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Eurescom mess@ge 1/2003 (March)
 Building
the smart home
If the vision of the smart home comes true, networks will not only
make your house more intelligent, they will also allow you to solve
your daily home routines remotely and to enjoy more personalised
entertainment and targeted services.
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This issue of Eurescom mess@ge presents a selection of exclusive
articles covering different aspects of the smart home.
Home networking - Eurescom project explores wireless home
Home networking is meant to smartly integrate technologies such as user
devices and appliances connected to various home and remote networks. The
vision of Eurescom's project 'Broadband Services in the Intelligent Wireless
Home' (P1206) is to provide the users with seamless and personalised
services which will make their home even more enjoyable. . The project
started in June 2002 and addresses the smart-home concept from a
network-operator perspective.
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Living in Futurelife - meet the Steiners in their smart home
For more than two years, Daniel and Ursi Steiner have been living in the
future, together with their two children. The future takes place in the
small Swiss village of Hünenberg. The Steiners participate in a project
called Futurelife and can pride themselves of being the first permanent
inhabitants of an intelligent house world-wide. Intelligent household
appliances and prototypes from more than 60 partner companies have been
tested for their usefulness in daily life.
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InHaus Duisburg - services for integrated house-systems
The Intelligent House Duisburg Innovation Center, abbreviated 'inHaus', is a
thematically and organisationally unique and integral concept in the field
of product-oriented innovations for a networked life. The basis of the
project is the inHaus facility in Duisburg/Germany, which includes a
residential home, a workshop, a networked car, and a networked garden.
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CURRENT TOPICS
European user survey on 3G
Forty two per cent of European mobile phone users are interested in 3G
services. The good news for telecoms operators and manufacturers: the
majority of those users interested in 3G were prepared to pay extra for 3G
handsets and services. This is the central result of a user survey carried
out in 10 European countries by TNS Telecoms.
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IN FOCUS
 Telekom
Austria - an inside report
Telekom Austria is Austria’s incumbent national telecommunications operator.
Previously 100 per cent owned by the Austrian government, the company has
gone through a radical strategic transformation.
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PROJECT REPORTS
Systems beyond 3G - the operators' vision
For mobile systems B3G to commercially succeed, operators will have to move
beyond merely providing different networks and air interfaces. To meet the
various user expectations and to promote the acceptance of emerging
services, their mobile business will have to comprise user-intuitive
abstractions from network layers, the provisioning of personalised
value-added services as well as the implementation of novel business models.
Building on results from previous Eurescom studies and projects, the work of
P1203 is expected to clarify and strengthen the operators’ position within
the evolution beyond 3G.
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NEW DIMENSIONS - Network Dimensioning
The performance characteristics of dynamic networks carrying statistically
diverse data-streams are still rather poorly understood. As IP networks
develop towards the integration of services with different Quality of
Service requirements, the need for service differentiation or service
guarantees becomes urgent. The Eurescom project NEW DIMENSIONS studied
various aspects of networks and service characteristics essential for proper
dimensioning of IP data networks and for the provision of high quality
services.
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EUROPEAN ISSUES
FP6 ― an opportunity for Europe
The main objective of FP6 is to contribute to the creation of the European
Research Area (ERA) by improving integration and co-ordination of research
in Europe. FP6 will strengthen the competitiveness of the European economy,
solve major societal questions and support the formulation and
implementation of EU policies.
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A BIT BEYOND
 GSM
for scuba divers - wireless communication under water
Wireless communication has become ubiquitous on our planet. People are using
their mobile phones anywhere: in cars, trains, planes, boats, cinemas,
theatres, restaurants, bathrooms, at the beach, and on mountaintops. There
seems to be only one place, where you can escape the ubiquitous
communication: under water. However, this has ceased to be true. GSM is on
the brink of conquering the submarine space.
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Coming events
Eurescom
Summit 2003 Evolution of Broadband Services
Heidelberg, 29 Sep - 1 Oct 2003
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