NB:The views expressed herein are those of the authors and are not necessarily those of the European Commission Perspective for Communications Networks in the 6th Framework Programme Dr. Demosthenes Ikonomou EC INFSO E4 6th Framework Programme InfoDay, EKT Athens-Thessaloniki, 19-20/12/2002

Local ‘Sphere’ Networking BAN,PAN WLAN AdHoc Flexible, adaptive Radio Access Higher frequency bands, ‘>3G’ access Satellite Mobile >3G, Mcast S-DMB Satellite Broadband Access Optical Network Broadband Access Optical Core Network Reconfigurable Radio Networks and Systems IP Transport Control & Routing IP - Optical Convergence & Control Other Broadband Access (Power Nets,..)... Wide Area Networking FWA, DxB ……. Network & Service Management Domain Mobility, beyond 3G Domain Broadband Access Domain Rich Audio Visual Content Creation, Processing and Delivery Seamless and Context aware Service adaptation and Delivery

NB:The views expressed herein are those of the authors and are not necessarily those of the European Commission RACE Definition Phase RACE Phase I, 2nd FP RACE Phase II, 3rd FP  Presentation of results from the UMTS Task Force  WARC 92 FPLMS  EU Council UMTS Decision ACTS, 4h FP  ETSI UTRA Decision  RACE UMTS Vision The R&D Path to 3G 10 years cycle for new coms systems !!

NB:The views expressed herein are those of the authors and are not necessarily those of the European Commission IST today: Main Wireless Topics Ø Ø Re-configurable Radio Systems and Networks Ø Ø Integration with Digital Broadcasting Ø Ø Broadband Wireless Ø Ø Location-based VAS, Security Ø Ø S-UMTS & Broadband Multimedia Satellites Ø Ø Smart antenna and adaptive modulations Ø Ø Network management and optimisation Ø Ø 4G Wireless, Wireless IP Ø Ø Trials:WAP, digital AM radio, speech recognition IST in FP5: The Transition phase, exploring new system/technology concepts.

NB:The views expressed herein are those of the authors and are not necessarily those of the European Commission SYSTEMS BEYOND 3G: SOME DRIVERS Manufacturers: Looking for innovative system concepts allowing introduction of new, mass market equipment; Operators: interest in introduction of new services still without having to throw away existing infrastructures and maximising efficiency in the use of their networks; Users: affordable new services without access restrictions; Challenge: introduction of innovative systems and services with backwards compatibility; Requirement: proliferation of wireless devices implies optimised use of spectrum: the right service should use the right access network in the right frequency band.

NB:The views expressed herein are those of the authors and are not necessarily those of the European Commission BEYOND 3G: SCENARIOS Access for a range of Devices Support of real time and non-real time services Permit delay Real time Sender Human Machine VoIP Video phone/conference Interactive games Visual mail/audio mail Text mail Video relay broadcasting Video supervising Human navigation Internet browsing Information service Music download Recording to storage devices: voice, video, etc. Data transfer Location information services, distribution systems, etc. Consumer electronic device maintenance Receiver Remote control Chat Human Machine Source: NTT DoCoMo

NB:The views expressed herein are those of the authors and are not necessarily those of the European Commission Moving closer to the local sphere: Spontaneous Device Networking (self-organising, ad-hoc ) Some Issues: service discovery security management spectrum coexistence BEYOND 3G: SCENARIOS

NB:The views expressed herein are those of the authors and are not necessarily those of the European Commission Centralised processing & info Client – server User controlled applications Centralised info Download capability towards the client Client – server with mediation User controlled or server generated push applications Processing, info. and control distributed Multi –party applications M2M communication Peer 2 Peer Proactive actions with agent initiative over the terminal “Intelligence Everywhere” BEYOND 3G: SERVICE CHALLENGE Personal Service Sphere; User defined services Context awareness; Human senses reactivity...

NB:The views expressed herein are those of the authors and are not necessarily those of the European Commission BEYOND 3G: NETWORK CHALLENGE Addressing ubiquity and capacity bottlenecks through co-operative networks ,1 Outdoor Stationary Walk Vehicle Indoor Stationary/ Desktop Walk Mobility WLAN (HiperLAN/2) LAN 3G cellular Bluetooth 2G cellular Wide Area Network (WAN) - Large coverage - High cost Personal Area Network (PAN) - Cable replacement - Ad-hoc connectivity - Low cost Local Area Network (LAN) - Hot Spots/SOHO - High speed - Moderate cost Broadband Fixed Wireless Access User Bitrates (Mbps)

NB:The views expressed herein are those of the authors and are not necessarily those of the European Commission BEYOND 3G: TECHNOLOGICAL CHALLENGE Co-operative Networks Wireless Protocols, all IP (v6) Security across different layers & Privacy, Resource and Mobility management, QoS, Network management, flexible billing system, Advanced network architectures, new accesses Network planning techniques and tools System Architecture (e.g ad hoc + services) dynamic spectrum usage Software Defined Radio Terminal and Base Station Re-configurable RF and Baseband techniques, architectures and platforms Reconfiguration management software architecture Software and hardware partitioning

NB:The views expressed herein are those of the authors and are not necessarily those of the European Commission BEYOND 3G: OTHER CHALLENGES Business Models User behaviour and service acceptability; Regulations: security, re-configurability, spectrum Standards Pervasive usage across a large untested user community

NB:The views expressed herein are those of the authors and are not necessarily those of the European Commission IST FP6: Broadband For All In the context of the e-Europe 2005 Action Plan and the Lisbon Strategy 2010: Implementation of a widely available broadband infrastructure is probably the key technology challenge for the Information Society and telecommunications in Europe, over the next 5-10 years. IST WP2003-4: Broadband for All: Objective: To develop the network technologies and architectures allowing a generalised availability of broadband access to European users, including those in less developed regions. This is a key enabler to the wider deployment of the information and knowledge-based society and economy.

NB:The views expressed herein are those of the authors and are not necessarily those of the European Commission Speed / Bandwidth / QoS Information, File size Download time (secs) Application (Bytes)ISDNADSLFibre Page of text20K Bitmap diagram100K JPEG Photograph300K TIF Image1.5M MPEG4 videophony: 380 kBit/s 2-way DVD quality video4+ Mbit/s 1-way QoS: Latency/Delay/Jitter/Packet loss

NB:The views expressed herein are those of the authors and are not necessarily those of the European Commission Future Multi-Service Broadband Access Network Indoor delivery of services via means of high speed centralised or ad-hoc W-LAN OR Ultra Wide Band (UWB) networks.

NB:The views expressed herein are those of the authors and are not necessarily those of the European Commission Challenges in FP6: Communications & Networking Mobility, beyond 3G Domain Broadband Access Domain Network & Service Management Domain Optical Core Network IP Transport Control & Routing IP - Optical Convergence & Control IP Services and Applications

NB:The views expressed herein are those of the authors and are not necessarily those of the European Commission SA Research Objectives: Are framed in a system context and are required to address the technological breakthroughs in support of the socio-economic evolution towards availability of low cost and generalised broadband access. This should therefore lead to: - Optimized access technologies, as a function of the operating environment, at affordable price allowing for a generalized introduction of broadband services in Europe and in less developed regions; - Technologies allowing the access portion of the next generation network to match the evolution of the core network, in terms of capacity, functionality and Quality of Service available to the end users; - A European consolidated approach regarding regulatory aspects, and for standardized solutions allowing the identification of best practice, and introduction of low cost end user and access network equipment;

NB:The views expressed herein are those of the authors and are not necessarily those of the European Commission Technology Focus (1) Low cost access network equipment, for a range of technologies optimised as a function of the operating environment, including optical fibre, fixed wireless access, interactive broadcasting, satellite access, xDSL and power line networks. New concepts for network management, control and protocols, to lower the operational costs, provide enhanced intelligence and functionality in the access network for delivery of new services, and end-to-end network connectivity.

NB:The views expressed herein are those of the authors and are not necessarily those of the European Commission Technology Focus (2) Multi-service capability, with a single access network physical infrastructure shared by multiple services allowing a reduction in capital and operational expenditures for installation and maintenance. It includes end to end IPv6 capabilities; Increased bandwidth capacity, in the access network as well as in the underlying optical core/metro network (including in particular optical burst and packet switching), commensurate with the expected evolution in user requirements and Internet-related services.

NB:The views expressed herein are those of the authors and are not necessarily those of the European Commission CONCLUSION Federating RTD work in the area of future communications networks is crucial to develop a European position in the world scene; For example, systems beyond 3G are considered as a key technological challenge for Europe; Partnership beyond Europe will be an asset; The upcoming FP6 opens a range of opportunities for collaborative work in an area with an already established collaboration “culture”; With a 10 years time frame perspective to deploy new communication systems, the time is right to start ambitious EU initiatives in this field;

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