1. ATIS’ Service Oriented Networks (SON) Activity
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ATIS’ Service Oriented Networks (SON) Activity
Andrew White, Nokia Siemens Networks
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2. SON Value Proposition It is about people! It is about Globalization!
It is not about devices.
People are mobile, and they use services not technologies.
SON is about services and services are everywhere.
It is about Globalization!
Service supply chains are distributed and real time.
Best of breed capabilities come from many industries.
It is about Technology!
Great technology melts into the background.
Reusable infrastructure reduces cost of new services.
Software and integration skills are keys to success.

3. Service Oriented Network
Service Oriented Networking abstracts resources (applications, hardware, and networks)
into defined and reusable service enablers to facilitate cross-domain blending.

4. Factorial Value of SON
Traditional networks increase in value by power law with the number of connections. (Metcalf’s Law)
½ * n * (n – 1), n = connections
Service inventories generate factorial value through permutations of service enablers. (White’s Law)
n! / (r! (n – r)!), n = enabler inventory, r = enablers per service
Service Inventory
1 Service Enabler (SE)
25 Service Enablers (SEs)
50 Service Enablers (SEs)
Silos 1 25 50
Combined in threes*
2,300
19,600
* Order not important (only one order makes sense). Repetition not allowed.

5. SON Forum Current Highlights
A Service Enabler Characterization Technical Report has been published.
Service Enabler Characterization provides key information such as lifecycle details, chargeability, and capacity.
These are details not contained in the functional definition of a service enabler.
A goal is to provide maximum flexibility in where service enablers can be deployed or consumed. This document does not address how Service Enablers get published or discovered.
SON solicited industry comments in November 2009.
Two additional work items are progressing towards completion:
Common Namespace Requirements.
3rd Party Service Provider Interface Profile .

6. Strategic Direction
SON Forum is focused on data aspects of service architecture.
Documents in the SON Forum support that view:
Service Enabler Characterization.
Common Namespace Requirements.
3rd Party Service Provider Interface Profile.

7. Challenges
Service Oriented Networks is a new standards area and substantial work remains to be done to achieve a comprehensive view.
There are multiple PSOs working in SON-related areas. Harmonizing this work into a cohesive service inventory is a significant task.
Horizontal frameworks such as SONs that optimize long term reusability continue to compete with integrated silo solutions that optimize first service delivery.

8. Next Steps/Actions
Progress other priority areas to completion by end of 2010.
SON Forum technical program.
Next face to face meeting: 18 October 2010 Washington, DC

9. Proposed Resolution
ATIS proposes a new Resolution on Service Oriented Networks.

10. Supplementary Slides

11. Service Enabler Packaging
User
End Users
End users interact with the business application oblivious of the component parts.
Subscriber
Service
Applications
Service Interaction Management is used to blend service enablers into a business application.
Service
Interaction
Reuse
Service Enablers
Service
Resource
Applications
Storage and
Computing
Networks
App
App
App
The Service Enablers expose resources (applications, data, and connectivity) through a defined, reusable interface.
Data
Data
Data
Access & Transport
User preferences should be separated from the application and included with the user profile.

12. Services are delivered through common transport.
Technology Centric
Services are delivered through common transport.
The customer experience is fragmented because each service requires a separate login and is in a distinct silo.
Data is not shared across applications so the customer must manually input and synchronize preferences, contacts, and other metadata.

13. User Centric Services are delivered through common transport.
PIM
Presence
User
Profile
Service
Interaction
Services are delivered through common transport.
The user experience is unified by a common SON service enabler, profile, and metadata.
Key data is shared across applications.
The services work together in a single user experience.
The number of discrete service experiences increase as a factorial function of the service inventory.

14. Common Namespace Identity Management Common Preferences
Centralized
Subscriber
Database
Identity Management
Common Preferences
Service Specific Preferences
Major Functions
Schema Representation
Invariant
Identity
Common
Identity
IPTV
Identity
Portal
Identity
eCommerce
Identity
Broadband
Identity
User ID
User ID
User ID
User ID
User ID
Credential
Credential
Credential
Credential
Credential
Attributes
Attributes
Attributes
Attributes
Attributes

15. Globalization – Service Supply Chain
The traditional supply chain integrates raw materials into a finished product that is delivered to a customer.
Globalization facilitates multiple suppliers with specialized roles working together in bringing a product to market.
Service supply chains operate in a similar way except there is real time interaction between the suppliers during service invocation.
The ability to manage the service supply chain is a core competency of SON companies.