GARR takes part in the European project SUBMERSE
GARR, OGS and the University of Trieste have joined SUBMERSE (SUBMarine cablEs for ReSearch and Exploration), an innovative project funded by the European Union that aims to use existing submarine cables—already deployed by the research and education community—as geographically distributed sensors to monitor the Earth and its systems.
This collaboration has enabled the deployment of the first sensing data acquisition point of the project on Italian soil.
Data collected from monitoring the ISLALink submarine cable will be transported from the acquisition point located in Crotone to the Udine department of the National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics (OGS), where it will be stored, analysed and shared within the framework of the project for research activities via the GARR network.
The connectivity service spans multiple administrative domains: LightNet (the regional network of Friuli Venezia Giulia), which provides access to the OGS site; GARR, which interconnects national entities with the GÉANT network (the pan-European research and education network); and GÉANT itself, which operates the point of presence (PoP) in Crotone where the SUBMERSE measurement equipment is installed.
As always, the synergy among all the entities involved has enabled data transport across a multi-domain environment, ensuring the continued ability to share environmental monitoring data in the future.
The SUBMERSE project
The SUBMERSE approach is based on the smart reuse of existing infrastructure: by leveraging equipment and links in new ways, it avoids the need to deploy additional devices on the seabed while increasing the value and impact of existing investments.
The project brings together a broad international partnership of 24 organisations, including partners, affiliated entities and associated partners, spanning European and international research networks, research centres, universities and telecommunications companies. A key aspect of SUBMERSE is its close collaboration with the scientific communities interested in using the data: the data generation service will be co-designed and developed together with end users, within a highly collaborative environment.
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