European research in mobile and personal communications perspectives for the future

Author

Pereira, Jorge M.

Author_Institution

Eur. Comm., Brussels, Belgium

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

42370

Lastpage

42376

Abstract

The achievements of European R&D, in particular in the area of mobile and personal communications, are briefly reviewed. The contributions to standardisation, both at European (ETSI) and global (ITU) level, are emphasised, whilst making the case for the critical importance of the regulatory issues that make or break a market (availability of spectrum, licensing, pan-European services etc). In light of the upcoming Sixth Framework Program (2003-2006), we introduce the themes and priorities identified thus far and discuss briefly the mechanisms under consideration for participation in EU-funded R&D

Keywords

cellular radio; legislation; personal communication networks; research initiatives; standardisation; technological forecasting; ETSI; European research; GSM; ITU; Sixth Framework Program; licensing; mobile communications; pan-European services; personal communications; regulatory issues; spectrum availability; standardisation; Availability; Digital systems; Europe; GSM; Instruments; Licenses; Research and development; Standardization; Telecommunication standards; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Broadband Communications, 2002. Access, Transmission, Networking. 2002 International Zurich Seminar on

Conference_Location

Zurich

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7257-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IZSBC.2002.991741

Filename

991741