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The Open Connectivity Services (OConS) framework is currently being defined within the framework of the SAIL project. Its main objective is to offer adaptive connectivity services to seamlessly address user and service requirements while complying with operator policies and dealing with the heterogeneous and changing network conditions of the future Internet. This paper describes a realization of this framework. It supports flexible integration of both legacy and novel mechanisms and protocols by mapping them to three abstract functional entities: information, decision and execution elements. Organization of these entities is done through an orchestration process to combine and integrate the various mechanisms into a full service for the user. We introduce the OConS protocol used for communication between the presented entities as well as the role played by the orchestration process. We then present the concrete example of a testbed based on this implementation, which shows the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed approach.
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Diez, L., Mehani, O., Suciu, L., Agüero, R. (2013). Design and Implementation of the Open Connectivity Services Framework. In: Timm-Giel, A., Strassner, J., Agüero, R., Sargento, S., Pentikousis, K. (eds) Mobile Networks and Management. MONAMI 2012. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 58. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37935-2_1
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