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Fixed/mobile objects

Mobile object
Home
G/W
network

Fixed object
NGN

Logical objects
in a server
Other
G/W networks

Moving vehicle
Object

Objects in a home/building Y.2062(12)_F01

Wired interface Wireless interface G/W Gateway

Figure 1 – General network configuration for ubiquitous networking

6.2 Architectural model for ubiquitous networking
From the architectural model for ubiquitous networking in Figure 2 of [ITU-T Y.2002] (reproduced
here as Figure 2), enhanced capabilities for ubiquitous networking in NGNs include:
• Connecting-to-anything capabilities

• Open web-based service environment capabilities
• Context-awareness and seamless capabilities
• Multi-networking capabilities
• End-to-end connectivity over interconnected networks.

Among the specified capabilities, "connecting-to-anything" is tightly related to functionalities on
the end-user side of NGNs. This Recommendation focuses mainly on object-to-object
communication to support the connecting-to-anything capability for ubiquitous networking on the
end-user side.

560 Rec. ITU-T Y.4404/Y.2062 (03/2012)