{"title":"An agent-based model of a distributed IN platform","authors":"K. Farooqui","doi":"10.1109/INW.1997.595290","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/INW.1997.595290","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents an agent-based model for a distributed intelligent network platform. The aim is to present a general model and then to illustrate the applicability of the general model through a case study involving a set of specific IN services. The following IN targeted services are chosen: call waiting (CW); call forwarding; originating call screening (OCS); terminating call screening (TCS); completion of calls to busy subscriber (CCBS); universal access number (UAN); call distribution (CD); and mobility services. This paper identifies the service agents for the support of the above mentioned services and explains the configuration of these agents in the service platform. The interaction between the agents to support individual services is presented. It is proposed that the IN service platform can be layered on top of a common distributed processing platform such as CORBA.","PeriodicalId":395317,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Intelligent Network Workshop in '97. Proceedings. 'Meeting the Challenges of Converging Networks and Global Demand'","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129205789","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Intelligent Network: Promise and reality","authors":"J.J. Lhospital","doi":"10.1109/INW.1997.600980","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/INW.1997.600980","url":null,"abstract":"The article consists of a PowerPoint presentation on the promise and reality of Intelligent Network (IN). The specific areas/topics discussed include: Market Changes; IN Global Services; IN at the Knee of the Growth Curve; Service Convergence and Amplification; Key Success Factors for Service Providers; and Key Challenges.","PeriodicalId":395317,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Intelligent Network Workshop in '97. Proceedings. 'Meeting the Challenges of Converging Networks and Global Demand'","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121067215","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Using conceptual structures in service creation and verification","authors":"E. Reitsma","doi":"10.1109/INW.1997.601167","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/INW.1997.601167","url":null,"abstract":"We propose the use of conceptual structures as a description language for services throughout the service creation process. Conceptual structures have been introduced by Sowa (1984) and are now considered in ANSI standard efforts in the Information Resource Dictionary Systems Committee (ANSI X3H4 IRDS), the Data Interchange and Repositories Committee (ANSI X3T2) and the Formal Description Committee (ANSI X3J21). Conceptual structures emphasize knowledge and understanding, rather than particular implementations. Both natural language and implementation descriptions (such as GSLs) can be mapped into conceptual structures. Well-defined semantics and algorithms for logical deduction are available, because conceptual structures are based on existential graphs. When the requirement specification, the corresponding GSL and background knowledge are represented in conceptual structures, existing algorithms can be used to check whether the GSL implements the requirement specification. This should help solving the problem of checking the implementation. The representation in conceptual structures of the requirement specification can be used to assist in choosing appropriate SIBs. This requires that the specifications of the SIBs are represented in conceptual Structures also. In this presentation we give a short introduction into conceptual structures. Then we illustrate how the use of conceptual structures may contribute during the service creation process. Finally we discuss what is necessary to make the power of conceptual structures available in the service creation process.","PeriodicalId":395317,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Intelligent Network Workshop in '97. Proceedings. 'Meeting the Challenges of Converging Networks and Global Demand'","volume":"72 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128067396","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"INAP protocol conformance testing","authors":"Sangki Kim, Sungun Kim","doi":"10.1109/INW.1997.603084","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/INW.1997.603084","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes a research result on automatic generation of abstract test cases from INAP protocol in formal specifications by using and applying many existing related algorithms and techniques such as the testing framework, rural Chinese postman tour and UTO (Unique Input Output) sequence concepts. We use the I/OFSM (Input/Output Finite State Machine) generated from SDL specifications and a characterizing sequence, called Unique Input/Output (UIO) sequence, is defined for the I/O FSM. The UIO sequence is combined with the concept of rural Chinese postman tour, without reliable reset capability, to obtain an optimal test sequence. To develop this method, first of all, we establish a framework leading to formal testing methodology which can be used to assess the conformance of an IUT (Implementation Under Test) to the behaviours specified in an I/OFSM which is equivalent to corresponding FDT (Formal Description Technique) specification. By this framework, we present a methodology for automatic test generation from FDT specifications. A prototype of the proposed framework has been built with special attention to real application in order to generate the executable test cases in an automatic way.","PeriodicalId":395317,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Intelligent Network Workshop in '97. Proceedings. 'Meeting the Challenges of Converging Networks and Global Demand'","volume":"53 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126658431","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An integrated framework for global service interoperability","authors":"R. Orriss","doi":"10.1109/INW.1997.600995","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/INW.1997.600995","url":null,"abstract":"A collection of slides from the author's conference presentation on global IN (Intelligent Network) drivers is given.","PeriodicalId":395317,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Intelligent Network Workshop in '97. Proceedings. 'Meeting the Challenges of Converging Networks and Global Demand'","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128954987","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Customized Application for Mobile Enhanced Logic (CAMEL)","authors":"Yun-Chao Hu, C. Granberg","doi":"10.1109/INW.1997.601151","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/INW.1997.601151","url":null,"abstract":"The article consists of a PowerPoint presentation on the Customized Application for Mobile Enhanced Logic (CAMEL) . The specific areas/topics discussed include: CAMEL Phase 1 overview, functions, architecture, protocol, and CAMEL Phase 2.","PeriodicalId":395317,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Intelligent Network Workshop in '97. Proceedings. 'Meeting the Challenges of Converging Networks and Global Demand'","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133569792","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K. Evers, W. Lanowski, L. Kersting, I. Mokry, H. Wagner
{"title":"An algorithmic approach for feature interaction detection","authors":"K. Evers, W. Lanowski, L. Kersting, I. Mokry, H. Wagner","doi":"10.1109/INW.1997.603143","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/INW.1997.603143","url":null,"abstract":"State-of-the-art telecommunication switching systems provide an enormous variety of subscriber and network features. This feature set is dramatically increased with every software release as new features are delivered to the highly competitive market of deregulated public telecom networks. This causes the number of features in a switching system to increase enormously. There are hundreds of different features implemented in the existing switching systems and a lot of these features can influence each other. Therefore it is a critical issue for the switching software to control multiple features interacting within one call over the PSTN/ISDN in a robust and flexible way. The paper presents an algorithmic approach for a systematic feature interaction design in a telecommunication switching system. This approach can be used for interaction detection of features already implemented in the PSTN/ISDN as well as for investigation how new features will interact with those already existing. The algorithm can also be used for interaction detection of IN services and their service features with features provided by the PSTN/ISDN. Moreover, it can give some assistance to system designers in the cases where the system behaviour must be defined when new complex features (e.g. Call Party Handling (CPH) or Large Conference (CONF)) are being implemented. The presented approach is based on a structured feature description based on the \"Feature Points in Call (FPIC)\" concept. This description method represents a feature as an information (parameter) flow through functional units of a network based call model. Consequently, the interaction of features is understood as an interaction of different information flows. This approach is the base for the development of a software tool for detection of feature interaction in telecommunication systems.","PeriodicalId":395317,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Intelligent Network Workshop in '97. Proceedings. 'Meeting the Challenges of Converging Networks and Global Demand'","volume":"77 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116655932","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Standardization of INAP: the European approach","authors":"S. Unger, T. Streichhahn","doi":"10.1109/INW.1997.603083","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/INW.1997.603083","url":null,"abstract":"ITU-T (former CCITT) published their first Intelligent Network Capability Set (IN CS-1) in 1992, well known as the Q.121x recommendation series. The IN Application Part (INAP) as specified in Q.1218 can be considered as the core component of the CS-1 recommendations. ITU-T CS-1 including Q.1218 was the first significant step towards an international INAP standard. However this Q.1218 does not fulfill the requirements of an implementable standard from a technical point of view, for example in several aspects it is not detailed enough or contains redundant functionality. Therefore the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) started a refinement activity based on ITU-T Q.1218 in 1993. Major target of this activity was to provide as fast as possible an implementable INAP that satisfies the requirements of a multi vendor environment. This was achieved by defining a subset of Q.1218 operations and parameters. Further simplification was achieved by selecting and deleting options and by adding detailed procedures where necessary. The result was a European INAP standard named Core INAP. This paper describes the guidelines used for the European approach of the standardization of Core INAP. Furthermore the relation between INAP standardization in Europe and ITU-T is discussed.","PeriodicalId":395317,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Intelligent Network Workshop in '97. Proceedings. 'Meeting the Challenges of Converging Networks and Global Demand'","volume":"401 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132702496","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"IN interworking solution for China UPT Service","authors":"B. Wang, Fangchun Yang","doi":"10.1109/INW.1997.601141","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/INW.1997.601141","url":null,"abstract":"In China, the research and development of IN has been approved as a project in the area of Telecommunication of \"The High Technology Research and Development Program of China\" by the State Science and Technology Commission in June 1993. Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT) has been involved in this \"863-IN-project\" mainly and a series IN systems (CIN01, CIN02) have been developed (1993-1996). This paper presents a description of the national Intelligent Network architecture, an implementation approach for Intelligent Network interworking, and a Chinese version of UPT service.","PeriodicalId":395317,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Intelligent Network Workshop in '97. Proceedings. 'Meeting the Challenges of Converging Networks and Global Demand'","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131678080","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
V. Braun, T. Margaria, B. Steffen, Haiseung Yoo, T. Rychlý
{"title":"Safe service customization","authors":"V. Braun, T. Margaria, B. Steffen, Haiseung Yoo, T. Rychlý","doi":"10.1109/INW.1997.601576","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/INW.1997.601576","url":null,"abstract":"We present a new technique for Safe Service Customization, which flexibly supports subscribers in their desire to change the Service logic in a controlled fashion, while guaranteeing that the modified services can immediately be activated, without previous intervention of specialists like service designers or testers. This flexibilization and simplification of the service customization process reduces the costs for tailored intelligent network services and therefore provides a key to a service-on-demand market.","PeriodicalId":395317,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Intelligent Network Workshop in '97. Proceedings. 'Meeting the Challenges of Converging Networks and Global Demand'","volume":"2011 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129151008","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}