International research team for an independent API: GOLLUM



Logo: GOLLUM

GOLLUM is a consortium which brings international partners from the worlds of science, research and industry together. It includes RWTH Aachen University, STMicroelectronics, the European Microsoft Innovation Centre, Telefonica, Toshiba Research Europe and the University of Cantabria as well as MATERNA. The project is accompanied by the European Union. GOLLUM examines and develops key elements for an open, operating system-independent API (Application Program Interface) which is attached to a machine-intimate link layer. The objective is to enable different systems unified access to wired and, in particular, wireless connections.
The GOLLUM API is intended to simplify

the programming of wireless access andto create more flexibility and features for innovative applications at the same time.
MATERNA already has one application from the research area to its disposal.  For the time being, the GOLLUM device is on the "Dortmund City-Guide" application via GPRS with the browser. The picture and text content displayed is only suitable for GPRS as an access medium. By connecting WLAN to the GOLLUM device, the device equipped with GOLLUM functionality recognises not only that broad band content can now be called-up from this device but also shows downloadable videos on the web pages.