The Experimentation-as-a-Service Approach in the ENVELOPE Project

This paper provides an overview of the approach adopted in the ENVELOPE project to deliver experimentation capabilities as a service for end users. The ENVELOPE platform is designed to facilitate the experimentation of Connected and Automated Mobility applications, by leveraging innovative features offered by Beyond 5G networks. This is achieved through a flexible user portal that enables experimenters to configure, launch, and monitor their experiments. Additionally, the ENVELOPE platform provides experimenters' applications with easy-to-use interfaces, namely the ENVELOPE APIs, for interacting with the network and simplifying its configuration. Finally, a description of the trial sites is presented to illustrate their characteristics and experimentation capabilities. The use cases to be showcased in the project are also introduced.