Title: The ubiquitous service-oriented design of 3G/4G mobile commerce

Authors: Tung-Hsiang Chou, Li-Ling Hsu, Jason C.H. Chen

Addresses: Department of Information Management, National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology, 2 Jhuoyue Rd., Nanzih, Kaohsiung City 811, Taiwan. ' Department of Information Management, National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology, 2 Jhuoyue Rd., Nanzih, Kaohsiung City 811, Taiwan. ' Graduate School of Business, Gonzaga University, E. 502 Boone Ave., Spokane, WA 99258, USA

Abstract: In the past, many telecommunications corporations implemented fewer functionalities on the internet, and most of these corporations used traditional development methods to implement telecom services for their customers. These behaviours provide lower Quality of Service (QoS) and monotonous added-value services to their customers, because these corporations cannot provide a suitably high quality mobile environment. Today, 3G technology can provide faster transmission rates and more diverse added-value services to the customers. This emerging mobile technology is helping to construct ubiquitous computing services. We present a service-oriented architecture framework that supports ubiquitous electronic services and adjusts telecommunications business processes.

Keywords: service-oriented architecture; SOA; QoS; quality of service; 3G; 4G; e-commerce; electronic commerce; telecommunications; mobile communications; ubiquitous computing.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMC.2010.033836

International Journal of Mobile Communications, 2010 Vol.8 No.4, pp.451 - 467

Published online: 02 Jul 2010 *

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