Anett Schülke, Daniele Abbadessa, Florian Winkler
Service delivery platform: Critical enabler to service provider’s new revenue stream
Service creation and delivery platforms as key network components support objectives for next-generation services, such as the ability to tailor services quickly and flexible for individual customers and to provide an open platform for third-party service development. The Service Integration Environment (SIE) described in this paper aims at providing an enabling technology for developing advanced applications for fixed and mobile networks. The main focus of this realization is the integration of advanced value added services over the 3GPP IP Multimedia Subsystem. This paper will give an overview about the Service Integration Environment as a potential part of a future SDP solution. An in-depth view of the respective market and its relation to the ongoing standardization activities will be outlined. A detailed description of the functional structure of the architecture layers, the advantages of the involved integration techniques (including the dynamic policy management) are provided. The provided sample application will motivate the easiness for service creation by exploring the SIE-offered IMS and non-IMS service enablers.