Pub Date : 2010-11-18DOI: 10.1109/ICIN.2010.5640932
K. Stanoevska-Slabeva, T. Wozniak, Isabella Hoffend, C. Mannweiler, H. Schotten
This paper provides the results of a state-of-the-art analysis of emerging context providers, conceptualizes a future ecosystem for context information, and describes the role of telecom operators in such ecosystems. The state-of-the-art analysis of emerging context providers focuses on three types of context providers: location information providers, social network sites, and wireless sensor networks. The results of the analysis are the basis for the conceptualization of a future ecosystem for context information, which is described and illustrated as a value network. The role of a context broker that mediates the relationships between producers and consumers of context information is identified as a missing part in the ecosystem. It is described how telecom operators can take on this role, which is an extension of their current business model.
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Pub Date : 2010-11-18DOI: 10.1109/ICIN.2010.5640947
K. Kimbler
Apple App Store has introduced a substantially different model for digital good distribution to mobile users. Following Apple's spectacular success other smartphone and mobile OS vendors have started similar services. Mobile operators who invest hundreds of millions in 2,5G, 3G and now 4G technologies have a right to participate in the digital economy they enable. Can they quickly bite into the app store business and turn it to their advantage or they will be out of game again? This paper will try to answer these important questions by analysing the app store market and investigating potential app store strategies and scenarios for mobile operators.
{"title":"App store strategies for service providers","authors":"K. Kimbler","doi":"10.1109/ICIN.2010.5640947","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIN.2010.5640947","url":null,"abstract":"Apple App Store has introduced a substantially different model for digital good distribution to mobile users. Following Apple's spectacular success other smartphone and mobile OS vendors have started similar services. Mobile operators who invest hundreds of millions in 2,5G, 3G and now 4G technologies have a right to participate in the digital economy they enable. Can they quickly bite into the app store business and turn it to their advantage or they will be out of game again? This paper will try to answer these important questions by analysing the app store market and investigating potential app store strategies and scenarios for mobile operators.","PeriodicalId":173857,"journal":{"name":"2010 14th International Conference on Intelligence in Next Generation Networks","volume":"104 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127940528","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2010-11-18DOI: 10.1109/ICIN.2010.5640917
Hitoshi Ueno, Ken-ichi Abiru
New schemes such as SaaS and PaaS that let users access services over networks are widely used. Moreover, network operators must provide value-added services that enable service providers to create new services promptly and maintain performance as the number of service providers and users increases. To meet these requirements, we proposes a service gateway, which handles user messages (e.g., rewrites the message destination) on the basis of the user location, and a scalable control scheme for the SGW. And we implemented a prototype system to confirm scalability.
{"title":"Scalable service gateway architecture for mobile SaaS platforms","authors":"Hitoshi Ueno, Ken-ichi Abiru","doi":"10.1109/ICIN.2010.5640917","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIN.2010.5640917","url":null,"abstract":"New schemes such as SaaS and PaaS that let users access services over networks are widely used. Moreover, network operators must provide value-added services that enable service providers to create new services promptly and maintain performance as the number of service providers and users increases. To meet these requirements, we proposes a service gateway, which handles user messages (e.g., rewrites the message destination) on the basis of the user location, and a scalable control scheme for the SGW. And we implemented a prototype system to confirm scalability.","PeriodicalId":173857,"journal":{"name":"2010 14th International Conference on Intelligence in Next Generation Networks","volume":"61 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114960836","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2010-11-18DOI: 10.1109/ICIN.2010.5640897
K. Vandikas, Eugen Freiter, R. Levenshteyn, R. Quinet, J. Niemoller, I. Fikouras
To stay competitive, operators of modern telecommunication networks are looking for approaches for efficient service creation which would allow for reduction of time-to-market as well as reduction of development and operation costs. Furthermore, they face increasing demand for service interaction across technological borders including telecom, enterprise and Internet services. Telecommunication networks are service-centric and therefore benefit from generic service composition techniques in accordance to Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) principles. In contrast to the IT domain, services in the telecommunication domain are subject to additional requirements such as support for realtime end-to-end communication sessions. The approach presented in this paper uses a technology-agnostic composition functionality characterized by a high-level abstraction in the description of heterogeneous services, constraint-based dynamic service selection and step-by-step execution of composite application models. In order to better fulfill requirements of the telecommunication domain, the approach includes support for end-to-end communication sessions, integration with IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) as well as support for legacy telecommunication technologies such as Intelligent Networks (IN) [1]. The presented approach has become part of Ericsson's products and solutions portfolio. The high-level overview of the concept and the description of the architecture are illustrated by means of a detailed description for one of the converged applications implemented with this approach.
{"title":"Blending the telecommunication domain with Web 2.0 services","authors":"K. Vandikas, Eugen Freiter, R. Levenshteyn, R. Quinet, J. Niemoller, I. Fikouras","doi":"10.1109/ICIN.2010.5640897","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIN.2010.5640897","url":null,"abstract":"To stay competitive, operators of modern telecommunication networks are looking for approaches for efficient service creation which would allow for reduction of time-to-market as well as reduction of development and operation costs. Furthermore, they face increasing demand for service interaction across technological borders including telecom, enterprise and Internet services. Telecommunication networks are service-centric and therefore benefit from generic service composition techniques in accordance to Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) principles. In contrast to the IT domain, services in the telecommunication domain are subject to additional requirements such as support for realtime end-to-end communication sessions. The approach presented in this paper uses a technology-agnostic composition functionality characterized by a high-level abstraction in the description of heterogeneous services, constraint-based dynamic service selection and step-by-step execution of composite application models. In order to better fulfill requirements of the telecommunication domain, the approach includes support for end-to-end communication sessions, integration with IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) as well as support for legacy telecommunication technologies such as Intelligent Networks (IN) [1]. The presented approach has become part of Ericsson's products and solutions portfolio. The high-level overview of the concept and the description of the architecture are illustrated by means of a detailed description for one of the converged applications implemented with this approach.","PeriodicalId":173857,"journal":{"name":"2010 14th International Conference on Intelligence in Next Generation Networks","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131202262","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2010-11-18DOI: 10.1109/ICIN.2010.5640894
Do van Thuan, I. Jørstad, T. Jønvik, D. Thanh
With IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), operators can provide users with converged and advanced services. IMS lets users accessing services independently of the communicating device, hence providing real convergence of services. This paper presents an application which integrates the Web 2.0 technologies with IMS. This novel application called Family Portal facilitates an IMS Voice solution that is ubiquitously available on heterogeneous devices, fixed and mobile alike. The solution includes an innovative device, the IMS Smartdongle that allows the user to make phone call from any PC by simply inserting the Smartdongle into the USB port. The user can initiate calls using a contact list also hosted by the Smartdongle. Calls can also be made via a Web page accessed by a browser on the mobile phone. The Family Portal would hopefully improve communications between family members.
{"title":"The Family Portal: Combining IMS and the Web","authors":"Do van Thuan, I. Jørstad, T. Jønvik, D. Thanh","doi":"10.1109/ICIN.2010.5640894","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIN.2010.5640894","url":null,"abstract":"With IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), operators can provide users with converged and advanced services. IMS lets users accessing services independently of the communicating device, hence providing real convergence of services. This paper presents an application which integrates the Web 2.0 technologies with IMS. This novel application called Family Portal facilitates an IMS Voice solution that is ubiquitously available on heterogeneous devices, fixed and mobile alike. The solution includes an innovative device, the IMS Smartdongle that allows the user to make phone call from any PC by simply inserting the Smartdongle into the USB port. The user can initiate calls using a contact list also hosted by the Smartdongle. Calls can also be made via a Web page accessed by a browser on the mobile phone. The Family Portal would hopefully improve communications between family members.","PeriodicalId":173857,"journal":{"name":"2010 14th International Conference on Intelligence in Next Generation Networks","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114677802","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2010-11-18DOI: 10.1109/ICIN.2010.5640916
A. Fukayama, N. Arakawa, N. Kanamaru, Junichi Nakagawa, N. Uchida
Today's multi-device environment, where one user has several network-capable devices, is making the idea of “device-shift” service a reality. In a device-shift service, a user uses multiple cooperating devices to receive a service or a set of cooperating services so that he/she can have a rich and consistent service experience. We are developing a platform architecture to enable such device-shift services for third-party service providers on networks including IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) networks and the Internet. We propose a conceptual device-shift model to clarify the concept of device shift and the coverage. Based on this model, we propose a platform architecture for device-shift services and evaluate it through a service use case.
{"title":"Device-shift service architecture on next-generation networks","authors":"A. Fukayama, N. Arakawa, N. Kanamaru, Junichi Nakagawa, N. Uchida","doi":"10.1109/ICIN.2010.5640916","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIN.2010.5640916","url":null,"abstract":"Today's multi-device environment, where one user has several network-capable devices, is making the idea of “device-shift” service a reality. In a device-shift service, a user uses multiple cooperating devices to receive a service or a set of cooperating services so that he/she can have a rich and consistent service experience. We are developing a platform architecture to enable such device-shift services for third-party service providers on networks including IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) networks and the Internet. We propose a conceptual device-shift model to clarify the concept of device shift and the coverage. Based on this model, we propose a platform architecture for device-shift services and evaluate it through a service use case.","PeriodicalId":173857,"journal":{"name":"2010 14th International Conference on Intelligence in Next Generation Networks","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127839798","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2010-11-18DOI: 10.1109/icin.2010.5640926
N. Laga, E. Bertin, N. Crespi
User generated content (UGC) is the main characteristic of current Web 2.0. This paper summarizes our experience in applying such philosophy (user generated) in the service creation field. We summarize why current SOA did not succeed in enabling end-users to create services, and propose our approach based on frontend service composition.
{"title":"Composition at the frontend: The user centric approach","authors":"N. Laga, E. Bertin, N. Crespi","doi":"10.1109/icin.2010.5640926","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/icin.2010.5640926","url":null,"abstract":"User generated content (UGC) is the main characteristic of current Web 2.0. This paper summarizes our experience in applying such philosophy (user generated) in the service creation field. We summarize why current SOA did not succeed in enabling end-users to create services, and propose our approach based on frontend service composition.","PeriodicalId":173857,"journal":{"name":"2010 14th International Conference on Intelligence in Next Generation Networks","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127845223","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2010-11-18DOI: 10.1109/ICIN.2010.5640933
J. Simões, T. Magedanz
In the future, pervasive computing technologies will leverage new ubiquitous and intelligent user-oriented services. In this sense, by combining social network analysis, reality mining techniques and context-aware systems, our work provides an architecture and ground steps for understanding and predicting human behavior and preferences within one of the most promising business models of the future: “Advertising”. Furthermore, it shows how user related data (context) can be securely managed and exposed to 3rd party providers, taking into account user context-aware privacy settings. The presented concepts are then realized in a prototype, which evaluates the basic functionalities previously described.
{"title":"Can you predict human behavior?","authors":"J. Simões, T. Magedanz","doi":"10.1109/ICIN.2010.5640933","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIN.2010.5640933","url":null,"abstract":"In the future, pervasive computing technologies will leverage new ubiquitous and intelligent user-oriented services. In this sense, by combining social network analysis, reality mining techniques and context-aware systems, our work provides an architecture and ground steps for understanding and predicting human behavior and preferences within one of the most promising business models of the future: “Advertising”. Furthermore, it shows how user related data (context) can be securely managed and exposed to 3rd party providers, taking into account user context-aware privacy settings. The presented concepts are then realized in a prototype, which evaluates the basic functionalities previously described.","PeriodicalId":173857,"journal":{"name":"2010 14th International Conference on Intelligence in Next Generation Networks","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124445895","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2010-11-18DOI: 10.1109/ICIN.2010.5640885
R. Bonazzi, Boris Fritscher, Y. Pigneur
In this paper we discuss the main privacy issues around mobile business models and we envision new solutions having privacy protection as a main value proposition. We construct a framework to help analyze the situation and assume that a third party is necessary to warrant transactions between mobile users and m-commerce providers. We then use the business model canvas to describe a generic business model pattern for privacy third party services. This pattern is then illustrated in two different variations of a privacy business model, which we call privacy broker and privacy management software. We conclude by giving examples for each business model and by suggesting further directions of investigation.
{"title":"Business model considerations for privacy protection in a mobile location based context","authors":"R. Bonazzi, Boris Fritscher, Y. Pigneur","doi":"10.1109/ICIN.2010.5640885","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIN.2010.5640885","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we discuss the main privacy issues around mobile business models and we envision new solutions having privacy protection as a main value proposition. We construct a framework to help analyze the situation and assume that a third party is necessary to warrant transactions between mobile users and m-commerce providers. We then use the business model canvas to describe a generic business model pattern for privacy third party services. This pattern is then illustrated in two different variations of a privacy business model, which we call privacy broker and privacy management software. We conclude by giving examples for each business model and by suggesting further directions of investigation.","PeriodicalId":173857,"journal":{"name":"2010 14th International Conference on Intelligence in Next Generation Networks","volume":"56 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124525661","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2010-11-18DOI: 10.1109/ICIN.2010.5640884
M. Barrie, S. Delaere, P. Ballon
The need for more efficient spectrum management is rapidly growing. Cognitive radio could fulfill this need, stating that radios will have the ability to intelligently adapt to other radios using the spectrum. Crucial in the process of intelligently adapting is having the right information about the environment. Spectrum sensing is one way to obtain this required spectrum occupancy information. It is a relatively innovative thought to consider spectrum sensing as a service offered by third party platforms. Besides standard ways of spectrum sensing (through terminals and base stations), this paper will try and identify such platforms. To do so, this paper puts forward two variables: vertical integration and distribution of decision-making. These parameters lead to four distinct business model configurations, based on unique variations in control over essential spectrum sensing roles. This paper identifies the theoretically possible business model configurations in each sensing scenario, while putting emphasis on the ones with the best potential viability.
{"title":"Potential viability of third party mobile service platforms for spectrum sensing","authors":"M. Barrie, S. Delaere, P. Ballon","doi":"10.1109/ICIN.2010.5640884","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIN.2010.5640884","url":null,"abstract":"The need for more efficient spectrum management is rapidly growing. Cognitive radio could fulfill this need, stating that radios will have the ability to intelligently adapt to other radios using the spectrum. Crucial in the process of intelligently adapting is having the right information about the environment. Spectrum sensing is one way to obtain this required spectrum occupancy information. It is a relatively innovative thought to consider spectrum sensing as a service offered by third party platforms. Besides standard ways of spectrum sensing (through terminals and base stations), this paper will try and identify such platforms. To do so, this paper puts forward two variables: vertical integration and distribution of decision-making. These parameters lead to four distinct business model configurations, based on unique variations in control over essential spectrum sensing roles. This paper identifies the theoretically possible business model configurations in each sensing scenario, while putting emphasis on the ones with the best potential viability.","PeriodicalId":173857,"journal":{"name":"2010 14th International Conference on Intelligence in Next Generation Networks","volume":"88 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122493919","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}