Microwave and millimetre-wave technology requirements for the European Fourth Framework programme

The 'Advanced Communications Technologies and Services' (ACTS) research programme forms part of the European Fourth Framework and addresses the communications environment of the first decade of next century. This paper sets out the European Commission philosophy of integration of UMTS, satellite-mobile, wireless-LAN and mm-wave broadband mobile systems into a single structure and the research methodology involving 'National Hosts'.