Objective This Project will identify a feasible technical strategy for the provision of infrastructures to support Advanced telematic services in rural areas. This strategy will be based on the analysis of potential applications in rural areas and the possibilities of new technologies. Although main thrust for advanced telematics is expected to come from business use and concentrate on urban areas, new technologies and applications developed originally for those purposes can and should be applied in rural areas.The challenge is to define what kind of introduction strategy offers optimal solutions both for end users and network operators. The strategy will be based on the analysis of different technologies and on applications requirements and user reference models. Specific rural needs for technology will be considered and all available technologies will be taken into account as well as existing infrastructures. Interworking of different technologies and evolution aspects will be covered. It is expected that 2 Mbit/s systems can be exploited effectively in rural areas to offer "IBC" services combined with high bit-rate technologies for the provision of cost effective implementation of new advanced services. Although this Project concentrates on technical strategy, the application and usage issues will be addressed with input from RACE application projects. BIRD is divided into three main research topics: Development of Rural Requirement Model; Technological Feasibility Studies and Rural Network Evolution Planning. For development of a Rural Requirement Model, rural users will be identified and their differences and needs, by comparison with urban areas, assessed. For Technological Feasibility Studies, trade offs associated with the various technology choices will be identified taking into account the requirements defined above. Rural Network Evolution Planning will draw on the work on the two above topics and use techno economic evaluation techniques. Case Studies based on real applications in RACE will be used to evaluate the Evolution Scenarios defined. Programme(s) FP3-ORA - Specific programme of research and technological development (EEC) in the field of telematic systems in areas of general interest - Telematics systems for rural areas -, 1990-1994 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme Data not available Coordinator CENTRO DE ESTUDOS DE TELECOMUNICACOES Address R eng. jose ferreira pinto basto 3800 Aveiro Portugal See on map EU contribution No data Participants (9) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all INTRACOM SA Greece EU contribution € 0,00 Address Marcopoulou avenue, po box 68 19002 Peania See on map Other funding No data JYDSK TELEFON Denmark EU contribution € 0,00 Address 30 sletvej DK 8310 Arhus-tranbje See on map Other funding No data NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS Greece EU contribution € 0,00 Address 9, heroon polytechneiou - zografou 15773 Athens See on map Other funding No data NOKIA CORPORATION Finland EU contribution € 0,00 Address Po box 156, revontulentie 8c 02101 Espoo See on map Other funding No data SECMAT NT France EU contribution € 0,00 Address 4 za de l'agiot rue louis lormand 78320 La verriere See on map Other funding No data SOFRECOM France EU contribution € 0,00 Address 24 avenue du petit parc 94307 Vincennes See on map Other funding No data STATENS BYGGEFORSKNINGSINSTITUT Denmark EU contribution € 0,00 Address 15, dr.neergaardsvej postbox 119 2970 Hoersholm See on map Other funding No data TELEFUNKEN - SENDERTECHNIK Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Sickingenstraße 20-28 1000 Berlin See on map Other funding No data UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF WALES ABERYSTWYTH United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Penglais campus, cerediglon SY23 3BZ Aberystwyth See on map Other funding No data
