2002 Euro-China Co-operation Forum Broadband Access Home and Business 2002 Euro-China Co-operation Forum Information Society 16-20 April 2002, Beijing George Metakides

Information Society & ‘Ambient Intelligence’ Satellite Global Suburban Urban In- Building Pico-Cell Micro-Cell Macro-Cell Home-Cell Seamless & Rich Connectivity Knowledge Technologies Anthropocentric Interfaces Intelligent Environments

Ambient Intelligence in Action In the Home Medical Mirror Immersive TV “Call My-Agent” Creative Spaces In the Office Video Walls & Virtual-Real Meetings Foldable Workstations 3D Design In Transport Systems Navigation Systems Driver Assistance

Broadband Networks and Services Backbone network Content Control Content Communication Application Wireless access Wireline Cable Residential gateway Wired and wireless home & business Media gateways Personal Area Applications & services

Evolution of Internet Access Platforms in Europe POTS DSL Coaxial Cable ISDN Fibre Hybrid Fixed Wireless Access Satellite Source: BDRC, Aug 2001 Pure Fibre

Broadband Activities in Europe Policy Initiatives and Regulatory Framework Telecom Package (unbundling the local loop) Electronic Communications Services 3G (Mobile Communications) IPv6 Secure Networks Promotion of Content R&D in the IST programme: Wireline Technologies (all-optical networks) Wireless Technologies (PANs-LANs, fixed wireless, mobile, satellite) Open platforms for Broadband Services (interactive AV systems, middleware for seamless services, etc) IST-FP6 (2003-2006) Budget: 3.6+ Billion Euro The Barcelona European Council called in March 2002 on the Commission to draw up an eEurope Action Plan focussing on: “the widespread availability and use of broadband networks throughout the Union by 2005 and the development of Internet protocol IPv6….and the security of networks and information, eGovernment, eLearning, eHealth and eBusiness” The European Framework programmes have supported the development of many of the necessary technologies: such as the digitalisation of audio-visual content, the digitalisation of the transmission,return-paths for broad- cast networks, content referencing and tools for IPR protection. For content representation Europe has accepted the international MPEG standards and developed their own specification for digital TV - for all transmission media - , for the multimedia home platform, an API for interactive multimedia applications. The delivery of Audio-Visual content over IP networks is under way. Special Actions

China-EU Joint Activities? Standardisation efforts Content (MPEGx) Interoperable Middleware MHP (OCAP, ARIB XML, etc.) EU DVB USA ATSC Japan ARIB China SARFT Broadcast transmission systems Co-operation in R&D Broadcasting technologies End to End Networked Audio-visual Systems and Applications ... What we should try to agree with the Chinese people is that they at least accept a kind of multimedia home platform that enables exchange of Audio-visual content. Even if the American TV standard is not compatible progress is made with the standard for the MHP. It is still possible that this becomes a world standard. Members of some Chinese agencies for Digital Tv participate in DVB meetings to follow the relevant developments. CHINA 863 & EU IST R&D Programmes

2002 Euro-China Co-operation Forum Broadband Sessions Backbone network Content Control Content Communication Application Wireless access Wireline Cable Residential gateway Wired and wireless home & business Media gateways Personal Area Applications & services HPC Grid and broadband access (2 sessions) - 16 April Mobile Communications & IPv6 (4 sessions) - 17 April GIS/GPS/Remote sensing satellites (1 session) - 19 April Broadband access for homes and business

2002 Euro-China Co-operation Forum Broadband Sessions in this Stream Broadband access for homes and business From personal area network to wireless home network A single open platform for interactive TV services Broadband networks for home and business services Converging services in co-operative networks Backbone network Content Control Content Communication Application Wireless access Wireline Cable Residential gateway Wired and wireless home & business Media gateways Personal Area Applications & services

2002 Euro-China Co-operation Forum From personal area network to wireless home network Speakers How the stream media flows into home Jing Feng- Legend Corporate Research and Development Broadband access at home Hu Shicheng - ETSI Digital home in China Fang Guiming - Inst. Of Software, CAS How to utilise wireless mesh technologies for delivering high-speed broadband services for homes and businesses Jyrki Berg - Nokia