Customer service provisioning in intelligent networks

The author points out that despite the convenience of using functional components (FCs) as service building blocks, service provisioning in the intelligent network (IN) still presents major problems. He focuses on issues of responsiveness to customers. When customers are allowed to provision new IN services, it is necessary to consider whether the set of FCs can be directly used by customers without cause problems and whether the set of FCs of flexible enough to construct the services customers are likely to want. The author investigates customer service provisioning problems and flexibility in using the IN FCs, and proposes methods to support integrity control for service development. For concreteness, he focuses on the set of FCs defined in Bellcores's IN/1+ network     

PHS roaming signaling protocol architecture toward global mobilitynetwork

The network for supporting the global personal communication is called the global mobility network (GLOMONET), where global mobility is guaranteed by coordination between intelligent networks (INs). This paper describes the implementation of a roaming signaling protocol for the personal handy-phone system (PHS) GLOMONET, clarifying the concepts of the PHS architecture regarding the GLOMONET. The PHS is a more economical personal communication system than existing cellular systems, by introducing the concept that the PHS service is provided by the most effective use of the existing ISDN and IN functions, where the majority of network functions to provide ISDN services are commonly used for functions for PHS service provision. The PHS mobility function realized by the IN guarantees flexible and effective roaming service provision for the globalization of future personal communication. The proposed PHS signaling protocol architecture is based on the intelligent network capability set 2 (IN CS2) defined by the International Telecommunication Union-Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) Study Group 11 and a visitor location register (VLR) database scheme with efficient signal transfer in the GLOMONET. The PHS specific roaming signaling protocol is defined by the service-independent IN application protocol (INAP). The proposed PHS concepts and roaming signaling protocol were reflected to the national telecommunications standards in the Telecommunication Technical Committee (TTC) and standards in the PHS-memorandum of understanding (MoU)     

Intelligent network/2: The architecture-The technicalchallenges-The opportunities

The Intelligent Network/2 (IN/2) architecture concept diverges from the traditional new service introduction approach by distributing call-processing capabilities across multiple network modules, by constructing network services with service-independent capabilities, and by using standard signaling protocols among the network elements. The IN/2 approach provides opportunities to implement new services while reducing the service introduction interval. The IN/1 architecture provides new-service introduction from a centralized point, allowing users throughout a wide geographic area to have access to the service simultaneously. The IN/2 concept extends the IN/1 approach and sharply reduces the new-service introduction interval. IN/2 applies the premise that multiple network services or service features can be constructed from a set of reusable network capabilities, which apply to many services and are therefore independent of a particular service application. An overview of the IN/2 architecture is presented, highlighting the key technical issues     

移动智能网和宽带智能网的研究现状及其展望

本文简略地介绍了ＩＴＵ－Ｔ有关智能网的相关建议ＩＮ ＣＳ－２和ＩＮＣＳ－３的新业务;通过对智能网与移动网的综合和智能网与宽带网的综合分析,综述了移动智能网和宽带智能网近几年物研究现状及其关键技术;最后,对发展我国智能网提出了几点建议性意见。     

智能网的标准化与CIN系列智能网系统

本文首先提出了标准化智能网的参考模型，指出了智能网标准化的两个主要特征，即体系结构标准化和传输协议标准化。然后介绍了国内自主的开发标准化ＣＩＮ系列智能网系统的构成和特点。     

基于INAP的智能业务形式化描述和冲突检测

基于业务自然语言定义的业务形式化描述具有模糊性,不能精确地检测出业务冲突的问题,本文提出了一种新的基于智能网应用协议INAP的业务形式化描述和冲突检测方法。     

Intelligent network requirements for personal communicationsservices

It is shown that a moderate set of capabilities within the service switching point (SSP), service control point (SCP), and intelligent peripheral (IP), which are the intelligent network (IN) components directly responsible for the real-time execution and control of end-user services, can engender a wide range of end-user personal communication service (PCS) features. These capabilities could be used as the starting point for an economic analysis of IN implementation costs versus service worth. From a very large target set of call model trigger check points (TCPs), the dozen or so identified in the CCITT Capability Set 1 are shown to be sufficient. The SCP and IP functional entity actions identified are also sufficient to support PCS core network functions     

An Extended Service Filtering Technique for Mass Calling-Type Services Using Intelligent Peripheral in an SCP-Bound Network

This paper proposes an extended service filtering technique to prevent overload in service control point (SCP) due to televoting (VOT) or mass calling (MAS) services with the heavy traffic characteristics. Also, this paper compares this extended technique with the existing overload control techniques, and calculates steady state call blocking probabilities in intelligent network (IN) under overload conditions. The proposed technique considers SCP overload and IN Capability Set (CS)-1 services (such as VOT or MAS service) that have to use the specialized resources of intelligent peripheral (IP). This technique uses first an activating step in which SCP requests service filtering to service switching point (SSP). Then, in the filtering step, SSP sends filtering results to SCP periodically or each Ncalls. Also, when filtering time-out expires, SSP stops service filtering, and sends service filtering response to SCP in the deactivating step. This paper applies this technique to VOT/MAS service, and calculates SCP and SSP-IP (circuit) call blocking probabilities by using an analytical VOT/MAS service model. With the modeling and analyzing of this new technique, it shows that this technique reduces the traffic flow into SCP from SSP and IP prominently.     

基于分离Bregman迭代协同稀疏性的图像压缩感知恢复算法

目前存在的CS恢复算法中大都采用固定的基函数,也就是在确定的域中对信号进行分解,比如：DCT域、小波域和梯度域,但这些域都忽略了自然信号的非平稳特性,缺乏白适应能力,从而不能够将图像分解得足够稀疏,也就使得CS恢复的效果很差,限制了CS在图像方面的应用。提出了一种基于分离Bregman迭代方法求解协同稀疏模型正则化的图像压缩感知恢复算法,能够在有效地刻画图像的局部平滑性和非局部自相似性的同时,获得更高质量的图像恢复效果。实验证明了本文提出算法的有效性,并且在峰值信噪比PSNR方面,比目前主流最好的算法高1dB。     

Sparse brain network recovery under compressed sensing

Partial correlation is a useful connectivity measure for brain networks, especially, when it is needed to remove the confounding effects in highly correlated networks. Since it is difficult to estimate the exact partial correlation under the small- n large- p situation, a sparseness constraint is generally introduced. In this paper, we consider the sparse linear regression model with a l(1)-norm penalty, also known as the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO), for estimating sparse brain connectivity. LASSO is a well-known decoding algorithm in the compressed sensing (CS). The CS theory states that LASSO can reconstruct the exact sparse signal even from a small set of noisy measurements. We briefly show that the penalized linear regression for partial correlation estimation is related to CS. It opens a new possibility that the proposed framework can be used for a sparse brain network recovery. As an illustration, we construct sparse brain networks of 97 regions of interest (ROIs) obtained from FDG-PET imaging data for the autism spectrum disorder (ASD) children and the pediatric control (PedCon) subjects. As validation, we check the network reproducibilities by leave-one-out cross validation and compare the clustered structures derived from the brain networks of ASD and PedCon.     

The future of the intelligent network

This article examines the role the intelligent network (IN) can play as carriers move to next-generation networks. It discusses possible transition scenarios and examines how the IN could interwork with the Internet and packet-based networks to produce new hybrid services. The article presents a view of a fully converged network, and concludes that IN will continue have a vital role in voice and data services     

Intelligent network evolution issues

The exchange telephone industry has developed a concept of future intelligent network characteristics that is gaining widespread acceptance. The concept is characterized by a service-independent architecture, integrated operations and service management systems, and programmable network entities. The full realization of this vision will require major advancements in the control software and signaling capabilities of existing network elements and operations systems, as well as the development of entirely new systems. Evolutionary strategies are discussed that can move the embedded network toward the ultimate goal and begin to achieve many of the benefits of the future vision in the near term. In particular, an intermediate intelligent network architecture called IN/1+, which could be implemented by 1991, is presented. IN/1+ is focused on circuit-switched capabilities and provides a significant movement toward the intended IN/2 architecture with a reasonable commitment of industry resources     

A Study of the Next Generation Intelligent Networks Interworking with IP Networks

A Study of the Next Generation Intelligent Networks Interworking with IP Networks     

智能网的管理及其与TMN的关系

智能网是８０年代中期出现的一种新型网络，因其能够快速灵活的在网络中引入新业务而得以迅速发展，并成为未来电信网的方向。电网管理网作为现代电信网的有效管理手段，必须对智能网的发展产生巨大影响，而智能网的发展也将使ＴＭＮ的管理功能更加完善。本文将首先介绍智能网的管理要求，然后从网络管理的角度探讨其与ＴＭＮ的相互关系。     

移动智能网系统及其在我国的发展

与移动网的结合是智能网研究的新方向。ＥＴＳＩ提出的ＣＡＭＥＬ方案用来在ＧＳＭ网络中提供智能业务。北京邮电大学程控交换与通信网国家重点实验室在其已成功应用的固定智能网ＣＩＮ０２系统的基础上,参照ＣＡＭＥＬ方案推出了ＣＭＩＮ０２移动智能网系统。现在该系统可提供预付费业务、移动虚拟专用网业务和通用接入码业务。     

Methods of addressing the interactions of intelligent networkservices with embedded switch services

A key factor in the transition of the existing network to an intelligent network (IN) environment is the need to partition the network intelligence and to ensure the coexistence of the embedded switch services with the externally controlled services. If the network intelligence can be defined by entities (e.g. access control and routing, connection control, basic call control, feature control, etc.), then the issue is how to manage their distribution over the evolving network elements (NEs). The authors focus on the early phases of the IN, during a 1991-2 time frame, when these features must interwork with the existing features (e.g. those within the Centrex service). They provide an overview of the features interactions and arbitration policies prevailing in today's network. They then describe the framework for both single- and multinode networked features models. The issues of call control distributed over the NEs of the IN are treated as extensions to the concepts and interfaces needed to provide networked services like areawide Centrex and private virtual networks. A model for offering IN/1+ services is described     

Toward an all-IP-based UMTS system architecture

Looking into the future, two main drivers for the mobile telecommunications market can be identified: third-generation mobile systems (e.g., UMTS) and the Internet (e.g., the introduction of IP technologies like voice/multimedia over IP in mobile networks). UMTS is seen as the enabler of wireless multimedia applications and portability of a personalized service set across network/terminal boundaries, as defined within the virtual home environment (VHE) system concept. In light of these evolutions, this article investigates the impact of the evolution toward an all-IP UMTS network architecture on the UMTS service architecture, which is based on the VHE concept. The article discusses two possible scenarios for supporting VoIP services in the UMTS service architecture and analyzes their applicability in an all-IP-based UMTS network. The first is based on the traditional centralized IN service architecture. The second proposes a new decentralized architecture based on direct control of VoIP call control equipment by open service architecture interfaces     

Intelligent Network Analysis by Closed Queuing Models

With the wide deployment of intelligent network (IN) services, there is an urgent need to understand and solve teletraffic performance issues of the evolving network intelligence platform. This paper discusses a queuing system model for the performance analysis of IN call processing. The intelligent network is presented as a network of queues where the total number of customers (e.g., SSPs) is fixed, thus forming a closed queuing network. The IN distributed architecture is modeled as a finite source queuing model – M/G/1/K/K. The expected response time for that model is analyzed and computed. The numerical results and the corresponding curves are provided and, related to open questions, future work is summarized.     

Optimizing the server utilization in intelligent broadband networks

Intelligent network (IN) architectures are investigated globally as potential candidates for the rapid introduction of advanced multimedia services. The IN concept is based on the introduction of intelligent servers in the network, able to handle complex service requests by cooperating with the signalling system of the network. The design and implementation of the physical entities participating in an IN session is a critical issue as it defines the system performance. In this paper we propose a methodology for modelling the physical and functional entities which is used to capture the performance of IN‐based configurations. We put our emphasis on the processing speed required for the execution of the IN processes in the servers and we present results with reference to the system performance and the mapping of functions to physical entities. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Consideration on common channel signaling evolution for globalintelligent networking

With the evolution of digital networks and intelligent network (IN) capabilities, the role of common channel signaling has become more and more important. In respect to IN, common channel signaling would play a significant role not only inside one network but also over multiple networks. International credit card validation and internetworking for digital mobile services represented by GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) are examples which utilize internetwork signaling capabilities in the framework of the initial-phase IN. Enhanced service providers (ESPs) may access the public network through the common channel signaling interface to make use of the IN capabilities, as is being discussed in terms of ONA (open network architecture) or ONP (open network provision). This paper first identifies various scenarios where internetwork signaling interactions would take place in the framework of IN in the forthcoming era. It then identifies various requirements to cope with these scenarios. It finally discusses the directions for evolution of common channel signaling toward global intelligent networking