A VHE architecture for advanced value-added service provision in 3rd generation mobile communication networks

Houssos, Nikos; Koutsopoulou, Maria; Schaller, Sibylle

doi:10.1109/spvce.2000.934163

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“…In the envisioned new era, where customer expectations as well as investments and revenue requirements are raised to a new level, a plethora of functionality-rich, profitcreating applications, typically contributed by many different business players, should be available to mobile users [1]. Moreover, services should be accessible in an unprecedented variety of contexts [2], which could not be predicted or catered for during service design and development. These extensively demanding requirements create the need for adaptability of applications to highly diverse environments, a feature that has not yet attracted adequate attention in the research regarding design and engineering of mobile services.…”

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Application-transparent adaptation in wireless systems beyond 3G

Houssos¹,

Kafounis²,

Gazis³

et al. 2005

IJMDM

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The forthcoming wireless systems beyond 3G are heralded to trigger dramatic changes in the way that mobile services are being developed and delivered. User expectations are expected to raise to a significantly higher level, towards the demand for terminal-, network-and location-aware provision of ubiquitous, personalized multimedia services. Adaptability, a feature that did not attract particular attention from system and service developers of services in the pre-3G era, is widely recognized as a critical factor for realizing this vision. The present paper discusses adaptation of end-user services provided over next generation mobile systems, identifies relevant important issues and introduces a mechanism for deployment-time, application-transparent adaptation.

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Application-transparent adaptation in wireless systems beyond 3G

Houssos¹,

Kafounis²,

Gazis³

et al. 2005

IJMDM

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“…This requirement has been addressed by the Virtual Home Environment (VHE) concept, introduced in the late nineties. Several standardization bodies, such as 3GPP [1], UMTS Forum [2], GSM MoU [3], ETSI [4], ITU-T [5], and TTC [6] are working on the specification of the VHE, while several research projects ( [7] - [14]) have also elaborated on the validation of the VHE concept.…”

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Context Management in Virtual Home Environment Systems

Xynogalas

Roussaki

Chantzara

et al. 2004

J CIRCUIT SYST COMP

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The emerging 3 rd generation services are provided through various types of networks and terminals. Roaming users rely on new kinds of wireless networks and terminals to offer mobility and make services available everywhere. The users' requirement for continuous access to personalized services from any place, transparently and independently of the underlying network technology and the terminal or point of access, was satisfied by the first VHE prototypes. The challenge in service engineering is now to make these services smarter by adding context management capabilities to them. In this paper we propose an enhanced framework for efficient context management in a VHE environment.

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“…In the envisioned new era, however, where customer expectations as well as investments and revenue requirements are raised to a new level, a plethora of functionality-rich, profit-creating applications, typically contributed by many different business players, should be available to mobile users [1]. Moreover, services should be accessible in an unprecedented variety of contexts [2], which could not be predicted or catered for during service design and development. These extensively demanding requirements clearly indicate the need for adaptability of applications as well as service provision and delivery procedures to highly diverse environments.…”

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Generic adaptation mechanism for the support of context-aware service provision in 3G networks

Houssos¹,

Pantazis²,

Alonistioti³

4th International Workshop on Mobile and Wireless Communications Network

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-The forthcoming era of 3 rd generation (3G) mobile communications is heralded to change the wireless telecommunication experience dramatically. User expectations are raised to a significantly higher level, towards the demand for terminal-, network-and location-aware provision of ubiquitous, personalized multimedia services. Under this perspective, the need for adaptability of services and systems to largely diverse contexts is clearly identified. Generic, dynamically extensible adaptation mechanisms that are independent of the subject and criteria of adaptation can be a significant step towards this direction. In the present paper 1 , we introduce a mechanism aiming to fulfill these requirements. The proposed adaptation system has been designed, implemented and successfully integrated and tested in a distributed software platform for provision of value added services to 3G mobile users.

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A VHE architecture for advanced value-added service provision in 3rd generation mobile communication networks

Cited by 10 publications

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Application-transparent adaptation in wireless systems beyond 3G

Application-transparent adaptation in wireless systems beyond 3G

Context Management in Virtual Home Environment Systems

Generic adaptation mechanism for the support of context-aware service provision in 3G networks

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