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A Meta-Service Creation Environment for the Next-Generation Network ( NGN )
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Jagot, Bilal Abdull Rahim Mohapi, Setumo Hanrahan, H. C. |
| Copyright Year | 2002 |
| Abstract | We anticipate that the next generation telco will need to develop a large number of services rapidly and cost effectively to gain a competitive edge. The telco will have to choose a Service Creation Environment (SCE) to achieve its goal of rapid and cost effetive service creation. Another key goal will be the portability of services between Service Architectures (SAs). Both of these goals can be achieved by adopting the Model Driven Architecture (MDA) of the Object Management Group which will facilitate a platform-independent approach to service creation. A MDA implies that all constructs of the SCE will be represented by a model. By specifying a meta-model that describes the models we achieve portability of services across platforms. The meta-model results in a meta-framework which describes SCEs This paper proposes such a meta-framework called Software Engineering based on Modelling for Telecommunications Architectures (SEMTA). SEMTA describes SCEs that have a general platform-independent service creation process that is guided by a methodical telecommunications design process. A SCE built using SEMTA contains a number of viewpoints that are logically linked. This SCE will also contain a number of tools and resources that are defined by a meta-designer to enable the service designer to create services. A key resource is the reusable component called the Facet. Facets were previously defined by the Telecommunications Information Networking Architecture (TINA) Conformance And Testing (CAT) Workgroup for conformance and testing of “TINA” products. Facets are re-defined as reusable components in an implementation languageand platformindependent manner encompassing a particular functionality. This work has been implemented on the SATINA-NGN trial platform. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.satnac.org.za/proceedings/2002/ngn2/Jagot%20-%20404.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
