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TRIDENTCOM
City
Washington D.C
Country
United States
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<font face=&#8243;Georgia&#8243; size=&#8243;2&#8243;>TridentCom 2009 represents a landmark in the history of international testbed conferences&#046; With the rapid convergence of networks and applications, changes in related industries, more complex value chains and increased competition, early prototyping and experimentation will become a key means for driving innovation and development of market oriented solutions&#046; In this context, value generation has shifted from network technologies towards applications and content&#046; Thus, the nature and scope of testbeds have changed substantially in recent years from solely network technologies towards complex service delivery infrastructures riding on various networks&#046; In contrast to traditional vendor, operator and technology specific “closed” testbeds, the notion of “open” testbeds has emerged&#046; “Open” in this context means both wide access as a shared resource and extensibility to include on&#8211;demand new end systems, network technologies, protocol stacks, and, most importantly, new middleware and service delivery platforms for specific test purposes&#046; To meet this need, major research and development programs have started around the globe, including GENI in the U&#046;S&#046; and FIRE in Europe, to establish large scale experimental facilities&#046; TridentCom 2009 will provide a forum to explore existing and planned testbed concepts, infrastructures, and tools to address the research and business challenges in a world of global convergence&#046;<br></font>