Advanced MBMS for the future mobile world

Objective

This project aims to evolve MBMS technologies towards the 'beyond 3G vision' of a converged global network based on the usage of multiple broadcast transport bearers. It will address both resource efficiency and service flexibility issues, by close coupling of broadcast and communication capabilities on all layers, covering the radio access, the core network and the service enablers, across multiple technologies, and providing a smooth migration path for MBMS evolution.

This evolution will be in step with the vision of a federated global multicast broadcast transport and with existing 3G cellular standards as well as emerging beyond 3G standards. C-MOBILE project brings together institutes and organisations that have key strengths in the MBMS deployment and technology chain from service content to service delivery. Specific objectives within the RAN are to develop new radio interface technologies, radio resource management and new topological approaches in the architecture. The coupling and feedback between Radio Resource Management and the scheduling of multicast-broadcast services end to end across the MBMS system is critical. C-MOBILE aims to develop new RAN technologies for an efficient support of enhanced MBMS services allowing a commercially attractive implementation. It is a major objective of C-MOBILE to understand how best to organise and schedule MBMS content from BM-SC through the Core Network and RAN to the user.

Since this is multimedia content it is expected that there will be interaction with 3GPP IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS). An objective is to make this explicit and to investigate how best MBMS can make use of capabilities provided by the IMS. The concept of one to many or group communication is narrow within the current MBMS specification. For systems beyond 3G one would expect a more developed group concept. An objective of the project is to explore how to expand on this concept.

Field of science

• /social sciences/social and economic geography/transport
• /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-2004-2.4.5 - Mobile and Wireless Systems and Platforms Beyond 3G

Funding Scheme

STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project

Coordinator

PORTUGAL TELECOM INOVACAO SA

Address

Rua Jose Ferreira Pinto Basto
3810-106 Aveiro
Portugal

Participants (12)

ADETTI - ASSOCIACAO PARA O DESENVOLVIMENTO DAS TELECOMUNICACOES E TECNICAS DE INFORMATICA

Portugal

Address

Avenida Das Forcas Armadas - Edificio Iscte
1600-082 Lisboa

BAMBOO MEDIACASTING LTD

Israel

Address

Ha Sharon Road 12
44150 Kfar Saba

DEUTSCHE WELLE

Germany

Address

Kurt-schumacher-strasse 3
53113 Bonn

FRANCE TELECOM SA

France

Address

Place D Alleray 6
75015 Paris

FRAUNHOFER IAF

Germany

Address

Tullastr. 72
79108 München

HUTCHISON 3G UK LIMITED

United Kingdom

Address

Hutchison House, 5 Hester Road, Battersea
SW11 4AN London

INSTITUTO DE TELECOMUNICACOES

Portugal

Address

Avenida De Rovisco Pais 1
Lisboa

QUALCOMM CDMA TECHNOLOGIES GMBH

Germany

Address

Am Soeldnermoos 17
85399 Hallbergmoos

STIFTUNG FACHHOCHSCHULE OSNABRUECK

Germany

Address

Caprivistr. 30A
49009 Osnabruck

UNIVERSITAT ST GALLEN

Switzerland

Address

Dufourstrasse 50
9000 St Gallen

UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS

Cyprus

Address

Kallipoleos Street 75
1678 Nicosia

UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND, BRISTOL

United Kingdom

Address

Coldharbour Lane
BS16 1QY Bristol