Ambient Networks and the Concept of Composition

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Ambient Networksand the Concept of Composition

• 4G Forum, European Session - 21 May 04
• Philip Eardley, BT Group

This presentation has been produced in the
context of the Ambient Networks Project. The
Ambient Networks Project is part of the European
Community's Sixth Framework Program for research
and is as such funded by the European Commission.
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is merely representing the authors view.
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Outline

• What is Ambient Networks project?
• A user scenario to illustrate composition
• Composition

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Ambient Networks

• Ambient Networks
• Common Control Services
• Networks at the edge
• Scalable auto-configuration

Services
Services

Ambient Connectivity

Community
Personal

Home
Vehicular
PAN
CAN
VAN
HAN
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The Ambient Networks Project

• An integrated project co-sponsored by the
  European Commission under the Information Society
  Technology (IST) priority within the 6th
  Framework Programme (FP6)
• Aims at an innovative, industrially exploitable
  mobile network solution in particular for systems
  beyond 3G, which enables the composition of
  networks across business and technology
  boundaries in order to stimulate new business
  developments and growth in the wireless domain.
• Brings together a strong industry led consortium
  of leading operators, vendors, SMEs, and research
  organisations, with the determination, skills and
  critical mass to create cross-industry consensus
  and to drive standardisation

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User Scenario Overview

• Telecare enabling people to continue to live as
  normally as possible despite health worries
• The scenario
• Anne has heart problems. She has a sensor BAN.
  When she collapses in the shopping centre, a
  video connection is set up over WLAN to her
  doctor emergency medics.
• The scenario illustrates composition of Ambient
  Networks

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The Scenario Overview

• The Environment
• Developed country
• Year 2015, although many aspects can be
  implemented much earlier
• Mobility (handover etc) is not an important part
  of this scenario
• Viewpoints
• End users
• Service provider telecare operator
• Network operator supporting networks
• The devices
• sensors providing useful health / activity
  information
• Body area network
• Personal communicator (cellular / WLAN)
• Personal identity device, RFID tag, advanced
  display device
• Further Assumptions
• Privacy and security are acceptable.

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Anne Concept illustrated composition

• Composition relationships shown
• Includes parallel and virtual composition
• During composition QoS, policy and privacy can be
  negotiated

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Composition
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Composition

• Composition plug and play cooperation between
  networks
• Not just connectivity control / mgt
  effectively extends Ambient Control Space outside
  own AN
• Enables users to communicate using the most
  efficient and appropriate combination of
  technologies and services
• Commercial freedom enables trading of resources

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ANI Ambient Network Interface
Generic Link Interface

• ANI standardised means to connect functions of
  Ambient Control Space with functions in another
  Ambient Network

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Ambient Composed Networks
Network AB
NetworkA
NetworkB
Ambient Control Space
Ambient Connectivity
Mobility
Security
ANI/GANS
Domain Management
Connectivity Controller
ANI/GANS
Multiaccess
ANI/GANS
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Composed networks
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Acknowledgement

• This work is conducted in Ambient Networks
  project.
• With special thanks to those involved in work
  packages
• WP1 Concepts, Architectures and Technical
  Coordination
• WP3 Network Composition and Connectivity

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Participating Partners in Ambient Networks

• Ericsson AB (project co-ordinator), Sweden
• Alcatel SEL AG, Germany
• British Telecommunications plc, UK
• Budapest University Of Technology And Economics,
  Hungary
• Concordia University, Canada
• Consorzio Ferrara Ricercha, Italy
• Critical Software S.A., Portugal
• DaimlerChrysler AG, Germany
• DoCoMo Communications Laboratories Europe GmbH,
  Germany
• Elisa Corporation, Finland
• Ericsson Eurolab Deutschland GmbH, Germany
• Ericsson Magyarorszag Kommunikacios Renszerek
  K.F.T., Hungary
• France Telecom SA, France
• Fraunhofer Gesellschaft Zur Foerderung Der
  Angewandten Forschung e. V., Germany

• Instituto De Engenharia De Sistemas E
  Computadores Do Porto, Portugal
• Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan, Sweden
• Lucent Technologies Network Systems GmbH, Germany
  
• Lucent Technologies Network Systems UK Limited,
  UK
• Motorola Japan, Japan
• National ICT Australia (University Of New South
  Wales), Australia
• NEC Europe ltd, UK
• Nokia Corporation, Finland
• Oy LM Ericsson AB, Finland
• Panasonic European Laboratories GmbH, Germany
• Rheinisch-Westfaelische Technische Hochschule
  Aachen, Germany
• Siemens AG, Germany
• Siemens AG Oesterreich, Austria

• Siemens Mobile Communications SPA, Italy
• Swedish Institute Of Computer Science AB, Sweden
• Technical Research Centre Of Finland, Finland
• Technische Universitaet Berlin, Germany
• Telecom Italia SPA, Italy
• Telefonica Investigacion Y Desarrollo SA
  Unipersonal, Spain
• Telenor Communication AS, Norway
• TeliaSonera AB, Sweden
• TNO - Netherlands Organisation For Applied
  Scientific Research, Netherlands
• University Of Surrey, UK
• Universidad De Cantabria, Spain
• University College London, UK
• University Of Ottawa, Canada
• Vodafone Group Services Limited, UK