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Location Interoperability Forum (LIF)
An industry-wide initiative for promoting a
secure,
simple,
ubiquitous,
and inter-operable
location services solution to improve
technology and maximize business
Outline
• Location Services Industry Status
• Necessary components of a workable solution
– Application inter-operability
– Positioning Technologies
– Security and Privacy
• LIF Solution
• LIF Operations
• How to join LIF
Location Interoperability Forum
(LIF)
Location Services Industry
Status
Stakeholders
Equipment
Manufacturers
Network
Operators
Standards
Organizations
Value Added
Service Providers
End User
Application
Developers
Government
Regulators
Content
providers
Stakeholders Status
• Application developers & Content providers:
– Applications exist, some content offered
– Common application & content interfaces are lacking
• Service Providers & Network Operators
– Some operators have started offering location based services
– Others are awaiting clarity and stability
– Many are defining their own strategy
– US operators under government pressure, European operators
will follow
• Manufacturers:
– Pre-standards solutions currently offered
– Standard compliant products being released
Stakeholders Status
• Standards:
– Several bodies (3GPP, TIA, WAP, IETF, Parlay, W3C)
– Multiple standards for Mobile communications (GSM,
GERAN, UMTS, ANSI-126, IS-95, PDC, ..)
• End users
– The word is out but most are still unaware
• Government regulators:
– The US FCC regulations modified in September 2000
– The EU DGXIII started addressing emergency needs
Industry Status Summary
• The commercial value of Location Based Services
is appreciated
• Regulators are formulating or reformulating legal
requirements
• The industry is active and there are many different
ongoing activities
• All stakeholders are not yet working together in an
optimum way
– a common approach is lacking
Location Interoperability Forum
(LIF)
Application Interoperability
System Level Interoperability
Inter system roaming
IS-136
Legacy content/DB
systems
UMTS
GSM
GPRS
IS-95
Multivendor networks
Loc
Srvr
MLP
YP
DB
Address MAP
DB
DB
Apps
Yellow
pages
NSS1
vendorA
BSS1
vendorA
NSS2
vendorB
BSS2
vendorC
BSS2
vendorB
Real
estate
register
Guidance
Land
Register
Global Access to Location Information
GPRS/GERAN
3GPP rel. 00
GSM networks
GSM rel. 98
E-OTD
CI
UMTS networks
3GPP rel. 99&00
GPS
IP-DL
3rd party
CI
GSM 09.02
GPS
3G TS 43.059
IP-DL
CI
GPS
3G TS 23.271
IS-95 networks
E3
E3
ANSI-136 networks
IP-DL
3rd party
CI
MLP (simple
and secure)
3rd party
CI
GPS
GPS
Generic applications interface
WAP content server
or location proxy
OSA
Client
OSA
API
CAMEL
SCP
MLP
Mobile
Network
Call Center
operator, e.g.
E911, roadside
assistance
Internet/
Location Intranet
Server
Internet host, e.g.
Yellow Pages, fleet
management
Location Interoperability Forum
(LIF)
Positioning Technologies
Location Service Categories
Category 1
Basic Service Level
Location of all handsets,
including legacy, based on cell
or improved cell accuracy
Category 2
Enhanced Service Level
Location of all new handsets
with improved accuracy at a
reasonable cost
Category 3
Extended Service Level
Location of new handsets with
high accuracy and higher
(compared to Category 2) cost
with customer choice
Motivations for Categorizing Location
Technologies
• Create consensus on common location
technologies
– Create economies of scale for manufacturers
and operators
– Provide common technology base on which to
develop and provide applications
• while providing a variety of choices to consumers
– Improved accuracy vs. higher cost
Location Service Category Mapping
System
Category
1
GSM
TIA/EIA136
Improved CI location method. The improved CI location method utilizes in
addition to CI information e.g. TA and other GSM specific measurement
data. This accuracy category can be implemented without changes to MS.
2
GSM specific E-OTD (MS assisted/based) positioning technology, which
is, standardised for GSM Release'98.
3
The MS Based GPS concept which is standardised for GSM Release'98.
1
Cell coverage based method, which is already included in ANSI-136.
2
Currently no support in TIA/EIA-136 C standard exists for this category.
3
IS-95
Location Technology
MS Based GPS location concept that is standardised for TIA/EIA-136 C.
Recognising the commonalties and convergence in TIA/EIA-136 and GSM,
the TIA/EIA-136 implementation of NW Assisted MS Based GPS location
technology is harmonised with the GSM GPS concept to the greatest
extent practical.
1
CI based method, which is standardised for TIA/TR45.2 IS-41.
2
IS-95 specific AFLT (MS assisted/based) position technology, which is
standardised for TIA/IS-801.
3
MS Based GPS concept which is standardised for TIA/IS-801.
Location Interoperability Forum
(LIF)
Security & Privacy
Security and Privacy Issues
• Addressing Security and Privacy is
critically important for location service
success.
• Desire for location services but fear for
unwanted misuse of location information.
• Security and Privacy requirements have to
be clearly specified for “home” and
“roaming” environments
Location Interoperability Forum
(LIF)
Introducing LIF
Background
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Several standards bodies, different agendas
Multiplicity and complexity of positioning methods
Lack of applications and contents interoperability
Security and end user privacy are not fully addressed
Current focus on specific wireless technologies and short term
market requirements
The need
• There is a need for a global forum to:
• address the complexity and multiplicity of
current solutions and market situation.
• define, develop, and promote an inter-operable
location services solution that is open, simple,
and secure.
• allow user appliances and internet-based
applications to obtain location information from
the wireless networks independent of their air
interfaces and positioning methods.
LIF Creation
• LIF is the result of a joint initiative from
Motorola, Ericsson, and Nokia
• LIF is not a legal entity
– quick establishment
– must be prepared for modifications later
in future there may be reasons to form a legal
entity
LIF Vision
• Defining a simple and secure access method that
allows wireless devices to access location
information from the wireless networks irrespective
of their underlying air interface and positioning
methods.
• Promoting a family of standards-based location
determination methods and their supporting
architectures.
• Establishing a framework for contributing to the
global standard bodies and specification
organizations to define common methods and
procedures for the testing and verification of the
LIF-recommended access method and positioning
technologies.
LIF Relationship to Other Groups
HTTP Browser
- e.g.Nokia communicator
IETF/W3C/OpenGIS
WEB
applications
Non browser applications
e.g. calendar
Application
Server/
Portal
WAP Forum
WAP
MicroBrowser
E.g. EPOC32
Positioning
HW/SW
Cellular
HW/SW
- GSM
- GPRS
- UMTS
- IS-136
-IS-95
WAP
Gateway/
Location proxy
Cellular
infrastructure e.g.
- GSM
- GPRS
- UMTS
- IS-136
-IS-95
internet
Positioning
Server
- GMLC
Intranet
or
internet
IETF/
W3C/
OpenGIS
WEB
applications
OpenGIS
E-OTD IP-DLGPS AFTL
N-E-M
white
paper
CI E-OTD IP-DL A-GPS
GIS DB
systems
Mobile terminal Cellular Network
Server applications
Application protocol influenced by LIF
LIF Members
• Sponsor Members
– At this stage LIF Founding Members only
(Motorola, Ericsson, Nokia)
– Possibility to extend with additional
sponsors in the future
• Supporter Members
– Open to any company that have an interest
in location services and interoperability
Mix of membership in LIF
• Network Operators
– Market Advisory Group (by invitation)
– Regular/Others
• Manufacturers
• Application providers
• Content providers
• Legal/Governmental Agencies
LIF documents
• LIF Statement
• Summary of the reasoning behind LIF
• LIF Description
• Describes the overall objectives and organization. Working
document during discussions and later for promotion of LIF
(=this presentation).
• LIF Rules & Procedures
• Describes how to run LIF. Obligations and rights of different
member categories. Voting principles etc.
• LIF Membership Agreement
• LIF Membership Agreement handling the IPR and
Copyright issues and details about organization
• Two “sections” for different member categories
LIF Structure
LIF
Management
Board
Market
Advisory
Group
Working Group
Working Group
Working Group
Working Group
Standards
Influencing
IPRs
Interoperability
& Testing
Public Relations
Market Advisory Group
• Market Advisory Group will consist of invited
operators and major content providers, who have
signed LIF Membership Agreement
• Market Advisory group will guide LIF work in
order to ensure, that products and services
eventually made by LIF members will satisfy
market needs and will be widely adopted.
Public Relations Working Group
• A standing committee that will define LIF PR
policy and is responsible for LIF communication to
the outside world, e.g. LIF joint press releases,
conference presentations, etc.
Standards Influencing WG
• Create LIF contributions to Global Standards
and Technical Specifications setting
organizations according to directions from the
LIF Working Groups and the LIF Management
Board
• Internal coordination of technical work
• Produce LIF deliverables in the form of
proposals or recommendations to external
organizations such as e.g. IETF, 3GPP, W3C,
WAP Forum, TR45…...
IPR Ad-Hoc Group
• Monitor LIF related IPR situation in order to
ensure, that IPR incorporated in LIF
endorsed standards and technical
specifications can be made available under
'fair and reasonable' conditions to LIF
members.
Interoperability WG
• Define recommendations for compliance test
specifications, that need to be created by Global Standards
and Technical Specifications setting bodies
• Define appropriate interoperability and accuracy test
settings and procedures based on compliance test
specifications
• Setup and maintain appropriate facilities for
interoperability testing, accuracy testing and
demonstrations
LIF Management Board
• Approve LIF targets, budget and membership
fees
• Approve LIF working procedures and PR
policy
• Will decide on changes in Market Advisory
Group
• Consist of Founding Members
• Will control “essential” and “sensitive”
liaisons to external organizations
• Will meet every at least twice a year
Join us @
www.locationforum.org