MUSIC - International Integrated R&D

As people become more accustomed to using mobile services in work and leisure situations, their expectations about what services should be available, where they should be available and how well they should perform in different situations, has created a demand for a service provision that answers these questions. The MUSIC project takes up this challenge.

MUSIC's prime objective is to provide an 'open' platform that makes it technically and commercially feasible for the wider IT industry to develop innovative mobile applications, which:

• are context-aware i.e. understand user "context" in the widest sense, including factors related to users themselves (role, location, environmental conditions, etc.) and factors related to changing availability of computing and communications facilities;
• are self-adapting i.e. dynamically adapt functionality and internal implementation mechanisms to changes in context;
• are inherently distributed in nature and may involve direct interactions between multiple users;
• are aimed primarily at mobile users, but may include LAN line users too;
• address extra-functional aspects (e.g. security, dependability) according to user needs.

MUSIC will provide users with entirely new services or will make traditional services available in a practical and usable form in a mobile environment.