WIRELESS FLEXIBLE PERSONALIZED COMMUNICATIONS	COST 259
Work Plan

(1) ACTION PROFILE
Action no.:  259
Action title: Wireless Flexible Personalised Communications
MC Chairperson: Luis M. Correia

Commencement date:   Dec. 1996
Scheduled completion date:  Apr. 2000
Extension request:      ---

Number of COST countries currently participating:     18
Number of COST country entities (institutes, etc.) currently participating:    0
Number of other entities (institutes, etc.) currently participating:     0

Estimated total Action cost for year:  107 kEuro

Number of Management Committee Members:  80

Titles of any Action Working Groups (with current number of members per group):

WG.1 Radio Systems Aspects - 20
WG.2 Propagation and Antennas - 40
WG.3 Network Aspects - 20

(2) ACTION MANAGEMENT

Management Committee Meetings (scheduled or expected)

Nº1
Title:
Location: Valencia, Spain
Date:  19-21 Jan. 2000

Nº2
Title:
Location: Bergen, Norway
Date:  26-28 Apr. 2000
 

Other meetings:

 (3) OBJECTIVES FOR YEAR (to be achieved during year)

a) to finalise models developed during the project
b) to compare developed models with measurements and/or simulations
c) to prepare and conclude the Final Report

(4) ACTIVITIES PLANNED FOR YEAR (including short-term scientific missions)

Nº1: exchange of researchers within the partner institutions, for continuation of the mutual collaboration
Nº2: exchange of measured data within the partner institutions, for models validation
Nº3: continuous update of the www site of the Action, and maintenance of the various email reflectors for the participants in the Action and in the Working Groups
Nº4: organisation of special sessions of the Action in major international conferences on mobile communications, namely AP2000
Nº5: continuation of collaboration with other COST Actions
Nº6: continuation of collaboration with projects in the ACTS, SMT and ESPRIT frameworks
Nº7: edition of the Final Report

(5) OUTPUTS PLANNED FOR YEAR (including final reports, technical documents, publications, and other forms of output)

Nº1: Final COST 259 Workshop Proceedings
Nº2: Final Report
Nº3: “www page”, with links to the main related sites

(6) WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS

Nº1
Title: Final COST 259 Workshop
Purpose: To present the major results achieved during the Action to the R&D community on the area of mobile/wireless communications
Output expected: Workshop Proceedings
Origin of participants: Members and experts of the Action, invited speakers from organisations outside the Action, and participants from European industries
Number of participants: 120
Location: Bergen, Norway
Date:  Apr. 2000

 Estimated budget
 

(1)  SECRETARIAT

     12 kEuro
Total support required for item 12 kEuro

(2) PUBLICATIONS (including final report)

      20 kEuro
Total support required for item 20 kEuro

(3) WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS

     28 kEuro
Total support required for item 14 kEuro

(4) MEETINGS

 Nº1:    30 kEuro
 Nº2:    30 kEuro
Total support required for item 60 kEuro

(5) SHORT-TERM SCIENTIFIC MISSIONS

Action representation to TCT  1 kEuro
Total support required for item   1 kEuro

(6) GRAND TOTAL
Total support required for item 107 kEuro