Open Mobile Alliance

Michael Brenner,Alcatel-Lucent, USA Musa Unmehopa,Alcatel-Lucent, The Netherlands

• Part I – Background and Introduction 1.0 Introduction1.1 Service Enablers1.2 The Open Mobile Alliance (OMA)1.3 Service Enablers in OMA2.0 The Silo Syndrome and its Solution2.1 Vertical Integration2.2 Re-use as first class citizen2.3 The OMA Service Environment2.4 Additional Features of the OSE2.5 OSE and Related Technologies2.6 Summary3.0 The Open Mobile Alliance – An Organizational Overview3.1 Overview of OMA3.2 Principles of the OMA3.3 OMA’s Relationship with External Organizations3.4 OMA Organizational Structure3.5 The Processes3.6 Interoperability in the Open Mobile Alliance3.7 Summary4.0 Interoperability TestFests4.1 The objective of interoperability in the OMA4.2 The organization of the test campaigns4.3 Planning4.4 Finances4.5 TestFest Statistics4.6 Comparison with other SDOs4.7 Summary5.0 Service Provider - The Network Operator Perspective5.1 The Need for OMA5.2 Operators in OMA5.3 OMA Challenges for the Future5.4 Summary6.0 Service Provider - The Enterprise Perspective6.1 Enterprise Needs6.2 OMA Enterprise awareness6.3 SummaryPart II – Horizontal Topics7.0 The Policy Enforcer Details: Model, Architecture, Realization and Impact7.1 Policy Enforcement modeling in the OSE7.2 Beyond the OSE: Policy Enforcement as Service Oriented Architecture Composition7.3 Logical architecture versus deployment considerations7.4 Relationship to Parlay and IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)7.5 Policy modeling7.6 Policy Enforcer through OMA enabler realization7.7 Relationship of Policy Enforcer to IETF PEP/PDP7.8 Policy assembly, composition and orchestration7.9 Summary - Next steps8.0 The Policy Evaluation, Enforcement and Management Enabler8.1 Are Those specifications Really Needed?8.2 PEEM Market Needs 8.3 PEEM Architecture and Technical Specifications8.4 PEEM Salient Points8.5 Impact of Specifications on the Industry8.6 Specifications Evolution and Future Direction8.7 Summary9.0 Utilization of IMS in OMA9.1 Are those specifications really needed?9.2 Standard pre-cursors to IMSinOMA9.3 Architecture overview9.4. Salient Points and Divergent Views9.5   Impact of specifications9.6 Specifications evolution and future direction9.7 Summary10.0 Service Architectures - Parlay and the OSE10.1 A Quick Taster of Parlay10.2 The Parlay in OSE Enabler10.3 PIOSE Challenges10.4 Impact of Specifications on the Industry10.5 Specifications Evolution and Future Direction10.6 Summary11.0 A Web Services Technology Realization of the OSE11.1 Web Services Crash Course11.2 A Web Services Infrastructure Framework11.3 Mobile Web Services11.4 The OMA Web Services Enabler Release11.5 The Technologies Specified by OWSER11.6 Network Identity11.7 OWSER and the OSE11.8 Divergent views and their resolution11.9 Specifications evolution and future direction11.10 Impact of the Specifications11.11 Summary12.0 The OMA Service Provider Environment enabler12.1 Are Those Specifications Really Needed?12.2 OSPE Use Cases12.3 OSPE Requirements12.4 Standards Pre-Cursors to OSPE12.5 OSPE Architecture and Technical Specifications12.6 OSPE Salient Points12.7 Impact of Specifications on the Industry12.8 Specifications Evolution and Future Direction12.9 Summary13.0 The Security Enablers13.1 Are Those Specifications Really Needed?13.2 Security Common Functions Enabler13.3 SEC-CF Salient Points13.4 Impact of Specifications on the Industry13.5 Specifications Evolution and Future Direction13.6 SummaryPart III – Selected OMA Service Enablers14.0 The Presence and Group Management Enablers14.1 Presence – What is it?14.2 A Constructionist View of Presence Architectures14.3 The OMA Presence Model and Specifications14.4 A Deployment Example – Deploying Presence and XDM Enablers in an IMS or MMD environment14.5 Impact of Specifications on the Industry14.6 Specifications Evolution and Future Direction14.7 Summary15.0 The Push to talk over Cellular enabler15.1 Are those Specifications Really Needed?15.2 Standard Pre-cursors to OMA Push to Talk over Cellular15.3 Architecture and Technical Specifications Overview15.4 Salient points15.5 Impact of Specifications on the Industry15.6 Specifications Evolution and Future Direction15.7 Summary16.0 Mobile E-mail 16.1 Background16.2 MEM Architecture16.3 Summary17.0 The Charging Enabler17.1 Are Those Specifications Really Needed?17.2 Standards Pre-Cursors to Charging17.3 Charging Requirements17.4 Charging Architecture and Technical specifications17.5 Divergent Views and Their Resolution17.6 Impact of Specifications on the Industry17.7 Specifications Evolution and Future Direction17.8 Summary18.0 The Device Management Enablers18.1 Device Management Requirements18.2 Device Management Architecture18.3 Device Management Enabler Specifications18.4 Impact of DM Specifications on the Industry18.5 Specifications Evolution and Future Direction18.6 Summary19.0 The Digital Rights Management Enabler19.1 What were the drivers for those specifications?19.2 Are those specifications really necessary?19.3 OMA DRM Requirements19.4 Architecture and technical specifications overview19.5 Salient points19.6   Impact of specifications on the industry19.7 Specifications evolution and future direction19.8 Summary20.0 The Broadcast Enabler20.1 Are those Specifications Really Needed?20.2 Standards Pre-Cursors to BCAST Enabler20.3 BCAST Architecture20.4 Specifications Evolution and Future Direction20.5 Summary21.0 The Dynamic Content Delivery Enabler21.1 Why Do We Need New Specifications for DCD?22.0 The Global Permissions Management Enabler22.1 Are Those Specifications Really Needed?22.2 Standards Pre-Cursors to GPM22.3 GPM Architecture and Technical Specifications22.4 GPM Salient Points22.5 Impact of Specifications on the Industry22.6 Specifications Evolution and Future Direction22.7 Summary23.0 The Categorization based Content Screening Global Enabler23.1 Are Those Specifications Really Needed?23.2 Standards Pre-Cursors to CBCS23.3 CBCS Architecture and Technical Specifications23.4 Impact of Specifications on the Industry23.5 Specifications Evolution and Future Direction23.6 Summary24.0 The Game Services Enabler25.0 The Location Enabler25.1 What is Location?25.2 Location Architectures25.3 The Mobile Location Services Enabler25.4 The Secure User Plane Location26.0 The Mobile Application Environment26.1 The Mobile Web Architecture26.2 Mobile Browser26.3 Mobile Content Data Formats26.4 Multiple Interaction Modalities and Devices26.5 Summary27 Recent Topics27.1 The General Service Subscription Management Enabler27.2 Device Profile Evolution27.3 Converged IP Messaging Enabler27.4 Mobile AdvertisingPart IV – Wrap Up28.0 Concluding Remarks, and what’s in store next?28.1 Project Post-mortem28.2 What’s Next?Annex AAbbreviations and AcronymsReferences