Projects

Princess

3/1998 - 2/2001

In the Princess project, the researchers have developed a service platform for mobile multimedia services (for example, movie, e-commerce, video surveillance, information retrieval) which can be used with most terminal devices: from next generation mobile phones to multimedia computers. The platform adapts the services according to the user’s terminal device, so service providers do not have to create different versions of the same service for the different user groups.

During the last year, the researchers have tested the platform with a novel sports service, which offers, for example, ice hockey videos and related background information. The content provider interface has also been looked into: the aim has been to create an interface which requires a minimal amount of programming. Thanks to a new tool, it will be effortless to create new services for the Princess platform. Within the framework of the Princess project, the following topics have also been targeted: flexible billing solutions for mobile services; increasing the stability of the present platform; and the scalability of the platform in different load situations. The researchers have discovered how to avoid unnecessary loading of the network and how users can receive the required information in a form as compact and economical as possible. It will be easy to transfer the completed system to different environments.

CCC
Nokia Mobile Phones
Nokia Networks
Tekes
TeliaSonera Finland

TLX, Telecommunications - Creating Global Village 1997 - 2001

VTT Electronics

Jaakko Sauvola