A key element for the successful mass market provision of audio-visual services that would produce revenues for the content/service providers and network operators is an integrated management solution based on the end-to-end QoS over heterogeneous networks and terminals. The ENTHRONE project proposes an integrated management solution that covers the entire audio-visual service distribution chain, including protected content handling, distribution across networks and reception at user terminals. The aim is not to unify or impose a strategy on each individual entity of the chain, but to harmonise their functionality, in order to support an end-to-end Quality of Service (QoS) architecture over heterogeneous networks, applied to a variety of audio-visual services that are delivered to various user terminals. To meet its objectives, the project is relying on an efficient, distributed and open management architecture for the end-to-end delivery chain. The MPEG-21 data model is used to provide the common support for implementing and managing the resources functionalities.

ENTHRONE is an Integrated Project in the Thematic Priority 'Information Society Technologies' of EU Framework Programme 6 for Research and Development ( IST-507637). The 2nd phase of the project has started on 1/9/2006 and has a duration of 24 months

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The Enthrone Consortium is a balance of commercial organisations in the research, services and consumer markets as well as research institutions and universities all of which have specific knowledge and experience invaluable to the Enthrone project.
The Enthrone Consortium consists of 28 partners.
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