A cutting-edge book that offers you a comprehensive understanding of 3G multimedia network services and related architectures. This practical resource guides you in developing the services, charges and customer use data that will allow maximum profitability for your company. Covering both mobile and fixed networks, the book thoroughly explains 3G network standards, implementation architectures, charging principles, user profiles and QoS and security considerations. Presenting a wide portfolio of current and future service possibilities, the book explains how to increase user awareness and facilitate the service usage by means of customization, self-learning user profiles and the community concept. From the evolution towards multimedia, the virtual home environment and solutions for service provisioning, to charging and settlement relationships, logical user profile models and end-to-end quality of service assurance mechanisms, this resource covers the critical areas you need to understand to be successful in today's increasingly competitive marketplace.
Author(s): Marcel Mampaey, Freddy Ghys, Michel Smouts
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 340
Contents......Page 5
Acknowledgments......Page 12
Introduction......Page 13
1. Services......Page 17
1.2 Mobile Services......Page 19
1.3 Unifying Fixed and Mobile Services......Page 37
1.4 Multimedia Services......Page 39
1.5 User Profile Management Service......Page 41
1.6 E-commerce, M-commerce, and Micropayments......Page 43
1.7 Entertainment Services......Page 44
1.8 Remote Services......Page 47
1.10 Communities......Page 49
1.12 Auxiliary Success Factors......Page 50
1.13 Multiplayer Services......Page 54
1.15 Conclusion......Page 57
References......Page 58
2. Service Architecture......Page 59
2.1 Business Model......Page 60
2.2 3G Network Architecture......Page 64
2.3 Service Architecture Challenges......Page 77
2.4 3GPP Standard Triggering Mechanism......Page 85
2.5 The OSA-Parlay Gateway......Page 86
2.6 Additional Thoughts on Business Modeling......Page 90
2.7 NGN Glossary......Page 95
2.8 Conclusion......Page 98
References......Page 99
3.1 QOS Basics......Page 101
3.2 QOS Implementation in the Network......Page 108
3.3 The UMTS Scenario......Page 117
3.4 A Possible DSL Scenario......Page 121
3.5 QOS-Related Security Considerations......Page 124
3.6 Conclusion......Page 127
References......Page 128
4.1 Introduction......Page 129
4.2 Rationale for the UP Concept......Page 130
4.3 Modeling Concepts......Page 138
4.4 User Model......Page 139
4.5 Logical Data Model......Page 146
4.6 Data Description Methods......Page 152
4.7 Ownership of UP Data......Page 159
References......Page 167
5.2 Up Access Mechanisms......Page 168
5.3 Use Case......Page 181
5.4 Resilience of UP......Page 184
5.5 Management of UP......Page 188
5.6 Charging......Page 192
5.7 Integration of Different Networks and Their UP......Page 193
5.8 UP Use Case in Services......Page 204
References......Page 206
6.1 Consumption-Based vs. Flat Fee......Page 208
6.2 Price Setting......Page 210
6.3 Charging, Accounting, and Division of Revenue......Page 212
6.4 Actors and Money Flows......Page 214
6.5 Mobile Device as Means of Payment......Page 220
References......Page 223
7.1 Resource-Based and Content-Based......Page 224
7.2 Postpaid vs. Prepaid......Page 228
7.3 Charging Influencing Parameters......Page 233
7.4 Charging Components and Correlation......Page 242
7.5 Information to the Customer......Page 247
7.6 Theft of Service......Page 249
7.7 Charged Party......Page 251
7.8 Charging for Network-Integrated Services......Page 253
References......Page 258
8.1 3GPP......Page 259
8.2 IETF......Page 273
8.3 OSA/PARLAY......Page 281
8.4 ETSI-TIPHON......Page 284
8.5 IPDR......Page 286
References......Page 289
9. Security......Page 291
9.1 General Threat Analysis......Page 292
9.2 Security Solutions......Page 296
9.3 Deploying Security Solutions......Page 299
9.4 Security Architecture for Multimedia......Page 303
9.5 Signaling Security Issues......Page 305
9.6 Mobile Security Architecture......Page 308
9.7 WLAN Security......Page 310
9.9 Conclusion......Page 311
References......Page 312
10. Conclusion......Page 313
List of Acronyms and Abbreviantions......Page 316
About the Authors......Page 324
Index......Page 326
