Leveraging the C in ICT (2003)

Leveraging the ‘C’ in ‘ICT’ through XML Web Services

Marc Jadoul

XML Web Services for the Telecom MarketHeidelberg, 25 June 2003

M. Jadoul — Leveraging the ‘C’ in ‘ICT’ — 2 All rights reserved © 2003, Alcatel

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


ICT: One Universe

Common SystemsCommon Operations

Common Users

I C T


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.


Example: Local Transport Application (LTA)


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)


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


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



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



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 ...


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”



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”



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”


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


Conclusion: Leveraging the ‘C’ in ‘ICT’

I C T I C TI C T

WEB NETWEB GRIDWEB APPS

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