2002 - cesnet

12 SCAMPISCAMPI (Scaleable Monitoring Platform for the Internet) is a project of the 5 thEuropean Union Framework Program (IST-2001-32404). CESNET is one of thepartners in this project (Principal Contractor) and has been involved in theproject since the beginning of its preparations in early 2001. The project waslaunched on 1 April 2002 and its total duration is 30 months.12.1 Project ResearchersThere are ten organizations from seven European countries taking part in theSCAMPI project in total. The project coordinator is TERENA. Besides CESNET,the other partners are:• IMEC (Belgium)• LIACS (The Netherlands)• NETikos (Italy)• Uninett (Norway)• FORTHnet (Greece)• FORTH (Greece)• 4Plus (Greece)• Siemens (Germany)12.2 Main ObjectivesThe project has the following objectives defined:• Development of a powerful network monitoring adapter for speeds of up to10 Gbps.• Development of an open and expandable architecture for network monitoring.• Development of measuring and monitoring tools for DoS (Denial of Service),QoS monitoring, SLS audit, traffic analysis, traffic engineering, and accountingapplications.• Collaboration with relevant projects and standardizing activities (IETF).• Publishing of results achieved.The basic block diagram of the SCAMPI adapter is presented in Figure 12.1.Components of the software part of the project and connections between thesecomponents are illustrated in Figure 12.2.High-speed National Research Network and its New Applications 2002145