OMA Overview of the Organization & Work

OPEN MOBILE ALLIANCE OVERVIEW
Mobile World Congress 2015, Barcelona, Spain
The information in this presentation is public. | Copyright © 2015

WHY IS A STANDARDS ORGANIZATION HERE?
Ø  Train tracks, keyboards, screwdrivers, stop
lights, and mobile phones… What do they
all have in common?
Ø  None of these would work without
standards.
Ø  If the companies who have an interest in
these didn’t contributes to standards…
none of these would work.
Ø  Mobile data applications are no different.
Ø  To continue to innovate, our industry must
continue to deliver standards at the
services layer.
The information in this presentation is public. | Copyright © 2015 Open Mobile Alliance Ltd. All rights reserved.
Standards Matter!

WHAT DOES OMA DO?
Ø  At OMA, members develop specifications for the application layer called
Service Enablers, which provide a standardized approach to tasks such as data
gathering and transporting information from a network to a device and/or server.
Ø  OMA Enablers are network agnostic, meaning they are designed to be
deployable over any type of network.
Ø  OMA Application Programming Interfaces (API) provide standardized
interfaces to, fundamental capabilities such as SMS, MMS, Location Services,
Presence Services, Payment and other core network assets are now exposed in a
standardized way.
Ø  The OMA Developer Toolkit provides test, tools, code and community to facilitate
development with OMA Enablers and APIs.
OMA enables technology development from requirements, to standardization to
implementation.

WORLD CLASS PARTICIPATION

More than 176 unique specifications addressing global industry needs.
Ø  APIs – How can application developers best take advantage of network resources in a
standardized way?
Ø  M2M/IoT – How can network operators efficiently manage the billions of devices that will
come online in the coming years?
Ø  Public Safety – Can next generation networks enable international standards for
mission critical communications?
Ø  Device Management – How can we deliver software updates to automobiles as
efficiently as we do to mobile phones?
Ø  Location based services – How do we locate devices indoors as accurately as we can
outdoors?
PROBLEMS OMA IS SOLVING

OMA ENABLERS
Devices
Ø  Device Management
•  Device Capability Management Object
•  DM Firmware Update Management Object
•  DM Gateway Management Object
•  Management Object Design Guidelines
Ø  DM Diagnostic Monitoring
M2M
Ø  M2M Gateway
Ø  M2M Device Classification
Ø  Lightweight M2M protocol

OMA ENABLERS
Person-to-Person
Ø  SIP/SIMPLE Based IM Service Definition
Ø  Converged IP Messaging
Ø  Enhanced Visual Voice Mail Service
Location
Ø  Secure User Plane Location Services
User Profile Management
Ø  Mobile Location Service
Ø  Dynamic Navigation
Ø  LPP Extensions (LPPe)

OMA APIs – Everyone Benefits
Ø  Network APIs
Ø  Device APIs
•  Generic Open Terminal API
(GotAPI)
Ø  Standardized APIs
•  Operators
benefit

•  Developers
benefit

•  Users
benefit

Available
to

any
developer

community

independent
of
the

development
pla:orm

Expose
network
assets

independent
of
the

signaling
protocols,

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pla:orms,

or
access
technology

Reduces
development

cost

and
Bme-‐to-‐market

for
new
applicaBons

and
services

Simplifies
and
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wider
deployment
of

exisBng
applicaBons

and
services

Ø  Framework to access Web based Device APIs with Smartphones (OS-
independent, Proven to work on Android and iOS)
Ø  Device APIs support Web, native, and hybrid Apps
ü  With Web-Device API, one will have access (using standard
browsers) to external device data
Ø  GotAPI Open Source project:
ü  NTT DOCOMO open sourced GotAPI project as “Device Connect”, October
2014
https://github.com/DeviceConnect/DeviceConnect
ü  It is already capable of supporting various devices (See the URL for
the supported devices)
ü  Latest specification link:
GotAPI & Web-Device API Introduction
http://technical.openmobilealliance.org/Technical/technical-information/release-program/current-releases/generic-open-terminal-
api-framework-1-0

GotAPI – Device API with Smartphone
Camera
Smart Light
Glasses
Internet
Web Apps/URL
Browser
GotAPI
Device APIs
Device APIs
: Plug-Ins
IEEE 11073 (Data Format Standard)
Ø  GotAPI passes the end device(s) data to
Browser and Web-based Applications.
Ø  Acts as a bridge between Web APPs
and Device APIs
Ø  Provides access control to Device
APIs (Devices)
Ø  GotAPI consolidates all common central
functions like security, authorization and
management policies for all plug-ins
Ø  Device APIs expose data to web
applications based on policies
The Device APIs are the mediators between the
GotAPI and external devices

The Challenge …
Standards
Development
Organizations
DEVELOPERS
Traditional
Output
Needs
OMA Developer
Toolkit
OMA DEVELOPER TOOLKIT

OMA DEVELOPER TOOLKIT
Ø  Web-based specification
Ø  Technical summary
Ø  Developer tools
Ø  Object Registry
Ø  Community
Ø  Open source projects
Ø  Test servers
Ø  Reference code
Ø  Lab Kit and Demos

1.  Be a part of an international community working to solve a common set of
technical problems.
2.  Shape the future of what will be standardized.
3.  Exercise your company’s voice in the development of next generation
specifications for mobile data services.
4.  Bring the power of standardized solutions to solve real world implementation
challenges.
5.  Help connect the world of standards development to the world of the
application developers.
6.  Connect with other members of the global mobile ecosystem.
7.  Become a globally recognized technical expert in your field.
8.  Easy to join, easy to participate.
WHY JOIN OMA?

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