leveraging the c in ict (2003)
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“Leveraging the ‘C’ in ‘ICT’ through XML Web Services“ presented at the Eurescom Workshop on XML Web Services for the Telecom Market in Heidelberg, June 2003.TRANSCRIPT
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Leveraging the ‘C’ in ‘ICT’ through XML Web Services
Marc Jadoul
XML Web Services for the Telecom MarketHeidelberg, 25 June 2003
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ICT: Two Worlds
OSS/BSS
Platforms
Broadband
Voice Calling
SMS/MMS/UMS
800/900
ContactCentre
CRM
Firewall
FFA
Warehouse
Finance
HRM
MS OfficeMobility e-Mail
Homeworking
IVR/ASR
Routing
Access
SFA
Portal
Satellite
VPN
Analytics
Content
Streaming
Content Delivery
Integration
Charging
Databases
Billing
e-Shops
I C TI C T
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ICT: One Universe
Common SystemsCommon Operations
Common Users
I C T
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ICT: More Value through Integration
> Send an SMS/email when an inventory item is out-of-stock…
> Voice access to the spare-parts database...> Field-force dispatching system based on location
tracking...> Help-desk with home-based agents...> Set-up a video-conference depending on invitees
presence…> Pay the airport parking with your prepaid SIM card…> etc., etc.
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Example: Local Transport Application (LTA)
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LTA: Service Features
Route Map Ticket
1
2
1
2
Rue de Belfort
Place Latargue
Rue de L’égalité
Bus 65
Route Map Ticket
2
You are Here
Pick a destination
Rue de Belfort
Place MolièrePlace GambettaRue AnatoleRue de la PosteRue de L’égalitéRue de L’égliseRue de L’espérance
Find a Bus
Route Map Ticket
1
2
Next departure
Arrival time
Bus 65
11:46
12:12
Current time 11:38
Pay my Ticket
Trip fare € 1.20€
(Your credit is € 5:60)
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LTA: Implementation
GPRS
EJB Container
Location/GMLC InteractionCharging/Payment
2.5GPrepaid
J2EEEJBEJBEJB
Real-TimeApplication Server
(OSP)
END-USER
NETWORK OPERATOR
G.I.S PROVIDER
LOCAL BUS CO.BEA WebLogic Workshop
Business Application Server(BEA, WebSphere, .NET, ...)
EnterpriseApplication
Borland JBuilder
Busschedules
Citymaps
Webservice
Webservice
WEBUDDI
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What Can We Learn from the LTA ? (1)
Platforms must be carrier-grade> Communications applications are real-time
• While the passenger is waiting for information, the bus may already have passed by...
> Scalable from a few to hundreds of bus users
• Service must work at peak and off-peak hours...
> Reliable and always available• Passengers won’t change habits unless the service works !• It’s about money: no swindling with charging and payment
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What Can We Learn from the LTA ? (2)
Services may implement highly distributedand complex business processes> Interaction between different players/partners
• Bus Co, Telco, G.I.S. provider, banks• Distribution of systems, services and data• Each party must be able to manage his own assets
> Flexible rating, charging and payment• Occasional users, family accounts, bonus schemes, …• Prepaid/postpaid, debit/credit, e-wallet, …
> User orientation and simplicity• Simple to explain and easy to use !• All implementation complexity must be hidden from the user
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What Can We Learn from the LTA ? (3)
Need for common integration tools> Network Systems Integration
• Adaptation to network protocols and dialects• Control of heterogeneous, multi-vendor networks? INAP - CAMEL - SIP - DIAMETER - COPS - ...
> Systems Integration• Partner and 3rd party business logic and data (EAI)• Operators’ communications applications (CAI)• Operators’ business applications (OSS/BSS)
? XML Web Services look like a good choice ...
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What’s Missing to Make LTA Real ? (1)
A robust underlying foundation and network> Always availability and fairness
• “Web service not reachable” is not acceptable
> Real-time with guaranteed QoS• To support multimedia and streaming
> Privacy and security• For web service providers and web service users• Fraud resistance (no “denial of service”)
The “WEB NET”The “WEB NET”
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What’s Missing to Make LTA Real ? (2)
A common “service infrastructure”> Trust and service brokering
• Taking web-services beyond “peer to peer”• Similar to the Parlay Framework
> Sharing of User Profile Data• Service personalisation and customisation
> Rating - charging - payment• Web services charged on Telco payment system• Easy settlement between all parties
The “WEB GRID”The “WEB GRID”
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What’s Missing to Make LTA Real ? (3)
Services - Services - Services> Web service components in all ICT domains
• Conversation, messaging, user interaction, work-flow, information access, management, etc.
> Applications composed with these components• Driven by end-user needs, not by technology
> Simple web service creation and integration tools• To address non ICT professionals
“WEB APPS”“WEB APPS”
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Opportunities for Telcos
Providing the WEB NET> Real-time, scalable and reliable> Using network features like QoS, security, distribution
Building the WEB GRID> A reliable infrastructure for sharing and brokering> Rating - charging - payment services
Offering WEB APPS> Real-time communication components
• Session control, routing, messaging, IVR, management, …> Applications based on web technology
• For own OSS/BSS use and for the market
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Conclusion: Leveraging the ‘C’ in ‘ICT’
I C T I C TI C T
WEB NETWEB GRIDWEB APPS