1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

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

6. 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 ( )
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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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