications

• Health Risks
• Electromagnetic radiation
• Social acceptance of technology
• Economics of Interconnected Homes
• Cost of connectivity
• Cost of intelligent devices
• Security

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Programming Interfaces (API)
Ubiquitous access/control to iHome
WWW
device specific ?client
device specific ?client
device specific ?client
iHome Home Area Network
Protocol API
Protocol API
Protocol API
XML
Protocol API
Protocol API
Protocol API
Protocol API
device specific ?server
device specific ?server
device specific ?server
device specific ?server
Must develop a communication substrate for
intelligent devices
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Impact on Our CurriculumNew Networking Courses

• CCOM 4XXX Computer Networks and the World Wide
  Web
• ICOM 6XXX Computer Network Design
• ICOM 6XXX Special Topics in Computer Networking

TO DO Añadir los demas cursos de la propuesta
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Budget
  Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 5
Senior Personnel              
PI Dr. Isidoro Couvertier 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000
Co-PI 1 Dr. Manuel Rodriguez 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000
Co-PI 2 Dr. Bienvenido Velez 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000
Co-PI 3 Dr. Jose F. Vega 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000
Co-PI 4 Dr. Pedro I. Rivera 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000
Co-PI 5 Social Sc. Faculty 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000
Secretary 13,984 13,984 13,984 13,984 13,984 13,984 13,984
Graduate students 93,600 93,600 93,600 93,600 93,600 93,600 93,600
Undergraduate students 17,613 17,613 17,613 17,613 17,613 17,613 17,613
Fringe benefits 12,077 12,077 12,077 12,077 12,077 12,077 12,077
Travel 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000
Supplies and Other Materials 8,050 7,300 7,300 7,300 7,300 7,300 7,300
Consultant Fees 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000
Indirect costs 72,089 71,723 71,723 71,723 71,723 71,723 71,723
Tuition (other) 12,155 12,155 12,155 12,155 12,155 12,155 12,155
Equipment 278,000 4,200 3,200 3,200 3,200 2,000 2,000
TOTAL Verizon Investment 603,568 328,652 327,652 327,652 327,652 326,452 326,452
Total UPRM Cost Sharing Level 115,339 115,339 115,339 115,339 115,339 115,339 115,339

TOTAL Verizon 5yrs TOTAL Verizon 5yrs TOTAL Verizon 5yrs 1,913,977
TOTAL UPRM 5yrs TOTAL UPRM 5yrs TOTAL UPRM 5yrs 576,696
TO DO Actualizar Budget
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Conclusions

• Verizons VeriLab _at_ UPRM will
• Provide a realistic test-bed for innovative home
  technologies exploiting Gigabit Internet access
• Serve as a state-of-the art networking training
  center
• Foster multi-disciplinary research in Computer
  Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical
  Engineering, Social Impact of Technology
• Enhance UPRMs role as technology transfer agent