R esearch Papers Mobile Cloud for Personalized Any-Media Services Bhumip Khasnabish
3D Software
Game
CAD
Virtual Desktop
VD
VD
Voice Video SNS Email Virtual Terminals
Public Cloud by Carriers
▲Figure 8. Examples of XaaS. (a) 3D game, augumented reality, or CAD software as a service based on virtual desktop infrastructure. (b) Terminal hosting for seamless access to services using any device from anywhere (seamless add, move, change, and update). Telecom
IT
Telecom operators: profit based on dumb pipe, and development service and content, deep extension into Internet application
Media Business
The Entry of Mobile Internet
Trading Platform to Promote Service
User Resources and Market Advantage
Bridge of Developers, Buyers, Applications
Convenient Billing and Settlement
Enhance Users’ Stickiness
Handsets
Handset Platforms
Telecom Operators
Others
▲Figure 9. Industry convergence and competition between telecommunications, IT, and media, companies.
ODP Mobile Phone
Store
Factory
App
Video
PC
Music Message
Instant Search Message Engine
Network Storage Email Partnership Member
IPTV
Photo
Game
Tablet
Search
Book
Factory (SDP) Mobile Network (2G/3G/4G)
IP Network (IMS/IPTV)
Social Network (Twitter/Facebook)
Voice E-Goods ■ CT, IT, SNS Capabilities ■ Open and Exposure ■ Store Portal for Everything ■ Service Creativity Center ■ Developer Community ■ Online SCE/STE ■ Unified Management ■ VAS Service Hosting ■ Revenue share and settlement
Community and Revenue Sharing
▲Figure 10. SDP and application store is a“factory behind store”model.
service to anyone, irrespective of location. However, the following issues need to be addressed before this can become a reality: •virtualization of clients, desktops, applications, services, and databases for delivering customized UE for any service (convergence is the objective) •mobility management in cloud, that is, in distributed shared network and resource environments •APIs for developing and delivering services seamlessly over public, private, and hybrid mobile clouds (including support for single sign-on, unification of profiles, and service mash-ups) •development of agile mobile cloud ecosystems •visualization and dynamic provision of computing and communications resources, including automatic debugging and diagnosis •cloud service logging and monitoring, including auditing and verification •soft and hard privacy and security for cloud-based services •privacy protection and on-demand security in open networked environments •service continuity, automated software and hardware updates, and disaster recovery •affordable and useful services, environmentally friendly evolution of networks and services •regulatory compliance in a borderless world •instant detection of violation of intellectual property rights •protection of intellectual property rights •policy management in a mobile cloud environment •adaptive protocols for resources and service management in multidomain mobile cloud environments •service- and content-specific addressability, networking extensions, service quality and experience agreement (SQEA) •risk-tolerance, risk-sharing, and mean-time to failure and repair management for mobile clouds
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