The ETSI Standard Architecture, Related Interfaces, and Reconfiguration Process for Reconfigurable Mobile Devices

Abstract

This article introduces the ETSI standard architecture for a reconfigurable MD, the configuration of which is determined by the downloaded radio application code. The ultimate goal of standardizing the MD architecture is to resolve the problem of portability between the radio application codes and hardware platforms of MDs. First, this article introduces key components of the standard architecture. Then the related interfaces that allow interaction of the key components with one another are shown. In addition, this article also shows how the radio application codes can be distributed from a public domain to target MDs when the codes are given in platform-specific executable code, platform-independent source code, or platform-independent intermediate representation with a consideration of both static and dynamic linking of functional blocks of each radio application code. Finally, in order to verify the feasibility of the proposed standard architecture and related interfaces, this article shows sample procedures of data transfer communication service performed in an MD adopting the standard architecture.