Next Generation Networks Perspectives and Potentials. Dr Jingming Li Salina LiSalina Consulting, Switzerland Pascal Salina Swisscom SA, Switzerland

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6 Copyright 2007 John Wiley & Sons Ltd, The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester, West Sussex PO19 8SQ, England Telephone (for orders and customer service enquiries): Visit our Home Page on All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise, except under the terms of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 or under the terms of a licence issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4LP, UK, without the permission in writing of the Publisher. Requests to the Publisher should be addressed to the Permissions Department, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester, West Sussex PO19 8SQ, England, or ed to permreq@wiley.co.uk, or faxed to (+44) Designations used by companies to distinguish their products are often claimed as trademarks. All brand names and product names used in this book are trade names, service marks, trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. The Publisher is not associated with any product or vendor mentioned in this book. All trademarks referred to in the text of this publication are the property of their respective owners. This publication is designed to provide accurate and authoritative information in regard to the subject matter covered. It is sold on the understanding that the Publisher is not engaged in rendering professional services. If professional advice or other expert assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Other Wiley Editorial Offices John Wiley & Sons Inc., 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030, USA Jossey-Bass, 989 Market Street, San Francisco, CA , USA Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH, Boschstr. 12, D Weinheim, Germany John Wiley & Sons Australia Ltd, 42 McDougall Street, Milton, Queensland 4064, Australia John Wiley & Sons (Asia) Pte Ltd, 2 Clementi Loop #02-01, Jin Xing Distripark, Singapore John Wiley & Sons Canada Ltd, 6045 Freemont Blvd, Mississauga, ONT, L5R 4J3, Canada Wiley also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats. Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic books. Anniversary Logo Design: Richard J. Pacifico Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Salina, Jingming Li. Next Generation Networks : perspectives and potentials / Jingming Li Salina and Pascal Salina. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN (cloth) 1. Telecommunication systems. 2. Convergence (Telecommunication) 3. Business planning. I. Salina, Pascal. II. Title. III. Title: NGN perspectives and potentials. TK S dc British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN (HB) Typeset in 10/12pt Times by Integra Software Services Pvt. Ltd, Pondicherry, India Printed and bound in Great Britain by Antony Rowe Ltd, Chippenham, England. This book is printed on acid-free paper responsibly manufactured from sustainable forestry in which at least two trees are planted for each one used for paper production.

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9 Contents List of Tables List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgements xiii xv xix xxi 1 Introduction Challenge 1: To Become More Than an ISP Challenge 2: To Apply a Model of Operation Driven by Customer Needs The Technology-driven Operation Model The Operation Model Driven by Customer Needs NGN The Holy Grail for a Telecom Operator? NGN Aims at Improving Life Quality and Bringing New Life Experience The Network Evolution Towards NGN The Telecom Environment and Corporate Responsibility The Organization of the Book 10 2 NGN Vision, Scenarios and Advances NGN Networks: Perspectives and Potentials Some Possible Scenarios Virtual Space Flight Virtual International Congress Virtual Global Exhibition Virtual Classroom, e-education and Experimental Laboratory Virtual Corporate Environment Virtual Home Virtual Hospital Virtual Store Global and Local Information Centres 26

10 viii CONTENTS Home Networks Automatic Traffic and Car Driving (Machine-to-machine Communication) NGN Advances 29 3 NGN Requirements on Technology and Management NGN Requirements on Technology Communication using the Five Human Senses and Surroundings Real-time Communication across Language Barriers Virtual Living Environments User Identification using Biometrics Human-like Service Activation On-demand End-to-End Connectivity Easy and Standardized Service Creation Flexible Terminal Equipment NGN Requirements on Management Customer Management Third-party Service Provider Management Service and Service Delivery Management Network and Network Performance Management Network Security Management Device Management Information Management 47 4 NGN Functional Architecture The ITU NGN Functional Architecture The Proposed NGN Functional Architecture Transport Stratum Service Stratum Service/Application/Content/Information Layer Customer Terminal Equipment Functions Other Networks 63 5 NGN Operator, Provider, Customer and CTE NGN Network Operator NGN Service Provider NGN Customer and CTE Individual Customers and CTEs Home Customers and CTEs Vehicle Customers and CTE Corporate Customers and CTE Third-party Provider Customers and CTE 73

11 CONTENTS ix 6 Network and Service Evolution towards NGN Major Evolution Steps for the Networks and Services of Today Service Convergence and Access Network Development (Step 1) IP-based Service Conversion and Managed IP Network Development (Step 2) Network Integration and Service Extension (Step 3) Fixed Network Evolution Mobile Network Evolution Cable Network Evolution Internet Evolution IP Network Problems Critical to be Solved 85 7 NGN Key Development Areas Terminal Area User Terminal Machine Terminal Sensor Terminal Wireless Thin Client RFID Technology NFC Technology Access Network Area Ubiquitous Connectivity Co-existence Mechanisms for Multiple Radio Access Networks Backhaul Network Area Core Transport Network Area Service Creation Area OSA/Parlay Technologies Parlay X Technology Web Network Control and Management Area Setting up, Maintaining and Tearing Down End-to-End Connectivity Monitoring and Controlling the Performance of End-to-End Connectivity Analysing and Predicting Performance of End-to-End Connectivity Generating and Delivering Relevant Information to the Relevant People Generating Billing Information Managing Multiple Access Networks Belonging to Different Operators 125

12 x CONTENTS Managing Multiple Core Transport Networks Belonging to Different Operators Managing Changes in the Access Network Managing Changes in the Core Transport Network End-to-End Network Resource Management Service Control and Management GRID Technologies End-to-End QoS Management End-to-End Security Management Advanced Technologies for Network and Service Management Intelligent Agent Technology Artificial Intelligence Technology SON Technology NGN Standardizations ITU and GSI-NGN GSI-NGN Concept GSI-NGN Release GSI-NGN Release NGN Recommendations ETSI and TISPAN-NGN TISPAN-NGN Concept TISPAN-NGN Release TISPAN-NGN Release TISPAN-NGN Release ATIS and NGN CJA and NGN TMF and NGOSS NGOSS Concept NGOSS Components and their Functionality NGOSS Documents NGMN Alliance and NGMN, and 3GPP and LTE/SAE NGMN Alliance and NGMN GPP and LTE/SAE NGNs and Corporate Responsibility Unsustainable Growth Sustainable Development and Corporate Responsibility The Purpose of Corporate Responsibility The Fundamentals and the Limits of Corporate Responsibility Principles and Values The Limits of Corporate Responsibility 190

13 CONTENTS xi 9.5 Standards and Tools of Corporate Responsibility Norms Covenants Tools Guiding Concepts Triple Bottom Line Levels of Effects Equity Time Efficiency Limits and Carrying Capacity Corporate Responsibility and NGN Balancing the Benefits and Impacts of NGN The Positive Aspects The Challenges Ahead Summary of Impacts In a Nutshell Summary 213 Glossary 217 Index 225

15 List of Tables 7.1 RFID Existing and emerging access technologies (satellite, mobile, wireless, short-range radio, wired, cable and powerline) IP QoS supporting protocols Release 1 (P-)NNIs for interconnection to other types of networks ITU-T GSI NGN recommendation list TISPAN-NGN Release 1 deliverables NGOSS Release 6.1 document titles and summaries NGOSS Releases 6.0, 5.0, 4.5, 4.0, 3.5 and 3.0 document titles and summaries Order levels of impacts from the use and applications of ICT 210

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