Research and reality: The evolution of Open Network API standards

Author

Jakobsson, S. ; Mulligan, Catherine ; Unmehopa, M.

Author_Institution

Telenor ASA, Group Ind. Dev., Trondheim, Norway

fYear

2012

fDate

10-15 June 2012

Firstpage

6901

Lastpage

6905

Abstract

This document investigates the evolution of the Open Network Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) from a research and industrial perspective over the last 15 years. It provides insight into the work currently ongoing in the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) and GSM Association (GSMA) with regards to creating developer friendly APIs and delivering them to the market. Finally, it outlines the current research ongoing within the Open API sphere and provides some recommendations for the standardization forums of the communications industries in order to more fully align with this work.

Keywords

application program interfaces; cellular radio; open systems; standardisation; telecommunication industry; GSM association; GSMA; OMA; communications industries; industrial perspective; open API sphere; open mobile alliance; open network API standards; open network application programming interfaces; standardization forums; Business; Communities; Industries; Mobile communication; Standards; Telecommunications; Web services; OMA; OneAPI; Open API; Restful API´s; telecom enablers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications (ICC), 2012 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Ottawa, ON

ISSN

1550-3607

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-2052-9

Electronic_ISBN

1550-3607

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICC.2012.6364773

Filename

6364773