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User Identification Solutions in Converging Networks
Mike Pluke
ETSI STF 157 - “User Identification in Converging Networks”
Today’s ComplexitiesWhich of these is Mike Miles?
Communicating Today
Communicating Today
Communicating Today
Communicating Today
What’s Wrong?The caller has to guess the most successful way to communicateMost callers don’t know all the user identifiersTerminals linked to communication typeUser identifier schemes linked to communication typeSome user identifiers linked to terminalsSome user identifiers portable – telephonySome user identifiers linked to provider – emailTerminals/user identifiers linked to users’ roles
Current Partial Solutions
UPTPersonal Numbering schemesFax via emailEmail via phoneEtc.
Problems with Current Solutions
Many solutions lock users to 1 providerProprietary solutions are incompatibleMost solutions rely on fixes applied to legacy systemsMost solutions are unfriendly – to the caller and/or called partyThere is probably no fully comprehensive global solution
High-level User Requirements
A unified way of setting up a communicationReduce the complexity for the calling partyMake it easy for the called party to manage their communicationsGive more options to the called and calling parties
Human Communication Needs
Modern communications systems can create new communication needs
BUT
Basic communication needs have changed very little since the dawn of man
Historic Communications NeedsPeople have always needed to contact:
An Individual
“Mary Jones”
A Role
A local locksmith
A Place
“23 Dearing Lane”
Tomorrow
Individuals, roles, groups and places
People will still need to contact:
People Not Terminals“People are outsiders in the current communications revolution. Computer hosts, pager terminals and telephones are addressable entities throughout the Internet and telephony systems.”
Extract from “The Mobile People Architecture” from Stanford University
What’s Needed?
One user identifier per individual or roleAn integrated user identifier search mechanismAutomatic capture of user identifiersIntelligent agents to manage complexity for the calling and called parties
The User Identifier In Use
This format is not a proposalThe format should be “user friendly”The User Identifier must be unique
How It Might Be?
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Why IP could help?
Integrated search mechanisms will not work effectively if a connection must be established to do each searchSearch results will define the destination uriCommunication can start immediately the search results/uri is returned
What next?
ETSI STF 157 will continue to work on refining the user requirements for User Identification solutionsAt the same time potential solutions will be investigated to validate the practicability of the requirements
What next?
ETSI STF 157 is very keen to liaise with all groups with an interest in this areaWe are also very happy to receive ideas from individuals within these groupsMy email is: