Project description Broadband for allFaster broadband for everyone, everywhereStandards developed by European researchers for high-speed broadband connections will make a vital contribution to the development of affordable high-capacity networks.The achievement should mean that 80% of Europe's citizens would be able to access cost-effective 100 Mb/s bandwidth by the year 2010, according to researchers in the MUSE project. The MUSE (Multi Service Access Everywhere) team focused on developing the architecture for next-generation broadband delivery to the home as part of the EU's strategic objective of encouraging the provision of affordable high-speed access to the internet for all. The project, which started in January 2004 and ended in December 2007, took a holistic view of developing future networks, from the technical protocols that govern them to practical deployment solutions. Key developments MUSE featured a who's who of European telecommunications and information technology players, including British Telecom, Alcatel Lucent, Ericsson, Nokia and Siemens. The project developed a multi-service, multi-provider and multi-application architecture that it branded the 'Global System for Broadband' (GSB). Like the GSM system that enables the mobile phone network in Europe, GSB would provide a standard system for next-generation broadband and is one of the key elements developed by the Muse team. GSB would enable many providers to offer a wide range of services, like voice, data, video and the convergence of fixed and mobile communications. The project made it easier for would-be companies to create and deploy, on-demand, multimedia, interactive services, such as competitions, games and pay-per-view that are currently only available from proprietary digital television services. Flexible architecturePerhaps most importantly, GSB is flexible. It was designed to be open, so that it could be adapted to work with services in the future. But MUSE went further than developing a universal system for broadband deployment. The researchers studied the 'first mile', an industry term that signifies the link between the home to the communications service provider. This link is typically where the greatest cost is incurred, because one company typically controls it. The 'first mile' is the least competitive element in the broadband market. Working on bringing down the cost, the MUSE team worked on standards that would improve digital subscriber line (DSL) access. DSL refers to digital data transmission over the lines provided by a local telephone network. The team researched a 'switch on' broadband provision concept that would allow providers to simply turn on the service to a particular customer, without the need for an engineer's visit. It also developed systems for residential gateway services, which would route communications to the phone, computer, TV and even the fridge, for example. Each connection provides a different service, such as voice for the telephone, video for the TV, the web for the computer and, potentially, online shopping so a fridge could be enabled to automatically make an order when food runs out. The residential gateway could also drive a local area network (LAN), one formed within the home, so emails, calls, movies or other digital data can be routed to where you are, or exchanged with other members of the family. Setting standardsThe MUSE team successfully tested their work in lab trials and used the results to refine their research. The research also played a huge role in setting new standards for broadband networks. The team worked with the DSL Forum, the Home Gateway Initiative, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), as well as the International Telecommunication Union, which is responsible for setting worldwide standards for broadband. Show the project objective Hide the project objective The overall objective of MUSE is the research and development of a future low cost, full service access and edge network, which enables the ubiquitous delivery of broadband services to every European citizen. The proposed project integrates studies in the following areas:- Access and edge network architectures and techno-economical studies - Access and edge platforms - First mile solutions (DSL, optical access, fixed wireless access) - Interworking of the access network with home gateway and local networks - Lab trials. The concepts of MUSE will be validated for three end-to-end deployment scenarios: - Migration scenario featuring a hybrid access network of ATM and packet (Ethernet, IP) network elements and CPE with embedded service awareness and application enablers; - Non-legacy scenario showing access nodes, various first mile solutions, and CPE that are optimised for native Ethernet and IPv6 throughout the home and access network; - FTTx scenarios integrating new concepts for access technologies - VDSL, optical access, and feeders for wireless services -, and service-aware CPE. The expected impact and results are: - Consensus about the future access and edge network by major operators and vendors in Europe. - Pre-standardisation work and joined position in standardisation bodies, - Proof of concept demonstrators and lab trials by operators. Fields of science engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationsradio technology Programme(s) FP6-IST - Information Society Technologies: thematic priority under the specific programme "Integrating and strengthening the European research area" (2002-2006). Topic(s) IST-2002-2.3.1.3 - Broadband for all Call for proposal FP6-2002-IST-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme IP - Integrated Project Coordinator NOKIA BELL EU contribution € 2 736 120,00 Address COPERNICUSLAAN 50 2018 Antwerpen Belgium See on map Region Vlaams Gewest Prov. Antwerpen Arr. Antwerpen Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (34) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ST-Ericsson Belgium N.V. 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