Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) is a key piece of the 5G architecture (or 5G type claims on a 4G RAN). MEC can already make a huge difference in video latency and quality for video streaming multiple feeds within a sporting environment. For example Intel, Nokia and China Mobile video streams of the Grand Prix at… Continue reading 5G, Iaas and Mobile Edge Computing
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Mobile Operators Guide to European Payment Services Directive
European Payment Services Directive 2 The European Payment Services Directive (PSD2) will be transposed into member state law by 2018 and will have a transformative effect on nation state and cross border electronic payments. The Directive aims to increase the convenience of security of electronic payments. This is achieved by promoting payment innovation, for example… Continue reading Mobile Operators Guide to European Payment Services Directive
Identity for the Internet of People
The Internet of Things, as distinct from the internet of people, requires communication between devices which enable tracking, monitoring and metering etc... This intercommunication is dependent upon semantically structured and shared data for enabling functions such as identification, authentication, authorisation, bootstrapping and provisioning. Standardising both the semantically structured data and the enabling functions across M2M applications and… Continue reading Identity for the Internet of People
JSON Web Token (JWT) and JSON Object Signing and Encryption (JOSE)
This blog is part of a series comparing the implementation of identity management patterns in SAML and OpenID Connect: Identity Broker Service in OpenID Connect: Supporting Multiple Identity Providers & Service Providers Identity Broker Service in SAML OpenID Connect AuthN & AuthZ Comparison of OpenID Connect with OAuth2.0 & SAML2.0 Cross Domain Identity Patterns: Chained Federation & Service Broker JSON Web… Continue reading JSON Web Token (JWT) and JSON Object Signing and Encryption (JOSE)
Some Questions After Quad-Play
I work as an architect at a big telco that has recently become a quad-player. Part of my job is to think of what services come next. My previous interest has always been distributed computing, either networking or large data-sets. Also as part of my job I attend IT conferences on the internet of distributed… Continue reading Some Questions After Quad-Play
A Reference Architecture for the Internet of Things
The Internet of Things requires multiple Reference Architectures which can map capabilities to specific technology domains. This is a challenge because there is no single unifying industry definition for the Internet of Things. For the purpose of this presentation it is assumed that: “Things” have semantic representation in the Internet “Things” can be acted upon in a… Continue reading A Reference Architecture for the Internet of Things
M2M Protocols
There are many different usable protocols for communication with M2M devices for the Internet of Things. Specific protocols are more appropriate for different devices (e.g. memory & power profiles) and specific protocols are more appropriate for different communication needs (e.g. State Transfer Model & Event Based Model)
M2M ARPU Requires A Reference Architecture
The GSM Association (GSMA) put the M2M market size at $1.2tn revenue with 12 billion connected mobile devices by 2020. These numbers alone are enough to excite the most conservative of operators and wobble the subscriber-centric business models that currently prevail. The existing model adopted by MNOs that the more subscribers it has, the more successful and… Continue reading M2M ARPU Requires A Reference Architecture
Security Best Practice for Protecting Against Memory Scraping Malware in Target & Home Depot
Credit and debit cards stolen from bricks-and-mortar stores sell on the black market for at least ten times the price of cards stolen from online merchants. There are plenty of TOR accessible card shops that will happily buy the cards from hackers and resell them on the open market. A card stolen from a bricks-and-mortar… Continue reading Security Best Practice for Protecting Against Memory Scraping Malware in Target & Home Depot
BSS for the IoT: You Don’t Have To Be A Mobile Network Operator To Do It
The Internet of Things is not predicated on mobile or fixed-line operators. It is predicated on the value derived from the interplay between different sensors and actuators. In the history of mobile telecommunications it was the mobile network operators who provided a service that brought together radio waves and handset manufacturers. The success of mobile… Continue reading BSS for the IoT: You Don’t Have To Be A Mobile Network Operator To Do It