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The Convergence of Fixed, Mobile and Internet Services in the Home

Bruce Horowitz

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The Wall

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Consumer Services

• Triple Play– Telephony– Internet / Surf– Entertainment / TV

– Note: Independent of Access type

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NG Telephony

• Access independent• 1 phone number• 1 bill• Rating based on location• 1 or more phones

• Same type of list for Internet or entertainment

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NG Home Network for Telephony

Home NetworkTelephony

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NG Services

• Characteristics:– Customer Centric– Simple to Use– Seamless– Adaptive– Always Best Connected– Bundled

• All IP

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NG Home Network

Home NetworkTelephony

Internet

Entertainment

Service Networks

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First Trials

ADSL

ADSL

Gigabit Ethernet Access networkInternet

Telia-Backbone

NetworkService Gateway

VoDService

IPTService

Server LAN

IPTVService

BRAS

AAAPolicyDNS

Controlsystem

Router

Physical Implementation

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Commercial Services

ADSL

ADSL

Gigabit Ethernet Access networkInternet

Telia-Backbone

VoDService

IPTService

Server LAN

IPTVService

BRAS

AAAPolicyDNS

Controlsystem

Router

Physical Implementation

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Where is OSGi?

Home NetworkTelephony

Internet

Entertainment

Service Networks

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OSGi

• Operator view– Primarily for own offerings / not a hosting role– Needs standard management tools– Does not want to do integration work

• Device view– One platform / device– Device types include Network Terminals, TVs,

Telephones, PDAs, PCs etc.