Content for TS 23.127 Word version: 5.2.0
1 Scope p. 6
The present document specifies the stage 2 of the Virtual Home Environment.
Virtual Home Environment (VHE) is defined as a concept for Personal Service Environment (PSE) portability across network boundaries and between terminals. The concept of VHE is such that users are consistently presented with the same personalised features, User Interface customisation and services in whatever network and whatever terminal (within the capabilities of the terminal and the network), wherever the user may be located.
For Release 5, e.g. CAMEL, MExE, OSA and USAT are considered the mechanisms supporting the VHE concept.
Stage 2 specifications for CAMEL, MExE and USAT are addressed in other documents [1], [2], [3]. However, there is no separate stage 2 specification document for OSA. Therefore, the present document addresses stage 2 aspects for OSA.
2 References p. 6
The following documents contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of the present document.
- References are either specific (identified by date of publication, edition number, version number, etc.) or non specific.
- For a specific reference, subsequent revisions do not apply.
- For a non-specific reference, the latest version applies.
2.1 Normative references p. 6
[1]
TS 23.057: "Mobile Execution Environment (MExE); Functional description - Stage 2".
[2]
TS 23.078: "Customised Applications for Mobile network Enhanced Logic (CAMEL) (Phase3); Functional description - Stage 2".
[3]
TS 31.111: "USIM Application Toolkit (USAT)".
[4]
TS 22.101: "Service Aspects; Service Principles".
[5]
TS 22.121: "Service Aspects; The Virtual Home Environment".
[6] Void
[7]
TS 22.127: "Service Aspects; Stage 1 Service Requirement for the Open Service Access (OSA)".
[8]
TS 23.228: "IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) Stage 2".
[9]
TS 22.078: "Customised Applications for Mobile network Enhanced Logic (CAMEL); Service description, Stage 1".
[10]
TS 23.218: "IP Multimedia (IM) Session Handling; IP Multimedia (IM) call model".
[11] Void
[12] Void
[13]
TS 23.271: "Functional stage 2 description of LCS".
3 Definitions and abbreviations p. 7
3.1 Definitions p. 7
For the purposes of the present document, the terms and given in TS 22.101 and TR 21.905 and the following definitions apply:
Applications:
software components providing services to end-users by utilising service capability features.
Home Environment:
responsible for overall provision of services to users.
Home Environment Value Added Service Provider:
see [5].
Interface:
listing and semantics of the methods and attributes provided by an object that belongs to a Service Capability Feature.
OSA API:
standardised API used by applications to access service capability features.
OSA Internal API:
standardised API between framework and service capability servers.
Personal Service Environment:
contains personalised information defining how subscribed services are provided and presented towards the user
Service Capabilities:
See [7].
Service Capability Feature:
See [7].
Service Capability Server:
Functional Entity providing OSA interfaces towards an application.
Services:
See [5].
User Profile:
See [5].
User Services Profile:
See [5].
Value Added Service Provider:
See [5].
Virtual Home Environment:
See [5].
3.2 Abbreviations p. 7
For the purposes of the present document, the abbreviations defined in GSM 01.04 and in 3G TR 21.905 and the following apply:
API
Application Programming Interface
CAMEL
Customised Application For Mobile Network Enhanced Logic
CAP
CAMEL Application Part
CSE
CAMEL Service Environment
GMLC
Gateway Mobile Location Center
HE
Home Environment
HE-VASP
Home Environment Value Added Service Provider
HSS
Home Subscriber Server
IMS
IP Multimedia Core Network Subsystem
ISC
IMS Service Control
LCS
Location Services
MAP
Mobile Application Part
MExE
Mobile Execution Environment
MRF
Media Resource Function
MRFC
Media Resource Function Controller
MRFP
Media Resource Function Protocol
OSA
Open Service Access
PSE
Personal Service Environment
SCF
Service Capability Feature
SCS
Service Capability Server
S-CSCF
Serving Call Session Control Function
SIM
Subscriber Identity Module
SOAP
Simple Object Access Protocol
USAT
Universal SIM Application Tool-Kit
USIM
Universal Subscriber Identity Module
VASP
Value Added Service Provider
VHE
Virtual Home Environment
WAP
Wireless Application Protocol
