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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.

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Coordinator

PORTUGAL TELECOM INOVACAO SA
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Rua Jose Ferreira Pinto Basto
3810-106 Aveiro
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Participants (12)

ADETTI - ASSOCIACAO PARA O DESENVOLVIMENTO DAS TELECOMUNICACOES E TECNICAS DE INFORMATICA
Portugal
Address
Avenida Das Forcas Armadas - Edificio Iscte
1600-082 Lisboa

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BAMBOO MEDIACASTING LTD
Israel
Address
Ha Sharon Road 12
44150 Kfar Saba

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DEUTSCHE WELLE
Germany
Address
Kurt-schumacher-strasse 3
53113 Bonn

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FRANCE TELECOM SA
France
Address
Place D Alleray 6
75015 Paris

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FRAUNHOFER IAF
Germany
Address
Tullastr. 72
79108 München

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HUTCHISON 3G UK LIMITED
United Kingdom
Address
Hutchison House, 5 Hester Road, Battersea
SW11 4AN London

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INSTITUTO DE TELECOMUNICACOES
Portugal
Address
Avenida De Rovisco Pais 1
Lisboa

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QUALCOMM CDMA TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Germany
Address
Am Soeldnermoos 17
85399 Hallbergmoos

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STIFTUNG FACHHOCHSCHULE OSNABRUECK
Germany
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Caprivistr. 30a
49009 Osnabruck

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UNIVERSITAT ST GALLEN
Switzerland
Address
Dufourstrasse 50
9000 St Gallen

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UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS
Cyprus
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Kallipoleos Street 75
1678 Nicosia

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UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND, BRISTOL
United Kingdom
Address
Coldharbour Lane
BS16 1QY Bristol

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