What are decentralised communications and why we need it (Anastasius Gavras, Eurescom & Simon Bécot, Orange Labs). Presented at TADSummit 2016, 15-16 Nov, Lisbon in Stream 3, Project reTHINK: Decentralised Communications.

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TAD Summit
Decentralized communication services
Anastasius Gavras, Simon Bécot, November 15th 2016

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Today: Telcos federation
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Users Data
Users Data
Users Data
Users Data
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Standardisation "kills“
innovation and time to market
Standards have a high cost

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Users Data
Users Data
x
Web communication market is dominated by a few very big players
Users and their data are
locked in web players’
walled gardens
Today: Web players
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Just call me on ?
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Federated Distribution Model
Telco federation agree on the new
communication service  Each Telco
distribute to its own user base  The
Telco federation distribute region-wide
/ world-wide.
Horizontal Distribution Model
Using Identity Providers, Cloud
Providers and Network APIs (SDN)
From here
To there ?
Legend:
Telco
OTT
Telco
Comm
Service
Identity
HW
Platform
Network
Infra
Comm
Service
Identity
HW
Platform
Network
Infra
Comm
Service
Identity
HW
Platform
Network
Infra
Comm
Service
Identity
HW
Platform
Network
Infra
Comm
Service
Identity
HW
Platform
Network
Infra
Operator Identity
Operator Identity
OTT Identity
Identity
Provider
Identity
Provider Identity
Provider
Comm
Service
Comm
Service
Network
Infra
Specialized
Quality
Specialized
Quality
Network
Infra
Comm
Service
Pub/Sub Messaging
Secure storage
Guaranteed Latency
Live Streaming
Social Graph
eCommerce
Comm
Service
Cloud
Service
Cloud
Service
Cloud
Service
Service
Identity
Provider
Service
Service
Identity
Provider
Service
A new paradigm
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Two Ways, Two worlds
 Old Fashioned Federated Telco
World
 Federation requires well defined
standards to enable universal
interoperability
 Telco federation is worldwide
(although locally regulated) but
standards agreements takes a
long time
 Lack of differentiation between
Telco, limited Innovation, High
Delivery Costs
 Strong Trustful Identity
 Reliable Service
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 OTT World, Vibrant but Walled
Garden
 OTT Silos locked-in:
 Can't interoperate with users from
other domains
 No portability of Identity or User
Data
 OTT are not constrained by
Standards
 OTT are much more competitive
and Agile
 OTT are leading Communication
Innovation
 Privacy issues

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A
We have to reThink the service delivery
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Discovery
Service
Global registry
trusted circle
open Framework
B
CPE
C
natively interoperable
p2p technologies
Global identity
Smart objects enabled
Service identity
o decentralized (p2p technologies) and open
o interoperable, secured, identity decoupled
connect / break up current silos
o compatible with M2M
Manageable QoS

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The Promise
 Beyond Web Calling and Telco networks, reTHINK proposes
– Global, rich, contextual,
– Instant inter-operability for non-subscribers
– Open to all, unlicensed,
– Easy development for new start-ups
– Few standards, no waiting for adoption
 Based on a distributed framework on the Web
– New paradigm focused on the User
– Choice on Trust level
– Choice on QoS level
– Based on the Hyperty concepts
– No inter-service standards
– Minimal core network platform, low cost infrastructure
– Applied broadly to any communication mean (H2H, M2M)
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Just call me, you can find my ID
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Discovery
Service
hyperty framework
+ Protofly universal plug
Empower the user!
• Let her choose her application
• Give her back her identity management!

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Applications
Just call me, you can find my ID
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Discovery
Service
Global registry
trusted circle
Services
hyperty framework
+ Protofly universal plug

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The business side
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TTM and deployment costs dramatically decrease
The cost to launch new services and to scale, would be residual

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Business mentoring in a consumer friendly
environment
 Bring together entrepreneurs and
consumers
 Enrich product portfolio with
contextualised offers
 Increase consumer satisfaction
 Increase ARPU

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Keep relevant in the market
Personalised service bundles
Exploit users’ data management business (identity management,
data management/backup, etc.) without breaking users privacy

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Small Businesses / Start-ups
Anyone can be a communication service provider and use truly
immersive communications to engage consumers
Dramatically increase of financial sustainability
Promote entrepreneurship reducing failure rates

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Thank You!
https://rethink-project.eu
https://github.com/reTHINK-project
Anastasius Gavras