Chapter 7. Evolution towards a Distributed Intelligent Broadband Network
- Iakovos Venieris1,
- Fabrizio Zizza2,
- Thomas Magedanz3
Published Online: 5 OCT 2001
DOI: 10.1002/0470841869.ch7
Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Book Title
Object Oriented Software Technologies in Telecommunications: From Theory to Practice
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How to Cite
Magedanz, T., Venieris, I. and Zizza, F. (2001) Evolution towards a Distributed Intelligent Broadband Network, in Object Oriented Software Technologies in Telecommunications: From Theory to Practice (eds I. Venieris, F. Zizza and T. Magedanz), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK. doi: 10.1002/0470841869.ch7
Editor Information
- 1
National Technical University of Athens, Greece
- 2
Siemens Information and Communication Networks SpA, Italy
- 3
IKV++ GmbH Informations und Kommunikations Technologie, Germany
Publication History
- Published Online: 5 OCT 2001
ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9780471623793
Online ISBN: 9780470841860
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Keywords:
- Telecommunication;
- Intelligent Networks;
- Intelligent Network Conceptual Model;
- Broadband Networks;
- Distributed Computing
Summary
With this chapter, the third part of the book commences where the theoretical discussion that preceded is put to practice using on field experiences from a European research project. This chapter describes the evolution of traditional centralized intelligent network architectures into the distributed intelligent broadband network. The latter is characterized by broadband connections (giving rise to more complex, multimedia services), the use of distributed processing technologies to replace TCAP and INAP as the means to convey the information flows between the identified functional entities, and the use of mobile code technologies to implement the service logic part enabling higher reconfigurability and a laxer mapping of functional to physical entities.