Project Status

Finished

Tag Line

System for Advanced Mobile Broadband Applications

Objective

The primary objective of SAMBA is to promote the development of a broadband cellular radio extension to the IBC, thus allowing the use of broadband fully interactive multimedia services by mobile users. The work focuses on a Trial Platform to test its performance in a trial, which will demonstrate the applicability of the Mobile Broadband System (MBS) to user applications.

Founding

ACTS (European Commission)

Grow Contribution

Leading of WP on cellular planning and traffic models. Development of propagation and channel models, algorithms for cellular planning and multi-service traffic models.

Partners

RWTH Aachen, Bosch, Daimler-Benz, DASA (DE), BBC, Thames TV (UK), IMIS, Mitsubishi, Philips, Telis (FR), Telenor R&D (NO), PT, IST, TMN (PT), Mitsubishi (JP)