TSSG Demonstrates Significant Results of its Opium and AlbatrOSS Projects in Berlin

By: Margaret Grene

A workshop organised by the Telecommunications Software and Systems Group (TSSG), Solutions for Personalised Mobile Services Environment, in Berlin on February 25th last showcased the results of the Opium and AlbatrOSS projects, which have been successfully co-ordinated by the TSSG. And the results do indeed make good on the promise of Personalised Mobile Services.

For example, one of the results of the AlbatrOSS project demonstrates enhanced personal mobility - listening to your wireless-enabled MP3 player without detecting that you are automatically moving between a Local Area Network (LAN) in your office, a General Packet Radio system (GPRS) network in the park and a Wireless network (WLAN) on the street. Another trial demonstrates the Smart Home Environment, which allows users to access their home networks remotely so that they can control their security cameras, their alarms or even their domestic appliances. The AlbatrOss project was managed by Conor Ryan and supported by Boris Rousseau and Cathal O'Riordan, and without the accounting and billing components provided by the TSSG, services such as the Smart Home Environment could not be accounted and charged for.

In addition, significant results from the two projects in the areas of Service Composition, Single Sign On, One Stop Shopping, Aggregated Billing, QoS Reporting, Location Based Services, and Inter-Domain & Inter-Technology Roaming were demonstrated

Pictured at the T-Systems robotic display following the event in Berlin were: Dr. Willie Donnelly, Head of Research and Innovation, WIT and Conor Ryan, AlbatrOSS Project Manager, TSSG.