Title :
SONET add/drop multiplex equipment administration using the TIRKS provisioning system
Author :
Bailey, Dianne E.
Author_Institution :
Bellcore, Piscataway, NJ, USA
Abstract :
The author summarizes new features that have been added to Bellcore´s TIRKS system and FEPS (facilities and equipment planning system) carrier administration. Planners and inventory managers determine how SONET (synchronous optical network) equipment is to be planned, inventoried, and assigned. The process of assigning and connecting carrier equipment after parts are planned and inventoried is called carrier provisioning. It is noted that the FEPS and TIRKS systems also design carrier circuits, control plug-in administration, and provide downstream systems like OPS/INE (operations/intelligent network element) with all of the input necessary to interface with vendor intelligent network elements like a programmable ADM (add/drop multiple equipment)
Keywords :
multiplexing equipment; optical links; telecommunication network management; telecommunications computer control; telecommunications computing; SONET add/drop multiplex equipment administration; TIRKS provisioning system; carrier circuit design; facilities/equipment planning systems; operations/intelligent network element; plug-in administration control; programmable add/drop multiplexing; synchronous optical network; Add-drop multiplexers; Communication cables; High speed optical techniques; North America; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber networks; SONET; Sociotechnical systems; Standards development;
Conference_Titel :
Global Telecommunications Conference and Exhibition 'Communications Technology for the 1990s and Beyond' (GLOBECOM), 1989. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Dallas, TX
DOI :
10.1109/GLOCOM.1989.64200
