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

“Without the pioneering work of the AlbatrOSS and Opium research projects we would still be struggling with complexities in the Operation Support System(OSS) layer�, says John Strassner, Inventor
of DEN NG (Directory Enabled Networks, 1997); Creator of the first
international standard for policy management; Advisor to the Board of
Directors TM Forum, Co-chair SID Modelling Team TM Forum, Chief Strategy Officer Intelliden and Keynote
speaker at a recent workshop organized by the Telecommunications
Software and Systems Group (TSSG) a research group in Waterford
Institute of Technology. The workshop, Solutions for Personalised Mobile Services Environment, was hosted by T-Systems and FOKUS
in Berlin. This workshop showcased the results of the Opium and
AlbatrOSS projects, which have been successfully co-ordinated by the
TSSG over the last two years. 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 at the TSSG 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.