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6WINIT

Abstract

The 6WINIT project validated the introduction of the NEW MOBILE WIRELES INTERNET in Europe - based on a combination of the new Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) and wireless protocols (GPRS and UMTS/3GPP). This offering will solve the current problems of the scarcity in the IP and wireless world of the following: IP addresses, quality of service and security from the IP side and lack of spectrum and bandwidth from the wireless side. The project set up and validated one of the first operational IPv6-3G Mobile Internet initiatives, with customers having native IPv6 access points and native IPv6 services in a 3G environment. The project concentrated on mobile and wireless aspects of the system. It linked Into existing IPv6 wired infrastructures, using mainly existing applications for the validation, with emphasis on the clinical and M-Commerce domains. In most cases the applications themselves were not developed inside the project.

The project studied the following generic applications: the Road Warrior, multimedia services, streaming media services, wireless connectivity to a weather station, and mobile e-commerce.

We will be using as clinical testbeds four hospital sites in Germany, Poland, Switzerland and the UK. The clinical applications included: mobile access to patient information, tele-consultation of vital data from ambulances, mobile care for patients in the community after surgery, and clinical education.

Funding Source:

EC

Partners

  • UCL (UK)
  • UoS (UK)
  • BT (UK)
  • TED (Denmark)
  • Ericsson (Sweden)
  • T-Nova (Germany)
  • TZI (Germany)
  • IABG (Germany)
  • RUS (Germany)
  • UKT (Germany)
  • 6WIND (France)
  • VTT (Finland)
  • UMM (Poland)
  • TELSCOM (Switzerland)
  • ETRI (Korea)
  • CRC (Canada)

UCL PI

P.T. Kirstein

Duration

January 2001 - January 2003

Budget:

Total 5,938,715€
EC 3,482,805€
UCL 751,585€

Website

see 6WINIT for further details.