Context
Santander operates a long-established, city-wide sensing network that has been used as shared infrastructure for external researchers and companies to run IoT experiments.
Access to this infrastructure has so far been arranged testbed by testbed, rather than through a single, structured route.
Specific problem
External researchers and companies seeking to test IoT solutions under real urban conditions in Santander have had to arrange access to its city-wide sensing infrastructure on a case-by-case, testbed-by-testbed basis, rather than through a single, structured route.
Current situation and gap
Researchers needing city-scale IoT experimentation facilities have had to negotiate access separately, testbed by testbed.
A shared, unified way to offer this kind of experimentation capacity more broadly has not been fully established.
Specific need
Santander needs a structured, scalable model for opening its city-wide sensing infrastructure to approved external researchers and companies, rather than arranging access testbed by testbed.
Expected outcome
– A structured access model for Santander’s city-wide sensing infrastructure, letting external researchers run experiments against real urban data and conditions.
– The model should give approved researchers a consistent, documented way to access and use the city’s sensing infrastructure for their own experiments.
– Documented, consistent access terms and conditions for using the city’s sensing infrastructure.
Who would use the results
External researchers and companies running IoT experiments under real urban conditions.
Expected impact
Could lower barriers to city-scale IoT experimentation for the wider research community, while giving Santander a consistent model for managing external access to its infrastructure.
Space. Santander.
Scale. City-scale testbed infrastructure.
Data. Santander’s existing city-wide sensing network, available as a baseline. Documented access terms and usage records can be generated during experimentation.
Experience. The city has previous experience hosting external researchers on its sensing infrastructure.
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