Title :
The Development of Service Enablers in B3G Environments
Author :
Masikos, M.N. ; Nikitopoulos, D.G. ; Axiotis, D.I. ; Theologou, M.E. ; Dessiniotis, C.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Athens
Abstract :
This paper deals with the design of systems that enable service provisioning in Beyond 3G (B3G) environments. The proposed systems are based on Service Enablers, entities that collect and process data from mobile terminals in order to form content for the provisioning of context-aware services. This content can be afterwards exploited by candidate applications. In this paper the main parameters that influence the design process are identified and the basic characteristics of service enablers are derived. Furthermore, we cite four basic operational structures according to our architecture and we present their special features. The MOTIVE system (MObile Terminal Information Value addEd Functionality) is used as a case study for the verification and validation of the proposed structures.
Keywords :
4G mobile communication; telecommunication services; 4G communications; MOTIVE system; beyond 3G environment; context-aware service; mobile terminal information value added functionality system; service enabler; service provisioning; 3G mobile communication; Context; Context-aware services; Design engineering; Digital video broadcasting; Land mobile radio; Mobile communication; Process design; Telecommunication computing; Wireless LAN;
Conference_Titel :
Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, 2007. PIMRC 2007. IEEE 18th International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Athens
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1144-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1144-3
DOI :
10.1109/PIMRC.2007.4394078
