The COST Actions on traffic theory began in the mid 80's with COST 214, which was followed by COST 224 and COST 242. Currently COST 257 has participants from most of Europe's leading universities and research institues. The purpose of COST 257 Action is to improve the design of broadband multiservice switching systems and network architecture. The aim is to identify potential impacts of the new telecommunications services on network architecture and performance. More information on COST 257 can be found from the COST 257 Homepage .
Technical documents are also available there.
COST 257 Research in Finland VTT has taken part in COST research on traffic theory from 1986. In COST 257 VTT is the project coordinator for the research done in Finland. The Laboratory of Telecommunications Technology at HUT joined the project in the beginning of 1997. We have open positions both for undergraduates and postgraduates. Project News Management Committee Meeting in Otaniemi, Espoo, July 27.