ULOOP: User-centric Wireless Local Loop (SITI)

COPELABS Coordination: Rute Sofia

ULOOP is an EU IST FP7 STREP project which brings in a fresh approach to user-centricity by exploring user-provided networking aspects in a way that expands the reach of a multi-access backbone. ULOOP main expected results are user-centric open-source software and a large-scale realistic demonstrator.

The ULOOP consortium holds a total of 11 partners including 3 operators, 2 access vendors, 1 software house, 4 universities, as well as 1 R&D Laboratory.

Participants

• Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, (FR) - coordinator
• COFAC c.r.l./University Lusófona (PT) - scientific coordinator
• Huawei Technologies Duesseldorf GmbH (DE)
• ARIA S.p.A (IT)
• Caixa Mágica Software Lda (PT)
• FON Wireless Ltd (UK)
• Technische Universität Berlin (DE)
• University of Kent (UK)
• Université de Genève (CH)
• Level7 srlu (IT)
• University of Urbino (IT)

COPELABS Team

• Rute Sofia (scientific project coordination)
• Paulo Mendes
• Luis Amaral Lopes
• Jonnahtan Saltarin

Additional researchers involved (external)

• Waldir Moreira
• Tauseef Jamal

Contacts

E-mail: rute dot sofia at ulusofona dot pt

Website: http://copelabs.ulusofona.pt/~uloop/

Project ULOOP has received funding from the EU IST Seventh Framework Programme under grant agreement no. 257418