Table of Contents:

Definition and Overview

1. Driving Forces behind the Intelligent Network

2. Overview of the Intelligent Network Architecture

3. Capability Sets: Standards for Intelligent Networks

4. Future Trends for IN

Self-Test

Glossary

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ASE
application service element

ASN.1
abstract syntax notation 1

BCP
basic call process

CAMEL
customized applications for mobile network enhanced logic

CCAF
call control agent function

CCF
call control function

CS
capability set

CUSF
call unrelated service function

ETSI
European Telecommunications Standards Institute

GSM
global system for mobile communications

IN
intelligent network

INAP
intelligent network application protocol

INCM
IN conceptual model

IP
intelligent peripheral

ITU–T
International Telecommunications Union–Telecommunications Standardization Sector

MTP
message transfer part

OSI
open systems interconnection

SCCP
signaling connection control part

SCE
service creation environment

SCEF
service creation environment function

SCEP
service creation environment point

SCF
service control function

SCP
service control point

SCUAF
service control user agent function

SDF
service data function

SDP
service data point

SIB
service independent building block

SMAF
service management access function

SMF
service management function

SMP
service management point

SRF
specialized resource function

SS7
signaling system 7

SSF
service switching function

SSP
service switching point

STP
signaling transfer point

TCAP
transaction capabilities application part

TINA
telecommunications information networking architecture

TMN
telecommunications management network

UMTS
universal mobile telecommunications system