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MEMO: The Specification of a Hybrid System for Interactive Broadcast and Internet Access using DAB and GSM

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Multimedia Applications, Services and Techniques — ECMAST’99 (ECMAST 1999)

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The MEMO (Multimedia Environment for Mobiles) system has been developed in an ACTS project (AC064) and is built upon Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) and GSM networks. It is a hybrid network offering both interactive broadcast services and personal services with a much higher downlink bandwidth than GSM alone. A number of interesting problems have been solved resulting in an object-oriented service model for service providers and an extension of the socket API paradigm to facilitate access to broadcast services by mobile terminals. In addition, a cellular DAB network is proposed with mobility management based on Mobile IP, and TCP extensions to optimise the transport over the combined DAB downlink and GSM uplink. The MEMO specifications are open and are managed by the MEMO Forum, launched in March 1999.

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  1. Computer Science Department, Loughborough University, Loughborough, LE11 3TU, UK

    James Alty, Adam Bridgen & Iain Duncumb

  2. Ericsson Mobile Data Design AB, S:t Sigfridgatan 89, S-412, 66 Gothenberg, Sweden

    Johan Ebenhard

  3. Teracom Svensk Rundradio AB, PO Box 17666, S-118 92, Stockholm, Sweden

    Per Ruottinen

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  1. Telekom Austria Headquarters, Postgasse 8, A-1011, Vienna, Austria

    Helmut Leopold

  2. Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Telecommunicación Grupo de Tratamiento de Imágenes (GTI), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria s/n, E-28040, Madrid, Spain

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Alty, J., Bridgen, A., Duncumb, I., Ebenhard, J., Ruottinen, P. (1999). MEMO: The Specification of a Hybrid System for Interactive Broadcast and Internet Access using DAB and GSM. In: Leopold, H., García, N. (eds) Multimedia Applications, Services and Techniques — ECMAST’99. ECMAST 1999. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1629. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-48757-3_35

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