Managing Mobile Services
Koivukoski, Ulla (Nokia Networks, Finland) / Raisanen, Vilho (Nokia Networks, Finland)
New, attractive services for communications systems are versatile and promise to make the next generation of communications a success. Yet, as the systems grow more complex and diverse, so do the challenges of managing them.
Service management derives from technologies used in fixed telephony systems and has evolved towards supporting packet-based services in an increasingly open environment. It is common belief that 3G (and later 4G) service...