An agent-based model of a distributed IN platform

Author

Farooqui, Kazi

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Ottawa Univ., Ont., Canada

fYear

1997

fDate

4-7 May 1997

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

Keywords

client-server systems; cooperative systems; intelligent networks; object-oriented methods; software agents; telecommunication computing; telecommunication network management; telecommunication services; telecommunication traffic; CORBA; IN services; agent-based model; call distribution; call forwarding; call waiting; case study; completion of calls to busy subscriber; distributed IN platform; distributed intelligent network platform; distributed processing platform; mobility services; originating call screening; service agents; terminating call screening; universal access number; Communication switching; Computer science; Distributed computing; Distributed processing; Intelligent networks; Modems; Routing; Telecommunication control; Telecommunication services; Transmission lines;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Network Workshop, 1997. IN '97., IEEE

Conference_Location

Colorado Springs, CO

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4129-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INW.1997.595290

Filename

595290