NEC Europe Network Laboratories--MobiVAS

MobiVAS
Downloadable MOBIle Value-Added Services through Software Radio & Switching Integrated Platforms (completed)


MOBIVAS was an IST-project funded by the European Union as part of the Fifth Framework Programme (FP5) for research, technological development and demonstration (RTD). The objective of the project was the development of an innovative and modular network platform for seamless and dynamic provision of advanced Value Added Services (VAS) over 3rd Generation Mobile Telecommunication systems.
Partners :	THALES Communications, Co-ordinator FR University of Athens, Principal Contractor GR Hellenic Telecommunications Organisation (OTE), Principal Contractor GR NEC Europe, Network Laboratories, Principal Contractor UK Ecole Nationale Superieure de Telecommunications (ENST), Principal Contractor FR Technical University of Berlin, Principal Contractor DE UNIS, Assistant Contractor CZ OTE Consulting, Assistant Contractor GR
MOBIVAS platform will provide for the integration of 4 basic entities: Value Added Service Provider Operator with Core Network Infrastructure Intelligent Base Station and Access Network Terminal / User Main interests of NEC Heidelberg within MOBIVAS are *Support of user-mobility:* the user is able to access the service platform from any terminal and any place. *Location aware and profile dependent value added service provisioning:* the user shall be offered with services selection according to his actual location and his personal profile, which consist of preferences, terminal capabilities and network QoS. Seamless addition of value added services by third party service providers: any third party service provider should be able to offer its service by using the MOBIVAS open service management platform *Service traffic monitoring and accounting:* crucial to enable implementation of advanced billing and transfer of revenue models *Opening new business models for Operators and Service Providers:* Converging the edge centric Internet services paradigm with the network centric telecommunication services paradigm within UMTS networks opens new business models for operators to ensure and speed up the pay off of their UMTS investments and for Service Providers.
MobiVAS architecture components

Business Model Architecture definition Integration of all the concepts Field Trial disemination: 7 drafts supported from IETF, significant impact on IPFIx WG; Presentations to 3GPP, 3GIS, UMTS forum, IETF Organization of the Second European Colloquium on Reconfigurable Radio, Athens, Greece, 20-22/06/2002

N. Houssos, V. Gazis, S. Panagiotakis, S. Gessler, A. Schuelke, S. Quesnel, Value Added Service Management in 3G Networks, 8th IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS 2002), pp. 529-545, 15-19 April 2002, Florence, Italy.

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