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Introduction 
In this chapter we will give an overview of our thesis and how this report is structured. 
More precisely, subsection 1.1 will give an overview of the background of the thesis. In 
subsection 1.2 we present the final thesis description and thesis title, before we finish this 
chapter by giving a summary on how this report is structured. 
1.1
 
Background 
The early mobile telecommunication networks were primarily focused on voice services. 
Now the telecommunication networks have converged with the computer networks 
which brings data services. This convergence opens up possibilities for new richer 
services not possible before, such as Push-To-Talk (PTT). Alongside a way to create 
these services is needed, and the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP)
addresses this problem. If not standardized each network provider will need to develop 
an ad-hoc method if they want to let third parties provide services in their network. 
In fact there are several frameworks available in 3GPP networks to create mobile 
services, such as the Open Service Access (OSA) Application Programming Interface 
(API) and the native Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). Each of these frameworks have 
their own advantages and disadvantages. Therefore it is important for a service to use a 
framework which suits its own requirements as best as possible. Currently, as of the 
authors’ knowledge, there are no comparisons done between these frameworks. 
1.2
 
Thesis definition 
The thesis title is: 
”Evaluation of frameworks for creating end-to-end mobile services with OMA MMS as a use 
case” 
The final definition of the thesis is: 
Evaluate some of the different frameworks available for creating end-to-end mobile services in the 
Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) specifications, and in particular frameworks based 
on the fairly new IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS). For comparison the studentswe will also use 
a framework which is not based on IMS. As a use-case the students will use a service based on 
Open Mobile Alliance (OMA)’s Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) specification. The use-
case service must provide a way for the service provider to bill its customers and be able to integrate 
with Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)’s Short Message Service (SMS)The 
students will evaluate the services on the following quality attributes: security, reliability, usability, 
interoperability, modifiability and billability.