Managing Communication Channels for Reliable Remote Working - Project 'Grand Union'

“管理通信渠道以实现可靠的远程工作”或Grand Union项目是一项为期15个月的合作工业研究活动，旨在“使远程工作安全，弹性和可靠”。该项目的目标是无缝地提高互操作性，并提高跨Wifi、WiMax、3G/4G和未来5G网络的远程服务的弹性。该项目的主要目标是使用为支持医疗保健部门的中小企业的移动的劳动力部署的试点示范者来评估新技术的能力。主要创新是提供：1）简单易懂的网络QoS/GoS/用户体验指标，以及访问单个集成的综合网络利用率声明，而不管实际使用的网络提供商的数量如何; 2）集成的TCP/IP加速器，增量缓存和持久性，以提高无线网络中的数据传输效率和可靠性。这种新方法的主要好处是，移动的工作人员将大大提高可靠性、效率和弹性数据网络访问，有关其网络访问的详细且易于理解的证据。合作伙伴已利用甘特启动了全面的战略规划流程（附录B）和其他合适的计划方法，以确定具体的工作包和分配给项目的每个合作伙伴所需的人日。此外，还对当前设备进行了全面分析，突出了需要额外资本支出才能完成项目的领域。因此，我们认为成本预测既谨慎又准确，项目管理团队有信心能够在预算和预测时间范围内交付项目。该工业研究项目的合作伙伴总成本为61.7万英镑，项目跨越十五个月。合作伙伴的总捐款将为31.5万英镑，合作者将从TSB资金中寻求剩余的30.2万英镑，有关每个合作伙伴承诺的其他信息见“财务汇总表”。项目合作伙伴对关键项目交付成果和里程碑进行了初步评估;由此确定了以下费用计算：·内部劳动力成本将是迄今为止最重要的因素，占总支出的约69%，估计为42.8万英镑，TSB确定的间接费用回收率为20%，以简化间接费用计算过程，总间接成本将为85 k英镑（约14%）·全职子公司承包商Pawel Weclawiak与Tracline有现有的关系，并将提供项目开发和连续性的一个组成部分，Tracline的项目，占总成本的5% £ 30 K。(See应用程序C3）。管理费用、其他各种累计成本1.8万英镑（约3%），其中包括对技术解决方案的新方面进行初步知识产权调查。在指定的资源水平下，该项目的关键目标将在目标时间范围内完成，“大联盟”项目的成果将是一个试点示范，为安全性向前迈出了重要一步，远程工作的移动的通信的弹性和可靠连接。

The ‘Managing Communication Channels for Reliable Remote Working’, or Grand Union, Project is a 15-month collaborative industrial research activity into ‘Making Remote Working Secure, Resilient and Reliable’. The aim of the project is to seamlessly improve the interoperability and increase the resilience of remote services across Wifi, WiMax, 3G/4G and future 5G networks. The key objective of the Project is to evaluate the capability of the new technology using pilot demonstrators deployed for the mobile workforce of an SME that is supporting the healthcare sector. The primary innovations are provision of: 1) A simple to understand network QoS/GoS/User Experience indicator plus access to a single integrated, comprehensive network utilisation statement irrespective of the number of actual network providers used; 2) Integrated TCP/IP Accelerator, delta caching and persistence to improve data transfer efficiency and reliability across wireless networks. The primary benefit of this new approach is that mobile workers will have significantly improved reliability, efficiency and resilient data network access with substantial, detailed and simple to understand evidence about their network access.The partners have initiated a comprehensive strategic planning process utilising Gantt charts ( appendix B) and other suitable planning methods to ascertain the specific work packages and required person days necessary by each partner assigned to the project. A comprehensive analysis has also been prepared of current equipment highlighting areas where additional capital expenditure is required to complete the project.The cost projections are therefore felt to be both prudent and accurate and the project management team is confident of being able to deliver the project within budget and within the forecast timescales.Total Partner costs for this Industrial Research Project are £617k with the project spanning fifteen months. Total contributions from the partners will be £315k with the collaborators seeking the remaining £302k from TSB funding, additional information regarding each partner’s commitments are provided within the ‘Finance Summary Table’. Initial assessment of the key project deliverables and milestones has been made by the project partners; this has resulted in the following cost calculations being established:• Internal labour costs will be by far the most significant element, representing ~69% of the overall expenditure estimated at £428k, with an overhead recovery applied at 20% as determined by the TSB in order to simplify the overhead calculation process, the total overhead cost will be £85k (~14%)• Full Time Sub-contractor Pawel Weclawiak has an existing relationship with Tracline and will provide an integral part of the project development and continuity to Tracline’s projects, constituting 5% of the overall cost £30K. (See App C3).• Overheads, various other accumulated costs £18k (~3%) which include initial IPR investigations into the novel aspects of the technological solutions.With the level of resources specified the key objectives of this Project will be completed in the targeted time frame and the outcome of the ‘Grand Union’ Project will be a pilot demonstrator providing a major step forward in the security, resilience and reliable connectivity of mobile communications for remote working.