An integrated service management approach using OSGi technology and ACAP

Author

Cochinwala, M. ; Moyer, S. ; Shim, H.

Author_Institution

Telcordia Technol., Piscataway, NJ, USA

fYear

2005

fDate

3-6 Jan. 2005

Firstpage

144

Lastpage

149

Abstract

IP-based, value-added services have great potential to create value for consumers and generate additional revenue streams for service providers. Telcordia´s adaptive communicating applications platform (ACAP) is a system designed to provide a uniform and integrated service development platform for developing and deploying value-added services. The OSGi® alliance is an industry wide consortium that defined a standard platform that provides lifecycle management services for value-added services. Great synergy exists between ACAP and the OSGi service platform, as ACAP provides support for the service management issues not addressed by OSGi technology, and vice versa. In this paper, we argue for integration of ACAP and the OSGi service platform in order to provide better overall service management. We present a lightweight, cost-effective integration approach.

Keywords

IP networks; computer network management; telecommunication services; ACAP; OSGi technology; adaptive communicating applications platform; integrated service management approach; lifecycle management service; value-added service; Availability; Environmental management; Intserv networks; Logic devices; Quality management; Technology management; Telephony; Trademarks; Vehicle dynamics; Vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Consumer Communications and Networking Conference, 2005. CCNC. 2005 Second IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8784-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCNC.2005.1405159

Filename

1405159