The project TelMAX conducts research on a new concept of cellular communication system, adapted to the mobile environment, to provide broadband IP connectivity services, with management of the quality of service, while ensuring uninterrupted support in ongoing communications for the implementation of professional services for voice, video and data.

The project assumes as global objectives the efficient management of the radio access resources, the provision of Qos and the management and explotation of heterogeneity; considers as tools to be used the Software Radio concept and the architectures based in all-IP and the solution that proposes follow the concepts Cognitive Radio and Cognitivie Networks.

The starting point of this project is that of mobile wireless heterogeneous networks (including UMTS, GERAN and WLAN) with the aim to provide end to end QoS for IP-based multimedia services in an efficient way. In this framework, the purpose of this project is to cope with the different problems at different levels leading to gain insight into an ultimate global solution.

In any wireless system there is clearly a very scarce resource, which is the available bandwidth. 3G mobile Communications Systems intend to provide several classes of services at different bit rates while assuring a Quality of Service (QoS) for each one. The only way to harmonise these two contradictory points (scarce bandwidth and a stringent QoS) is with a proper management of the available radio resources. This project aims at providing advanced Quality of Service (QoS) management solutions for the support of integrated voice and data services within the context of Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS).