Services Voice video email data web TV information entertainment purchasing …
Divergence
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 …
Service Convergence Home Convergence Fixed-mobile Convergence Convergence End device Convergence Voice - data Convergence ALL-IP Digitalisation of media, formats, scalability From circuits to packets Multipurpose, multi-access terminals IMS Access Use of wireline, wireless and mobile
Multimedia
broad/multi/uni-casting Open access
VoIP
Everything in the web
Interplay of PC, TV,STB, phone
SIP Unified com., presence
Multi-play: TV, Internet, telephony,
mobile
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
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
In co-operation
PROJECTS
Contract research
IST Ambient Networks IST Anemone
IST Weird IST Phoenix
IST Games at Large IST Bionets
IST P2PNEXT (1st call)
IST 4WARD (1stcall)
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
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
Example: End-to-end bottleneck localisation in cityWLAN
•VTT's QoSMeT measurement tool
provides real-time passive E2E and multi-point QoS measurements
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
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
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
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
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
Examples: 1) VoIP quality assessment 2) Unified presence
VOIP MOS
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
Example: Certification service for convergence products
Stages of "CN approval"
1. Lab verification
2. Test network verification
3. Commercial Networks validation 4. Use of "CN approved" logo
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
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
•QoS adaptation module for Gaming-on-demand IPTV service •Game client testing over several radio interfaces
•Other
