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LANOMS 2003 Tutorial I

 

Security and mobility management in the Embedded Internet

Guy Pujolle

 

University Paris 6

Paris, France

 

 

Abstract: This tutorial investigates the technology and architectures that will be needed for mobility "in the large", enabling millions of users to connect anytime to thousands of enterprise, public, home wireless networks, with handhelds or laptops, with the guarantee of global security and seamless access to applications. We will begin by an overview on the different characteristics of the wireless access networks (IEEE 802.11, 802.15, 802.16, 802.20).

The first issue treated in this tutorial relates to network/user mutual authentication, radio link privacy (encryption), non repudiation (signature) and data integrity. The second issue concerns mobility management that is defining and enforcing corporate mobility policies: who can use what from where, and under which constraints. Mobility management addresses fine grain access control, quality of services and seamless access.

A general solution using a smartcard and a filter will be detailed: once the user is authenticated, the applicable access rights and mobility policies are read and compiled on the filter. Each packet sent is signed by user, filtered and checked against rights and policies. Illegal packets are removed. In case of bandwidth conflicts, packet flows are prioritized against others. When packets target an unavailable service, mobility manager sends an alert to the seamless service layer.

 

 

Biography: Guy Pujolle

 

Guy Pujolle received the Ph.D. and "Thèse d'Etat" degrees in Computer Science from the University of Paris IX and Paris XI on 1975 and 1978 respectively. He is currently a Professor at the University of Paris VI. He was appointed by the Education Ministry to found the Department of Computer Science at the University of Versailles, where he spent the period 1994-2000 as Professor and Head. He was Head of the MASI Laboratory (University of Paris VI), 1983-1993, Professor at ENST (Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications), 1979-1981, and member of the scientific staff of INRIA (Institut National de la Recherche en Informatique et Automatique), 1974-1979. Dr. Pujolle is chairman of IFIP Working Group 6.2 on "Network and Internetwork Architectures". He was until recently the chairman of WG-6.4 on "High-performance Networking". He is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of France Telecom. He is also on the advisory boards of CS (Communication and Systems), GMD (Germany), GET (France), and several other companies. He is an editor for International Journal of Network Management, ACM WINET,Ad hoc Networks Journal and IEEE Communications Survey & Tutorial. He was an editor for Computer Networks (until 2000), Operations Research (2000), Editor-In-Chief of Networking and Information Systems Journal (2000), and several other journals. He is a governor of the ICCC. Guy Pujolle is a pioneer in high-speed networking having led the development of the first Gbit/s network to be tested in 1980. He was also a European expert involved in the development of IP over ATM for European high-speed networks. He has published widely in the area of computer systems modeling and performance, queueing theory, high-speed networks. He has published 19 influential texts and monographs in the area. His research interests include the analysis and modeling of data communication systems, protocols, high performance networking, intelligence in networking, and wireless networks. He is a Professor Honoris Causa of Beijing University since 1988, and Invited Professor of several Universities. He was awarded the Special Seymour Cray Award in 1991 for his research, and Silver Core from IFIP in 1995. Also in 1995 his book « les Réseaux » was awarded the Roberval Prize in France for the best scientific book of the year. He is Technical Chairman of the WLANSmartCard Consortium for normalizing security and mobility in wireless LAN using a smart card.

 

 

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LANOMS 2003 Tutorial II

 

Management for Next Generation of Wireless Networks and Services

 

Mehmet Ulema

Manhattan College, New York, USA

 

 

 

Abstract: Next generation wireless networks and services will be drastically more complex than today's so called second-generation (2G, 2.5G) wireless systems and wireless LANs. New wireless architectures will include not only 3G and 4G systems, but also high capacity pico cells, urban microcells, wireless ad hoc and sensor networks, wide area macro and increasingly popular Wireless Local  Area networks interconnected, as well as satellite networks.  IP and Internet will play a key role in these wireless networks. Not only the networks elements, communication devices will be evolved but so will the management systems and way of managing.  

 

This tutorial will start with an overview of the present and future wireless communications networks and services. A review of the current network

management practices and technologies used for today's wireless networks will be provided next. Then, the tutorial will introduce the current standardization and industry activities related to network management for future wireless networks and services.  The tutorial will conclude with a discussion of the current research activities in this area.

 

  

Biography - Mehmet Ulema

 

 

Mehmet Ulema [SM] has more than 20 years experience in the telecommunications field as a professor, director, project manager, researcher, systems engineer, network architect, and software developer. Currently he is a professor at the Computer Information Systems Department at Manhattan College, New York. Previously, he held management and technical positions in Daewoo Telecom, Bellcore, AT&T Bell Laboratories, and Hazeltine Corporation. He is involved in many international conferences. More recently, he was program co-chair of IEEE NOMS 2002 and IEEE Symposium on Computer and Communications (ISCC 2000), and co-chair of workshops for ACM Mobicom 2002. Currently he is chair of ICC 2003 Panels and Business Applications Sessions. He is co-founder of the IEEE Communications Society's Information Infrastructure Technical Committee and past chairman of the Radio Communications Technical Committee. He is on the editorial board of IEEE Communications Magazine, ACM Wireless Network Journal, and the Journal of Communications and Networks. He received M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in computer science from Polytechnic University, New York. He also received B.S. and M.S. degrees from the Technical University of Istanbul, Turkey.

 

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LANOMS 2003 Tutorial III

 

Over-the-Air Device Management

Paul Oommen

Nokia Research Center

6000 Connection Dr.

Irving, TX 75039

Phone: 972-894-4876  Mobile: 2149128985

Email: paul.oommen@nokia.com

 

Abstract: As the functionality of mobile devices grows at an increasing rate, configuring and maintaining mobile applications and services becomes a complex and time-consuming task.  For instance, enabling WAP, GPRS, CDMA, and data connectivity requires configuration of multiple settings.  Even with limited features of today, many customers find it difficult to configure their mobile devices.  Operators should ensure that phone configuration is quick and easy for the customer.  Another use case is over-the-air (OTA) provisioning and management of services in mobile devices.  Advanced mobile services such as browsing, multimedia messaging, mobile e-mail, and calendar synchronization requires accurate mobile phone settings.  The process of remotely managing device settings and applications is called Device Management.

 

An OTA mechanism for Device Management removes the burden of configuration and trouble shooting from end users of mobile devices. User no longer needs to change the mobile device or go to a physical location of the service provider to subscribe to services of interest. For the service providers, this reduces the cost and complexity of provisioning services and ensuring quality of service (QoS) through management.  OTA Device Management will help the widespread adoption of mobile services, as it provides a mechanism for the users to easily subscribe to new services.  For wireless network operators and service providers, this enables a fast and easy way to introduce new services, as well as manage provisioned services by dynamically adjusting to network changes.

 

An industry forum, namely SyncML Initiative, has developed open standards for OTA Device Management, called SyncML Device Management (SyncML DM).  On November 1, 2002, the SyncML Initiative was consolidated with the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA), which is a global alliance of industries.  The Open Mobile Alliance aims to develop open standards for enabling subscribers to use interoperable mobile services across markets, operators and mobile terminals.  Such an open framework will help applications and services to be built, deployed and managed efficiently and reliably in a multi-vendor environment. The OMA Device Management (OMA DM) working group within OMA was formed by consolidating SyncML DM and WAP Client Provisioning activities.  OMA DM group will continue to develop open standards for future mobile requirements.

 

In addition, the third generation partnership project 2 (3GPP2), which develops 3G radio and network standards based on cdma2000 systems, published standards on OTA provisioning, and IP based methods for OTA management.

 

The tutorial will introduce OTA device management and then discuss legacy (2G) methods for OTA service provisioning (OTASP) and parameter administration (OTAPA) in cdma2000 systems.  In CDMA, legacy standards define the use of data burst messages for OTASP and OTAPA. The session will explore the evolution of 3G standards, especially IP based methods for OTA management and the technical specifications from CDMA Development group (CDG), which was standardized in 3GPP2.  The tutorial will cover in detail the OMA DM technology. Finally, future standardization activities related to OTA management in OMA, 3GPP2 and 3GPP would be discussed. The tutorial will be presented in following parts.

 

 

Agenda: 

Part 1: Introduction to OTA Device Management

Part 2: Legacy Technologies:

§         §         OTAPA/ OTASP, OTA Teleservices

Part 3: 3G standards:

3GPP2 IP based OTA Management  (IOTA)

§         §         Introduction

§         §         3GPP2 Network Architecture for IOTA

§         §         IOTA Protocol

§         §         Provisioning Examples

3GPP User Equipment Management (UEM)

Part 4: OMA Device Management:

§         §         End-to-end Architecture

§         §         OMA DM Protocol (with examples)

§         §         Security and Authentication

§         §         Applications of OMA DM (with examples)

Part 5: Future Standardization:

§         §         OMA

§         §         3GPP2

§         §         3GPP

Part 6: Conclusion.

Part 7: References

 

Biography: Paul Oommen

 Paul Oommen received his Bachelor's degree in electronics and communication engineering from the University of Kerala, India in 1992 and his Master's degree in electrical engineering, specializing in communication systems, from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India in 1995. From 1995 to 1998 he worked on Networking and Network Management solutions for Cisco Systems and Intel. In 1998 he joined Nokia Research Center, where he is currently involved in the development and standardization of mobile management technology. His research interests are in mobile and network management protocols, mobile communications, and wireless data services.

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Last revised: August 25, 2003