Two papers for NGMAST 2008 accepted

We got two papers accepted for the 2nd IEEE Conference and Exhibition on Next Generation Mobile Applications, Services and Technologies (NGMAST 2008). The conference takes place 16.-19. September in Cardiff, Wales.

The two papers accepted are:
[1] A. Häber, M. Gerdes, F. Reichert, A. Fasbender, and R. Kumar, "Delivering Services to Residential Appliances by Utilizing Remote Resource Awareness," in 2nd IEEE Conference and Exhibition on Next Generation Mobile Applications, Services and Technologies (NGMAST 2008), Cardiff, Wales, 2008.

Abstract:

Service providers are nowadays offering a variety of services, and in particular multimedia content delivery. Besides, consumer appliances are increasingly becoming digitalized including support for communication networks. However, it is difficult, and in many cases impossible, to use these services with standard consumer appliances, such as TV and media player devices. Rather, usage is often restricted so that they can only be accessed through web browsers from PCs, mobile phones and similar terminals. This is unfortunate, because dedicated consumer appliances are often better suited to handle the content and thereby give consumers a better experience. Within this paper, three design approaches that support such services are described and compared, along with a prototype that shows this concept.

[2] A. Fasbender, S. Hoferer, M. Gerdes, T. Matsumura, A. Häber, and F. Reichert, "Phone-controlled Delivery of NGN Services into Residential Environments," in 2nd IEEE Conference and Exhibition on Next Generation Mobile Applications, Services and Technologies (NGMAST 2008), Cardiff, Wales, 2008.

Abstract:

The horizontally layered architecture of the
IMS/NGN standards family enables the delivery of services
independent of access network and requesting device. In this
article, the authors propose a further separation of service
control and delivery, allowing the requesting device – in
particular a user’s mobile phone – to invite other devices –
we will focus on DLNA appliances – into the service
delivery, thereby enhancing both user experience and service
design flexibility. The proposed solution builds on
exploiting proximity technologies (e.g. barcodes, NFC) for
pairing the control device with a remote environment.
Motivated by scenarios, the architecture concepts are
explained and a prototype implemented for validation is
described. Selected findings and a short overview of related
standardization efforts conclude the paper.