Multicasting Services and Information in Sweden – Final Report

Abstract

The MUSIS project identified, developed, and tested a number of innovative mobile multimedia and information services to be distributed over wireless networks. The project ran from September 2004 through December 2005. Live market trials were conducted in Stockholm and Växjö. The project was initiated through SIBED, a joint Swedish-Israeli program that supports development and verification of technologies and applications. MUSIS had three main objectives: • To identify and implement innovative mobile media services, particularly those suited to multicast delivery. • To create an innovative model for content creation and distribution for this type of service. • To integrate a multicast platform in the network. The two first objectives of the project were fulfilled and field tested. Due to the extensive testing needed to install a new component in a live network, actual multicast delivery was not implemented across the live network: instead the look-and-feel o