Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Services -- 1.1 World Mobile Standards -- 1.2 Mobile Services -- 1.3 Unifying Fixed and Mobile Services -- 1.4 Multimedia Services -- 1.5 User Profile Management Service -- 1.6 E-commerce, M-commerce, and Micropayments -- 1.7 Entertainment Services -- 1.8 Remote Services -- 1.9 Ambient Intelligence -- 1.10 Communities -- 1.11 Value-added Services Technology Evaluation -- 1.12 Auxiliary Success Factors -- 1.13 Multiplayer Services -- 1.14 Evolving from Previous Technologies -- 1.15 Conclusion -- References -- 2. Service Architecture -- 2.1 Business Model -- 2.2 3G Network Architecture -- 2.3 Service Architecture Challenges -- 2.4 3GPP Standard Triggering Mechanism -- 2.5 The OSA-Parlay Gateway -- 2.6 Additional Thoughts on Business Modeling -- 2.7 NGN Glossary -- 2.8 Conclusion -- References -- 3. Quality of Service in Multimedia Networks -- 3.1 QOS Basics -- 3.2 QOS Implementation in the Network -- 3.3 The UMTS Scenario -- 3.4 A Possible DSL Scenario -- 3.5 QOS-Related Security Considerations -- 3.6 Conclusion -- References -- 4. User Profile Needs and Models -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Rationale for the UP Concept -- 4.3 Modeling Concepts -- 4.4 User Model -- 4.5 Logical Data Model -- 4.6 Data Description Methods -- 4.7 Ownership of UP Data -- References -- 5. User Profile Architectures and Use -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Up Access Mechanisms -- 5.3 Use Case -- 5.4 Resilience of UP -- 5.5 Management of UP -- 5.6 Charging -- 5.7 Integration of Different Networks and Their UP -- 5.8 UP Use Case in Services -- 5.9 Conclusion -- References -- 6. The Need for Charging -- 6.1 Consumption-Based vs. Flat Fee -- 6.2 Price Setting -- 6.3 Charging, Accounting, and Division of Revenue -- 6.4 Actors and Money Flows -- 6.5 Mobile Device as Means of Payment -- 6.6 Conclusions -- References.

7. Charging Methods and Consequences -- 7.1 Resource-Based and Content-Based -- 7.2 Postpaid vs. Prepaid -- 7.3 Charging Influencing Parameters -- 7.4 Charging Components and Correlation -- 7.5 Information to the Customer -- 7.6 Theft of Service -- 7.7 Charged Party -- 7.8 Charging for Network-Integrated Services -- 7.9 Conclusion -- References -- 8. Standardized Charging Models and Protocols -- 8.1 3GPP -- 8.2 IETF -- 8.3 OSA/PARLAY -- 8.4 ETSI-TIPHON -- 8.5 IPDR -- 8.6 Conclusion -- References -- 9. Security -- 9.1 General Threat Analysis -- 9.2 Security Solutions -- 9.3 Deploying Security Solutions -- 9.4 Security Architecture for Multimedia -- 9.5 Signaling Security Issues -- 9.6 Mobile Security Architecture -- 9.7 WLAN Security -- 9.8 Viruses, Trojans, and Worms -- 9.9 Conclusion -- References -- 10. Conclusion -- List of Acronyms and Abbreviantions -- About the Authors -- Index.