1. ETSI Protocol and Testing Competence Centre (PTCC)
OSA/Parlay – An ETSI Perspective ICT-OSA/Parlay Workshop Brazil, March 2006
Anthony Wiles
Manager
ETSI Protocol and Testing Competence Centre (PTCC)

2. OSA/Parlay: fruit of co-operation
ETSI, Parlay and 3GPP working together
Common ETSI OSA, Parlay and 3GPP OSA standards
Common developers, applications
ETSI, Parlay and 3GPP Joint Working Group
ETSI manages UML model, code generation, editing and publication of specifications,
ETSI develops test specifications and hosts Interop
3GPP provide meeting support and procedures, connection with mobile world
Parlay provides marketing, community, events and brand

3. OSA/Parlay Open Standards
Available for free
OSA information available from:
Links to latest draft specifications:
Contains source IDL, Java and WSDL code
Developed by companies from 15 countries, 20+ nationalities involved
Small companies (SME) as involved as big companies
Parlay globe logo well chosen!

4. Opening the Standards... OSA/Parlay offers choice to operators
Choice of network in which to use OSA/Parlay
Circuit-Switched / IN, 2G, 3G mobile, IMS/VoIP based
Choice of deployment and business model
OSA/Parlay ‘original’ flavour
Corba, Java J2SE or J2EE-based implementation
ParlayX Web Services flavour
Choice of functionality
Voice + multi-media call control, location, presence, user interaction, VoiceXML, SMS, MMS, based messaging, Application management (Framework), GPRS session control, SIP binding, policy management, account management and charging
Features being worked on: QoS management, service broker integration, broadcast messaging

5. Relation to Standardisation Bodies
TISPAN
Project OSA
portal.etsi.org/docbox/tispan/open/osa/index.html
OSA Stage 1/2/3
ES 20x 915
CT5
OSA Stage 2/3
23.198,
29.198/199,
The Parlay Group
OSA Stage 1/2/3
ES 20x 915
3GPP2
using 3GPP
specifications
Work flow
Reference in ITU-T Roadmap
JWG
Joint
Working
Group
ITU-T
1.) Requirements introduced by individual bodies
(SA in the 3GPP case)
2.) create the API that supports the superset of all requirements
(meeting jointly)
3.) Results
transferred back to individual bodies
in form of e.g. CR in 3GPP SA1/CT5
(22.127, , /9, )

6. Cross-reference with 3GPP
ETSI
Description
TS (Rel-4, 5, 6)
EG (4 parts)
OSA Requirements
TS (Rel-4, 5) -
VHE/OSA Architecture
TS (Rel-6)
OSA Architecture
TS Rel-4 ES
OSA API Rel-4, Parlay 3
TS Rel-5 ES
OSA API Rel-5, Parlay 4
TS Rel-6 ES
OSA API Rel-6, Parlay 5
TS Rel-6 ES
Parlay X 2
TR (Rel-4, 5, 6)
OSA Mapping Reports TR
Parlay X Mapping

7. In what way has the Internet changed the way we do business?
20th Century model
Dozens of markets of millions of people
21st Century model
Millions of markets of dozens of people
“The 20th Century mass production world was about dozens of markets of millions of people. The 21st Century is all about millions of markets of dozens of people”
Joe Kraus

9. Well, somebody thinks so …
What about Telecoms?
Does the Internet business model to telecoms?
Is there a market for telecoms Call Control applications anyway?
Well, somebody thinks so …

11. Is this the business model for Parlay?

12. Browse the OSA pages at:
Thank you!
Browse the OSA pages at: