Cloud-based Service Access Gateway for wireless based Public Access Network

用于基于无线的公共接入网络的基于云的服务接入网关

• 批准号: 700106
• 金额: $ 3.12万
• 依托单位: AIRANGEL LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: GRD Proof of Market
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2012 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=700106
• 关键词: Cloud; based; Service; Access; Gateway

Currently, the main business model for the provision of wireless infrastructure and servicesfor public access networks (PANs) is to provide the wireless infrastructure to the venues forfree, charge the guests to access the Internet and share the revenues generated with these.Specifically for the hotel industry, high speed Internet access (HSIA) has now become amusthave. With rising guest expectations and usage levels, just having HSIA is no longerenough for hotels to be competitive. The system must be reliable, fast, and easy to use in orderto meet guest needs and more and more hotels and hotel chains want to be able to offer freeInternet access to their guests. This rapidly growing need is creating pressure on the oldbusiness models, no longer suitable for this change in trends as well as pressure on thetechnology. Although HSIA will lead to an increase in guests’ retention, the real opportunityfor hotels to monetize their HSIA networks is to leverage them for other applications.Opportunities range from guest applications like VOD and VoIP to hotel productivityapplications like wireless handheld for front desk staff and restaurant servers. To address thechanging requirements of PANs, especially of hotels and conference centres AIRANGELwants to develop a cloud based Service Access Gateway to offer a truly standalone, Plug andPlay product to its clients. The current solutions require the installation of specialisedhardware, meaning an expensive and hard to configure solution for the installation andmaintenance PANs. The innovation is the development of a cloud based Service AccessGateway to allow rapid, secure, reliable, intuitive and inexpensive configuration andmaintenance of complex, Public Access Networks, without the need for specialised hardware.The key objective of this project is to assess the commercial viability of AIRANGELinnovative solution, to establish a full validation of the market.

目前，提供公共接入网（PAN）无线基础设施和服务的主要商业模式是向场馆免费提供无线基础设施，向客人收取上网费用并分享由此产生的收入。随着宾客期望和使用水平的不断提高，高速互联网接入 (HSIA) 已成为酒店业的必备条件，仅拥有 HSIA 已不足以让酒店具有竞争力，为了满足宾客的需求，系统必须可靠、快速且易于使用。需求及更多越来越多的酒店和连锁酒店希望能够为客人提供免费的互联网接入，这对不再适合这种趋势变化的旧商业模式造成了压力，同时也对技术造成了压力。随着客人数量的增加，酒店实现 HSIA 网络货币化的真正机会是将其用于其他应用程序。机会范围从 VOD 和 VoIP 等宾客应用程序到前台工作人员和餐厅服务员的无线手持设备等酒店生产力保持应用程序。满足 PAN 不断变化的需求，尤其是酒店和会议中心 AIRANGEL 希望开发基于云的服务访问网关，为客户提供真正独立的即插即用产品。当前的解决方案需要安装专用硬件，这意味着昂贵且难以配置。 PAN 的安装和维护解决方案的创新是开发基于云的服务访问网关，以实现复杂的公共访问的快速、安全、可靠、直观和廉价的配置和维护。网络，无需专门的硬件。该项目的主要目标是评估 AIRANGEL 创新解决方案的商业可行性，建立全面的市场验证。