• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제9권11호
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• pp.4720-4738
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• 2015

Proper management on user-driven virtual circuits (VCs) is essential for seamless operation of virtual networks. The Network Provisioning System (NPS) is useful software for creating user-driven VCs automatically and must take fault management into account for physical layer impairments on user-driven VCs. This paper addresses a user-driven and trusty protection management in an NPS with an open standard Network Service Interface (NSI), as a contribution to show how to implement the user-driven and trusty protection management required for user-driven VCs. In particular, it provides a RESTful web service Interface for Configuration and Event management (RICE) that enable management of a distinguished data and control plane VC status between Network Service Agents (NSAs) in the event of a node or link fault and repair in a domain. This capability represents a contribution to show how network and protection events in a domain can be monitored between NSAs (NPSs with the NSI) in multiple domains. The implemented NPS controls and manages both the primary and backup VC with disjoint path in a user-driven manner. A demonstration to verify RICE API's capability is addressed for the trusty protection in the dynamic VC network.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.369-379
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• 2015

Fault management of virtualized network environments using user-driven network provisioning systems (NPSs) is crucial for guaranteeing seamless virtual network services irrespective of physical infrastructure impairment. The network service interface (NSI) of the Open Grid Forum reflects the need for a common standard management API for the reservation and provisioning of user-driven virtual circuits (VCs) across global networks. NSI-based NPSs (that is, network service agents) can be used to compose user-driven VCs for mission-critical applications in a dynamic multi-domain. In this article, we first attempt to outline the design issues and challenges faced when attempting to provide mission-critical applications using dynamic VCs with a protection that is both user-driven and trustworthy in a dynamic multi-domain environment, to motivate work in this area of research. We also survey representative works that address inter-domain VC protection and qualitatively evaluate them and current NSI against the issues and challenges.

• 정보학연구
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.11-26
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• 2007

EDS is a typical convergence service performing convergence between functions owned by multiple SPs. EDS provides users with the relevant information and the communication by the various personal conditional environment. An alternative terminology for events for net- work related applications is 'triggers'-these are assumed to be included in the present description. Events could be defined as any activities which occur within a service avail ability, signals. Events can be managed, for example, as part of a context-aware application. EDS carry out a procedure for processing user's requested information about mobil network-based entities, such as the combination with various applications, such as a LBS (Location Based Service) and area information. In AS (Application Service) network environments, the user has his customized EDS in the network, the EDS automatically connects the appropriate Terminals consistent with a user profile. EDS can also send the collected information to other requesting users by way of event information and using the procedures of combination with other services. The user can record/retrieve the user-related information to from the information base through EDS.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.177-182
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• 2011

Considerations for user-centric environments are regarded as essential for the successful deployment of convergence services in BcN. Event driven service (EDS) is regarded as a typical convergence service converging different functions of multiple service providers to support user-centric environments. This paper first describes the deployment model and service scenario of EDS, a convergence service for user-centric environments in BcN. The user-centric environments stimulates the unified identifier management, namely unified identification (U-ID), to enable users to be provided convergence services without awareness of multiple providers. Then the designed structure and implementation results are given.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제8권5호
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• pp.502-507
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• 2010

Event driven service (EDS) is one of such services administrating different functions of multiple service providers according to the user situation. This paper first describes the service model of EDS, a User-centric Service for multiple service provider environments over the next generation networks. The multiple provider environments stimulates the unified identifier management, namely unified identification (U-ID), to enable users to be provided network services without awareness of multiple providers. Combining these two concepts, i.e., EDS and U-ID, the designed structure of EDS with U-ID and related procedures are given. Finally, the implementation results tested on Korea Advanced Research Network (KOREN) are described.

• 인터넷정보학회논문지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2013

상황인식은 컴퓨터가 사용자의 상황을 인식하고 자동으로 유용한 서비스를 제공하는 컴퓨팅기술이다. 상황인식에 관한 대부분의 기존 연구는 일방적으로 개발자가 제공하는 상황인식서비스를 사용자가 사용하는 개발자주도형 모델을 따르고 있다. 사용자가 원하는 서비스를 스스로 정의할 수 있는 방법이 일부 제안되기도 했으나 대체로 사용하기 어렵거나 매우 단순한 형태의 서비스 구현에 머물러 있다. 본 논문은 개인의 필요에 맞춘 상황인식 서비스 구현을 목표로, 스마트홈 환경에서 사용자가 직접 실세계의 장치나 인터넷의 정보를 연동하여 다양한 서비스를 구현할 수 있도록 개발된 도비(Dobby) 모델에 대하여 설명한다. 본문에서는 도비 모델을 상세히 설명하고 일반사용자를 위한 서비스정의 방법으로 Program by selection을 제안한다. 가상 스마트홈 기반의 테스트베드에서의 실험을 통하여 도비의 서비스 개발방법이 기존의 사용자주도형 방법 연구에서 제안된 방법보다 표현력과 사용의 편의성 면에서 우수함을 주장한다.

• Management Science and Financial Engineering
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.79-97
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• 2007

This paper investigates the relationship of service quality and user satisfaction in the wired and mobile Internet services based on the integrative framework of both systems. Given a moderate level of reliability and validity, the commonly driven dimensions for measuring service quality include responsiveness, assurance, empathy, convenience, usefulness, and diversity. User satisfaction is measurable by the dimensions of communication/entertainment, finance/economics, location/geography, and information/consulting. We apply the MANOVA tests to evaluate whether each of the service quality dimensions has an overall influence on user satisfaction. Next, multiple regression analyses are conducted to check if unique positive effect exists between each combination of service quality dimensions and user satisfaction dimensions. The results show that service quality must be taken care of with respect to the assurance dimension in order to enhance customer satisfaction in the dimensions of location/geography, which will contribute to increasing the utilization of mobile service. For improving user satisfaction in the dimension of information/consulting, service quality must be supported with respect to assurance and empathy in the mobile Internet market, in addition to diversity, which is the only significant service quality in the wired Internet service.

• 디지털콘텐츠학회 논문지
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.479-487
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• 2016

Web 2.0 환경에서, 사용자는 사용자 (또는 소비자)와 개발자 (또는 제작자) 간의 실시간 상호 작용을 허용하는 수많은 스마트 장치 및 서비스에 노출되고 사용하게 된다. 사용자 컨텍스트 기반의 새로운 사용자 생성 서비스를 제공하기 위해서 서비스 생성 경험의 관리는 매우 중요하다. 본 논문에서는 서비스 작성을 위한 확장된 데이터 모델을 소개하고, 이 데이터 모델에 기반한 신규 서비스 생성, 서비스 생성 데이터의 관리, 그리고 내/외부 서비스 저장소에 대한 의미적 검색을 가능하게 하는 서비스 생성 관리 아키텍처를 제안한다. 또한, 홈 환경과 모바일 환경에 걸친 두 가지 시나리오를 사용하여 제안 아키텍처를 사용하는 방법에 대해서도 설명하며, 서비스 생성 데이터 관리를 위해 제안한 아키텍처는 서비스 생명주기 동안의 서비스 생성 데이터를 일관성 있게 관리할 수 있다.

• International Journal of Contents
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.7-11
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• 2018

Digital technology has been changing everyday life of ordinary people let alone the structure of world industry. The elderly care service is also going through changes influenced by the unavoidable impact from torrents of digital technologies. There are numerous reports and news about the digital technologies increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of care service yet lacking systematic understanding of the sources of such improvement. This study aims to present a new classification framework for digital elderly care service innovation to fully utilize the power of digital technologies drawing on insights from innovation studies and service studies. First, 4 features of digital technologies are identified as sources of new value in service innovation. The co-creation of value by users and producers in service and technology development is discussed to illuminate users' contributions to service innovation. Communication of needs and ideas with producers and application of new technologies into everyday practice of life are identified as the source of new value which can be attributed to the elderly. Customization along with efficiency gains is the key to digital elderly care service innovation. The classification framework, thus, incorporates the needs of the elderly as one axis of criteria in the conventional technology-centered framework. The new classification framework would help give due weight to user-driven or demand-driven innovation in the elderly care service R&D activities.

• Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.11-26
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• 2007

In this paper we suggest a context-driven configuration model of virtual businesses to form a business network model consisting of role-based, interaction-centered business partners. The model makes use of the subcontext concept which explicitly represents actors and interactions in virtual business (VB) context. We separate actors who have capacities on tasks in a specific kind of role and actor subcontext which models requirements in specific interaction subcontext. Three kinds of actors are defined in virtual service chains, service user, service provider, and external service supporter. Interaction subcontext models a service exchange process between two actor subcontexts with consideration of context dependencies like task and quality dependencies. Each subcontext may be modeled in the form of a situation network which consists of a finite set of situation nodes and transitions. A specific situation is given in a corresponding context network of actors and interactions. It is illustrated with a simple example.