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Before Using StarBED

StarBED facilities can be used by any research institution or researcher from industry, academia, or government for the purposes of research and development of new generation networks but, prior to first use, you have to follow one of the procedures below:

• Enter into a joint research or funded research or commissioned research contract directly with this center:
  • For further details please contact us by e-mail at the following address
           E-mail: info@starbed.org
• Submit a research plan to the JGN-X and that you enter into a joint research contract directly with NICT:
  • Overseas users cannot enter into a joint research contract directly with the NICT.  It is therefore necessary for them to conduct joint research with a Japanese user who has entered into a joint research contract directly with the NICT.
    (Please see Fig. on right and the page below)
            JGN-X / "Utilization Procedure" page
• Become a member of the Hokuriku ICT R&D Promotion Council (HIRP*):
          HIRP / "HIRP Membership Application" page

  * HIRP has, as an organization, entered into a joint research contract with NICT

Once one of the above procedures is completed, you may use the facilities as a research institution or as a researcher, in accordance with the StarBED facilities usage flow described below.

<Note: User's Priority>

Please be aware of the fact that the degree of relative priority granted and the range of customer services provided differ depending upon the differences in the contract method applicable. The levels of relative priority are outlined below from high to low:

1. 1. Users who have entered into a joint research, funded research or commissioned research contract directly with this center or NICT internal users
2. 2. Users who have entered into a joint research contract with NICT through JGN-X
3. 3. Users who are members of the Hokuriku ICT R&D Promotion Council (HIRP)

The three steps that need to be taken to use the StarBED facilities are described below.
For further details, please refer to each of the steps.

• STEP-1. The Registration of New Research and Development Projects
  (or for the Re-registration of Projects for Each Fiscal Year)
• STEP-2. Application for Each Usage
• STEP-3. Submitting a Report on Completion of a Research and Development Project
  (or Submitting a Report on the Re-registration of a Project)

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STEP-1. The Registration of New Research and Development Projects
             (or for the Re-registration of Projects for Each Fiscal Year)

To use the facilities, all users must register their research and development projects.
A project registration application is required in the following two cases:

• When using the facilities for a new research and development project
• When the fiscal year-end occurs during a project
  (Please note that this requirement applies even in cases where the same user is continuing the same project in next fiscal year)

a. Submitting a "Application for StarBED Utilization (project registration)"
for Each Project

Please submit your completed "Application for StarBED Utilization (project registration)" to the following E-mail address.

• E-mail: rsv@starbed.org

b. Sending out "Notification of Project Registration"

Having checked the content of the application and, if there are no problems with the information supplied, we shall send the applicant for registration a "Notification of Project Registration" notifying the applicant that their Plan has been accepted.

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STEP-2. Application for Each Usage

The schedule for accepting use of the facilities for the year is fixed as the table below, so please submit the Application for StarBED Host Reservation with the requested number of nodes or VLANs, by the deadline for each period.
We conduct an arrangement of user's request and resource assignment on the basis of the applications, so that the center's resources are shared out according to the user's priority amongst its users.

c. Submitting a "Application for StarBED Host Reservation"

Please submit your completed "Application for StarBED Host Reservation" to the following e-mail address by the deadline for each period.

• E-mail: rsv@starbed.org

<Note>

• Please confirm the experiment node reservation situation from "the StarBED reservation situation" page.
• Please refer to "the StarBED facilities composition" page for experiment node specs.
• This center's fixed periods are defined in accordance with the 2-month unit periods described below.
  Please note that there is a deadline date for submissions for each period.

Usage period for the facilities		Deadline for submissions
1st period	Apr.1 - May 31	Mar. 15
2nd period	Jun.1 - Jul.31	May 15
3rd period	Aug.1 - Sep.30	Jul. 15
4th period	Oct.1 - Nov.30	Sep. 15
5th period	Dec.1 - Jan.31	Nov. 15
6th period	Feb.1 - Mar.3	Jan. 15
<Usage Period for the Facilities and Deadlines for Submissions>

<Note>

• After the deadline is passed, any available resources that remain will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
• Please understand in advance that there will be situations in which resources cannot be allocated in accordance with the applicant's wishes.
• In cases where, after allocation, there are excess resources available due to scheduling changes etc., please cooperate in releasing such resources for others to use.
• We request that, in cases where the number of nodes required either increases or decreases or there is any change to the type required etc., the applicant submit another application detailing his or her requirements.

d. Sending out "Firm Notification"

The Center will conduct an adjustment process on the basis of the applications it receives from applicants.  Following this adjustment process, the applicants will be sent "Firm Notification" notifying them of the content of the decision made with regard to their applications.

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STEP-3. Submitting a Report on Completion of a Research and Development Project (or Submitting a Report on the Re-registration of a Project)

At the end of a research and development project or the end of fiscal year, we request that the results of the project and any requests to be made to the center be submitted.  

  *: This report should be submitted within one week

e. Submitting "Final Report for StarBED Utilization"

Please submit your completed "Final Report for StarBED Utilization" to the following e-mail address.

• E-mail: rsv@starbed.org

<Main Items to be Included in the Reports>

• Outline of the results of the usage
• Any related theses or oral presentations
• Existence of any patent registrations
• Future research schedule
• To what extent you actually made use of the facilities

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