The Operations Support Systems 2000–2001 Comprehensive Report

Format: Softcover, 388 pages
ISBN: 0-933217-88-9
Price: $495

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FEATURES

• Discusses the implications of IP on OSS
• Addresses the keys to open-system integration through a discussion of current business drivers
• Explores the OSS requirements for effective network interfacing and interoperability
• Examines what service providers should look for when evaluating an OSS, how OSSs should be designed, and how OSSs should interact
• Takes a look at the future of OSS
• Considers what should be done to make OSS a differentiating, killer application
• Analyzes the OSS integration issues that service providers are currently facing
• Explores the unique OSS challenges that confront competitive local-exchange carriers (CLEC)
• Examines network topologies and offers examples of OSS and business support system (BSS) network architectures in the IP–telephony space

QUESTIONS ANSWERED

• What are the challenges involved in network-management systems and in the creation of a user interface for such systems?
• How are services designed and introduced into the marketplace, and how do they influence OSSs?
• What are the next steps in achieving integrated management for multiple-vendor, multiple-technology transport networks?
• What are the key components of service management upon which carriers need to focus?
• What are some of the hurdles facing mediation within intelligent networks (IN)?
• Where is the industry moving in terms of next-generation OSSs?
• What are the specific challenges that providers face in trying to deliver a high standard of IP–virtual private network (VPN) quality of service (QoS)?
• How can companies keep up with new products and markets while at the same time launching new business?
• What changes should be made to OSS architectures in entering the real-time world?
• In what ways will next-generation technologies modify the OSS landscape?
• What are the trends that have been pushing the need for decision support systems in the telecommunications industry?
• What impacts have recent regulatory changes had on the providers of OSSs and their customers?
• How are business costs affecting the development of OSS features?
• How can communications service providers capitalize on the customer-focused data available through new business channels—primarily the Internet?
• What are some of the best solutions for BSS and OSS interaction?