A Survey on Web Services in Telecommunications

Author

Griffin, Dayton ; Pesch, Dirk

Author_Institution

Cork Inst. of Technol.

Volume

45

Issue

7

fYear

2007

fDate

7/1/2007 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

28

Lastpage

35

Abstract

This article presents a survey of service-oriented architecture and Web services within telecommunications. Telecommunications over the past few years has been in a state of constant flux, with shifts in regulations, increased competition, and technological progress. The article describes these forces in detail and shows that the need for successful adoption of SOA within telecommunication has become a major agenda item for the majority of telecommunication network operators. The article then proceeds to describe SOA and its key enablers in telecommunications - Web services, event-driven architectures, Parlay X/ECMA specifications, and the enterprise service bus.

Keywords

Internet; Web services; computer networks; Parlay X/ECMA specifications; Web services; enterprise service bus; event driven architectures; service oriented architecture; telecommunications; Collaboration; Condition monitoring; Context-aware services; Data security; Electronic design automation and methodology; Packaging; Quality management; Quality of service; Service oriented architecture; Web services;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCOM.2007.382657

Filename

4268280