An application programming interface for the intelligent network

Abstract

A major objective of the Intelligent Network is the rapid introduction of new services in a multi-vendor environment. The Application Programming Interface (API) enables the applications programmer to write services or service features that can be installed on any vendors Service Control Point (SCP) without a detailed knowledge of the underlying hardware or software environment, Wilst the reader is expected to have knowledge of the Intelligent Network cancept, the paper explains the importance of the AFV in achieving the goal of rapid service implementation across a range of suppliers' equipments. This paper is based on the outcome of a joint study under taken between BT and IBM UK in the first quarter of 1989. It discusses some of the technical issues identified during the study in order to stimulate debate within industry.