Abstract
In most countries academic researchers have access to advanced academic telecommunications networks and infrastructures to test and demonstrate the results of their research work. These networks are usually funded by national or regional public authorities. To provide access to the academic networks on a wider scale, European and international collaboration initiatives have been taken. For the fixed network environment this may suffice but the situation is different in the wireless context, partly because here, researchers must, in one way or another, obtain spectrum usage rights. Today spectrum usage rights can be quite easily obtained in the restricted territorial space of a testbed. Yet, small-scale testbeds are not sufficient anymore for realistic validation, and the scientific community today needs large-scale field deployments working with the same radio spectrum as the commercial networks and capable of supporting new technologies and services. The evolution from lab testbeds to field deployments is required to increase the validation capabilities for complex systems like connected cars, massive Internet of Things (IoT) or eHealth solutions. Appropriate frequency bands, needed by researchers to carry out, for example, large-scale 5G experiments, are generally allocated via auctions and on an exclusive basis to large mobile network operators. While it is perfectly feasible for these MNOs to keep dedicated slices for tests and demonstrations in their networks separate from their day-to-day operations without negative effects for the latter, there are few regulatory mechanisms for stimulating MNOs to make parts of their spectrum usage rights available for the academic research community. All EU Member States allow short-term licenses for the use of radio spectrum for research, testing, and experimental purposes, but procedures, requirements, and costs for obtaining such license vary significantly. These national differences do not allow for the creation of a persistent and pan-European network of wireless capacity for research, testing, and experimental purposes. On the secondary market, leasing or transferring radio spectrum usage rights is possible, and procedures seem more harmonized.
Highlights
Almost every country today ensures easy access for the academic research community to high-performance electronic communications networks and infrastructures
GÉANT allocates dynamically network testbed resources from real e-infrastructure distributed throughout the GÉANT core service area, allowing researchers to define, build, test and rebuild highly scalable, high capacity virtual networks quickly, and cost-effectively
A guide published by the State Commission includes the Russian Federation table of frequency allocations in the frequency range 3KHz to 400 GHz, policies on allotment and monitoring of frequency usage, regulations on the production, purchase, import and use of radio equipment, a copy of the legislation relating to wireless and broadcast licensing, information on the certification of radio equipment and a list of the basic EMC standards and technical requirements
Summary
Almost every country today ensures easy access for the academic research community to high-performance electronic communications networks and infrastructures. National research networks (so-called NRENs) already interconnected academic institutions long before the Internet existed [Martin O., 2012]. Today one of their main functions is to connect university researchers and students to the Internet. GÉANT allocates dynamically network testbed resources from real e-infrastructure distributed throughout the GÉANT core service area, allowing researchers to define, build, test and rebuild highly scalable, high capacity virtual networks quickly, and cost-effectively. GÉANT Testbed Services (GTS) allow users to build high performance heterogeneous virtual environments required for their
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