UK-India Centre of Excellence in NGNs

在对印度的三次多段访问中，Gerard Parr教授将访问马德拉斯-钦奈、德里、班加罗尔、孟买的技术研究所和班加罗尔的印度科学研究所。访问的目的有三个方面，以便：(i)与Timothy Gonsalves和Mani Subramanian教授（IIT Madras）一起向印度科学技术部和EPSRC提出关于NGN管理的平行研究建议。(ii)为下一代网络中资源受限的SLA融合的架构和协议制定未来合作计划，同时考虑到跨越固定无线边界的e2 e需求。这将是Kumar教授（IISc班加罗尔），Asoke Talukder教授（IIIT班加罗尔）和U.B.教授之间的对话。Desai（IIT孟买）和Surendra Prasad教授（IIT德里）。(iii)建立在英国和印度之间以前和现有的合作基础上，协助调查和开发一个独特的基于财团的下一代网络/信息通信技术卓越研究和技术转让中心。从（iii）开始，作为马德拉斯出色研讨会的结果，现在的挑战是保持与所有参与讨论和技术演示的感兴趣的学术界和工业界人士的势头并制定一项商定的工作方案，该方案将代表所建立的英国和印度财团的利益。该计划的目的是帮助确定和发展优先研究领域，并寻求相关的资助机制，以积极鼓励领先的研究人员和公司进行创新研究和技术转让。这样的研究将为下一代通信技术提供动力，并开创英国和印度之间信息通信技术研究和技术转让的新时代。这与英国政府最近发布的2006年预算报告非常一致，该报告旨在确保英国能够保持其作为全球技术主导行业投资竞争中心的目标。（见附录），由帕尔教授代表EPSRC/英国驻印度高级专员公署，以回应英国和印度之间进一步开展学术研究和技术转让合作的愿望。该建议是根据英国高级专员（德里）英国-印度信息和通信技术访问（2005年1月8日至14日）期间以及随后举行的会议和讨论提出的。这些访问包括顶尖的技术研究所（德里、班加罗尔、钦奈）和印度信通技术部门的主要公司，包括Wipro、InfoSys和Sasken Communications。这些访问的背景是确定兴趣和能力的程度，以发展更深入的英国-印度在信息通信技术方面的合作努力，特别是在固定-无线接口及其管理方面。在过去的12个月里，在EPSRC和英国驻德里高级专员公署的邀请下，帕尔教授成立了一个英国-印度咨询小组，负责制定两国之间的发展计划。在活动中，帕尔教授被指定为英国联盟学术带头人。

BackgroundDuring three multi-segment visits to India, Professor Gerard Parr will visit Institutes of Technology in Madras-Chennai, Delhi, Bangalore, Bombay and the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore. The purpose of the visits are three-fold in order to:-.(i) develop parallel research proposals on NGN Management to the Indian Department of Science & Technology and EPSRC with Professors Timothy Gonsalves and Mani Subramanian (IIT Madras).(ii) develop plans for future collaborations on architectures and protocols for resource-constrained SLA-convergence in NGNs, taking into account e2e requirements across the fixed-wireless boundaries. This will be between Professor Kumar (IISc Bangalore), Prof Asoke Talukder (IIIT Bangalore) and Professor U.B. Desai (IIT Bombay) and Professor Surendra Prasad (IIT Delhi). (iii) build upon previous and existing collaborations between UK and India to assist in the investigation and development a unique consortium-based research and technology-transfer Centre of Excellence in NGNs/ICT.Leading on from (iii), as a result of an excellent workshop event in Madras, the challenge now is to maintain the momentum with all the interested academics and industrial players who participated in the discussions and technical presentations and to develop an agreed programme of work that will represent the interest of the UK and Indian consortium that was established. The intention is that the programme will help identify and develop priority research areas and seek out relevant funding mechanisms to actively encourage leading researchers and companies to pursue innovative research and technology transfer. Such a research aganda will power the next generation of communications technology and usher in a new era of ICT research and technology transfer between Britain and India, the world's second fastest growing economy. This is very much in keeping with the recent 2006 Budget Statement from the UK government to ensure the UK can maintain its goal as a competitive centre for global investment in technology-led sectors .Context for ProposalPreviously, the Technical Workshop (as evidenced in the appendices) was developed, planned and organised by Professor Parr on behalf of the EPSRC/British High Commission in India in response to a desire to further academic research and technology transfer collaboration between the UK and India. The proposal was based on previous meetings and discussions organised during British High Commission (Delhi) UK-India ICT visits (8th-14th January 2005) and subsequently. These visits included top research Institutes of Technology (Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai) and key companies in the ICT sector within India, including Wipro, InfoSys and Sasken Communications. The background to these visits was to determine the level of interest and capability to develop a more in-depth UK-India collaborative effort in ICT, particularly concerning the fixed-wireless interface and its management. For the past twelve months under the invitation of EPSRC and the British High Commission in Delhi, Professor Parr has established a UK-India advisory group which has been formulating the development plan between the two nations. In the activity, Professor Parr has been designated the UK Consortium Academic Lead.