Broadband service creation and operations

Author

Lin, Ying-Dar ; Lin, Yuh-Tay ; Chen, Po-Ning ; Choy, Michael M.

Author_Institution

Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan

Volume

35

Issue

12

fYear

1997

fDate

12/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

116

Lastpage

124

Abstract

Three challenges for deploying broadband services are the time-consuming process of service creation, the interoperability over heterogeneous platforms, and the gap between the needs of service management and the functionalities of network management. We describe a methodology to attack the first two challenges, namely, to simplify the process of service creation and provide a platform-independent framework for service operations. A set of broadband service-independent building blocks (SIBs) are designed and used to create and customize SIB graphs for broadband services. During service running time, the service agent interprets a SIB graph and executes SIB procedures which are all downloaded from the service provider. Web, Java, and CORBA are the technological elements of this methodology. Two examples, video conferencing and video on demand, are given to demonstrate the feasibility of this approach

Keywords

broadband networks; interactive video; open systems; software agents; telecommunication computing; telecommunication network management; telecommunication services; teleconferencing; CORBA; Java; Web; broadband service creation; broadband service operation; broadband service-independent building blocks; graphs; heterogeneous platforms; intelligent networks; interoperability; multimedia applications; network management; service agent; service management; service provider; service running time; video conferencing; video on demand; B-ISDN; Baseband; Broadband communication; Computer network management; Intelligent networks; LAN interconnection; Local area networks; Quality of service; Telephony; Video on demand;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/35.642840

Filename

642840