Asma Elmangoush

Service Function Chaining in Next Generation Networks: State of the Art and Research Challenges

Service function chaining is a network capability that provides support for application-driven-networking through the ordered interconnection of service functions. The lifecycle management of service function chains is enabled by two recently emerged technologies, software defined networking and network function virtualization, that promise a number of efficiency, effectiveness, and flexibility gains. This article introduces a service function chaining taxonomy that considers architecture and performance dimensions as the basis for the subsequent stateof- the-art analysis. The article concludes with a gap analysis of existing solutions and the identification of future research challenges.

Design of RESTful APIs for M2M services

The upcoming communication aim will not focus on connecting humans by different kinds of multimedia services, but also connecting machines of different aspects, providing a global smart world. The telecommunication industry is currently moving towards service-oriented infrastructures based on Internet Protocol (IP), Service Oriented Architectures (SOA), and Service Delivery Platforms (SDP). In this paper we introduce the Machine-to-Machine (M2M) trend of communications, which evoked more interest recently, and describe a set of proposed Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) to interact with our new OpenMTC framework at FOKUS.

OpenMTC: Prototyping Machine Type communication in carrier grade operator networks

The current trend in operator networking is towards supporting the communication of devices which do not require human intervention for information gathering, processing and exchange over the network, generically named Machine Type Communication (MTC). This paradigm aims to increase the level of system automation in which the devices and systems can exchange and share data, facilitating the communication for other industry branches resulting in new services such as smart cities, smart grids etc. This paper introduces the OpenMTC platform a software reference implementation of the ETSI M2M standards including advanced features for machine communication, application integration, remote management and integration with available sensors and actuators. OpenMTC in addition to fostering research and development enables academic and industry researchers to rapidly realize testbeds and demonstrations in the MTC communication area.

Towards Standard M2M APIs for Cloud-based Telco Service Platforms

Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication technologies is emerging as one of the major trends shaping the development of services in the Future Internet sector. Additionally, cloud computing technologies have been utilized in building large-scale M2M systems, as they could potentially offer more advance solutions for managing data monitoring and service elasticity to support the needs of different consumers. Today, service providers are building a new eco-system with partner vendors to offer new innovative services for Smart Cities. From the users/applications perspective, three concepts aim to deliver Smart service: M2M communication, ubiquitous computing and ambient intelligence. In this paper we identify the requirements for centric service enablers to support the development of desired Smart Cities systems. Also the paper reviews the ongoing work in standardization organizations in this field. Providing standard interfaces to M2M platforms in a network independent way will allow applications deployment by 3rd party developers across variety of end user devices.

Application-derived communication protocol selection in M2M platforms for smart cities

Linking the communication and the information technology infrastructures forms the new Machine-to-machine (M2M) communication trend. We aim to exploit available standard protocols to support smart cities applications. In this paper, we report the work of implementing and evaluating the performance of using request/response protocols for M2M communications. The paper also introduces a mechanism to select the proper communication technology based on the exchanging M2M traffic pattern from sensors/devices and gateways to an M2M server platform.

The development of M2M standards for ubiquitous sensing service layer

Currently, a lot of research efforts are ongoing in the Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication area, with the object of creating an ubiquitous sensing framework to connect real and virtual things. In the same context, various standards developing organizations (SDO) have recently promoted standardization activities in the M2M domain. In this paper, we investigate the standardization efforts toward a common M2M service layer that provides end-to-end service delivery and integrates heterogeneous devices and technologies. In addition, we present an ETSI-compliant implementation of M2M service layer that include advanced features for M2M solutions and able to extend to oneM2M standards to be released end of this year.

On the usage of standardised M2M platforms for Smart Energy management

The intention of the Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication paradigm is to connect human and physical things related to different aspects in our daily life, in order to enable the development of Smart Cities. Recently, many initiatives emerged developing new solutions to achieve higher energy efficiency for buildings, better transportation management, and stronger Smart Grids. In this paper, we highlight our work in devolving a software reference implementation of the ETSI/oneM2M standards, which promote the research and development at academia and industry to rapidly realize proof-of-concept testbeds for Smart City, and demonstrate the interweaving with other platforms in the M2M communication and Smart Energy area.

Interconnecting Standard M2M Platforms to Delay Tolerant Networks

In some use cases, a persistent end-to-end connection between a given data source and a destination may never be present. Consequently, traditional routing protocols cannot be directly applied for delivering data. One example are Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN), due to the limited capabilities of the connected nodes and the lack of a reliable connection between them. Such networking paradigms are known as Delay-Tolerant Networking (DTN) as they can tolerate a relatively higher delay. The implementation of Smart Cities is based on connecting the ubiquitous existent nodes and sensors via Machine-to-Machine (M2M) platforms, however this is challenged by the unreliable or non-persistent end-to-end connections in some scenarios. This paper proposes an architecture to interconnect Standard ETSI/oneM2M M2M platforms to DTNs that apply a wake-up system for resource-constrained sensors.

Mobile tracking system using OpenMTC platform based on event driven method

Mobile tracking system is used to monitor vehicles position and in special cases there are much useful information can be monitored such as speed, cabin temperature and number of passenger. This monitoring process is done using vehicles position data from satellite through GPS device, and sending the data to a server through GSM modem. This paper proposes new approach on managing all vehicle data using Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication form which Open Machine Type Communication (OpenMTC) as communication platform for aggregating and processing location data. As a result, the testing showed high accuracy level in transmitting the vehicles position and it can be showed in many devices.

Electrocardiagram monitoring on OpenMTC platform

Information and Communication Technologies are playing major roles in creating Smart environments, and enhancing services in various sectors. The Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication paradigm enables devices used in all live aspects to communicate and share information with limited human intervention. In this paper we present an M2M telemedicine service to monitor Electrocardiagram (ECG) signal remotely. ECG is a physiological signal produced by electrical activity of heart; it can be recorded using electrocardiograph device and used to detect many heart problems, such as heart attacks. Data generated by ECGs device are sent over M2M platform, that is OpenMTC for further processing in devices that are on the client side.