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I-centric Communications

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Informatik - Forschung und Entwicklung

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Kommunikationsumgebungen und die damit verbundenen Datenverarbeitungsprozesse werden von Tag zu Tag komplexer. Nur der hochqualifizierte Systemtechniker durchschaut noch die Prozesse, die sich hinter heutigen Kommunikationssystemen verstecken. Der Anwender bleibt zunehmend auf der Strecke. Um diesem Prozess entgegenzuwirken, wurde am Lehrstuhl für Offene Kommunikationssysteme der TU Berlin eine Plattform entwickelt, die „I-centric Communications” unterstützt. Die Plattform stellt bei der Bearbeitung von Aufgaben nicht die Technik sondern Dienstpräferenzen der Benutzer in den Mittelpunkt. In diesem Papier werden die Idee „I-centric Communications” und die entwickelte I-centric-Plattform vorgestellt. Auf Basis der entwickelten Plattform realisierte Anwendungen und Dienste schließen das Papier ab.

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During the last years, a variety of concepts for service integration and corresponding systems have gained momentum. On the one hand, they aim for the interworking and integration of classical telecommunications and data communications services. On the other hand, they are focusing on universal service access from a variety of end user systems. Looking at humans' communication behavior and communication space, it is obvious that human beings interact frequently in a set of contexts in their environment (communication space). Following this view, we want to build communication systems on the analysis of the individual communication spaces. The results are communication systems adapted to the specific demands of each individual. In this paper, we introduce I-centric Communication Systems, an approach to design communication systems, which adapt to the individual communication space and individual environment and situation. In this context “I” means I, or individual, “Centric” means adaptable to I requirements and a certain user environment. The architecture proposed is derived from numerous development projects in the areas of: unified messaging systems, object and person tracking, mobile guides, smart homes and cars, which have been implemented with industrial partners by our group during the last four years.

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Eingegangen am 30. Januar 2001 / Angenommen am 3. Juli 2001

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Arbanowski, S., van der Meer, S., Steglich, S. et al. I-centric Communications. Informatik Forsch Entw 16, 225–232 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004500100087

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