TM Forum - Nice 2002

Fine Grain is part of a general convergence between network technology and information technology aimed at distributing intelligence within all the component parts of the network. The project presents an NGOSS-compliant demonstration including both green-field, business and infrastructure re-engineered applications, and integration of commercial-off-the-shelf [COTS] products with diverse technical infrastructures. It also demonstrates creating and modifying policies in real-time, and the response of the network and support systems to policy.

Integration Framework III

In this third phase of the Integration Framework Catalyst project, the team will attempt to address this issue. The project will demonstrate how to deal with a packet network, i.e. GPRS problem, by determining which products and subscribers are affected, and demonstrate how to make intelligent decisions to maximize customer loyalty and minimize the impact on customer service.

NGOSS Infrastructure based Mobile E-Service

This project highlights these requirements and solves the related business problems using NGOSS concepts and infrastructure combined with commercial off the shelf products and innovative new concepts including the tracking of user experience.

Optical Gigabit Ethernet Management Phase 2

In order to make this demonstration easier to replicate in service provider, multi-vendor environments, we will make use of an information bus. Important business functions of a service provider which form a part of customer/subscriber lifecycle (Sale-Provision-Usage-Bill-Retain) such as handling the order, provisioning the service requirements and managing the inventory will also be considered as part of phase 2 of this project.

Plug and Play IP Services Management 2: Mobile Field Service (NGOSS through OSS/J)

The P&P IP Services Management 2 Catalyst project is focused on the demonstration of a plug and play computer application architecture in support of the 2.5 GPRS/3G UMTS infrastructure and fixed leased line IP capable business domain. Specifically, mobile field service processes in a telecommunications environment will be demonstrated using various software packages in an integrated component model

UMTS - IP Interconnect and Content Settlements

The project will address real time (or near real time) information requirements for the provisioning and management of content services. It will also use the results from two previous catalyst projects (the IPDR billing project demonstrated in Nice 2001 and the SLM for IP based and 2.5/3G Wireless Service project demonstrated in Las Vegas 2001) to address issue such customer care, billing and SLA management.