This is the last quarterly newsletter, which briefs you on highlights of the European IST project MUSE on Broadband Access.

The MUSE partners would like to thank you for your continued interest during four years of co-operative research on multi-service access.

MUSE successfully passed the final technical audit
The management staff presented the main achievements of the project to a panel of external experts and the European commission on March 17-18, 2008. As part of the audit, Subproject B demonstrated a lab trial at T-Systems in Berlin. An executive summary of the main results can be downloaded from http://www.ist-muse.eu

The different subprojects completed the evaluation of the lab trials
Subproject B on Multimedia Broadband integrated a new Service Plane concept in an access node, video over IP gateway, edge router with IMS and session continuity functions, and advanced multiplay residential gateway. The set-up was evaluated in the labs of T-Systems and Telefónica I+D. Results are reported in deliverable DB4.4.

Subproject C on Fixed Mobile Convergence demonstrated nomadic services and session mobility using Mobile IP in an Ethernet access platform. A key element is a resource manager, which keeps track of the used resources. The set-up was evaluated in the labs of TNO and Acreo. Results are reported in deliverable DC4.4.

Subproject D on High Speed Access with Distributed Control proved the concept of new algorithms for the automatic distribution of control functions, network efficient P2P caching, and advanced residential gateway capabilities. Portugal Telecom Innovation hosted the lab trial and results are reported in deliverable DD4.4.

Subproject E on Node Consolidation realised an XLPON featuring 10/2.5 Gbit/s rates, 100 km reach, and 512 split. It was evaluated in the labs of BT and Telecom Poland. Deliverable DE4.1 also reports evaluation results of single wavelength bi-directional transmission and long reach radio over fibre.

Recent public deliverables
In addition to the above mentioned reports of lab trial results, MUSE released a deliverable on "Economic Guidelines in Broadband Access" (Reference DA3.3). It reports on a bottom-up model for the operational expenditure and on the techno-economic evaluation of fixed mobile convergence, distributed intelligence, and zero-touch service provisioning from remote units.

Publications and standards contributions
Overall, MUSE has realised three hundred publications in international conferences and magazines. The project was also highly influencial with more than two hundred co-signed standards contributions and many more individual partner contributions to the DSL Forum, HGI, ETSI, and ITU-T.

Deliverables, white papers, conference papers, and publications can be requested via the MUSE website: http://www.ist-muse.eu