An advanced location information management scheme for supporting flexible service provisioning in reconfigurable mobile networks

Author

Panagiotakis, Spyridon ; Alonistioti, Athanassia ; Merakos, Lazaros

Author_Institution

Commun. Networks Lab., Athens Univ., Greece

Volume

41

Issue

2

fYear

2003

fDate

2/1/2003 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

88

Lastpage

98

Abstract

The evolution of third-generation mobile communications networks has nominated the requirements for flexible service provisioning, intelligent and customized charging, as well as location-aware service and data management as key enablers for the support of new advanced service offerings to mobile users. Our work is related to the design and implementation of a flexible service provisioning and reconfigurability management middleware for third-generation systems and beyond. The article focuses especially on the location-related features and functionality of our architecture, discussing the interactions required to accomplish location- and mobility-aware user profiling, service deployment and discovery, as well as charging and billing.

Keywords

3G mobile communication; costing; invoicing; middleware; radio direction-finding; radio networks; tariffs; telecommunication computing; telecommunication network management; 3G systems; billing; customized charging; data management; flexible service provisioning; intelligent charging; location information management; location-aware service; location-aware user profiling; mobility-aware user profiling; open API; reconfigurability management middleware; reconfigurable mobile networks; service deployment; service discovery; third-generation mobile communications networks; 3G mobile communication; 4G mobile communication; Communication networks; Disaster management; Information management; Intelligent networks; Laboratories; Middleware; Mobile communication; Radio frequency;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCOM.2003.1179557

Filename

1179557