Section: Software and Platforms

FIT platform

We have started, since 2011, the procedure of building a new experimental platform at Sophia-Antipolis, in the context of the FIT Equipment of Excellence project. This platform has two main goals : the first one is to enable highly controllable experiments due to its anechoic environment. These experiments can be either hybrid-experiments (as NEPI will be deployed, see section 5.4) or federated experiments through several testbeds. The second goal is to make resource consuming experiments (like CCNx) possible due to some powerful servers that will be installed and connected to the PlanetLab testbed. During 2013, a first call for bids has been made during March/April and has been unfortunately declared unsuccessful due to an overestimation of the building's price. As some premises became vacant at the same time, a second call for bids has been launched during September/October. This latter was a success because three interesting offers have been received and negotiated during the end of the year. The notification is planned for the 14th of January 2014.