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coverage footprints, indoors and outdoors. In other words, the EPC architectural theme facilitates
the NGN vision and enables the attributes of ubiquitous computing. ese attributes include a
matrix of devices—smartphones, sensors, transducers, etc.—within the Internet of Everything
(IoE), where they function nonintrusively and seamlessly to promote automation and to enhance
the human experience.
e centerpiece of the NGN framework is service convergence. is is exemplied by its den-
ing characteristic, which is the ability to enable the delivery of heterogeneous services, consisting
of assorted data content such as voice, v ...