IST-2000-25394 Moby Dick D0601 Dissemination and Use Plan

Dissemination and Use Plan Fifth Framework Project 25394
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networks) handover solutions. To meet these requirements, MobyDick will develop its
uniform IP-convergence architecture for ubiquitous Internet access: IPv6 and AAA, the key
ingredients of MobyDick’s approach to mobility, QoS and AAA are extremely well suited to
provide added value. Both IPv6 and AAA are considered - both at the European level and
within the IETF - to be a technical necessity for ubiquitous access for the next-generation
Internet. In addition, IPv6 and AAA a clearly fields where Europe does not lag behind the
US - both with respect to influence in the relevant standardization bodies and products. In
addition, the extensions of AAA into the areas of AAAC (covering additionally charging and
auditing features) will be an important step forward.
3.1.1 European Synergy
Involving an international consortium of telecommunication operators, manufacturers, and
research institutes, complementary in interest and expertise, MobyDick’s solution will
leverage this development into business opportunities and user benefits at the European
and international level. While in principle, given the expertise, MobyDick’s IPv6- and AAAbased
solutions could be developed on a national basis, it is obvious that for reasons of
presence, weight, consensus, acceptance on an International scale, the project is a clear
candidate for European and International co-operation.
3.1.2 Manufacturer’s View Point
For manufacturers involved in the MobyDick Consortium, exploitation of results of the
Project offers a key strategic opportunity for the longer-term development of their telecom
business, beyond UMTS Release 2000, both in Europe and globally. Manufacturers are
already active in some standardization bodies (such as ITU and ETSI) and MobyDick will
offer a framework to transform this investment and participation into a substantial
commercial opportunity on the time frame of 2001 to 2010. In addition, the presence of
major global players, such as NEC and Motorola will provide greater leverage on bodies
such as the IETF; it is very doubtful if manufacturers could have significant influence on
these bodies by acting alone.
MobyDick manufacturers all supply aspects of fixed and mobile telecommunications
equipment such as base stations, access, and switching infrastructure, mobile terminal,
AAA servers, QoS capable equipment. In all these fields MobyDick offers an opportunity to
build world-wide market share, if the Project achieves its goals. The experience gained in
this Project will help positioning the partners well to introduce a range of: terminals, access
infrastructure, and mobile multimedia applications for extended UMTS Release 2000 and
WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network).
MobyDick will also offer manufacturers shorter-term exploitation benefits. MobyDick is
predicated on all-IP and IP applications (Voice-over-IP) and IP network equipment (router
and server). It will also provide support for UMTS deployment, since MobyDick will
specifically extend UMTS, and give confidence that some of the deficiencies of UMTS will
be abolished. This will provide short-term growth in the UMTS market to the benefit of the
entire European mobile telecommunications industry.
3.1.3 Operator’s View Point
For operators MobyDick will offer the opportunity to develop new services. Users are
becoming used to data rates of 10 Mbit/s on existing and advanced Ethernet, fixed,
connections - playing videos, games, and holding video conferences. MobyDick will allow
these services to be offered in a mobile context. In addition, the fixed-mobile convergence
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