Nokia M2M PLATFORM Benutzerhandbuch

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2. INTRODUCTION 
As we are quickly moving towards the world of third generation mobile traffic, 
more attention than ever is being paid to the wireless data market. So far, we 
have seen only the first steps towards the mobile information society, but it has 
already become clear that wireless data means more than just web browsing.  
M2M communication is just one of the aspects of wireless data services. The 
market potential is huge; new applications are emerging continuously and 
operators are searching for opportunities for growth. The telecom industry is 
shifting in the direction of end-to-end solutions, which requires reliable 
communication and information transfer. 
The Nokia M2M Platform is a complete, wireless, end-to-end solution for M2M 
communication. Nokia M2M ADK offers development tools for application 
development on the Nokia M2M Platform. 
2.1  NOKIA M2M PLATFORM 
The Nokia M2M Platform is an object-oriented software platform based on the 
Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA)
widely accepted industry standard. The Nokia M2M Platform is adaptable to a 
wide range of purposes and communication methods, and it meets the needs of 
many different applications. The Nokia M2M Platform hides mobile network 
complexities and, thanks to CORBA method calls, is transparent to different 
machines, operating systems, and language implementations.  
The Nokia M2M Platform consists of the Nokia M2M Gateway and Nokia GSM 
Connectivity Terminals as shown in Figure 1. 
 
 
                                                 
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 CORBA is a widely distributed computing infrastructure, standardised by the Object Management 
Group (OMG) consortium. In short, CORBA applications are composed of objects that can locate in 
different machines. These objects have services, and they are utilised with request messages. 
CORBA hides the underlying transfer network, such as the Internet or GSM network, an also the 
underlying protocols so that a user can use the functions as local procedure calls. 
 
 
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