Mobile4D platform

Author

Botha, Adele ; Makitla, Ismael ; Tolmay, Jp ; Ford, Merryl ; Seetharam, Dhiren ; Butgereit, Laurie ; Ogunleye, Olalekan ; Abouchabki, Colin

Author_Institution

Meraka Inst., CSIR, Pretoria, South Africa

fYear

2010

fDate

19-21 May 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

The mobile telecommunications story in Africa and the developing world is a remarkable one. Africa´s mobile cellular growth rate has been the highest of any region over the past 5 years, averaging close to 60% year on year. There have been large cellular infrastructure investments, which have enabled millions of people to communicate better. This paper looks at the various technical & operational considerations associated with creating a middleware platform for mobile services that will support different mobile paradigms (voice, text, multimedia, mobile web, applications) using a variety of communications protocols (SMS, USSD, MMS, Bluetooth, WAP data via GPRS/3G/HSDPA). This will enable the reusability of components, ensure scalability, support multiple access devices (from basic phones to more powerful smart phones, including traditional PCs), provide interoperability via different modes of access and will enable faster development time.

Keywords

cellular radio; middleware; mobile computing; multi-access systems; open systems; protocols; telecommunication computing; Africa mobile cellular growth rate; communication protocol; faster development time; interoperability; large cellular infrastructure investment; middleware platform; mobile paradigm; mobile service; mobile telecommunication story; mobile4D platform; multiple access device; Africa; Java; Middleware; Mobile communication; Mobile computing; Protocols; Telecommunications; Development; Development Time; Mobile; Reusable;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

IST-Africa, 2010

Conference_Location

Durban

Print_ISBN

978-1-905824-15-1

Type

conf

Filename

5752995