Title
First experiences with Personal Networks as an enabling platform for service providers
Author
TNO Defensie en Veiligheid TNO Informatie- en Communicatietechnologie
den Hartog, F.T.H.
Blom, M.A.
Lageweg, C.R.
Peeters, E.M.
Schmidt, J.R.
van der Veer, R.
Veldhuis, R.N.J.
Baken, N.H.G.
Selgert, F.
de Vries, A.
van der Werff, M.R.
Tao, Q.
Publication year
2007
Abstract
By developing demonstrators and performing small-scale user trials, we found various opportunities and pitfalls for deploying Personal Networks (PNs) on a commercial basis. The demonstrators were created using as many as possible legacy devices and proven technologies. They deal with applications in the health sector, home services, tourism, and the transportation sector. This paper describes the various architectures and our experiences with the end users and the technology. We conclude that context awareness, service discovery, and content management are very important in PNs and that a Personal Network Provider role is necessary to realize these functions under the assumptions we made. The PNPay Travel demonstrator suggests that PN service platforms provide an opportunity to develop true trans-sector services.
Subject
Mobile telecommunication systems
Quality of service
Content management
Context-awareness
End users
Home services
Personal networks
Service platforms
Service providers
Transportation sector
Ubiquitous computing
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TNO identifier
223290
Source
4th Annual International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking and Services, MobiQuitous 2007, 6-10 August 2007, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Document type
conference paper