Understanding Interoperability through Mobile Phones
Scenario One
mobile phones
Different manufacturers >
Different Hardware >Different Software >Different Service providers >
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mobile phones
Call/SMS >
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mobile phones
Call/SMS >
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Interoperability
Scenario Two
mobile phones
Low Battery >
mobile phones
Low Battery >
mobile phones
Low Battery >
mobile phones
Low Battery >
No interoperability
mobile phones
Low Battery >
Solution?
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Solution???
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Standards!
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Standards!
What to standardize?
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Standards!
What to standardize?
How much to standardize?
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Standards!
What to standardize?
How much to standardize?
Interoperability: a balancing act!
Standardization and Variability
Variability
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Variability
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n More you standardize: easier it is to make systems 'talk' with each other.
High
Low
Interoperability
Variability
Stan
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n More you standardize: easier it is to make systems 'talk' with each other.
But, there is a catch!
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Low
Interoperability
Variability
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n More you standardize: easier it is to make systems 'talk' with each other.
But, there is a catch!
Results in a 'homogeneous system': 'Obvious Interoperability'
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Interoperability
Variability
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n More you standardize: easier it is to make systems 'talk' with each other.
But, there is a catch!
Results in a 'homogeneous system': 'Obvious Interoperability'
The real challenge is to remain 'different' but still be able to 'talk' to each other!
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Interoperability
Variability
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Interoperability with middletier (adapter) tech
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Interoperability
Example of Interoperability with middletier (adapter) tech
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Adapter
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Interoperability with middletier (adapter) tech
Interoperability without middletier tech