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The Japanese language version shall prevail and be conclusive.

Terms of Use of NICT's Integrated Testbed

Article 1. Purpose
The purpose of these Terms of Use of NICT’s Integrated Testbed (hereinafter referred to as these“Terms of Use”) is to define the obligations and responsibilities the User is required to undertake,and other necessary terms and conditions when the National Institute of Information andCommunications Technology (hereinafter referred to as “NICT”) permits the User to use NICT’sIntegrated Testbed.
Article 2. Definitions
For purposes of these Terms of Use, the following terms have the following meanings
respectively.
(i) NICT’s Integrated Testbed: the demonstration infrastructures (limited to those listed inAppendix) which NICT provides for the User in order to promote technical and social
demonstrations of ICT-related research and development results(ii) User: a person, association, organization or legal entity who applies to the ICT Testbed
Research and Development Promotion Center (hereinafter referred to as the “Center”),
which provides services in relation to NICT’s Integrated Testbed as one of the NICT'sunits, for permission for the use of NICT’s Integrated Testbed and whose use ispermitted by the Center
Article 3. Application
1.

The provisions of these Terms of Use shall apply to any matter not provided for in
Commissioned Research Contract, Collaborative Research Contract or other agreements,
any of which the Center has admitted as the basis of the User’s use of NICT’s Integrated
Testbed.

2.

In case of any conflict between the provisions of these Terms of Use and those of otherdocuments separately provided by the Center regarding the use of NICT’s Integrated
Testbed, these Terms of Use shall prevail.

3.

In case that there are individual terms of use separately from these Terms of Use, such termsof use shall prevail.

Article 4. Application for Use
1.

Any User who wishes to use NICT’s Integrated Testbed shall apply to the Center for such use
in accordance with the procedures separately determined by the Center and obtainpermission from the Center.
2.

In case that a person other than the Users (hereinafter referred to as "Third Party") uses theNICT’s Integrated Testbed, such Users shall apply in advance to the Center for such use inaccordance with the procedures separately determined by the Center and shall obtain
permission from the Center.

Article 5. Obligations and Responsibilities
1.

The User shall be prohibited from conducting any of the acts specified in the following items.
The Center shall not be responsible or liable for any event arising out of any of the acts ofthe User specified in the following items:(i) To use NICT’s Integrated Testbed mainly for the purpose of profit(ii) To hinder any provision and use of NICT’s Integrated Testbed(iii) To violate any law or regulation applicable to the use of NICT’s Integrated Testbed
including foreign law(iv) To use NICT’s Integrated Testbed for any purpose and in any manner other than thosepermitted by the Center under Article 4(v) To allow Third Party to use NICT’s Integrated Testbed without the prior permission ofthe Center(vi) To connect or incorporate user equipment into NICT’s Integrated Testbed without theprior permission of the Center(vii) To make any unauthorized disclosure of, leak or divulge the User authentication
information issued by the Center to a third party, or make the same publicly available(viii) To use NICT’s Integrated Testbed in the manner against the public order and morals(ix) To frustrate the purpose of the suggestions and advice given by the committee
requiring the User to follow under Article 6.2(x) Other acts prohibited by the Center

2.

The Center has and reserves the right to terminate the User’s use of NICT’s Integrated
Testbed at any time if the User conducts any one of the acts provided for in the preceding
paragraph.

3.

Whenever the User allows the Third Party to use NICT’s Integrated Testbed subject to theprior permission of the Center, the User shall have such Third Party agree to therequirements necessary for such Third Party to comply with the terms and conditions underthese Terms of Use. In this case, the User shall undertake any and all responsibilities for
managing and supervising such Third Party to comply therewith, and indemnify and holdthe Center harmless for and against any and all obligations and responsibilities to such ThirdParty.

4.

To the extent of the User's use of NICT’s Integrated Testbed, the Center makes no warranties
for the User on the quality of communication, fully ensuring cybersecurity (the term"cybersecurity" as defined in Article 2 of the Basic Act on Cybersecurity (Act No. 104 of2014) of Japan), ensuring the integrity of the electromagnetic records (the term
"electromagnetic records" defined as the records produced by electronic, magnetic or othermeans unrecognizable by natural perceptive functions and used for data-processing by acomputer including, but not limited to, data, programs and software; the same shall apply
for purposes of Articles 5.6 through 5.9), and other functions and performance (including apartial or complete suspension of the use thereof) of NICT’s Integrated Testbed, and shallnot be responsible or liable to the User for any damage arising out of or in connection withsuch functions and performance.

5.

The User shall cooperate with the Center in the operation of the NICT‘s Integrated Testbed,
including changes implemented by the Center to the facilities and equipment, etc. that
constitute the NICT’s Integrated Testbed, suspension of the use of part of or all of the NICT’sIntegrated Testbed, and coordination of use among the Users.

6.

When the User transmits the electromagnetic records to and/or stores the same in or on
the facilities and equipment which compose NICT’s Integrated Testbed (including the casewhere the User has a third party transmit and/or to store such record; hereinafter the same
shall apply), the User shall undertake any and all responsibilities for the content andbehavior of such electromagnetic records, for which the Center shall not be responsible orliable whatsoever. For the sake of clarity, the User's transmission of the electromagneticrecords to and/or store thereof in or on the facilities and equipment which compose NICT’sIntegrated Testbed shall not constitute the disclosure to, provision for, or loan or lending to
the Center of the information, material, research samples or other data owned by the User.

7.

If the User causes any damage to NICT and a third party by transmitting the electromagnetic
records to and/or storing the same in or to the facilities and equipment which compose
NICT’s Integrated Testbed, the User shall undertake any and all responsibilities and liabilities
for such damage, for which the Center shall not be responsible or liable whatsoever. Inaddition, the User, at its own risk and on its own account, shall deal with any legal claim thatmight be made by a third party regarding the use of NICT’s Integrated Testbed.

8.

NICT may use some electromagnetic records transmitted and/or stored by the User in NICT's
Integrated Testbed, which are necessary for confirming or improving the operation statusof NICT's Integrated Testbed or for conducting research and development, in accordancewith the contents agreed upon by the User.

9.

NICT may make the electromagnetic records specified in the preceding paragraph available
to other users who wish to use them.

10. Whenever the User, through the use of NICT’s Integrated Testbed, uses the services
managed and provided by any institute or organization other than NICT, the User shallcomply with the rules and regulations prescribed thereby. In this case, the Center shall not
be responsible or liable for the services managed and provided by such institute ororganization whatsoever.
11. Whenever the User uses NICT’s Integrated Testbed, the User shall pay attention to thedocuments and other information provided by the Center and take necessary measures on
its own to avoid any problem in the use of NICT’s Integrated Testbed. The Center shall notbe responsible or liable for any damage to the equipment, etc. that the User connects orincorporates into NICT’s Integrated Testbed.
12. If the User causes any damage to NICT and a third party by using NICT's Integrated Testbed
by connecting or incorporating the User's equipment into the facilities or equipment that
constitute the NICT's Integrated Testbed, the User shall undertake any and all
responsibilities and liabilities for such damage, for which the Center shall not be responsibleor liable whatsoever. In addition, the User, at its own risk and on its own account, shall deal
with any legal claim that might be made by a third party regarding the use of NICT’s
Integrated Testbed.
13. The User shall cooperate in the Center’s questionnaires and other surveys on the User’s useof NICT’s Integrated Testbed, and its results and outputs from the User’s use.
Article 6. Use of Personal Data
1.

Before the User uses any personal information (hereinafter referred to as the “PersonalData”) during the use of NICT’s Integrated Testbed, the User shall request consideration forand consultation on the use of such Personal Data from a relevant committee establishedby NICT following the Center’s prior coordination. The consideration and consultation
procedure shall be separately designated.

2.

The User shall, when given suggestion or advice by the committee in the consideration andconsultation process provided for in the preceding paragraph, follow such suggestions oradvice in using the Personal Data.

3.

The User shall undertake any and all responsibilities and liabilities for using the Personal
Data associated with the use of NICT’s Integrated Testbed, for which the Center shall not be
responsible or liable whatsoever.

Article 7. Miscellaneous
1.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 4, the User may use NICT’s Integrated Testbed
without the Center’s prior approval if any imminent peril exists to the life, body, liberty orproperties of its own or a third party, and if the User has no choice but to use NICT’s
Integrated Testbed to avoid such peril.
2.

The User using NICT’s Integrated Testbed under the preceding paragraph shall notify theCenter thereof promptly after such use.

Article 8. Amendment
1.

The Center may amend these Terms of Use at its own discretion. The Center shall notify theUsers of the proposed amendment prior to its enforcement.

2.

The Center should make efforts so that the amendment to be made under the preceding
paragraph will ensure the appropriate use of NICT’s Integrated Testbed without frustrating
the purpose of these Terms of Use.

Appendix: Demonstration Infrastructures to Compose NICT’s Integrated Testbed
Testbeds

Function Overview

Descriptions of Facilities andEquipment to Compose

BeyondHigh Speed R&D

Information and communication 1. Circuits which NICT procures to5G/IoT

Network Testbed

network

Testbedforresearchanddevelopment

construct

NICT’sIntegrated

Testbedwith

2. Transmission, controller andHigh-distribution devices, network

reliability

connectivity

and

information processing devices,High-

information storage devices,elasticity

programs and others which aredevices,

owned by NICT
3. Equipment which composes IoT
Gateway
Large-Scale Computer

Large-Scale validation environment Transmission,

Environment

consisting of general-purpose PC distribution
servers and switches

controller
devices,andnetwork

connectivity devices, informationprocessingdevices,

information

storage devices, programs andothers which are owned by NICT
Beyond 5G Reliable

Demonstration

Virtualizationconsisting

Infrastructure

Virtualized ICT Service Environment, connectivity devices, information
OpticalofEnvironment Transmission,
Next-generation distribution

Transport

WhiteBox processing

controller
devices,devices,andnetwork
information

Environment, and Next-Generation storage devices, programs andISP/Cloud Experiment Environment others which are owned by NICT
(Available in around April 2024)
Beyond 5G Mobile

Demonstration

Environment Communication

Environment

consisting of Mobile Applications

control,andtransmission,
distribution,line

Demonstration

environment, terminator, information processing

MobileDevelopment devices,

network

information

environment, and Mobile base devices,
station Development environment

terminal(Userstorage

communication
Equipment,programs, etc. owned by NICTUE),

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Demonstration

Environment

Environment

introduction of Simulation Elements connectivity devices, information
byfor

theCyReal Transmission,thatutilizing

theenable distribution
Large-Scale processing

controller
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andnetwork
information

Computer Environment and making storage devices, programs andit possible to incorporate physical others which are owned by NICT
event with IoT and CPS in mind.
DCCS (Data CentricDemonstration

Cloud Service)consisting

Environment Transmission,ofdevelopment distribution

controller
devices,andnetwork

environment for data linkage and connectivity devices, information
utilization service

processing

devices,

information

storage devices, programs andothers which are owned by NICT
P4 Experiment

Experiment Environment of SDN Transmission,

Environment

technology using SDN language P4

distribution

controller
devices,andnetwork

connectivity devices, information
processingdevices,

information

storage devices, programs andothers which are owned by NICT
Caravan Testbed

A complete set of potable system to Communication
constructthelastoneterminal(Usermile Equipment, UE), line terminator,

communication environment for IoT information

processingdevices,demonstration

storagedevices,

information

program, etc. owned by NICTAI Data Testbed

Data sets available for R&D in AI andICT fields
The details of the facilities and equipment listed in Appendix shall be more specificallydesignated in other documents or material.
These Terms of Use shall enter into force on April 1st, 2023.