In this deliverable we give a brief overview on the project, the consortium and it objectives from the very beginning.
A list of the main achievements in the project is then followed by a chapter on the methodologies used during the projects runtime and a comparison how developments in state-of -the-art influenced the project.
More detailed follows a report on the results and achievements, which can be summarised as:

• The integration of research and educational facilities with industrial partners
• Support of any relevant kind of IP applications by the End-user Application Toolkit:
  • new QoS-aware applications and services are supported by providing an Application Programming Interface (API)
  • The users of existing, QoS-unaware legacy applications are supported by providing Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs)
  • Some special applications based on dynamic signalling protocols are supported by providing transparent Proxies (Protocol Gateways)
  • Also automatic tests and measurements by the project itself are supported by providing a script interface.
  • The application profiles methodology provides a generic mechanism to specify QoS characteristics on different levels and for different protocols.
• Integration of the system modules at the trial sites in Helsinki, Vienna and Warsaw.
• Practical verification of the developed solution as one of the main objectives of the project. During two phases of trials, the AQUILA approach was proven taking into account different objectives for its evaluation. Particularly, for the AQUILA solution the following results were achieved:
  • Network services (inter- and intra-domain) PCBR, PVBR, PMM, PMC services meet QoS requirements specified for each service.
  • For secondary access link the results show that some QoS targets were not quite reached, but sufficient differences between traffic classes were noticed
  • The user trial confirms the expectations that VoIP needs a prioritised service in IP network. PCBR service supports VoIP sufficiently.
  • For intra- and inter-domain RCL performance the results are very promising.
  • For the Resource Pool Mechanism the trial shows the stability of the algorithm.
  • AQUILA measurement tools were useful and necessary components for the trials in addition to other existing measurement equipment.
• Differences and common points of the Western European and Central & Eastern European network markets in particular were acquired. On the basis of the gained information, general value chains were generated and the exploitation plans of each project partner were updated.

After a list of all deliverables and publications we report on the project's co-operation with the projects CADENUS and TEQUILA in the Premium IP Cluster, several activities with contributions to standardisation (IETF) and the co-operation with the GÉANT network during the 2nd integration and trial phase.
The next chapter compares comments and recommendations given by the reviewers during five project reviews with the consortium's response. In addition we compare the project achievements with the initial objectives.