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

Mobility and
Differentiated Services in a
Future IP Network
IST-2000-25394
Project duration: 36 months
http://www.ist-mobydick.org/
Abstract:
In order to continue to evolve 3rd Generation mobile and wireless infrastructures towards the Internet - targeting
IST 2000 IV 5.2 "Terrestrial Wireless System and Networks", the project Moby Dick will define, implement,
and evaluate an IPv6-based mobility-enabled end-to-end QoS architecture starting from the current IETF's QoS
models, Mobile-IPv6, and AAA framework. A representative set of interactive and distributed multimedia
applications will serve to derive system requirements for the verification, validation, and demonstration of the
Moby Dick architecture in a testbed comprising UMTS, 802.11 Wireless LANs and Ethernet. In case the existing
applications or the underlying architectures do not provide what is required, the necessary modification will be
undertaken.
The objectives of the project are split up into the following activities:
• Definition of a common architecture integrating QoS, IPv6 mobility, and AAA (out of the separate
architectural approaches for each component currently provided by the IETF) with respect to wireless
issues.
• Implementation and evaluation of an IPv6-based end-to-end technological approach to fulfil the
requirements of present and future mobile communication services.
• Implementation and evaluation of QoS models (e.g. Differentiated Services) in highly dynamic and
heterogeneous network topologies (understanding of QoS models is normally restricted to relatively static
environments).
• Definition of a suitable charging concept which would enable permanent mobile IP based services on a large
scale (a strong requirement related to AAA, but currently not a topic within the IETF).
• Trans-European trial to test the implementation by using SOKRATES-ERASMUS exchange students as
test-users.
• Actively participate in IRTF (Internet Research Task Force) AAAArch (Authentication, Authorisation, and
Accounting Architecture) working group, and monitor in particular ETSI, 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership
Project), MWIF (Mobile Wireless Internet Forum), IEEE (in particular 802.11).
• Follow and actively influence ongoing relevant IETF standardisation activities in particular in the working
groups.
Servers / Brokers
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network
European IP
backbone
National/
company/
university
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fixed or radio
access
network
mobile terminal
Ethernet
Structure of the Trial Network
Partners:
T-Nova Deutsche Telekom Innovationsgesellschaft mbH Berkom, Germany; NEC Network Development
Laboratories, Germany/United Kingdom, University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain, Eidgenössische
Technische Hochschule Zürich, Switzerland, University of Stuttgart, Germany, GMD Fokus, Germany,
Portugal Telecom Inovacao, Portugal, Centre de Recherche de Motorola, France, University of Cracow,
Poland, Forschungszentrum Telekommunikation Wien Beriebs-GmbH, Austria.
Contact: Hans Joachim Einsiedler, 26 Jul. 01
T-Nova Deutsche Telekom Innovationsgesellschaft mbH Berkom, Goslarer 35, D-10589 Berlin,
Phone (49-30) 34 97 35 18, FAX (49 30) 34 97 35 19, E-mail Hans.Einsiedler@t-systems.de