Lead sector	Other programmes (Initials)	Start	End	Project Duration in Months
RESEARCH	IT - ACTS

Project Objectives, Summary description and anticipated results:

The JAMES project aims at developing a European-wide, ATM-based interconnection structure together with associated experimental services for trial purposes. JAMES will be dealing with the interconnection of national and regional research network islands, and possibly other centres of excellence.

The main focus of the project is to investigate the provision of new broadband communication capabilities to support the needs of European research networking applications. The project will concentrate on a selection of pilot applications with real broadband needs which cannot be fulfilled by existing commercial services.

In this respect, the following issues (from the operational point of view) can be considered as the scope:

- Enhancement of the architecture based on the experience of the ATM Pilot,

- Translation of user requirements into operational quality-of-service parameters using performance measurement and traffic measurement techniques,

- Network management and operational procedures,

- Implementation, trials and fine-tuning of new broadband experimental services, both basic and enhanced.

- Obtain and exploit feedback from the experimental users (particularly National Research Networks) in order to enable each Network Operator to plan and prepare the launch of acceptable and cost-effective commercial services (Exploitation Plan).

A user board (UB) will be set up to orientate the project with the needs of users, and provide direct support to users for technical problems.

By means of this project, Europe will parallel the NSFnet/MCI initiative to develop a broadband ATM-based experimental network. Interconnection with the equivalent architecture in the USA or other countries may thus be planned.

The 17 countries participating will be provided with a variety of high speed services.

Major Validation sites:

Institution/ Organisations	City/Town + Postal Code	Region	Country
Deutsche Forschungsnetz	Berlin 10707	DE3	DE
Renater	Paris 75252	FR1	FR
GARR	Rome	IT6	IT
UKERNA	Didcot OX11 OQS	UK52	GB
SURFnet	Utrecht 3501 DA	NL31	NL
NORDUnet	Horsholm 2970	DK002	DK
RedIRIS	Madrid 28006	ES3	ES

Other Characteristics of the Project:

Users involved:
The users are the national networks for research in the TEN-34 project. They in turn provide service to researchers employing advanced computing techniques and high performance platforms for complex experiments in natural and information sciences.
Technologies and/or approach used:
The project is based on the Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) network technology. It will validate a number of service interfaces based on this technology, including virtual path (VP), Switched multi-megabit data service (SMDS/CBDS), internet protocol (IP), switched virtual circuit (svc), LAN interconnection, as well as different qualities of user service, such as constant bandwidth (CBR), bandwidth on demand (VBR) and available bandwidth (ABR).
Expected benefits for the citizen:
The broadband communication technology and services which this project validates will be a basic building block of the information based society and economy in which Europe's citizens will increasingly participate.
Expected benefits for the users of the application :
Promotion of Computer Supported Collaborative Work (CSCW) for sectorial and specific usage like the aerospace industry, the chemical and pharmaceutical domain or the medical community. Development of the administration procedures between European operators which will be needed in order to provide commercial services to customers. A demonstration that trans-European high speed connections can be heavily used by users with real requirements.
Expected benefits for the European Industries:
Alerting European Industry to the benefits of and technical needs of advanced pan-European communications. The interworking required between equipment in different countries, from different vendors, validates the ATM standards at a very early stage. The multi-operator environment will define the procedures required to provide transport capability across international (or inter-operator) boundaries. European equipment suppliers and network operators will as a result be able to offer European industry an effective and efficient infrastructure.
Contribution to EU-policies:
The objective of developing pan-European seamless telecommunications networks (without internal borders) is a priority task for Europe identified in the White Paper on Growth, competitiveness, employment : the Challenges and Ways Forward into the 21st Century: "The establishment of trans-European telecommunications networks is a precondition for the creation of the 'common information area'. It is particularly important for the completion of the single market."

Coordinator:

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Name of Institution/Organisation	City + Postal Code	Region	Country
France Télécom	Paris 75584		FR
Parent company	Controlling Company (Country)
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Contact person from the Coordinating Contractor:

Title, First Name, Name	Dr. Howard E. Davies	Address:	Lockton House Clarendon Road Cambridge CB2 2BH
Tel:	+44 1223 302 992	Fax:	+44 1223 303 005
E-mail 1:	h.e.davies@dante.org.uk	E-mail 2:

Participants Code	Name of Institution/Organisation	City + Postal Code	Region	Country
C 2	Federal Ministry for Public Economy and Transport General Directorate of Post and Telegraphs	Wien 1011	AT13	AT
C 3	Belgacom Limited Liability Public Company	Brussels 1210	BE1	BE
C4	British Telecommunications Public Limited Company	London EC1A 7AJ	UK55	UK
C5	Deutsche Telekom AG	Bonn 53105		DE
C6	Swiss Telecom PTT	Berne 3030		CH
C7	Telecom Eireann	Dublin 2	IE002	IE
C 8	Portugal Telecom SA	Lisbon 1089	PT13	P0
C9	Telecom Italia SpA	Rome 00196	IT6	IT
C10	Telecom Finland Ltd	Helsinki 00511		FI
C11	Telefonica de España SA	Madrid 28014	ES3	ES
C12	Telenor AS	Oslo 0164		NO
C13	Telia AB	Farsta 12386		SE
C14	FINNET International Ltd	Helsinki 00131		FI
C15	P&T Luxembourg	Luxembourg 2999	LU	LU
C16	Hellenic Telecommunications Organisation SA	Athens 10246		GR
C17	PTT Telecom Nederlands	Den Haag 2500 GD	NL332	NL
C18	Tele Danmark	Viby J DK-8260	DK00D	DK

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