Title: An advanced service provision framework for reconfigurable mobile networks

Authors: Spyridon Panagiotakis, Maria Koutsopoulou, Athanassia Alonistioti, Nikos Houssos, Vangelis Gazis, Lazaros Merakos

Addresses: Communication Networks Laboratory, Department of Informatics & Telecommunications, University of Athens, Athens 157 84, Greece. ' Communication Networks Laboratory, Department of Informatics & Telecommunications, University of Athens, Athens 157 84, Greece. ' Communication Networks Laboratory, Department of Informatics & Telecommunications, University of Athens, Athens 157 84, Greece. ' Communication Networks Laboratory, Department of Informatics & Telecommunications, University of Athens, Athens 157 84, Greece. ' Communication Networks Laboratory, Department of Informatics & Telecommunications, University of Athens, Athens 157 84, Greece. ' Communication Networks Laboratory, Department of Informatics & Telecommunications, University of Athens, Athens 157 84, Greece

Abstract: The success of next generation mobile networks is highly dependent on the availability of a plethora of functionality-rich applications, accessible via a variety of network infrastructures and terminals. This can be achieved through the cooperation of various business players in addition to network operators and infrastructure providers. The specification by major standardisation organisations of open APIs for network access by third parties is a significant step in this direction. A critical issue in such architectures is reconfiguration management, which is regarded as the mean to enable new approaches to service provision, customisation and personalisation. In this paper, we present our proposal for a generic, open, flexible, service provision framework that supports context-aware service provision and reconfiguration management.

Keywords: context awareness; management; open APIs; reconfiguration; service provision; mobile networks.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMC.2003.003995

International Journal of Mobile Communications, 2003 Vol.1 No.4, pp.425 - 438

Published online: 10 May 2004 *

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