End-to-end QoS through Integrated Management of content, networks and terminals

Objective

The ENTHRONE project proposes an integrated management solution, which covers an entire audio-visual service distribution chain including content generation and protection, distribution across networks and reception at user terminals. The aim is not to unify or impose a strategy on each individual entity of the chain, but to harmonise their functionality, in order to support an end-to-end QoS architecture over heterogeneous networks, applicable to a variety of audio-visual services, which are delivered at the various user terminals. To meet its objectives, the project will rely on an efficient, distributed and open management architecture for the end-to-end delivery chain. The availability and access to resources will be clearly identified, described and controlled all the way along the content distribution chain. The MPEG-21 data model will be used to provide the common support for implementing and managing the functionalities of the resources.

The project addresses the scalable generation, protection, distribution and usage of multimedia content and resources in geographically distributed environments. ENTHRONE is also concerned with end-to-end QoS in terms of performance, at both the user and network levels and with the mapping between these levels. The adoption of the MPEG-21 framework in the project will contribute to the implementation of the Universal Multimedia Access (UMA) concept, which aims at achieving interoperable transparent access to multimedia resources from any type of client terminal or network. A high-level goal of the project is to bridge the divide between the content provision and the networking worlds, resulting in cross-industry co-ordination on both network and content management issues, and bringing focus to standards such as MPEG-21.

Fields of science

• humanities › arts › modern and contemporary art › radio and television

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-2002-2.3.1.8 - Networked audiovisual systems and home platforms

Funding Scheme

IP - Integrated Project

Coordinator

THOMSON BROADCAST & MULTIMEDIA SA

Address

1, Rue De L'hautil, Zone Des Boutries
78700 Conflans Sainte Honorine
France

Participants (28)

AKELA

France

Address

14 Rue Soleillet
75020 Paris

BSOFT SRL

Italy

Address

156 Via Velini
62100 Macerata (Ma)

CEFRIEL - SOCIETA CONSORTILE A RESPONSABILITA LIMITATA

Italy

Address

Via Fucini Renato 2
20133 Milano

CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE

France

Address

3, Rue Michel-ange
Paris Cedex 16

ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE

Switzerland

Address

Ecublens
1015 Lausanne

ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE

South Korea

Address

161 Gajeong-dong, Yuseong-gu
305700 Daejon

EXPWAY SA

France

Address

Le Crystalide Pole Technologique Farman, 8Bis Rue G. Voisin
51100 Reims

FRANCE TELECOM SA

France

Address

Place D'alleray 6
75015 Paris

INESC PORTO - INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIA DE SISTEMAS E COMPUTADORES DO PORTO

Portugal

Address

Campus Da Feup, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias 378
4200-465 Porto

INSTITUT FUER RUNDFUNKTECHNIK GMBH

Germany

Address

Floriansmuehlstrasse 60
80939 Muenchen

INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFORMATIQUE ET EN AUTOMATIQUE

France

Address

Domaine De Voluceau
78153 Le Chesnay

INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES APPLIQUEES DE RENNES

France

Address

20 Avenue Des Buttes De Coesmes
35043 Rennes Cedex

LANCASTER UNIVERSITY

United Kingdom

Address

Bailrigg
LA1 4YW Lancaster

N D S TECHNOLOGIES ISRAEL LTD

Israel

Address

5A Hamarpe St.
97774 Jerusalem

NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH "DEMOKRITOS"

Greece

Address

Patriarchou Gregoriou Street
15310 Aghia Paraskevi Attikis

NEC EUROPE LTD

United Kingdom

Address

Nec House, 1 Victoria Road
W3 6BL London

OPTIBASE LTD.

Israel

Address

7 Shenkar St.
46120 Herzliya Pituach

OTEPLUS - TECHNICAL AND BUSINESS SOLUTIONS S.A.

Greece

Address

Marinou Antypa 90
14121 Irakleio

ROHDE & SCHWARZ GMBH&CO KOMMANDITGESELLSCHAFT

Germany

Address

Muehldorfstrasse 15
81671 Muenchen

RUNDFUNK BERLIN-BRANDENBURG

Germany

Address

Marlene-dietrich-allee 20
14482 Potsdam

T-SYSTEMS ENTERPRISE SERVICES GMBH

Germany

Address

Mainzer Landstrasse 50
60325 Frankfurt Am Main

TDF

France

Address

Rue D'oradour Sur Glane 10
75015 Paris

THALES RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY (UK) LIMITED

United Kingdom

Address

2 Dashwood Lang Road, The Bourne Business Park
KT15 2NX Addleston, Weybridge, Surrey

UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA DIN BUCURESTI

Romania

Address

Splaiul Independentei 313
060032 Bucuresti Sectorul 6

UNIVERSITE DE BORDEAUX I

France

Address

351, Cours De La Liberation
33405 Talence

UNIVERSITE DE RENNES I

France

Address

Rue Du Thabor 2
CS 46510 Rennes Cedex

UNIVERSITE DE VERSAILLES SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES

France

Address

55 Avenue De Paris
78035 Versailles

VILLE DE METZ

France

Address

1 Place D'armes
57036 Metz Cedex 01