Models for Service Management Programmability in Advanced Intelligent Network

Osamu MIZUNO
Akira SHIBATA
Toshiya OKAMOTO
Yoshihiro NIITSU

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications   Vol.E80-B    No.6    pp.915-921
Publication Date: 1997/06/25
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Print ISSN: 0916-8516
Type of Manuscript: Special Section PAPER (Special Issue on Network Operations and Management)
Category: Misc
Keyword: 
intelligent networks,  network operations,  specification description,  database system,  

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Summary: 
An advanced intelligent network (IN) provides service management along with telecommunication services, and has a two-layer architecture, i.e., a transmission layer and an intelligent layer. An advanced IN's programmability is achieved by a service-independent platform of nodes in the intelligent layer, and service-dependent software called logic programs. In contrast to telecommunication services, models for service management have not yet been established. This paper presents both execution and specification models for service management. The execution model is composed of three hierarchies that apply to various kinds of management operation. The specification model has the capability to define the details of data items. The specification language for service management is also proposed. Simulation on dynamic SQL based DBMS solved that; (1) Logic programs for service management can be made small size on the model, and (2) To provide efficient database operation, programmability must be enhanced if service management includes table with variable number of field operation.