Title :
A generic and implementation independent service description model
Author :
Sties, Peter ; Kellerer, Wolfgang
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Commun. Networks, Munich Univ. of Technol., Germany
Abstract :
Attractive services will be the crucial factor in the future competition of providers in the telecommunications market. While system heterogeneity and service convergence complicate the service provisioning process, there are still no common models to support early service analysis. We present an implementation and network platform independent model for service description. It consists of abstract descriptions for endpoints, communication channels and communication relations. This model can support all service development phases including requirements analysis and service architecture design. We focus on the requirement phase where a tool supported analysis could facilitate early technical and economical decisions
Keywords :
formal specification; systems analysis; telecommunication channels; telecommunication computing; telecommunication networks; telecommunication services; abstract descriptions; common models; communication channels; communication relations; early service analysis; economical decisions; future competition; implementation-independent service description model; network platform independent model; requirement phase; requirements analysis; service architecture design; service convergence; service description; service development phases; service providers; service provisioning process; system heterogeneity; telecommunications market; tool supported analysis; Communication channels; Communication networks; Convergence; ISDN; Marketing and sales; Protocols; Quality of service; Specification languages; TCPIP; Telecommunications;
Conference_Titel :
Distributed Computing Systems Workshop, 2001 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Mesa, AZ
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1080-9
DOI :
10.1109/CDCS.2001.918701
