Distributed feature composition: a virtual architecture for telecommunications services

Author

Jackson, Michael ; Zave, Pamela

Author_Institution

Res. Labs., AT&T, Florham Park, NJ, USA

Volume

24

Issue

10

fYear

1998

fDate

10/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

831

Lastpage

847

Abstract

Distributed Feature Composition (DFC) is a new technology for feature specification and composition, based on a virtual architecture offering benefits analogous to those of a pipe-and-filter architecture. In the DFC architecture, customer calls are processed by dynamically assembled configurations of filter-like components: each component implements an applicable feature, and communicates with its neighbors by featureless internal calls that are connected by the underlying architectural substrate

Keywords

interactive systems; telecommunication computing; telecommunication services; user interfaces; DFC architecture; architectural substrate; customer calls; distributed feature composition; dynamically assembled configurations; feature specification; featureless internal calls; filter-like components; pipe-and-filter architecture; telecommunications services; virtual architecture; Assembly; Communication switching; Computer Society; Computer architecture; Digital-to-frequency converters; Helium; Productivity; Routing; Switches; Telecommunication services;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0098-5589

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/32.729683

Filename

729683