AGAVE developed solutions for open end-to-end service provisioning based on the notion of Network Planes that may be interconnected across multiple providers to create Parallel Internets tailored to service requirements. The project investigated a range of Traffic Engineering techniques to realise Network Planes. A lightweight QoS approach was developed, based on the principles of differentiated routing with inherent load balancing and resilience, without requiring universal deployment of differentiated forwarding.

AGAVE ran from December 2005 until May 2008. It was partially funded by the EU as part of the IST Programme, a major theme of research and technological development within the Sixth Framework Programme.