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Divergence Services Voice video email data web TV information entertainment purchasing Communities, social media Facebook MySpace Skype Google Wikipedia YouTube 2nd life Region Asia Africa North America South America Europe Australia Networks, operators Vodafone TeliaSonera Telefonica China Mobile AT&T local operators Vendors Nokia Ericsson NSN Alcatel Motorola Huawei Sony Cisco Juniper Fixed PSTN ATM MPLS xdsl Ethernet Fiber Cable Wireless GSM UMTS CDMA2000 EV DO WiMAX Wi Fi BlueTooth ZigBee NFC Spectrum Lisenced un lisenced 900MHz 1800MHz 1900MHz 2.4GHz 3.5GHz 5GHz Location Home office city countryside car public transportation Terminals Mobile phone laptop STB PVR Internet tablet PDA game console Protocols IP VoIP SIP TCP/UDP RTP MIP access dependent Software OS depended 3rd party Java C/C++ Perl Python Platforms Windows Linux Unix Mac S60 Brew Palm MSMobile Java Coding 3GP AVI DivX MPEG Quicktime Flash MP3 GSM
Home Convergence Fixed mobile Convergence Service Convergence Interplay of PC, TV,STB, phone IP Convergence Multi play: TV, Internet, telephony, mobile Unified com., presence Use of wireline, wireless and mobile UMA SIP ALL IP Access IMS Digitalisation of media, formats, scalability VoIP Everything in the web Open access Multipurpose, multiaccess terminals From circuits to packets Multimedia broad/multi/uni casting Digital Convergence End device Convergence Voice data Convergence WiFi cellular Convergence 3GPP/IEEE/ITU Middleware Open platforms Software Convergence Broadband Broadcast Convergence
Testing needs for convergence products Interoperability Vendors, technologies, standards, formats, products End to end behavior Performance, mobility, security, multi access, bottleneck New technologies/services WiMAX, HSPA, VoIP, IPTV, IMS, P2P, At different phases of product development Simulation, concept, prototype, beta, certification, user tests Configurable networks, services and tools in one place Clean laboratory, company, test, public, operator networks Network analysers, measurement tools
VTT's Converging Networks Laboratory (CNL) provides an environment to innovate, prototype and test products for future convergent infrastructure. Our offerings: Technology consulting, roadmapping Prototyping of new services Performance measurements Testing of services, applications, products, and hardware
PROJECTS In co operation Contract research IST Ambient Networks IST Anemone IST Weird IST Phoenix IST Games at Large IST Bionets IST P2PNEXT (1 st call) IST 4WARD (1 st call) ITEA Easy Wireless ITEA TNT Tekes CNL Products Tekes Mercone Nordunet Adimus VTT CNL UNICOM VTT CNL WORKS VTT Investments
Position
Benefits for customers Prepare products for the network convergence Faster time to market Forerunner position Support for company R&D Foresight to future technologies and standards Results of Europe's top research projects Source of high competence personnel Savings and new possibilities for testing Investments and maintenance by test facility
CNL competences: End to end performance Research topics Quality of Service (QoS) Measurement methods and monitoring tools Multipoint measurements Network performance analysis VoIP and video quality assessment VTT offers QoS and network measurements Measurement tools (QoSMeT) Performance testing and bottleneck identification Consulting on QoS and handover techniques, knowledge on network analysers and simulators
Example: End to end bottleneck localisation in citywlan VTT's QoSMeT measurement tool provides real time passive E2E and multi point QoS measurements Network performance, handover duration, protocol performance 50us accuracy in LAN, WiFi, WiMAX and HSDPA networks
CNL competences: Mobility and Networks Research topics Mobility management Moving devices and networks Multidimensional handovers Multi access Cross layer triggering Mobility protocols VTT offers Concept development Prototyping & implementation Mobile testbeds & testing Consulting Solutions from client devices to large scale networks
Example: Smart converged handover solution VTT's handover assistant combines multiple handover decision related triggers in both terminal and network side Media Independent Handover (MIH) based solution supporting MIP, HIP Terminal is assisted to more suitable access network based on operator policy, resources, application needs, Future converged network environment
CNL competences: Adaptive transmission Research topics Multi channel delivery Adaptive video coding Cross layer communication Quality of Service Home networks VTT offers Environment for testing and development of video transmission technologies Tools for network monitoring Adaptation methods for multimedia services
Example: Real time adaptive IPTV platform VTT's IPTV service provides real life content adapted to mobile phones, laptops, TVs, STBs over various networks VTT's video adaptation module scales frame rate, quantisation and resolution Platform includes also commercial IPTV and gaming on demand (GoD) services Inputs Video file Web camera Video Camera Digital TV Server Rate adaptation Streaming Rate control Network IPv4/IPv6 3G Cellular network WLAN AP Network monitoring WLAN Radio Links LAN Clients UPnP QoS implementation
CNL competences: Mobile multimedia Research topics Content adaptation and management Video coding and wireless transmission Content analysis algorithms Content aware multimedia services VTT offers Tools for audio and video analysis Solutions for robust video coding and transmission Platform for mobile video management from production to consumption
Examples: 1) VoIP quality assessment 2) Unified presence VOIP MOS VTT's algorithms for VoIP MOS assessment Listening and conversational quality Integrated to QoS measurement tool UNIFIED PRESENCE VTT's unified presence server combines mobile phone, IM, Internet (Skype) and office access control presence sources Business back end Oracle Internet Skype, Google Unified Presence Office applications MSOffice, Linux Cellular IMS, Symbian
CNL competences: Network testbeds Features Heterogeneous access networks Laboratory, municipal and wide area networks Multi operator environments Services and enablers Testing service VTT offers European wide access to partner testing facilities Research, development and testing of mobility mechanisms and mobile services Networking within the European research community
Example: Certification service for convergence products ICT product and system certification market in US ~1300M$ and in Europe ~270M (*) Build on top of other certifications, focus on products in converged networks (CN) End 2 end performance, mobility, privacy/security and interoperability use of virtual testing (lab on your desk) Stages of "CN approval" 1. Lab verification 2. Test network verification 3. Commercial Networks validation 4. Use of "CN approved" logo Customer benefits Outsource difficult CN test cases One stop for multitude of testing Reduced investments (*) Source: VTT 2007
References, customer showcases Manufacturer Base station and terminal related research and implementation Operator WiMAX vendor interoperability and live HSDPA performance Cellular network analyser provider Multi point E2E QoS measurement development for WCDMA Game house Other QoS adaptation module for Gaming on demand IPTV service Game client testing over several radio interfaces Consultancy on testing platforms, creation of technology roadmaps
Questions? http://www.vtt.fi On going roadmap activity for converging networks and services http://www.netcare.fi/gigawiki/ar2/