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 [![Build Status](http://jenkins.sonata-nfv.eu/buildStatus/icon?job=son-emu)](http://jenkins.sonata-nfv.eu/job/son-emu)
 
 # son-emu
-Here comes a brief description of the repository and the code inside.
+This is the repository of [SONATA's](http://sonata-nfv.eu) emulation platform.
+
+This emulation platform was created to support network  service developers to locally prototype and test complete network service chains in realistic end-to-end multi-PoP scenarios. It allows the direct execution of real network functions, packaged as Docker containers, in emulated network topologies running locally on the network service developer's machine.
+
+More details about the the emulator's architecture and concepts can be found in the following publication:
+
+* Peuster, Manuel, Holger Karl, and Steven van Rossem. ["MeDICINE: Rapid Prototyping of Production-Ready Network Services in Multi-PoP Environments."](http://arxiv.org/abs/1606.05995) pre-print arXiv:1606.05995 (2016).
 
 ## Development
 (if applicable)
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 Describe briefly how to build the software.
 
 ### Dependencies
-Name all the dependencies needed by the software, including version, license (!), and a link. For example
 
-* [pyaml](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyaml) >=15.8.2 (WTFPL)
-* [zerorpc](http://www.zerorpc.io) >= 0.5.2 (MIT)
-* [tabulate](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/tabulate) >= 0.7.5 (public domain)
 * [argparse](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/argparse) >= 1.4.0 (Python software foundation License)
-* [networkx](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/networkx/) >= 1.11  (BSD)
-* [six](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/six/) >=1.9 (MIT)
-* [ryu](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/ryu/4.4) >= 4.4 (Apache 2.0)
-* [oslo.config](http://docs.openstack.org/developer/oslo.config/) >= 3.9.0  (Apache 2.0)
-* [pytest](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pytest) >= 2.9 (MIT)
-* [pytest-runner](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pytest-runner) >= 2.8 (MIT)
+* [docker-py](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/docker-py) == 1.7.1(Apache 2.0)
 * [Flask](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Flask) >= 0.11 (BSD)
 * [flask_restful](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Flask-RESTful) >= 0.3 (BSD)
-* [requests](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/requests) >= 2.10 (Apache 2.0)
-* [docker-py](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/docker-py) == 1.7.1(Apache 2.0)
+* [networkx](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/networkx/) >= 1.11  (BSD)
+* [oslo.config](http://docs.openstack.org/developer/oslo.config/) >= 3.9.0  (Apache 2.0)
 * [paramiko](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/paramiko/1.16.0) >= 1.6 (LGPL)
 * [prometheus_client](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/prometheus_client) >= 0.0.13 (Apache 2.0)
+* [pyaml](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyaml) >=15.8.2 (WTFPL)
+* [pytest-runner](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pytest-runner) >= 2.8 (MIT)
+* [pytest](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pytest) >= 2.9 (MIT)
+* [requests](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/requests) >= 2.10 (Apache 2.0)
+* [ryu](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/ryu/4.4) >= 4.4 (Apache 2.0)
+* [six](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/six/) >=1.9 (MIT)
+* [tabulate](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/tabulate) >= 0.7.5 (public domain)
 * [urllib3](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/urllib3) >= 1.15 (MIT)
+* [zerorpc](http://www.zerorpc.io) >= 0.5.2 (MIT)
 
 ### Contributing
 (if applicable) Description (encouraging) how to contribute to this project/repository.