DocumentCode :
3429245
Title :
A recommended approach for electronic communications interface between local exchange carriers
Author :
Hazra, Amitava ; Mansour, Omar
Author_Institution :
AT&T, West Long Beach, NJ, USA
fYear :
1997
fDate :
1-3 Jul 1997
Firstpage :
533
Lastpage :
538
Abstract :
This paper presents a method to develop a unified mechanized electronic communications interface (ECI) between operations support systems (OSSs) to perform operations, administration, maintenance and provisioning (OAM&P) functions. These functions support local phone services which are shared by local exchange carriers (LEC)s and incumbent local exchange carriers (ILEC)s. Due to the absence of such unified interface, today´s interfaces between LECs and ILECs are growing with increased complexity. Is this trend continues, it will lead to an operational nightmare, costly to maintain, and prohibitive to upgrade and upscale. The proposed approach was introduced to the ECIC industry standard body for approval under the name of EC-Lite
Keywords :
electronic switching systems; maintenance engineering; network operating systems; telecommunication services; telecommunication standards; telephone exchanges; telephony; EC-Lite; ECIC industry standard body; OAM&P; administration; electronic communications interface; incumbent local exchange carriers; local exchange carriers; local phone services; maintenance; operations; operations support systems; provisioning; Communication industry; Communication networks; Consumer electronics; Costs; Electronics industry; FCC; Industrial electronics; Standards organizations; Telephony; Transport protocols;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Computers and Communications, 1997. Proceedings., Second IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Alexandria
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7852-6
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ISCC.1997.616060
Filename :
616060
Link To Document :
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