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AN Capabilities: Service and Applications Perspective . Pierre-André Probst Senior Telecommunication Adviser, Swisscom/Switzerland Chairman ITU-T/ SG 16 “Multimedia Services, Systems and Terminals”. AN capabilities: a Service and Application perspective.
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AN Capabilities: Service and Applications Perspective Pierre-André Probst Senior Telecommunication Adviser, Swisscom/Switzerland Chairman ITU-T/ SG 16 “Multimedia Services, Systems and Terminals”
AN capabilities: a Service and Application perspective • Evolution of advanced digital telecommunications techniques and technologies opens new opportunities in « e-Everything » in our private/business environment • Customers needs are becoming more complex and are evolving very fast • These new trends have a major impact on the work program and on the working methods of the ITU-T
AN capabilities: a Service and Application perspective Major present trends: • All kind of communications between customers/computers (“4A”) • Multimedia • Convergences (services, platforms) • Broadband • Mobility • IP-based platforms • Intelligent homes • …
MM Service trends: ubiquitous computing “RFID Chef” • RFID Chef is a prototype application in the household domain that is used to experiment with various technical and methodological aspects in ubiquitous computing. It uses radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to connect real-world artifacts, like groceries, to a digital representation. Source: ETH Zürich/Switzerland (www.vs.inf.ethz.ch/res/proj/rfidchef)