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User Identification Solutions in Converging Networks

Explore the challenges of current identification systems in the era of multiple communication platforms and learn about ongoing efforts to align user identification methods for a more seamless communication experience. Discover historical communication needs and future resolutions to enhance user connectivity.

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User Identification Solutions in Converging Networks

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  1. User Identification Solutions in Converging Networks Mike PlukeCastle Consulting Ltd. Representing: ETSI User Group ETSI Human Factors

  2. The Issue • The number of communications systems is increasing • Each system has its own identification system • Telephone Numbers mean very little • Contacting people isn’t necessarily getting easier • Identification-system developments are uncoordinated

  3. A Typical Case A person can have: • A fixed telephone on their office desk • A mobile telephone • A fixed (shared) telephone at home • An email address used for work purposes • A personal email address used at home

  4. Solution Attempts • Supplementary services can match people to locationse.g. Call Diversion • Mobility solutions can map people to rolese.g. UPT solutions can locate the called party on one of a group of terminals • BUT frequently these systems give the wrong results

  5. Current User Identification

  6. People Not Terminals “People are outsiders in the current communications revolution. Computer hosts, pager terminals and telephones are addressable entities throughout the Internet and telephony systems.” Extract from “The Mobile People Architecture” from Stanford University

  7. Human Communication Needs Modern communications systems can create new communication needs BUT Basic communication needs have changed very little since the dawn of man

  8. An Individual A Role A Place “Grey Cloud” Apache Chief Teepee Number 3 Early Societies People needed to contact:

  9. An Individual A Role A Place “Edward de’Howard” The Queen of England Avery Castle The Middle Ages People needed to contact:

  10. An Individual A Role A Place “Mary Jones” A local locksmith “23 Dearing Lane” Today People need to contact:

  11. Tomorrow People will still need to contact: Individuals, roles, groups and places

  12. What Needs to Be Done? • Discover real user requirements for user identification • Develop an implementation-free expression of these requirements • Identify potential solution options • Create an implementation “Roadmap” for solutions • Solutions must work in a competitive environment

  13. Timetable • STF HL Start-up meeting (Dec 1999) • Formation of Steering Group (Dec 99) • Questionnaires on ETSI server (Dec 99) • Presentation of User Group results (Feb/Mar 2000) • STF HL work (January - July 2000) • Publication of ETSI Report (Oct 2000)

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