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

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 R&D and training on state-of-the-art networking technology –Students & related industry personnel  Enhance UPRM’s presence as a proactive technology transfer agent

Homes connected via Gigabit lines Internet An order of magnitude bandwidth increase from current technology RESEARCH: How can we exploit the additional bandwidth capacity? Currently In the order of Megabits/sec

VeriLab Constituents Net Center prototypes ideas results Tech Center Demo Center ideas students faculty industry

Gigabit Home-Area Network (HAN) Verizon Gigabit Line Home Wireless HAN

VeriLab Networking Center GbE Accelar 8600 OPTera Metro OPTera Metro GbE Headquarters LAN Remote Site LAN Accelar 1200 Gigabit Ethernet Wavelength Server Farms VERIZON NETWORKUPRM Provides test-bed for R&D and training on networking technology

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

Programming Interfaces (API) device specific  server Protocol API device specific  server Protocol API device specific  client device specific  server Protocol API device specific  server Protocol API i Home Home Area Network Protocol API device specific  client XML Protocol API device specific  client WWW Must develop a communication substrate for intelligent devices Ubiquitous access/control to iHome

Impact on Our Curriculum New 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

Budget Year 1Year 2Year 3Year 4Year 5 Senior Personnel PI: Dr. Isidoro Couvertier$15,000 Co-PI # 1: Dr. Manuel Rodriguez$15,000 Co-PI # 2: Dr. Bienvenido Velez$15,000 Co-PI # 3: Dr. Jose F. Vega$15,000 Co-PI # 4: Dr. Pedro I. Rivera$15,000 Co-PI # 5: Social Sc. Faculty$15,000 Secretary$13,984 Graduate students$93,600 Undergraduate students$17,613 Fringe benefits$12,077 Travel$2,000 Supplies and Other Materials$8,050$7,300 Consultant Fees$4,000 Indirect costs$72,089$71,723 Tuition (other)$12,155 Equipment$278,000$4,200$3,200 $2,000 TOTAL Verizon Investment$603,568$328,652$327,652 $326,452 Total UPRM Cost Sharing Level$115,339 TOTAL Verizon 5yrs $1,913,977 TOTAL UPRM 5yrs $576,696 TO DO: Actualizar Budget

Conclusions  Verizon’s 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 UPRM’s role as technology transfer agent