Location Based Services, 2008 - 2013

Location Based Services, 2008 - 2013 published by The Insight Research Corporation in October, 2008. This report consists of 124 PAGES and the price starts from US $ 2195.

Introduction

Abstract

This report provides an analysis of the location based services (LBS) sector of the worldwide Internet protocol (IP)-based applications services market. Service providers are in the midst of a gradual evolution from circuit-switched infrastructures to IP-based packet-switched infrastructures, and while much of the evolution to date has taken place in the transport and access parts of the network, for the first time we can now glimpse the nature of those services that are moving the industry beyond its reliance on voice and will generate revenue in the decades ahead.

Insight Research believes that the six IP-enabled services noted below are presently the focus of progressive service providers globally. Furthermore, since many of these IP services may be delivered either as an Internet-based service or as a mobile telephony service, they appeal to both wireline and wireless providers:

• residential video telephony,
• fixed mobile convergence,
• file sharing/downloading & multimedia messaging,
• streaming services including IPTV, Internet audio and video streaming and mobile audio and video streaming
• location-based services, and
• presence based services.

Progressive service providers are focusing ........

Table of Contents

Chapter I

• Executive Summary
• 1.1 Introduction & Definitions
• 1.2 VoIP as a Non-Starter
• 1.3 Location-Based Services
• 1.4 Market Forecast

Chapter II

• IP Network and Services Fundamentals
• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 IP Applications Services Definitions
• 2.3 Differences between IP Networks and the PSTN
  • 2.3.1 Native IP vs. IP-Enabled Networks
  • 2.3.2 Network Architectures
  • 2.3.3 The Limitations of the Intelligent Network
• 2.4 IP Applications Services Protocols
  • 2.4.1 Protocols vs. Architectures
  • 2.4.2 The IP Suite of Protocols
  • 2.4.3 Media Protocols
  • 2.4.4 Signaling Protocols
  • 2.4.5 Gateway Protocols
• 2.5 H.323
  • 2.5.1 Overview
  • 2.5.2 Architecture
  • 2.5.3 Protocols
  • 2.5.4 Call Procedure
  • 2.5.5 Network Element Protocol Support
• 2.6 SIP
  • 2.6.1 Overview
  • 2.6.2 Architecture
  • 2.6.3 Protocols
  • 2.6.4 Call Procedure
  • 2.6.5 Network Element Protocol Support
• 2.7 Softswitch Architecture
  • 2.7.1 Softswitches/Media Gateway Controllers
  • 2.7.2 Media and Signaling Gateways
  • 2.7.3 Media Servers
  • 2.7.4 Application Servers
• 2.8 Enablers for IP-Based Application Services
  • 2.8.1 Data Transmission and Encoding Technologies
  • 2.8.2 End-User Equipment Technologies 17
  • 2.8.3 Presence Enabler Standards
• 2.9 IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)
  • 2.9.1 Aim
  • 2.9.2 Architecture

Chapter III

• Location Based Services Architecture and Operation
• 3.1 Overview
• 3.2 Location Based Services
  • 3.2.1 Definitions
  • 3.2.2 Service Implementation Requirements
  • 3.2.3 Service Implementation

Chapter IV

• Location Based Services Case Study
• 4.1 Summary
• 4.2 SK Telecom
  • 4.2.1 Enhanced Services Offering
  • 4.2.2 Technical Environment
  • 4.2.3 Marketing Strategies
  • 4.2.4 North American LBS Players

Chapter V

• Equipment Vendors
• 5.1 Overview
  • 5.1.1 Application Servers, Media Servers, and Gateways
  • 5.1.2 The Client
  • 5.1.3 Protocols, Standards & Architectures
  • 5.1.4 Vendor Summary
  • 5.1.5 Vendor Selection Criteria
• 5.2 Openwave Systems Inc.
• 5.3 SiRF Technology Holdings Inc.
• 5.4 Telcordia Technologies
• 5.5 TruePosition

Chapter VI

• Market Forecast
• 6.1 Introduction
• 6.2 Methodology
  • 6.2.1 Market Analysis Structure
  • 6.2.2 Addressable Market Methodology
• 6.3 Overview of Global Trends in Broadband Wireline
  • 6.3.1 Broadband Internet Access
  • 6.3.2 Voice over IP (VoIP)/Broadband
• 6.4 Global Trends in Wireless
• 6.5 Global IP Services Market
• 6.6 Location-Based Services (LBS)
  • 6.6.1 Location-Based Services Market Status
  • 6.6.2 Location-Based Services Market Forecast

Table of Figures

• I-1 Worldwide IP Services Market by Service Type, 2008-2013

• II-1 Protocols for Real-Time Communications
• II-2 MGCP Architecture
• II-3 Typical H.323 Network Architecture
• II-4 Example of an H.323 Call Flow
• II-5 Basic Components of a SIP Network
• II-6 Example of a SIP Call Flow in Proxy Mode
• II-7 SIP Network Interconnection with the PSTN
• II-8 Softswitch Architecture
• II-9 Presence Notification using SIMPLE
• II-10 IMS Architecture

• III-1 Control Plane LBS Implementation
• III-2 User Plane LBS Implementation

• IV-1 SK Telecom' s Customer Segmentation Presentation

• VI-1 Broadband Subscribers per 100 People, Top 30 Economies, 2007
• VI-2 Worldwide Distribution of In-Service Networks by Type, 2006 and 2008
• VI-3 Distribution of Forecasted IP Service Revenues, 2008 and 2013
• VI-4 Worldwide IP Service Revenue Distribution by Region, 2008 and 2013
• VI-5 IP Service Revenue Distribution by Wireline and Wireless, 2008 and 2013
• VI-6 Location-Based Services Revenue Distribution by Region, 2008 and 2013

Table of Tables

• III-1 Streaming Vendor Offerings

• V-1 Vendor Distribution by Product Type
• V-2 Vendor Offering per Case Study

• VI-1 Worldwide Wireless Monthly ARPU, 2008-2013
• VI-2 Sample Monthly Subscription Costs in North America Used in 2008 Forecast Models
• VI-3 Average Cost per Mobile Minute of Use by Region
• VI-4 Broadband Penetration as a Percentage of Households, 2008 and 2013
• VI-5 Worldwide Broadband Lines, 2008-2013
• VI-6 Percent of Broadband Consumers Adopting VoIP, 2008-2013
• VI-7 Number of Consumer Broadband Lines with Wireless Home Networking, 2008-2013
• VI-8 Worldwide Wireless Penetration as a Percentage of Population, 2008 and 2013
• VI-9 Worldwide 3G Subscribers, 2008-2013
• VI-10 Worldwide In-Service Networks by Mobile System Type, 2006 and 2008
• VI-11 Worldwide IP Services Market by Service Type, 2008-2013
• VI-12 Worldwide IP Services Market by Region, 2008-2013
• VI-13 Worldwide Location-Based Subscribers, 2008-2013
• VI-14 Worldwide Location-Based Services Service Revenues, 2008-2013

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