The mStar software

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Mission
Center for Distance-spanning Technology
missionis to develop competence, innovations,
and business opportunities at the intersection of
computer communications and media
technology. The goal is to strengthen business
competitiveness and quality of life in the Nordic
Countries.
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Strategic Objectives
Innovations off-springs
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Results - Technology example
Routing algorithmsPatents beating the Yanks
(Cisco, Nortel)
eMeeting softwareInternet co-operation vehicle

• Super-modemsenable gt10 TV channels on the phone
  cable

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Results - Company Off-Springs
Routers Firewalls www.effnet.com
IT pilots support www.itnorrbotten.se
eMeeting Products www.marratech.com
OPERAX
Bandwidth Brokers www.operax.com
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Off-Spring Centres
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Facts and Figures

• Established Jan. 1995
• 35 associated persons (average 1999)
• Turnover 20 MSEK (1999)
• Parties
• Luleå University of Technology
• Companies Ericsson, Frontec, Telia
• 2 new companies in progress
• Organisation
• Legally - University
• Practically - None profit company/institute

New party
New party
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Sites (people)
Boden (1)
Luleå (25)
Piteå (1)
Skellefteå (4)
Stockholm, Kista (2)
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Success Factors
THE UNIQUE COMBINATION

• Case-driven ResearchFuture scenarios -
  challenging problems - useful results
• Shared ActivitiesAcademy and companies actually
  working together
• Bias for actionPragmatic approaches - decisive
  concrete action
• Network organisationConnecting competence using
  eMeeting

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Driving Cases

• Always Wide-band Internet Connected
• Human Activity MergeSwapping between Work,
  Education, Entertainment, Leisure etc.
• Media/Communication MergeInternet, TV, Radio and
  Games melting together
• Limitless On-demand LearningKnowledge navigation
  Interactive Learning
• Here-Care - Healthcare at Home

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Projects I

• Education Direct - Distributed Education and Net
  based Learning on the Internet utilizing and
  improving CSCW tools.
• QoS-Agents - Bandwidth brokerage and advanced
  network reservations (QoS) using advanced agent
  technology
• Distributed Software Laboratory - SW
  Architectures for scalable, distributed,
  applications
• 3rd generation Internet applications to the home
  - Arhitechtures, techology and methods related to
  3rd generation Internet applications
  (Interactive TV, Games, Education, Helath Care
  etc)

QoS Agents
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Projects II

• Roxy Next generation Internet basedMedia
  Applications (Interactve TV etc)
• MediaSite Integrataion of Internet basedservices
  for provisioning on digital sites
• Internet3 Swedish National Internet Research
  program which CDT conducts.
• Arena Expanding a sports arenainto an
  Infotainment arena.

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Projects III

• Broadcast and InternetSeamless merge of digital
  TV broadcast and Internet communication for Net
  Based Learning and entertainment.
• Scalable Internet RT MediaAdvanced handling of
  dynamic scalable media on heterogeneous networks.
• Selective TRuncating Internetworking ProtocolIP
  traffic scalability (for e.g. heterogeneous
  networks) using selective truncation of portions
  of IP packets

BRaIN
SIRAM
STRIP
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Projects (old)

• Zipper Ultra high-speed VDSL communication using
  a combination of multicarrier methods and VLSI
• Multimedia Assisted Tele Engineering Services.
  Technology and methods for efficient net-based
  team-work in geographically distributed projects.
• Epaper News paper content production systems and
  methods for creation of more lively and
  attractive content, efficiently for both paper
  and www

ZIPPER