Latest check/update: 21-12-2007 10:40


 

The IST-MIDAS Project...

... is a project initiated and funded by the European Commission. It started in Jan '06 and will finish in June '08. The project belongs to the program focussing on "Mobile and Wireless Systems and Platforms beyond 3G" and it will help to realise the vision of being "Optimally Connected Anywhere, Anytime"

MIDAS will define and implement a platform to:

simplify and speed up the task of developing and deploying mobile applications and services.

MIDAS focuses on making it feasible to provide mobile services where:

  1. The number of users is very large (e.g. large sports events) 
  2. The network may need to be set up at short notice, or for limited duration (e.g. an emergency situation)
  3. Infrastructure is limited and some users may have to use ad-hoc communications (e.g. no GSM/GPRS availability)

MIDAS delivers an overall architecture, and middleware building blocks providing solutions to technical issues that must be addressed in developing mobile services (e.g. common connectivity issues, data retrieval methods and context aware optimalisations).

Two demonstrator applications will be developed to show the potential of the platform.

A consortium of European companies will execute the project and deliver it's result mid 2008.

MIDAS is enlisted on the ECSS projects list.