On development of networking technologies and pervasive services

Development in networking technologies is enabling services that will change our daily life and living environment. The most obvious change in our way of communicating is the increase of mobility involving not only terminals but also users and services. The key enabler is the Internet Protocol, which makes the service convergence possible, i.e., development that allows services, even network technology specific ones, to be carried over all sorts of physical networks. This paper discusses the various networking aspect that affect the service delivery as well as the services themselves.