The future of network-provided communications services

Dowden, Douglas C.; Kocan, Kristin F.; Kozik, Jack

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“…These applications include "e" (electronic) and "i" (Internet/IP) services. 4 The growth in these areas portends significant revenue opportunities and unprecedented growth (see Panel 2).…”

Section: Application Segmentmentioning

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The management paradigm shift: Challenges from element management to service management

Erfani¹,

Lawrence²,

Malek

2002

Bell Labs Tech. J.

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report on the current status of key management technologies, which motivates the Lucent's activities described in this issue. Finally, we summarize the papers in this issue, which we hope will smooth the way for more advancement in upcoming technologies. Service and Networking TrendsToday, most service providers still run two parallel networks-one for voice and one for data services. Applications are converging on top of these networks. Intelligent services in the voice network create additional value for service providers. As in the voice network, higher-layer services in the data network influence the lower layers of the network infrastructure.The converged network of the future will be more feature rich than today's network, and it will be driven by the customers' business needs. The so-called "optical communication networks for the next-generation Internet" will provide a client/server relationship among enterprise clients and various applications residing on servers in a number of data centers through a high-capacity heterogeneous network. The network will provide essential applications and services to the clients it supports.This logical separation of the network and services will enable the applications to operate more effectively. It will free them from the constraints of physical topology and allow them to focus on the challenge of meeting service requirements, such as dynamic allocation of resources, easy addition of new

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“…These applications include "e" (electronic) and "i" (Internet/IP) services. 4 The growth in these areas portends significant revenue opportunities and unprecedented growth (see Panel 2).…”

Section: Application Segmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

The management paradigm shift: Challenges from element management to service management

Erfani¹,

Lawrence²,

Malek

2002

Bell Labs Tech. J.

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“…Besides the technical challenges, it is expected to offer many advantages and opportunities. Four major developments are:• Network convergence, which combines and integrates the strengths of data and voice-oriented networks at infrastructure level.• Next-generation services [3], which combine and integrate the strengths of data and voice-oriented networks at the service level. By separating the…”

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Octavia: A software platform for next-generation services

Batteram¹,

Meeuwissen²

2003

Bell Labs Tech. J.

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IntroductionThe expansion of the global Internet has brought an explosion of new communication services in a very short time. Nevertheless, the trusted old telephone and fax still remain key telecommunication devices in our daily lives. Telephony services have been expanding gradually over decades, becoming more versatile, reliable, efficient, and mobile. These services are delivered through high-quality network infrastructures, maintained and operated by wellexperienced service providers.Merging the fast-moving Internet services world with the rigid, quality-focused telephony world is often seen as the future of the telecommunication world. Many companies, including Lucent Technologies, are working to make this convergence a reality. Besides the technical challenges, it is expected to offer many advantages and opportunities. Four major developments are:• Network convergence, which combines and integrates the strengths of data and voice-oriented networks at infrastructure level.• Next-generation services [3], which combine and integrate the strengths of data and voice-oriented networks at the service level. By separating the

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The future of network-provided communications services

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The management paradigm shift: Challenges from element management to service management

The management paradigm shift: Challenges from element management to service management

Octavia: A software platform for next-generation services

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