Evolution of SIM provisioning towards a flexible MCIM provisioning in M2M vertical industries

摘要

The fast growing market for wireless Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication services is facing specific challenges which do not exist comparably in the traditional cellular subscriber market. The challenges are emerging around the changed ecosystem and value chain and dealing with different traffic and load profiles in the network. The significantly reduced ARPDs (average revenue per device) are calling for increased operational efficiency and flexibility and tangible cost reductions. With regard to the requirements arising in this context this paper focuses on new concepts for SIM management (SIM: Subscriber Identity Module) in the M2M domain from a subscription management perspective in order to develop an economic MCIM provisioning process (MCIM: M2M communication identity module).