ISHTAR - IST-2004-015929-SSA · 2015. 11. 6. · ISHTAR - IST-2004-015929-SSA D-1.4 Final Project Report Deliverable Type: PU* Nature of the Deliverable: R** Period Covered: 01/05/05

ISHTAR - IST-2004-015929-SSA

D-1.4 Final Project Report

Deliverable Type: PU* Nature of the Deliverable: R**

Period Covered: 01/05/05 – 31/12/06 Date: 21/01/07

Start Date of Project: 01/05/05 Project Duration: 20 months

Project Coordinator: Boris Grabner Distribution: WP1

Code: ISHTAR/TA/WP1/FPR Editor: Telekom Austria AG

Contributors: All Partners * Deliverable Type: PU= Public, RE= Restricted to a group specified by the Consortium, PP= Restricted to other program participants (including the Commission services), CO= Confidential, only for members of the Consortium (including the Commission services)

** Nature of the Deliverable: P= Prototype, R= Report, S= Specification, T= Tool, O= Other

Copyright by the ISHTAR Consortium.

The ISHTAR Consortium consists of:

TELEKOM AUSTRIA Project Coordinator Austria ALCATEL SPACE Partner France TELETEL Partner Greece TELE ATLAS Partner Belgium ATHENS TECHNOLOGY CENTRE Partner Greece NAVTEQ Partner Netherlands

D1.4: Final Project Report Page 2 of 41

ISHTAR/TA/WP1/D14 - draft © ISHTAR Consortium – January 2007

Table of Contents

1. Executive Summary ..................................................................................................................... 4

2. Project Rationale & original Objectives ..................................................................................... 5 2.1 Objectives and Aspects ............................................................................................................ 5 2.2 Project Achievements and critical Overview ............................................................................ 6

3. Project Objectives and Work performed.................................................................................. 12 3.1 WP1: Project Management..................................................................................................... 12

3.1.1 Tasks & Objectives ......................................................................................................... 12 3.1.2 Deliverables .................................................................................................................... 13 3.1.3 Achievements.................................................................................................................. 13

3.2 WP2: Harmonisation of LBS standardisation efforts............................................................... 15 3.2.1 Tasks and Objectives....................................................................................................... 15 3.2.2 Deliverables .................................................................................................................... 16 3.2.3 Achievements.................................................................................................................. 17

3.3 WP 3: Pan-European mapping of LBS expertise..................................................................... 22 3.3.1 Tasks and Objectives....................................................................................................... 22 3.3.2 Deliverables .................................................................................................................... 23 3.3.3 Achievements.................................................................................................................. 23

3.4 WP 4: Road-mapping and development of R&D strategy ....................................................... 26 3.4.1 Tasks and Objectives....................................................................................................... 26 3.4.2 Deliverables .................................................................................................................... 26 3.4.3 Achievements.................................................................................................................. 27

3.5 WP 5: Analysis of Socioeconomic Aspects, ethics and business plans .................................... 28 3.5.1 Tasks and Objectives....................................................................................................... 28 3.5.2 Deliverables .................................................................................................................... 29 3.5.3 Achievements.................................................................................................................. 29

3.6 WP 6: Dissemination and Exploitation Activities ................................................................... 31 3.6.1 Tasks and Objectives....................................................................................................... 31 3.6.2 Deliverables .................................................................................................................... 32 3.6.3 Achievements.................................................................................................................. 32

4. Exploitation and Dissemination................................................................................................. 36 4.1 Telekom Austria .................................................................................................................... 36

4.1.1 Exploitation Plan............................................................................................................. 36 4.1.2 Dissemination Plan.......................................................................................................... 36

4.2 Alcatel Alenia Space.............................................................................................................. 36 4.2.1 Exploitation Plan............................................................................................................. 36 4.2.2 Dissemination Plan.......................................................................................................... 37

4.3 Teletel.................................................................................................................................... 37 4.3.1 Exploitation Plan............................................................................................................. 37 4.3.2 Dissemination Plan.......................................................................................................... 37

4.4 TeleAtlas ............................................................................................................................... 38 4.4.1 Exploitation Plan............................................................................................................. 38 4.4.2 Dissemination Plan.......................................................................................................... 38

4.5 Athens Technology Center ..................................................................................................... 38 4.5.1 Exploitation Plan............................................................................................................. 38 4.5.2 Dissemination Plan.......................................................................................................... 39



4.6 NAVTEQ .............................................................................................................................. 39 4.6.1 Exploitation Plan............................................................................................................. 39 4.6.2 Dissemination Plan.......................................................................................................... 39

5. Timetable ................................................................................................................................... 40



1. Executive Summary

The present document comprises the Final Project Report of the IST Project “Industrial Stimuli for the Harmonisation of European Research in the area of Location Based Services” (ISHTAR). The report presents an overview of the project achievements and provides clear statements with respect to exploitation and dissemination intensions. The present deliverable is also focused on the overall and high-level evaluation of the project achievements as well as addressing the feedback received during the final project review.



2. Project Rationale & original Objectives

2.1 Objectives and Aspects

The main objective of the ISHTAR SSA project was to contribute towards the harmonisation of technologies, services/applications, and standardisation efforts in the field of Location Based Services (LBS). Moreover, the project facilitated and promoted the exploitation of existing and emerging relevant expertises and practises. The performed support activities will mainly targeted the 2.3.6.3 “To progress towards the achievement of the objectives of a European Research Area in a given IST field” Objective and contributed towards the achievement of the “Applications and Services for the Mobile User and Worker” IST Strategic Objective.

The ISHTAR consortium is composed of a selected set of organisations with complementary expertise (telecom operator, manufacturer, system integrators, GIS content providers) in the LBS and mobile applications sector. The consortium partners are/were key members in four IST R&D projects targeting the “Applications and Services for the Mobile User and Worker” IST Strategic Objective, namely LIAISON, MobileIN, SHARE, POMPEI. The ISHTAR SSA project closely monitored the progress and benchmarked the intermediate achievements and final outcomes of the above-mentioned projects. Furthermore, it established inter-project links and facilitated the dissemination and exploitation of results over and above the standard diffusion and exploitation activities of the individual projects.

The main objectives of the ISHTAR project along with the respective project deliveries can be described as follows:

• To identify and report on knowledge and expertise gaps particularly in terms of technological interoperability in the field of Location Based Services at European level

• To contribute towards the harmonisation of standardisation efforts relating to LBS in terms of technologies (OMA, GIS, positioning techniques, etc), generic applications/services, and also on special application fields (e.g. emergency applications, enterprise/business, entertainment, etc) through the submission of formal roadmap recommendations (ISHTAR positions) to the concerned standardisation bodies (3GPP, OMA, OGC, ISO)

• To derive a pan-European map of expertise in the field of Location Based Services and relevant technologies, also containing concrete information (e.g. SWOT analyses) and proof (e.g. market data) on the success and viability of R&D achievements at European level

• To develop a concrete, future-proof, long-term strategy proposal (five-year roadmap) for the organisation and co-ordination of future R&D activities in the field of location based applications and services for the mobile user

• To effectively facilitate and promote the dissemination (i.e. organisation of two workshops embracing awareness sessions, presentations etc) and exploitation (e.g. development of ‘merged’ model business plans) of existing and emerging expertises and practises in the field of Location Based Services

The present SSA project aimed at accomplishing its target by carrying out the following discrete objectives:

1. Study and analyse LBS-related existing standardisation efforts, identify standardisation gaps and unresolved interoperability issues.

2. Develop and formally submit to the concerned standardisation bodies (3GPP, OGC, OMA, ISO) reports addressing the current standards limitations.



3. Develop and exploit a systematic approach for the assessment of past and ongoing R&D and commercial activities in the domain of Location Based Services. This approach will be consistent with a set of identified priorities used for deriving adequate assessment and success-measurement criteria.

4. Develop a pan-European map of knowledge and expertise on technologies, systems, platforms, services and specific application fields, relevant to the design, implementation and management of Location Based Services.

5. Develop a concrete, future-proof, long-term strategy proposal for the organisation and co-ordination of future R&D activities in the field of location based applications and services for the mobile user.

6. Perform a thorough analysis of the social, economic, and regulatory aspects that have slowed down the take up of Location Based Services and define a set of key-factors deemed crucial for the future take-up and commercial viability of LBS.

7. Identify promising emerging business cases in the LBS sector, assess their viability, and develop a systematic collection of merged model business plans for the different players involved in the various LBS-related thematic application fields. Further, prepare the ground for the creation and commercial viability of a European LBS Forum.

8. Organise two workshops (T0+9, T0+18) in order to promote and facilitate the dissemination, and exploitation of past and present programme results above the standard exploitation activities of individual projects. Moreover carry out focused “awareness sessions” enabling the effective and more direct transfer/exploitation of knowledge and hands-on experience.

9. Make use of a range of tools in order to disseminate in a user-friendly fashion the results of emerging projects (knowledge mapping, technology reviews, etc) and advertise project activities (workshops, meetings, etc). The tools will include a web-site, electronic and printed newsletters, press releases, articles in the general and professional press, etc.

10. Produce and operate the ISHTAR LBS Web portal, which will form a web-based tool providing easy, secure and systematic access to the pan-European LBS knowledge map information. This tool will complement existing portals and will serve as the springboard for promotion and exploitation of available LBS-related expertise.

11. Establish a strategy and plan for the exploitation and dissemination of the knowledge generated by the project.

2.2 Project Achievements and critical Overview

The project ISHTAR has started on May 1st 2005 where in the Kick Off meeting besides the WP1 – Project Management (with various activities like finalisation of the Consortium Agreement, financial aspects etc.) also WP2 – Harmonisation of LBS standardisation efforts, WP3 – Pan-European mapping of LBS expertise and WP6 – Dissemination and Exploitation activities were initiated and set up. Special focus was spent on the content of the ISHTAR website, as the preferred information portal for the ISHTAR community, it was launched on 08/08/05 (documentation is included into Deliverable D6.2). One of the main technical questions discussed in the beginning of the project was the creation of a common understanding of a LBS architecture, which should serve as basis for WP2, WP3, WP4 and WP5, the result is depicted in Figure 1. Different understandings in this area result from different viewpoints depending on the part of the value chain.



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The Project detailed Workplan and Quality Plan D1.2 was established and accompanied with project internal activities for efficient communication. The project presentation providing an overview of the scheduled project targets was submitted (Results can be envisaged in Deliverable D1.1). WP 2 was setup on the base of the LBS Architecture defined, task 2.1 was initiated, with special focus on the harmonisation of different specific localisation techniques. Preliminary results of this tasks as well as the results of the other project tasks were presented to OMA in December 2005. WP3 started with a pan-European survey on research projects in the area of LBS, the idea of a newsletter was born in order to keep the interested projects and stakeholders quarterly updated on the project activities and results in the LBS area. The first ISHTAR questionnaire was generated and sent to the growing ISHTAR community as well as to other LBS decision makers and research centers (in total, 120 questionnaires were sent out), due to the holiday period in August, feedback was rather poor at that stage, so the consortium decided to postpone D3.1, where the accessible research activities on European level are surveyed. At the same time, the parallel tasks 2.2 and 2.3 were setup and frequently harmonised with 2.1 in order to avoid overlaps. Task 2.2 especially addressed the specification activities in relevance to LBS applications with the special exception of Emergency services, which are evaluated in Task 2.3. Special attraction was given to the planning of the dissemination activities to be scheduled for the entire future project duration, these are summarised in D6.1, the deliverable was submitted in 03/10/05. Task 6.1 was initiated on time in autumn 2005 but discussions about the Workshop started shortly after the project was begun as the Workshops were seen as the most important dissemination activities of the Consortium. One of the key points in the discussion was to raise public awareness and to attract possible participants within the limited budget for such an event. Finally, it was decided for the first ISHTAR workshop to cooperate with the Workshop on Positioning, Navigation and Communication – WPNC which is regularly organised by Hannover University one day after the end of CEBIT. Speakers from all parts of the LBS Value chain like e.g. Prof. Heikki Saikkonen (Nokia), Julien Grange (OMA), and others topped this successful single day Workshop on 16/03/06 in Hannover.

Task 2.1 results are presented in D2.1. It gives a thorough review of the LBS standards being elaborated at OMA and 3GPP, as well as the feedback from projects using these standards. Some proposals are then made concerning the work items and contribution to be made at the different Standards bodies.

Task 2.2 results are presented in D2.2, give a detailed analysis of the application standardisation in the LBS arena, as conclusion it was found that a clear picture of existing standards is difficult to define and to maintain as too many initiatives are carried out by either public organisations or private



associations creating de-jure standards versus the industrial standards. This often yields in the existence of different standards for similar functions. A detailed description on the existing standardisation activities addressing specifications of relevance to LBS applications is being presented there concluding with general recommendations. D2.2 was submitted on 09/05/06.

Task 2.3 results are summarised in D2.3, presenting the analysis of the standardisation on the special applications field as well as depicting the technologies utilised in the EC funded projects POMPEI, SHARE, LIAISON and OASIS. Emergency applications are seen as important part of future LBS market drivers, however standards there are still inadequate. Necessary actions are being analysed and presented there, recommendations include the establishment of a European policy tackling these issues; D2.3 was submitted on 09/05/06.

The achievements of Task 3.1 are presented in D3.1, presenting the LBS research projects funded in FP6 categorised per activity area as well as projects funded by European Organisation like Galileo Joint undertaking (GJU) and European Space Agency (ESA). The results of the ISHTAR questionnaire are highlighted. D3.1 was submitted on 29/09/05

D3.2 presents the results of Task 3.2 by analysing and describing current European R&D activities in the area of IST, Galileo and Aeronautics. The architecture of the projects is analysed and compared with the ISHTAR generic LBS architecture. Special focus is also given to technological and market success criteria. D3.2 was submitted on 22/05/06.

D4.1 presents the results of an analysis of technological trends in the area of LBS technologies and applications performed in Task 4.1 with the purpose to identify a number of key research issues that will be analysed in more detail in the course of Task 4.2. LBS Market information is presented which serves as base for the discussion of the LBS technological barriers. D4.1 was submitted on 21/02/06.

Coming from the results of Task 4.1, where specific LBS research issues were identified and listed, an in depth analysis was performed in D4.2 on Interoperability, Mobile Devices, Customer Usability, Personalisation, Security& Privacy, Content Availability & Quality , Content Adaptation and Continuous location provision. Special focus was given on the fact that LBS as an emerging technology will play an important role in future, not only for a selected group of users but bring benefit to all users. Therefore, recommendations shall also be seen in the light of forthcoming IST-FP7. D4.2 was submitted on 26/05/06.

D5.1 presents the results of Task 5.1, where an analysis of socioeconomic aspects and ethical issues of LBS was performed. The results include ethical issues raised, guidelines and principles as well as a survey on various regulations and legislations both on a National level as well as a European level. Finally, work conducted by the various standardisation bodies dealing with LBS relating to privacy and security issues is presented. D5.1 was submitted on 16/05/06.

The second reporting period started with the finalisation of Deliverables D2.1, D.2.2, D2.3, D3.2, D3.3, D4.2a and D5.1 and their timely submission for the first project review, held in Brussels on June 21st 2006. In parallel to that, the review itself was prepared in terms of highlighting the project achievements in a short presentation, as two hours were foreseen for that during the review. A vivid discussion with the experts Hannu Hakala and Chris Blondia encouraged the project consortium but also showed possibilities and clearly indicated improvements for the remaining project period. Further details can be found in the review report, which was received by the Consortium on October 4th 2006.

In parallel to the review preparation and rather short after the first Workshop, discussions about the Organisation of the second Workshop commenced. The first issue, which had to be decided, was how to organise the second Workshop with the limited remaining resources in WP 6. In total, 2.5 Person Months were approved by the Technical Annex, the remaining Personmonth amount after the first Workshop left as possible solution only overspending in this Workpackage. The consortium strongly committed to this strategy.

As the main drawback of the first workshop was that mainly experts could be attracted for participation, one of the main targets formulated for the second workshop was to gain additional attraction with end users. Ongoing contacts with the project LIAISON, where also a workshop was



under preparation, showed that vivid synergies could be created by a common workshop, as major targets of LIAISON also investigate on LBS and furthermore a live demo was in the scope of the LIAISON workshop. Discussions among the ISHTAR consortium showed that the scheduled workshop venue Athens might not be an ideal place due to the decentralised European location. However, the ISHTAR consortium decided to organise the second Workshop jointly due to the fact that the European LBS market and interest is too small for two LBS workshops being held in autumn 2006.

After the Project Officer Elina Holmberg has agreed to the consortium’s proposal of a joint workshop, preparations began jointly with the LIAISON organisation team in weekly Audioconferences. The idea behind the two days workshop was to present LBS business oriented issues on the first day and LBS technological oriented issues on the second day. This was done in order to gain additional attraction by LBS business oriented participants and thus allow a bigger interaction between different parts of the LBS value chain. After the Agenda was agreed, invitations were sent out and possible external speakers were contacted. It was possible to attract Kihak Shim from SK Telecom in Southern Korea for a speech at the workshop; his presentation was favoured most by the participants.

The Workshop presented also the idea of establishing an LBS forum. The necessity of the aforementioned initiative was evident as the people from all aspects of LBS should be enabled to come together and exchange ideas on the promotion of LBS. Currently, coordinated LBS awareness actions do not exist and therefore an LBS Forum could serve as an organised action towards the dissemination of the benefits from the usage of LBS. The objectives of the aforementioned LBS Forum will be the dissemination of LBS-related information and the raise of awareness by the use of demonstrations of practical LBS results, presentations and workshops. It was suggested that the Members of the LBS Forum should nurture from regularly updated information on new developments in the LBS Arena, special access to demonstrations and close networking between LBS Key Players. Finally, the board should consist of representatives from each player in the value chain.

Both the workshops were open to various communities related to LBS usage and technology: end users (professional, institutional), network operators, manufacturers, application, content providers and integrators. Decision makers, project managers interested in the technical and economical aspects of the deployment of Location Based Services as well as technical personnel interested in knowing what are the most up to date Location techniques and their associated performances also participated.

In Task 2 work continued after the completion of D2.1 in May 2006 on the standards by following the OMA activities, and preparing contributions for the 3GPP GERAN group concerning Galileo introduction in the LBS standards. After the initial survey of the projects from FP6 Call 2 Galileo, whereby the ones which were identified were FieldFact, GICA, HARMLESS, MARUSE, M-TRADE, AGILE, GIANT, GROADS, GRAIL, it was decided that the most relevant to the ISHTAR objectives were AGILE, GIROADS and FieldFact, and discussion were conducted based on the standardisation activities of these.

The result of these activities was documented in the deliverable D2.4 GALILEO LBS standardisation activities recommendations.

In Task 3.3 an elaboration of the deliverable of D3.3: Pan-European LBS knowledge map was conducted, including an elaboration of the LBS added-value chain by presenting in detail the various features and actors involved in each identified element. The work continued with a definition of the LBS key success factors with respect to application and performance requirements. A table was provided which contained categories of LBS applications (such as routing and navigation, tracking services, location-based information services, and entertainment) as well as specific applications under each category. This table provided specific performance metrics/requirements for each application identified. The work continued with an identification of the key success factors which were found to be device reliability and performance, continuous service and availability, accuracy, response time, usability, added-value of the service, privacy/security, and cost. These were cross referenced with the elements of the LBS added-value chain and a table was provided indicating which success factors were applicable to which elements.



All the above information was incorporated into the deliverable D-3.3: “Pan-European LBS knowledge map”.

Regarding Task 4.2, where the Roadmapping and development of R&D strategy was examined, D4.2a was finalised and submitted for the first Project review. In the following, a continual review of relevant subsections of the Deliverable took place with special focus on the more in depth analysis of the LBS Roadmap and timely dependencies on the recommendations for FP 7. Moreover, the dependencies between the availability of devices capable of A-GPS and the rollout plan for Galileo are depicted using scenario techniques and highlight possible actions to be taken within FP7. This background in mind, several discussions with LBS stakeholders during the joint LIAISON/ISHTAR workshop were initiated and feedback was used in order to improve the quality of the deliverable. However, during the second Workshop it was clearly indicated in the presentation of George Tselentis that LBS and LBS related issues are not of primary concern in FP7. D4.2b was submitted on 15/11/2006.

Task 5.2 was initiated in the begin of this reporting period and focused on the analysis of the LBS market and the investigation on business plan models. Work in this task is concluded by introducing the idea of a European LBS forum as mentioned already above. The achieved feedback during the workshop indicated the clear need for such a forum and the majority of participants showed a strong interest and commitment towards this idea. Regretfully, the commercial viability of the forum still remains a challenge, financial support for the LBS forum as a research instrument within the Framework of national/European research programs should be considered.

Within the framework of Task 6.2, a LBS Web Portal was developed by using the information collected in Workpackage 3. The LBS Portal offers a web-based tool for the systematic access to LBS information and LBS projects.

Figure 2 - Screenshot of the LBS Portal

During the task 6.3 the dissemination activities performed in the scope of the ISHTAR project.

Key aspects of the work carried out by the ISHTAR project was to promote the take off of R&D products, to contribute to the research and advance of location based services (LBS) in Europe, and initiate a unified European standardization in LBS. The main objective of the ‘Dissemination’ campaign was to publicize externally and to promote results of the project to as wide an audience as possible, including to other groups (standardisation …) and organisations involved in project work.

In order to achieve this goal, the following activities were carried out:



o Participation in standardization groups

o Systematic communication and collaboration with other project groups and organizations involved in related activities

o Participation in workshops, meetings and conferences

More practically, the dissemination began since the project start with the creation of an ISHTAR web site www.eu-ishtar.net, to support contacts with other users and other industrial sectors. Anyone could join the ISHTAR Network created to gather people interested in the LBS field. A Project Leaflet and newsletter was also available on this website, and distributed to the ISHTAR Network members.

Participation to conference congresses and Workshops addressing the mobile and the LBS applications domain were planned since the beginning of the project as per D-6.1 Detailed plan for project dissemination activities.

Some actions were also undertaken to promote ISHTAR dissemination results, via the contacts taken directly by the teams in the ISTHAR liaised projects, namely: LIAISON, MobileIN, POMPEI, and SHARE.

Deliverable 6.3 was submitted on 15/11/2006.



3. Project Objectives and Work performed

3.1 WP1: Project Management

3.1.1 Tasks & Objectives

3.1.1.1 Objectives

The main Objectives of this Workpackage are the following:

• To monitor the overall performance of the project.

• To assess conformity of the results with the initial project scope and goals.

• To establish and apply an effective risk management strategy.

• To promote project visibility and assess quality of results.

• To efficiently resolve any project internal conflicts.

• To administer project resources and monitor project spending, as well as being prepared and able to cope with unexpected occurrences.

3.1.1.2 Task 1.1: Project Coordination • Implementation of mechanisms, among the project partners, to ensure appropriate lines of

communication at each working level of the project.

• Establishment of an effective risk management strategy aiming at identifying and timely resolving potential risks.

• Establishment of appropriate reporting structures and procedures both internally and externally to ensure the work of the project is transparent.

• Organisation and run of the internal events as: regular management meetings, audit preparation meetings, and audits.

• Close monitoring of the project milestones, ongoing tasks and resource consumption, by means of computer-based project management facilities and internal bi-monthly progress and resource consumption reports.

• Preparation of the infrastructure for the compilation and delivery of internal or public documents, exchange of messages (e-mail reflectors, document formats, converters, etc.).

• Preparation and maintenance of the internal electronic project library with support for online document retrieval i.e. file transfer, web based, etc.

• Interface with the EU for every issue that concerns the project, convey the information to the partners for issues regarding payments, timely delivery of project documents, etc.

• Handling of financial procedures, payments, cost statements, etc.

• Handling of contractual issues with the EC.



3.1.2 Deliverables

Del. no. Deliverable name Planned date

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Lead Contractor

D 1.1 Project Presentation M02 Submitted 08/08/06

TA

D 1.2 Project Detailed Work Plan and Quality Plan M02 Submitted 08/08/06

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D 1.3 Periodic Activity and Management Reports M12, M20 Submitted 26/05/06 17/11/06

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D 1.4 Project Final Report M20 Submitted 17/11/06

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D 1.5 Quarterly Management Reports Every 3 months

29/09/05

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17/11/06

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3.1.3 Achievements

3.1.3.1 Task 1.1: Project Coordination

• Preparation and submission of Deliverable D1.2 “Project Detailed Workplan & Quality Plan”, which presents the Detailed Workplan and Quality Plan for the ISHTAR Project and contains the description of the management structure of ISHTAR and the templates for all of the documents that need to be produced by the Consortium.

• Compilation of the second QMR including the ISHTAR newsletter.

• Organisation of the 3rd project meeting in Toulouse, France on October 20/21st 2005 in cooperation with Alcatel Alenia Space.

• Compilation of the third QMR.

• Organisation of the 4th project meeting in Gent, Belgium on January 10/11th 2006 in cooperation with Teleatlas.

• Co-Organisation of the 1st ISHTAR Workshop in Hannover, Germany on March 17th 2006.

• Organisation of the 5th project meeting in Hannover, Germany on March 18th 2006.

• Organisation of PTC audioconferences and participation.

• Compilation of the first Periodic Activity Report and the first Periodic Management Report as well as QMR 4.

• Preparation and Organisation of the First ISHTAR Review on June 21st 2006.

• Submission of relevant Deliverables and Reports for the review on time.

• Preparation and submission of Cost Statement 1.

• Distribution of Payment 1 and financial Organisation.



• Organisation of the reaction on the Review Report.

• Preparation, Organisation and Tracking of results of various Audio conferences.

• Preparation and Submission of QMR 5,6 and 7 including ISHTAR Newsletters.

• Organisation of Projectmeetings in cooperation with NAVTEQ (meeting held on June 20th 2006 and December 4th 2006) and ATC (meeting held on September 27th 2006).

• Organisation and Preparation of the Final Project Review on December 5th 2006 as well as submission of the relevant Deliverables to the reviewers and the Commission.

• Assistance on the Organisation of the 2nd ISHTAR workshop, held in Athens in September 28th/29th 2006.

• Preparation and Submission of the Final Cost Statement

• Preparation and Submission of the Final Project Reports



3.2 WP2: Harmonisation of LBS standardisation efforts

3.2.1 Tasks and Objectives

3.2.1.1 Objectives

The main objectives of this workpackage are the following:

• To collect, study and analyse past and on-going standardisation efforts related to Location Based Services.

• To identify groups of standards corresponding to the three identified thematic areas of interest, namely LBS technology, LBS common applications and services, LBS special application fields (rescue operations, crisis management, etc.).

• To identify standardisation problems, especially dealing with interoperability issues in all of the three areas.

• To propose solutions for the harmonisation of the conflicting recommendations and a roadmap addressing current standards limitations.

• To formally liaise with the appropriate bodies, and to report formally the results of the WP2.

3.2.1.2 Task 2.1: LBS technology standardisation

This task will focus on the harmonisation of the standardisation of specific location technologies used for the delivery of LBS. The results will be presented in appropriate standardization bodies such as:

• OMA: for the content and the localisation techniques. This task will be delegated to Alcatel MSD (Mobile Software Division), as MSD is already deeply involved and pro-active in this standardisation body. MSD will participate in the OMA location standardisation group, and will carry out the related recommendations and standardisation contributions. They will focus in ISHTAR on "location service access management", area in which they are the most pro-active. Alcatel MSD will be allocated 17,5k€ in man-month and 12,5k€ in travel to perform this task.

• 3GPP: GERAN 2 for protocol, ERAN 2 for protocol, ERAN 4 for performances, Core Network for roaming issues in LBS, on-going decision on WiFi normalisation.

This task will be lead by Alcatel Space, which is already very active in the LBS standardisation area.

3.2.1.3 Task 2.2: LBS common applications standardisation

This task will focus on the standardisation of generic LBS services features and applications, and the results will be presented in appropriate standardization bodies. The main activity in this area is lead by the Open Geospatial Consortium – OGC (formally called Open GIS consortium). One result of OGC relevant to ISHTAR is the OpenLS specifications, which specify SOAP/XML accesses to basic building blocks of LBS including geo-coding, mapping, route calculation and directory services. The task will monitor the progress made by this group, address the suitability of the specifications against the need of LBS applications and make appropriate recommendations. The technical annex mentioned that the task should consider the MAGIC Forum (now merged into OMA), it has not been materialize as the MAGIC forum is not relevant to this task anymore.

Finally, one area where standardisation activities will focus will be the location referencing systems. This is about defining a unique code to identify any object on earth, as lat, long are not sufficient.



Relevant ISO/TC211 standardisation efforts will be examined and thoroughly evaluated while the applicability of schemes such as the Natural Area Coding, and Geoloko will be investigated.

This task will be lead by NAVTEQ which is a world leader in the development and provision of navigable map databases for LBS, route guidance and ADAS applications.

3.2.1.4 Task 2.3: LBS special fields standardisation

This task will focus on the standardisation of LBS based applications for specific thematic areas (e.g. entertainment, enterprise, emergency handling, etc) whereby LBS are applied. Specific examples include crisis management, rescue operations, where LBS are used to assist mobile teams of security and safety workers. Standardisation regarding protocols, procedures, etc. is still at a very pre-mature stage, and the purpose of this task is to provide a roadmap for developing the appropriate recommendations. For this purpose ISHTAR will identify and actively participate in relevant ongoing standardisation efforts as the ETSI activities concerning E112 and eCall in particular based on the recommendations of the eCall Driving Group and the E112 Recommendation 2003/558/EC.

This task will be lead by ATC, coordinator of the POMPEI project, which is dealing with LBS assisted crisis management and rescue operations.

3.2.1.5 Task 2.4: LBS standardisation cross-fertilisation with winning project of FP6 Call2 Galileo

This task will focus on discussion and exchange information about standards in LBS with upcoming projects from FP6 Galileo 2nd Call, mainly the Area 1A: GNSS introduction in the LBS sector. The task will consist in sorting the winning projects of the call related to LBS and to address with them the standardisation issue in LBS.

This activity will be lead by Alcatel Space, which is already active in Galileo/GPS LBS.

3.2.2 Deliverables

Del. no. Deliverable name Planned date

Actual /forecast date

Lead Contractor

D2.1 LBS technology standardisation recommendations

M12 Submitted 24/05/06

AAS

D2.2 LBS common applications standardisation recommandation


NAV

D2.3 LBS special application fields standardisation recommendations


ATC

D2.4 GALILEO LBS standardisation activities recommandations


AAS



3.2.3 Achievements

3.2.3.1 Task 2.1: LBS technology standardisation

A thorough review of the LBS standards being elaborated at OMA and 3GPP has been made. This has been complemented by interviews of projects using these standards, in order to get a feedback on the actual use of these standards. Finally, proposals for the evolution of these standards have been made. All this information has been documented in D2.1 LBS technology standardisation recommendations. This document was submitted in May 2006.

This was also supported by attending OMA meetings in Athens, Vancouver, and Stockholm where contacts with all the major players in the LBS field were taken.

The ISHTAR project was presented to the OMA meeting in Athens on 13th December 2005. Links with the LOC Chapter of OMA were established.

Continuous monitoring of standardisation activities in the area was conducted.

This task also beneficiated of other AAS activities at 3GPP for the introduction of Galileo in the LBS standards at 3GPP.

ETSI TETRA standard for location was also investigated.

A thorough review of the LBS standards being elaborated at OMA and 3GPP has been made. This has been complemented by interviews of projects using these standards, in order to get a feedback on the actual use of these standards. Finally, proposals for the evolution of these standards have been made. All this information has been documented in D2.1 LBS technology standardisation recommendations. This document was submitted in May 2006.

This was also supported by attending OMA meetings in Athens, Vancouver, and Stockholm where contacts with all the major players in the LBS field were taken.

The ISHTAR project was presented to the OMA meeting in Athens on 13th December 2005. Links with the LOC Chapter of OMA were established.

Continuous monitoring of standardisation activities in the area was conducted.

This task also beneficiated of other AAS activities at 3GPP for the introduction of Galileo in the LBS standards at 3GPP.

ETSI TETRA standard for location was also investigated.

The main conclusions of the deliverable D2.1 are summarized below :

The document has provided a complete review of the existing location standards. Shortcomings on these existing standards have been evidenced, and areas of improvement have been found with respect to the new location techniques being investigated in European R&D projects.

The table below summarises these findings, proposing a type of actions to be performed , and identifying towards which standardisation bodies, they should be performed.

This should serve as the basis on which further R&D and standardisation activities should be proposed in the scope of future activities outside ISHTAR.

Area of action Type of action Targeted standardisation body

Priority Addressed Standard

Comment

Type of Networks addressed (WLAN)

Contribution to existing work item/standard maintenance

3GPP

OMA

1 RRLP/RRC,

SUPL



Type of Networks addressed (TETRA)

Contribution to existing work item

ETSI 1 LIP Work item is open, but is idle

QoS/QoP management

Contribution to existing work item/standard maintenance

OMA 2 SUPL

Interface between Application and Location agent on Mobile

New Work item OMA 2 New protocol

Insertion of Location in IMS architecture

New Work item OMA 1 - Preliminary assessment required between IMS and LOC group

Management of SUPL Multiple versions


OMA 2 SUPL

Testing Contribution to existing work item

OMA 2 SUPL

Openness to other location techniques and to their hybridisation

New R&D activity

New Work item

3GPP

OMA

1 RRLP,RRC

SUPL

Flexibility on the choice of the location technique


3GPP

OMA

1 RRLP,RRC

SUPL

3.2.3.2 Task 2.2: LBS common applications standardisation

• Submission of D2.2 to the EC

• Results do task 2.2 have been be presented to ISO and OGC

This task is lead by NAVTEQ, world leader in the development and provision of navigable map databases for LBS, route guidance and ADAS applications.

The task focused on the standardisation of generic LBS services features and applications and monitored the progress made by the relevant standardisation groups, the results were presented to the appropriate standardization bodies.

The main activity in this area is lead by the Open Geospatial Consortium – OGC (formally called Open GIS consortium). One result of OGC relevant to ISHTAR is the OpenLS specifications, which specify accesses to the LBS’s geospatial platform including services such as geo-coding, mapping, route calculation and directory services.

The technical annex mentioned that the task should consider the MAGIC Forum (now merged into OMA), it has not been materialized as the MAGIC forum is not relevant to this task anymore.



Another relevant area where the task focused is the location referencing systems. This is about defining a unique code to identify any object on earth, as lat, long are not sufficient. Relevant ISO/TC211 standardisation efforts were examined and thoroughly evaluated.

To be able to address the suitability of the specifications against the need of LBS applications and to make appropriate recommendations; NAVTEQ and TeleAtlas investigate some key customers and IST projects like Liaison, MobileIN, Share and Pompei.

The task achieves the following conclusions:

§ A common format for map data is missing à PSF initiative ongoing from European Car Makers (à reuse in LBS possible)

§ A standard for data compression is missing; small terminals like smartphone and PDA are limited in term of storage à OGC initiative ongoing (Microfeature Map Format)

§ Low network capacity to exchange information with mobile terminal but technology is evolving

§ Time gap for industries to switch to new standard version à parallel use of old and new version at different level of the value chain (e.g.: GDF)

§ LBS domain is too new for standards compared to more traditional GIS and automotive applications.

§ Standard does not necessarily mean interoperability.

And recommendations:

§ Standards are needed but maybe not everywhere.

- Proprietary API between applications and middleware

- Open LS API between middleware and geospatial platform

§ Proprietary solutions works and are fully optimized. They may also offer added-value compared to standards.

§ Lack of clear picture due to too many initiatives

- “De jure” standardization (ISO, CEN, …) versus “Industrial” (OGC, W3C,…)

- Need of dedicated staff to follow standards

D2.2 was submitted and approved by EC

3.2.3.3 Task 2.3: LBS special fields standardisation

? he main outcome of Task 2.3 was D2.3: “LBS special application fields standardisation recommendations”, which focused on the standardisation of LBS applications for specific thematic areas (e.g. entertainment, enterprise, emergency handling, etc) where LBS are applied. Specific



examples include operations, where LBS are used to assist mobile teams of security and safety workers.

More specifically deliverable D2.3 described the existing standardisation activities addressing specifications that can be of relevance to special LBS applications, such as crisis management and rescue operations.

Standardisation regarding protocols, procedures, etc. regarding these particular applications is still at a very pre-mature stage and, hence, the purpose of this report was to provide a roadmap for developing the appropriate recommendations.

The activities performed towards the editing of D2.3 are listed below:

• A survey was conducted regarding the standardisation of LBS applications for specific thematic areas (e.g. entertainment, enterprise, emergency handling, etc) where LBS are applied.

• The standardisation status concerning special application fields was identified. ETSI, Tetra MoU, EMTEL Emergency Telecommunications, Open Mobile Alliance, GSC (Global Standards Collaboration), NIST, 3GPP and IARU standardisation activities have been described.

• Special application fields standardisation issues derived from EC FP6 project have been investigated. Close communication with 3 FP6 project, namely SHARE, POMPEI and LIAISON projects, in order to receive an update for the progress made in the special application field and the provision of more details on standardisation issues.

• Investigation of standardization issues in other research initiatives besides the EU projects took place.

• Recommendation guidelines were proposed towards the LBS take off in emergency applications.

• A survey of standards for networks and communication was conducted. The Cellular Networks are analysed (specifically the 2G, 2.5G and the 3G) as well as the Professional Mobile Radios (PMR) and the Wireless Data Networks.

Within the framework of Task 2.3 it was concluded that a coordinated implementation policy could help to accelerate the implementation and maximise the benefit of the LBS usage for emergency applications to Emergency Authorities (EAs) and society, such as the actual implementation of E-112. Such a policy will need to define the approach to be adopted towards the utilisation of these technologies and further enhancements as to the quality and the accuracy of location data.

Additionally, it was discussed that the following recommendations shall be taken into consideration in order to achieve a higher implementation of LBS in emergency applications:

• Coordinated action to increase awareness amongst EAs and Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) of the benefits of location enhancement. This could include a mixture of media including on-line services, documentation, presentations and managed events.

• Coordinated action to ensure that the necessary budget allocations are made at national level to prepare for the necessary investment in systems and software upgrades for EAs and PSAPs.

• Continue coordination at European level and establish national liaison groups to establish common practices and benchmarks and reduce the overall risks and costs.

• Pursue the development of common technical solutions (eg data transfer interface), to facilitate implementation and reduce overall risks.

• Establish procedures governing the transfer of location information to EAs, including on the conditions for overriding the users’ choice, in order to create the best possible protection of the users’ privacy.

D2.3: “LBS special application fields standardisation recommendations” was submitted to the EC on time (9/5/06).



3.2.3.4 Task 2.4: LBS standardisation cross-fertilisation with winning project of FP6 Call2 Galileo

As AAS is much involved in other European projects in this field, namely Garmis and GEM, this task was conducted with the specific aim to consider the performance aspects for the introduction of Galileo in the LBS standards. Information was also exchanged with the LIAISON, AGILE an SCORE projects on the use of the LBS standards.

ISHTAR activity contributed to the numerous contributions AAS sent to the 3GPP GERAN group on this topic.

The result of this activity was documented in the deliverable D2.4 GALILEO LBS standardisation activities recommendations submitted in November 2006.

It clearly appears now that this activity should be continued beyond the ongoing projects sponsored by EC, to ensure that Galileo will be indeed correctly introduced in the standards: Major players in the LBS field are still reluctant to consider Galileo, due to the remaining uncertainties on the commercial scheme that will be adopted for Galileo usage, in front of the free “GPS”.


The greatest part of the mass market applications in the future will be driven by the 3GPP and the OMA standards.

The stage 1 (requirements) and stage 2 (Architecture) specifications have been changed at 3GPP level., to support Galileo, and more generally other GNSS systems. The current work aims at changing now the stage 3 specifications (protocol), first at GSM/EDGE level and then at UMTS level.

The introduction of Galileo on the user plane level will touch the SUPL V2 implementation. The requirements of this new SUPL version has just been released in the meeting of Beijing in September 2006. Any changes at protocol level shall now be based on the 3GPP layer, meaning that the 3GPP modifications shall be achieved before any modification at OMA.

Release 2 of SUPL may be the last release and is planed for 2007, that is why the work in 3GPP has to be finished as soon as possible.



3.3 WP 3: Pan-European mapping of LBS expertise


3.3.1.1 Objectives

The main Objectives of this Workpackage are the following:

• To identify the FP6 LBS-related R&D projects/activities within and outside the IST context.

• To establish direct communication and interactions with the LBS stakeholders and research activities/projects of interest.

• To develop and exploit a systematic approach for the assessment of past and ongoing R&D activities in the domain of Location Based Services.

• To derive pan-European map of expertise in the field of Location Based Services and relevant technologies.

• To initially identify missing expertises and technological gaps/barriers at European level.

3.3.1.2 Task 3.1: Identification of research activities/projects

The task will perform a survey on R&D projects and research activities that focus or directly relate to the technological area of Location Based Services, within and outside the IST context. This work having been initiated in POSITION project for FP5 LBS projects, ISHTAR will mainly focus on FP6 projects. Appropriate initial-survey questionnaires will be prepared and distributed to the coordinators of the projects/activities that will be identified of potential interest to the ISHTAR support activities.

The questionnaires will be supplemented with an overview of the ISHTAR project purposes and scope, highlighting the benefits (dissemination of project results, alignment with EC research directions, etc) that could be derived from a project and/or organisation been included in the ISHTAR pan-European LBS-expertise map. Subsequent contacts will be performed in accordance with results of this initial survey. The task will produce a report containing a list of projects deemed relevant to LBS technologies and services/applications, along with an initial grouping of projects/activities per topic. This initial categorisation will be exercised along more than one dimension (e.g. according to technological area, thematic application field, etc).

3.3.1.3 Task 3.2: Review and benchmarking of project approaches and results

This task will proceed on the basis of Task 3.1 results. It will aim at establishing more direct communication and interactions with the research activities/projects of interest. More thorough and possibly directed (e.g. project specific) questionnaires will be prepared and distributed, contacts and audio conferences will be carried out, and visits to relevant dissemination events (workshops, exhibition spaces, etc) will take place. At this stage the ISHTAR will aim at collecting mainly information that pertains to measuring the success of the final/intermediate results produced by the R&D project/activities of interest.

Apart from the technical progress itself and the development of working prototypes and demonstrators, the research will be particularly interested in assessing the commercial success and viability of project results. The task will produce a report that will present the collected information in a systematic manner taking into consideration both technological and market success criteria.



3.3.1.4 Task 3.3: Data analysis and development of Pan-European LBS knowledge map

This task will perform a thorough analysis of the data collected in the previous stage (Task 3.2). The main objective will be the derivation of a pan-European map of expertise in the field of Location Based Services and relevant technologies. This map will not only aim at identifying & promoting the results of past and ongoing R&D activities, but to also provide concrete information (e.g. SWOT analyses) and proof (e.g. market data) on the success of the above-mentioned achievements. The analysis will also target the initial identification of missing expertise and technological gaps and barriers, with the focus set on the evaluation of technological directions and/or methodologies that have been followed. This work will pave the way to the establishment of interactions with the main stakeholders identified in order to get contributions towards the harmonisation of LBS standardisation efforts. The outcome analysis produced in this task (D3.3) will serve as input to subsequent roadmapping activities.

3.3.2 Deliverables

Del. no.

Deliverable name Planned date

Actual /forecast

date

Lead Contracto

r

D3.1 Results of initial survey on LBS –related R&D activities

M2 submitted29/09/05

TT

D3.2 Benchmarking Data on LBS-related R&D activities

M10 Submitted24/05/06

TA

D3.3 Pan-European LBS knowledge map M12 Draft submitted 13/07/06

Final submitted 15/11/06

AAS

3.3.3 Achievements

3.3.3.1 Task 3.1: Identification of research activities/projects

The European Research area (both within and without the IST context) was investigated for both current and future projects related to the Location Based Services domain. Special focus was given to FP6 projects. A number of projects were identified from areas such as FP6 and ESA. A number of EU projects were identified and initially categorised over several dimensions (e.g. per IST activity, application domain, various technological domains, etc.).

The 1st ISHTAR Questionnaire was created which aimed at establishing a first contact with the identified projects. This Questionnaire was distributed to the selected projects and to various LBS experts in the area. The results were collected and processed. The projects were technically classified based on the received questionnaires and contacts were established. Responses to the questionnaires that were distributed to the above identified projects enabled a synthesis and merge of information to be provided to subsequent tasks in order to refine the requirements of information and provided detailed dissemination of the activities.

The above information went into the deliverable D3.1: “Results of initial survey on LBS-related R&D activities” which was finalised and submitted for the first project review.



3.3.3.2 Task 3.2: Review and benchmarking of project approaches and results

Continuing on the results of Task 3.1, a direct communication between the activities in the European LBS area was established, mainly by discussions via several Audioconferences. A second questionnaire was elaborated and distributed to specific addressees representing LBS decision makers and project managers. A more detailed analysis of LBS FP6 and ESA R&D projects was elaborated with respect to the architecture of the projects’ systems, an analysis of the components, and with a special focus on technological and market success criteria.

Figure 3 – List of analysed projects in D3.2

All of the aforementioned was documented into deliverable D3.2: Benchmarking data on LBS-related R&D activities. The document was finalised and submitted

3.3.3.3 Task 3.3: Data analysis and development of Pan-European LBS knowledge map

An analysis was conducted of answers to the second ISHTAR Questionnaire which was obtained from some of the projects identified in Task 3.1. The results of the questionnaire were incorporated into a pan-European knowledge map matrix, which fed into a first draft of deliverable D3.3: Pan-European LBS knowledge map.

The available and accessible deliverables of the most promising R&D projects identified in D3.1 and D3.2 have been analysed, and the results of this analysis were documented in D3.3.The analysis was extended beyond the sole R&D domain, and addressed the commercial products and services available on the market.

The results were presented in D3.3: Pan-European LBS knowledge map, following the added value chain identified for LBS. The conclusion was focused on the identification of the major shortcomings in Europe in the LBS field.




A first map of the LBS expertise and the world key actors in the domain has been eleaborated. Comparing the R&D project expertise currently on going under E&C programs with this map, it comes out that:

- In terms of applications, the EC programs seem to complement the existing products (Multi modal Navigation application for mass market applications, professional applications, collaborative working applications, crisis/risks management)

- In terms of location technologies, the main focus of the EC programs for Location technologies is to extend the availability to indoor environments. Thus, the programs are really focused on solving the shortcomings of current location techniques that have been preventing LBS from really taking off today. Nevertheless the analysis reveals a real lack of European expertise in the field of AGNSS chipset manufacturers. More generally, Europe is suffering of a lack expertise and presence in the domain of the location sensors for the terminals, whatever is the location technique used.



3.4 WP 4: Road-mapping and development of R&D strategy


3.4.1.1 Objectives

The main objectives of this Workpackage are the following:

• To perform an extensive survey on state of the art technologies related to Location Based Services mainly driven by the technological trends and the industrial relevance.

• To perform an analysis of the most promising issues requiring further research and development.

• To select a representative number of research topics of industrial interest, where a detailed analysis and evaluation of the trends and potentials will be performed.

• To produce the ISHTAR LBS R&D Strategy and Roadmap, which will prepare the ground for related R&D activities in FP7 and the associated implementation models.

3.4.1.2 Task 4.1: State of the Art Analysis and selection of specific LBS research topics

This task will perform an analysis of technological trends in the area of LBS technologies and applications and present an overview of the most interesting and emerging topics. The collection of information will concern technical details as well as market aspects. The set of initially defined technology areas will focus around wireless networks, core networks and interoperability, services based on the communications infrastructure, privacy and security, etc. Input from the knowledge-mapping activities (WP3) will also be utilised at this stage. Based on this, the partners will analyse and select the most promising areas of research challenges to be thoroughly evaluated in the next stage. The selection will be based on the feedback from the wider IST community, and from the industrial parties that will have been contacted. The selected research topics will focus on Location Based Services & relevant technologies and on issues like interoperability, seamless service provisioning, privacy, safety and security.

3.4.1.3 Task 4.2: Development of R&D strategy and creation of roadmap report

Following the selection of the specific research topics, the partners will perform an in depth analysis of issues that are in need of further research and development. Open technological topics, as well as interoperability with the already existing infrastructure, will be the main work items. Based on the findings and feedback from the widest research community, Task 4.2 will analyse the collected information and will produce a detailed study on the most promising research challenges as these have been initially selected previously. The production of the final roadmap report will actually complete the WP work. This report will contain the analysis of the research topics, the presentation and categorisation of the systematic feedback received, and a justified analysis of the future research goals.

3.4.2 Deliverables

Del. no.


Actual /forecast

date

Lead Contracto

r

D4.1 Report on SoA analysis and selection of LBS research topics


TT



D4.2a Report on R&D strategy and roadmap description (preliminary version)


TA

D4.2b Report on R&D strategy and roadmap description (final version)


TA

3.4.3 Achievements

3.4.3.1 Task 4.1: State of the Art Analysis and selection of specific LBS research topics

A state-of-the-art analysis of technological trends in the area of LBS technologies and applications was performed. Following the initial results and discussions between partners, a number of interested areas of research challenges were identified and analysed. These were further evaluated in Task 4.2. The following topics were analysed included issues on interoperability, the fact that too many players/industries were involved in the LBS chain (not clear business model), privacy/security concerns, customer awareness/usability, mobile devices issues, pricing, content availability and quality, and service continuity. A generic LBS architecture was also provided, featuring all the components involved in the provision of LBS.

Based on the aforementioned analysis, contributions were provided to deliverable D4.1: “Report on SoA analysis and selection of LBS research topics” on various sections regarding Market information, State-of-the-art (on LBS applications, architectures, mobile devices, positioning methods, positioning server access techniques etc) and in the definition of research issues with regard to interoperability, personalisation, privacy, security, adaptation etc. This deliverable was submitted for the first project review.

Deliverable D4.1 was finalised and submitted for review for the first reporting period.

3.4.3.2 Task 4.2: Development of R&D strategy and creation of roadmap report

Coming from the results of Task 4.1, where specific LBS research issues were identified and listed, an in depth analysis was performed on Interoperability, Mobile Devices, Customer Usability, Personalisation, Security& Privacy, Content Availability & Quality , Content Adaptation and Continuous location provision.

The state of the art on each research issue is being presented, followed by the identified open research issues, recommendations and a roadmap, where applicable.

D4.2a was finalised and submitted for the first Project review. In the following, a continual review of relevant subsections of the Deliverable took place with special focus on the more in depth analysis of the LBS Roadmap and timely dependencies on the recommendations for FP 7. Moreover, the dependencies between the availability of devices capable of A-GPS and the rollout plan for Galileo are depicted using scenario techniques and highlight possible actions to be taken within FP7. This background in mind, several discussions with LBS stakeholders during the joint LIAISON/ISHTAR workshop was initiated and feedback was used in order to improve the quality of the deliverable. D4.2b was submitted on 15/11/2006.



3.5 WP 5: Analysis of Socioeconomic Aspects, ethics and business plans


3.5.1.1 Objectives

The main objectives of this Workpackage are as follows:

• To perform a thorough analysis of the social, economic, and regulatory aspects that have slowed down the take up of Location Based Services and define a set of key-factors deemed crucial for the future take-up and commercial viability of LBS.

• To analyse related socioeconomic and ethical issues (mainly related to privacy) with the focus set on the requirements of the different types of LBS consumers.

• To analyse the effect of the present regulatory framework in Europe.

• To assess the LBS market in terms of market trends, volumes, specific equipment requirements and market evolution, and to identify potential market niches.

• To identify promising emerging business cases in the LBS sector and assess their viability.

• To develop a systematic collection of business plan models for the different players involved in the various LBS-related thematic/application areas.

• To produce a set of generalized business plan models based on harmonizing and merging existing business plans from previous and on-going EC-R&D projects.

• To prepare the initial ground and assess the commercial viability of a European LBS Forum, and derive a preliminary business plan for such a Forum.

3.5.1.2 Task 5.1: Analysis of socioeconomic and ethical issues

The task will study the socioeconomic aspects relating to LBS with the emphasis set on the various types of service-consumer requirements as well as the relating regulatory framework. The collection of user requirements will be based on the experience and lessons learned in the course of the four ongoing EC-funded projects (LIAISON, MobileIN, SHARE, POMPEI). The various requirements of different types of service consumers (individuals, small enterprises, large private/governmental organisations) will be reviewed and analysed in the context of a wide range of thematic/application areas (entertainment, safety, emergency handling, etc) with the focus set on issues as the demand for privacy, safety, international roaming, etc.

The task will also identify existing National and European regulations that govern the provision of Location Based Services. The effects of the (lack of adequate) regulatory framework in EU will be analyzed. Work will study relative legislation matters and the relevance of the existing standardization initiatives.

3.5.1.3 Task 5.2: Market Analysis and business plan models

A short market survey, along with a market assessment pertaining to LBS-related products (both systems and applications) and technologies will be performed. Existing networking infrastructures, interworking requirements and services available will be identified and investigated at European level. The current market trends will be investigated with the focus set on the identification of emerging business cases for manufacturers, system integrators, network operators, and applications providers.



Past LBS EC-R&D projects have already produced business plans, which are tailored to the specific cases. The most complete ones will be analyzed, and these together with the results from the market analysis sub-task will serve for the specification of a selected set of representative (groups of) business cases. This task will attempt to ‘merge’ different approaches utilized in the previous business plan activities, and will produce a set of business plan models categorized and generalized as possible.

Finally, the task will prepare the initial ground and assess the commercial viability of a European LBS Forum, which will be based on ISHTAR participants and results. A preliminary business plan for such a Forum will be derived.

3.5.2 Deliverables

Del. no.


Actual /forecast

date

Lead Contracto

r

D5.1 Report on LBS socioeconomic, ethical and regulatory issues


TT

D5.2 LBS market and generalised business plan models


TA

3.5.3 Achievements

3.5.3.1 Task 5.1: Analysis of socioeconomic and ethical issues

Within the context of the work conducted in task 5.1, an analysis of various issues related to the introduction of LBS into society was performed. Various factors that influence the penetration of LBS in society were investigated and an identification of ethical issues that arise from the use of LBS was conducted. The work then proceeded to provide a survey on both the European and various National legislations and regulations having to do with data protection, privacy protection, the protection of individuals with respect to the automatic processing of data and specifically, protection of privacy in the telecommunications sector. Finally, an overview was provided on the relations between various legislation and standardisation bodies.

This work was fed into deliverable D.5.1: “Report on LBS socioeconomic, ethical and regulatory issues” which was submitted for the first project review.

3.5.3.2 Task 5.2: Market Analysis and business plan models

The organisation of this Task comprises of three subsections, investigating firstly on the current status of LBS products and their availability. An overview of LBS applications and technologies is being presented as well as an analysis of different pricing schemes is elaborated. Secondly, LBS business models are being presented starting with an extensive analysis on the LBS value chain and investigating in the following five different types of Business Models. Work in this task is concluded by introducing the idea of a European LBS forum. The idea of a European LBS forum is a users’ group that will enable people from all aspects of LBS to come together and discuss, among other things, all aspects of Locations Based Services. Currently there is a need for LBS awareness actions in Europe, as there is a very slow take off of these services within the European market. Therefore an LBS forum will be the mechanism whereby these actions can be performed.

The results of the evaluation of the commercial aspects were also presented during the joint LIAISON/ISHTAR workshop and as questions in the participant’s feedback forms. The results indicated the clear need for such a forum and the majority of participants showed a strong interest and



commitment towards this idea. Regretfully, the commercial viability of the forum still remains a challenge.



3.6 WP 6: Dissemination and Exploitation Activities


3.6.1.1 Objectives

The main objectives of this Workpackage can be summarised as follows:

• To establish an effective dissemination plan for guiding the impact creation activities throughout the project. This includes the identification of focused events on LBS where ISHTAR will present its findings.

• To carry out continual dissemination activities such as ISHTAR Web site deployment and regular updating, participation to conferences, submissions of case papers & presentations.

• To organize two dedicated LBS Workshops (M9 & M18), in order to promote and facilitate the dissemination, and exploitation of past and present EC-R&D results.

• To develop the ISHTAR LBS Web portal, which will form a web-based tool for easily, safely and systematically accessing the pan-European LBS knowledge map information.

3.6.1.2 Task 6.1: Organisation of ISHTAR Workshops

The project will organize two dedicated Workshops, in order to promote and facilitate the dissemination, and exploitation of past and present EC programmes results. Managers and specialists from different industry sectors relating to LBS will be invited. During the Workshops the project will also carry out focused “awareness sessions” enabling the effective and more direct transfer/exploitation of knowledge and hands-on experience.

These events will be public and timely advertised to convey a large audience. Their tentative schedule will be at month 9 and month 18. The task will be lead by Athens Technology Centre.

3.6.1.3 Task 6.2: ISHTAR LBS Web Portal

This task will deliver the ISHTAR LBS Web portal, which will form a web-based tool for easily, safely and systematically accessing the pan-European LBS knowledge map information. The output of WP3 will provide the data for this portal. This tool will serve the promotion and exploitation of available LBS-related expertise. In contrast with the ISHTAR web site, which will promote and disseminate the project generic directions and findings, the LBS portal will aim at providing focused guides and links to LBS knowledge resources, in an advanced and interactive manner.

The ISHTAR LBS Web portal will also publish questionnaires inviting all LBS related European members of standards organisations (OMA, OGC, 3GPP) to participate in the ISHTAR activities in order to create common European positions for harmonisation of LBS standardisation in Europe. The various portal sections will serve the different types of potential investors in the LBS sector focusing on both R&D and commercial deployment activities.

3.6.1.4 Task 6.3: Continual dissemination activities

The following activities are foreseen:

• Make use of a range of tools in order to disseminate in a user-friendly fashion the results of emerging projects (knowledge mapping, technology reviews, etc) and advertise project activities (workshops, meetings, etc). The tools will include a web-site, electronic and printed newsletters, press releases, articles in the general and professional press etc.



• Deployment since Project Start (T0+2) of the ISHTAR Web site, incrementally providing project information and achievements and stimulating contacts with other users and other industrial sectors.

• Establishing a dissemination plan, to effectively manage during the project the dissemination effort and actions.

• Participation to Conferences, Congresses, and Workshops addressing mobile and LBS applications domain. For these events, the Consortium will submit (and present if approved) case papers and organize focused presentations.

Continuous contacts with other potential investors (network operators, applications providers, manufacturers, system integrators) in the LBS field, via the web and direct contacts. A contact-list will be established and maintained to keep all contacted persons informed on project results and achievements. This task will be lead by Teletel and Alcatel Space.

3.6.2 Deliverables

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Lead Contracto

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D6.1 Detailed plan for project dissemination activities


AAS

D6.2 ISHTAR Web Site M2 Launched 04/08/05

TT

D6.3 Dissemination Activities Report & Final Dissemination Plan


AAS

D6.4 LBS Web Portal M 14 Launched 19/09/05

TT

D6.5 ISHTAR Workshops M9 WS1: 17/03/06

ATC

D6.5 ISHTAR Workshops M18 WS2: 28-29/09/06

ATC

D6.5 ISHTAR Workshops Report M18 30/10/06 ATC

3.6.3 Achievements

3.6.3.1 Task 6.1: Organisation of ISHTAR Workshops

The ISHTAR project support activities aim at facilitating and promoting the dissemination and exploitation of existing and emerging technological achievements/expertises and practises in the field of Location Based Services (LBS).

In this context, the project has successfully organized two dedicated Workshops, in order to promote the dissemination and exploitation of past and present EC projects results and also facilitate commercial activities (with regards to enterprise and mass market applications).



In order to ensure wide participation, these workshops were organised and timely advertised as follows:

The 1st workshop was co-located with the 3rd Workshop on Positioning, Navigation and Communication WPNC'06 at the University of Hannover, Germany on March 16th 2006 (just after the CEBIT 2006 Conference). The main objectives of the first project workshop were:

Ø To widely disseminate the ISHTAR concept and objectives

Ø To diffuse preliminary results from WP2: “Harmonization of LBS standardization efforts”.

Ø To get feedback from the experts' community for the actual results elicitation for WP3: “Pan-European mapping of LBS expertise” and WP4: “Road-mapping and development of R&D strategy”.

Ø To present the current State-of-the-Art as derived from the preliminary ISHTAR survey

Ø To introduce the Future of LBS as per the LBS market for the operators and the Impact of high accuracy positioning techniques

Ø To identify links with other European R & D projects (i.e. POMPEI, SHARE, MobileIN and LIAISON) regarding LBS Applications

The 2nd workshop was organised jointly with the LIAISON IP project (http://liaison.newapplication.it/), on September 28th and 29th 2006, in Athens, Greece. The main objective of the workshop was to present to Location Based Services (LBS) users and to all actors of the LBS added-value chain the available solutions stemming from ISHTAR, LIAISON and other European R&D projects as well as other challenging results which are foreseen to become available as solutions in the near future. In addition, the workshop provided with an overview of the Location Based Services Market for Enterprise and Mass Market applications.

More specifically, the objectives of the second project workshop were:

Ø To widely disseminate the project outcomes.

Ø To present success stories derived from LBS market

Ø To find solutions on how LBS could be brought into the Market

Ø To continue investigating the current R&D Status from other ongoing Projects

Ø To promote the idea of the establishment of a Forum for the promotion of LBS related issues

The first workshop aimed at attracting the interest of LBS market players with the purpose of collecting feedback towards the identification of knowledge gaps and expertise at European level. The main problem defined was the lack of LBS take-off in Europe. This was attributed to: fear of being tracked, high price of services, not much interest in existing services (except for navigation), lack of cooperation between companies in LBS technologies, large LBS value chain – making cooperation amongst players complicated and lack of handover between out-door and in-door positioning technologies. The overall conclusion, at the end of the workshop, was that the hindrances to the LBS take-off are not only the limitations stemming from research issues, but also “business” issues such as awareness, privacy, roaming etc.

Additionally, during the workshop important issues regarding the LBS usage have been identified both for the operator and the user. As derived from the workshop, the user is mainly concerned about the accuracy (if the user is shown to be at a position clearly different to the actual one, he/she will rapidly stop to use services: very low adoption) and the privacy (i.e. strong fear of being tracked and positioned at any time, any place/ need for a lot of control: give/remove authorisation to send location information to any third party/ need for a lot of feedback: "Who located me and when"). From the operator's point of view the main interesting issues identified are the standards (need to work with handsets from every providers), the cost (roll out the cost should not impact the network too strongly,



to avoid upgrade costs) terminal integration (need to be able to distribute "all-in-one" handsets, with easy access to location information), the terminal availability (need for a large choice of A-GPS handsets in every segment), interoperability (needed for community services: Would SMS be successful if one could send messages only to friends registered with the same operator?) and the roaming (services like navigation, mapping, or search of Points of Interests are most useful when abroad).

The second workshop was concentrated mostly on the dissemination of the project findings. Specifically, the Business Models and Social Legal aspects of LBS along with the LBS R&D recommendations for FP7 based on the ISHTAR R&D strategy and roadmap report and the identified LBS socioeconomic, ethical, and regulatory issues were presented. Research issues for future work include personalization of services, Content Availability and Quality, Content Adaptation, Continuous Location Provision (service availability) as well as Interoperability (roaming, services), Mobile Devices (few integrated solutions), Customer Usability (ease of use) and Privacy & Security issues (user awareness).

At the second workshop the idea of establishing an LBS forum within the ISHTAR framework was also presented. The necessity of the aforementioned initiative was evident as the people from all aspects of LBS should be enabled to come together and exchange ideas on the promotion of LBS. Currently, coordinated LBS awareness actions do not exist and therefore the an LBS Forum could serve as an organised action towards the dissemination of the benefits from the usage of LBS. The objectives of the aforementioned LBS Forum will be the dissemination of LBS-related information and the raise of awareness by the use of demonstrations of practical LBS results, presentations and workshops. It was suggested that the Members of the LBS Forum should nurture from regularly updated information on new developments in the LBS Arena, special access to demonstrations and close networking between LBS Key Players. Finally, the board should consist of representatives from each player in the value chain.

Both the workshops were open to various communities related to LBS usage and technology: end users (professional, institutional), network operators, manufacturers, application, content providers and integrators. Decision makers, project managers interested in the technical and economical aspects of the deployment of Location Based Services as well as technical personnel interested in knowing what are the most up to date Location techniques and their associated performances also participated.

An analytical report that contains all the information relevant to the organisation of the workshops (such as the Workshop Agenda, the List of Participants, Presentations and the Workshop Results) has been submitted to the EC on the 30th of October, under the title: D6.5 ISHTAR workshops Report.

3.6.3.2 Task 6.2: ISHTAR LBS Web Portal

Work conducted on the ISHTAR LBS Web Portal incorporated the consolidation of information gathered within the context of WP3. The analysis of all the identified projects was converged into suitable format for displaying as results to searches conducted in the search engine.

The user interface that was created incorporated text areas containing information from the various aspects of LBS, such as Satellite Positioning Techniques, Communications Infrastructure, Location Technique, Project Focus, Terminal Hardware, and Developed System. The user was given a choice to choose any item from each of these, no item, or multiple items with which he/she could conduct his/her search of interest. The user interface also incorporated “Submit” and “Reset” buttons.

The information contained in these user-interface components was uploaded dynamically from a specific database which was created for the purpose of the ISHTAR LBS Web Portal.

The said database was created which was formulated in such a way as to accommodate the search engine directly interfacing with it through the web server. The database contained a table with fields taken from the results of the questionnaires (from both Task 3.1 and 3.2), and cross-referenced between all the projects. Other fields in the database included links to the projects as well as links to



the specific html pages set up for each identified project. The Pan-European knowledge map matrix was also taken into consideration when designing and developing the database with respect to the technology areas and activity types.

3.6.3.3 Task 6.3: Continual dissemination activities

The ISHTAR workshops are themselves major dissemination activities, as key experts from at least 12 different countries across Europe (and approximately 45 different organisations/ institutes) participated in them. The core objectives of both the workshops were to widely disseminate the ISHTAR concept and diffuse the project’s findings. The feedback received from the participants was of great value and benefit for the continuation of the project.

All Partners, especially TA, AAS, TT, and ATC strongly participated in the organisation and animation of the combined LIAISON/ISHTAR workshop in Athens (September 2006). This included supporting weekly conference calls between the two projects during 4months before the workshop. Contacts with other R&D projects, commercial operators were taken to invite them to the workshop, and their papers were reviewed. It must be noted that the contact taken with South Korea Telecom (SK Telecom), was particularly successful, since their presentation was highly appreciated at the workshop.

The ISHTAR Web-Site: www.eu-ishtar.net was designed, created, uploaded, updated and maintained. The project site was kept up to date with current information, including updating the ISHTAR site with respect to the workshop information, forthcoming events, public information, articles and newsletters. The ISHTAR site after the workshop was updated to include the agenda to the workshop with hyperlinks to the presenters’ presentations. The site was also updated to incorporate the ISHTAR LBS web portal.

Dissemination was also ensured through the participation to OMA and 3GPP/GERAN meetings and the OMA meetings. In particular, Teletel presented the ISHTAR project in the OMA meeting on the 5th of December in Athens.

TeleAtlas introduces the ISHTAR project to the Share Project and to the Mobvis Project. TeleAtlas attended the ISO TC204 WG3 standardisation meeting in Munich 6-10th February 0206 and also distributed Ishtar flyers during the Cebit Fair in Hannover 10 – 15th March 2006, the 3GSM Barcelona 06 and during 12th world congress ITS in San Francisco, Sept 2005.

ISHTAR was represented by NAVTEQ during the 5th Concertation Meeting of IST-FP6 Communication and Network Technologies projects and associated clusters held in Brussels on 22nd of September. The status of Location Based Services Cluster was cancelled and at that time no concertation meetings on LBS were planned.

Contacts to the GJU project Agile (introduction of GNSS in LBS) were established and ISHTAR was represented by NAVTEQ during the 12th World Congress ITS in San Francisco on 11th of November. NAVTEQ attended the OGC Technical Committee meeting in Bonn, Germany (07-10/11/2005). The meeting presented among others the status of LBS related standards: OWS, OpenLS. NAV represented ISHTAR also at the Concertation Meeting in Leuven 5-6 July 2006 ICT for Transport.

The ISHTAR consortium dissemination activities were documented in the deliverable D6.3 Dissemination Activities Report & Final Dissemination Plan.



4. Exploitation and Dissemination

4.1 Telekom Austria

4.1.1 Exploitation Plan

The rapid advancement of telecommunication technology and the emergence of new network architectures create the need of enhanced service provisioning between existing networks and the need to smoothly interwork between state of the art equipment and legacy systems. Telekom Austria anticipates upcoming market needs by use of technologically excellent solutions and the nurturing of relevant technologies.

Therefore, Telekom Austria increases the service interoperability and the interworking of existing and emerging networks. Telekom Austria in its function as market leader in Austria wants to bridge the compatibility gap between the mobile/IP network and the PSTN network and thus accelerate the implementation of convergent services, where one and very important sector is represented by the Location Based Services. Telekom Austria wants to investigate new concepts of Location Based Services and all upcoming technologies in this sector with special focus on architectural aspects. As a sizeable result, Telekom Austria is currently investigating the need for Location Based Services in combination with WIMAX technology. The results of ISHTAR will help to ensure and accelerate a possible implementation und thus ensure the commercial success.

4.1.2 Dissemination Plan

Telekom Austria is permanently monitoring the relevant standardisation fora with special focus on the upcoming IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) activities, providing an approach for combining heterogeneous network components by use of state of the Art protocols based on IP. The IP Multimedia subsystem is an overlay system that will serve the convergence of mobile, wireless and fixed broadband data networks into a common network architecture where all types of data communications will be hosted in all IP environments using the SIP protocols infrastructure and thus support the emergence of Location Based Services in the European market by supporting the combination of different Service Features. Telekom Austria aims at disseminating the results of ISHTAR into the standardisation groups ETSI TISPAN WG 6, where Telekom Austria acts as chair and ITU-T SG 11.

4.2 Alcatel Alenia Space


AAS will continue to exploit the ISHTAR results as already begun during the project, namely:

• Investigating the progress made by the most promising R&D projects related to LBS, through the corresponding Websites and newsletters

• Cooperating with projects when possible and worth it for the projects where AAS is involved in (e.g. EUROPCOM for LIAISON)

• Investigating the progress made by the OMA & 3GPP LBS working group, through the corresponding Websites and mailing lists

• Teaming with TETRA providers to promote the A-GPS technique in this network



Additionally, AAS currently using ISHTAR results to adapt our LBS products development strategy to meet the market requirements identified or confirmed within the ISHTAR project.

AAS also intends to base proposals for FP7 R&D projects, on the findings highlighted in the R&D roadmap defined within ISHTAR project.


AAS is already disseminating ISHTAR results in the following way, and will continue to do so in the scope of its activities related to LBS:

Internal dissemination:

• Dissemination of ISHTAR results to the Navigation Business Unit (250 persons), in order to adapt the different products roadmap and development strategy, and more general our LBS offer, to the market needs

• Dissemination to AAS marketing & strategy department for mid term strategy adaptation

External dissemination:

• Dissemination of ISHTAR results to OMA & 3GPP LBS groups

• Dissemination of ISHTAR results towards main R&D projects where AAS is involved in

• Dissemination of ISHTAR results towards other R&D projects, when AAS is invited to participate to their workshops

• Dissemination of ISHTAR results within workshops organised by EC

• Dissemination of ISHTAR results towards the Galileo Concession (presently represented Merged Consortium)

• Dissemination of ISHTAR results towards different actors of the LBS value chain, in the frame of discussions held when in business together.

4.3 Teletel


Within the context of the ISTHAR workshops, TELETEL developed many contacts with various players in the LBS value chain, specifically network operators, LBS service/content providers, and potential users. These contacts constitute considerable targets for collaborations within the context of location based services for TELETEL to broaden its activities into this emerging area within the European geographic bounds.

This will also provide TELETEL with the opportunity to further elaborate on the ISHTAR recommendations into additional commercial activities, giving rise to the promotion and advancement of LBS in Europe, which is currently lacking.


TELETEL was active in the organisation and participation of both ISHTAR workshops, whereby a major opportunity was created for the company to present significant findings from the work conducted within the frame of ISHTAR. Such work included identifying the pan-European LBS expertise (within the context of WP3) and transferring this into the LBS Portal. This portal will be kept on-line, and possibly updated with new information that might be identified. The ISHTAR website will also remain online. TELETEL was also responsible for the moderation of the second ISTHAR workshop (held in conjunction with the 1st LIAISON workshop).



4.4 TeleAtlas


Tele Atlas Pedestrian data map specifications developed in the framework of the Share project are accepted in ISO TC204 WG3 standardization (ISO14825 GDF)

GeoDRM will be prototyped in the context of OWS testbed

Tele Atlas will distribute the final Ishtar recommendations to the ISO TC204 WG3 group.


Tele Atlas presented ISHTAR objectives and during ISO TC204 WG3 standardisation meeting in Munich 6-10th February 06

Tele Atlas distributed Ishtar flyers during the

(1) Cebit Fair in Hannover 10 – 15th March 06,

(2) 3GSM Barcelona 06,

(3) 12th world congress ITS in San Francisco, Sept 05

Tele Atlas distributed Ishtar information to all participants present on the Integration of Location Based Services in Tourism and Cultural Heritage Workshop (Brussels - Nov 06)

Tele Atlas presented the Ishtar project to the Share consortium.

Share project presented results during the first Ishtar Workshop

Share project provided input to deliverables related to standard and non-standard LBS components used within Share project

Tele Atlas presented the Ishtar project to the Mobvis consortium.

The Mobvis partner Joanneum Research present during the second Ishar workshop

The Mobvis partner Joanneum Research and TZI Center for Computing Technologies (Liaison partner) are considering potential co-operation on pedestrian navigation for future projects

Tele Atlas presented the Ishtar project to City In My Pocket consortium – a Belgian LBS Project. Many of the participants give positive feedback and have the intention to use the Ishtar web portal.

During the 2nd Ishtar workshop, Tele Atlas and Liaison partner Geoconcept determined options for possible co-operations for future pedestrian and indoor related projects. This process is ongoing.

The Ishtar deliverables are internally distributed and the public documents will be also made available to the Tele Atlas customers.

Distribute final Ishtar recommendations to the ISO TC204 WG3 group.

4.5 Athens Technology Center


Streamline ATC R&D activities along with the proposed guidelines of the ISHTAR Research Roadmap and further explore the potential of integrating LBS in the company’s portfolio of solutions and services.

ATC is currently involved in other European funded projects which are directly involved with the use of LBS technology will further investigate the findings of ISHTAR. POMPEI is one of the projects



that ATC coordinates and deals especially with location presence technologies for emergency response teams and therefore the findings of ISHTAR will be further investigated.


Diffusion of the ISHTAR findings also to other projects that ATC coordinates or participates besides POMPEI, such as PEPERS (Mobile Peer-to-Peer Security Infrastructure - FP6-26901) and ASK-IT project (Ambient Intelligence System of Agents for Knowledge-based and Integrated Services for Mobility Impaired users - IST-2003-51129). The two aforementioned projects are closely related to the ISHTAR thematic area, as PEPERS project deals with secure mobile peer-to-peer applications for future AmI environments and ASK-IT project aims to develop advanced key services for specific Mobility Impaired people related content and interfaces, such as navigation, localisation, route guidance, e-commerce, e-payment, etc, while facilitating their common-sense integration.

4.6 NAVTEQ


NAVTEQ contacted members of the OpenLS WG of OGC, to insist on the development of a standard for the compression of data. The not optimized functionalities of LBS for the mobile devices were also evoked. NAVTEQ, as member of OGC will continue to discuss those activities.

NAVTEQ together with Siemens VDO and Bosh submitted a draft specification of Agora-C to ISO TC 204 WG3. The activity is still on-going .


NAVTEQ introduces ISHTAR to the Liaison project and the GJU project Agile (introduction of GNSS in LBS) and exchanges various information with the 2 LBS-related EC funded project. Those exchanges are mainly based on the results of D2.2, where NAVTEQ was the leader.

Partners of Liaison and AGILE as important players of the LBS value chain were contacted in order to get a feedback on the actual use of the standards detailed in D2.2.

AGILE incorporated some results of the first ISHTAR workshop to a feasibility analysis of LBS applications for non-technological service enablers.

NAVTEQ attended the 5th Concertation Meeting of IST-FP6 Communication and Network Technologies projects and associated clusters in Brussels on 22nd of September. The status of Location Based Services Cluster was cancelled and at that time no concertation meetings on LBS were planned.

NAVTEQ attended the OGC meeting in Bonn, Germany in November 2005.

ISHTAR was represented by NAVTEQ during the 12th World Congress ITS in San Francisco on 11th of November. ISHTAR flyers were distributed

NAVTEQ represented ISHTAR at the Concertation Meeting ICT for Transport in Leuven (July 2006)

In general, the results of ISHTAR were and will be presented to customers and partners during internal meetings.

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