With the technological advances and market development, telecommunications networks and the Internet are converging into one universal network; meanwhile, the services provided by these two kinds of networks are integrating. Pervasive services will meet demands and expectations from all aspects. The topic has become a favorite for research in Beyond Third Generation (B3G), Next Generation Network (NGN) and Next Generation Internet (NGI) fields. The concept of the pervasive services comes from pervasive computation and B3G. Their features include pervasiveness, mobility, transparency, QoS-guarantee, customization, adaptiveness, push, security, easiness, variety and time-to-market. 3GPP, OMA and the B3G research program of the European Union (EU) have conducted a lot of research work about the different features of pervasive services. The current hot topics in the pervasive services research include context awareness and service enabling.
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