System and method for total telecommunications service commissioning

• US 6,324,275 B1
• Filed: 05/22/1997
• Issued: 11/27/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Alcatel USA Sourcing L.P. (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Alcatel USA Sourcing L.P. (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Peterson, Mark A., Yagel, Scott M., Ward, Ronald L., Korman, Nancy M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hong, Harry S.
• Application Number:
  US08/861,498
• Time in Patent Office: 1,650 Days
• Field of Search: 364/468.05, 379/201, 379/207, 379/230, 379/269, 379/201.01, 379/201.02, 379/201.03, 379/201.05, 379/201.12, 379/207.02, 379/221.08, 379/221.09, 379/221.1, 379/221.11, 379/221.12, 395/182.02, 395/200.35, 395/500, 395/527, 395/680, 395/683, 700/99, 703/23, 703/24, 703/26, 703/27, 709/104, 709/310, 709/315
• US Class Current: 379/201.03
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0213 Standardised network management protocols, e.g. simple network management protocol [SNMP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0233 Object-oriented techniques, for representation of network management data, e.g. common object request broker architecture [CORBA]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5029 Service quality level-based billing, e.g. dependent on measured service level customer is charged more or less
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5054 Automatic deployment of services triggered by the service manager, e.g. service implementation by automatic configuration of network components
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5064 Customer relationship management
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/135 Service creation
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13503 object-oriented systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13505 management information base [MIB]
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13517 SLEE - service logic execution
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13535 distributed systems - also domains in service creation
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/0058 using service-independent building blocks (SIBBs) or "primitives"
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/0062 Provisions for network management
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/0095 Specification, development or application of network management software, e.g. software re-use

Abstract

A system and method (10) for commissioning telecommunications services includes an SLP toolkit (13) for building a service logic program (15), and an SPM toolkit (19) for building a service management program (21), where the service management program (21) implements a support service for the service logic program (15). A distribution network node (16) is used to receive and distribute the service logic program (15) and service management program (21) to a service logic execution environment (20, 92) residing in a telecommunications network node (30, 32, 34, 36, 50) for executing the service logic program (15), and to a management logic execution environment (22, 86, 94, 102) for executing the service management program (21).

Claims

1. A system for commissioning telecommunications services, comprising:

an SLP toolkit for building a service logic program;

an SMP toolkit for building a service management program, the service management program implementing a support service for the service logic program;

a distribution network node for receiving and distributing the service logic program and service management program;

a service logic execution environment, residing in a telecommunications network node, for receiving and executing the service logic program; and

a management logic execution environment for receiving and executing the service management program.

2. The system, as set forth in claim 1, further comprising a packaging tool for packaging the service logic program and service management program into a service definition package for transmission to the distribution network node.

3. The system, as set forth in claim 2, further comprising a deployment tool for downloading the service definition package to the distribution network node.

4. The system, as set forth in claim 1, further comprising a deployment tool for downloading the service logic program and service management program to the distribution network node.

5. The system, as set forth in claim 1, wherein the service logic program comprises a database schema defining a database structure for data to be operated on by the service logic program in the service logic execution environment.

6. The system, as set forth in claim 1, wherein the distribution network node is a service management system.

7. The system, as set forth in claim 1, wherein the service logic execution environment comprises a service logic interpreter for interpreting the service logic program.

8. The system, as set forth in claim 1, wherein the service logic execution environment resides in a service control point.

9. The system, as set forth in claim 1, wherein the service logic execution environment resides in a signal transfer point.

10. The system, as set forth in claim 1, wherein the service logic execution environment resides in a service switching point.

11. The system, as set forth in claim 1, wherein the service logic execution environment resides in an intelligent peripheral.

12. The system, as set forth in claim 1, wherein the SLP and SMP toolkits reside in a service creation environment.

13. The system, as set forth in claim 1, wherein the service management program comprises a billing template.

14. The system, as set forth in claim 1, wherein the service management program comprises a call detailed record template.

15. The system, as set forth in claim 1, wherein the service management program comprises network management data.

16. The system, as set forth in claim 1, wherein the service management program comprises network node performance metrics.

17. The system, as set forth in claim 1, wherein the service management program comprises customer support data.

18. The system, as set forth in claim 1, wherein the service management program comprises marketing sales information.

19. The system, as set forth in claim 1, wherein the service management program comprises customer information, subscription data, and service documentation.

20. The system, as set forth in claim 1, wherein the service logic program comprises a database schema for organizing data operated on by the service logic program in the service logic execution environment.

21. The system, as set forth in claim 1, wherein the service logic program comprises service provisioning scripts.

22. A method for commissioning telecommunications services, comprising:

building a service logic program;

building a service management program, the service management program implementing a support service for the service logic program;

distributing the service logic program and service management programs to at least one service logic execution environment, residing in a telecommunications network node, and to at least one management logic execution environment;

executing the service logic program to implement a new service; and

executing the service management program to support the new service.

23. The method, as set forth in claim 22, further comprising the step of packaging the service logic program and service management program into a service definition package for distribution.

24. The method, as set forth in claim 23, further comprising the step of downloading the service definition package to a distribution network node for distribution to the service logic execution environment and management logic execution environment.

25. The method, as set forth in claim 22, wherein the step for building a service logic program comprises the step of specifying a database schema defining a database structure for data to be operated on by the service logic program in the service logic execution environment.

26. The method, as set forth in claim 22, wherein the distribution step comprises the step of distributing the service logic program and service management program to a service management system in the telecommunications network.

27. The method, as set forth in claim 22, further comprising the step of interpreting the service logic program prior to execution in the service logic execution environment.

28. The method, as set forth in claim 22, wherein the step of distributing the service logic program comprises the step of distributing the service logic program to a service logic execution environment residing in a service control point.

29. The method, as set forth in claim 22, wherein the step of distributing the service logic program comprises the step of distributing the service logic program to a service logic execution environment residing in a service transfer point.

30. The method, as set forth in claim 22, wherein the step of distributing the service logic program comprises the step of distributing the service logic program to a service logic execution environment residing in a service switching point.

31. The method, as set forth in claim 22, wherein the step of distributing the service logic program comprises the step of distributing the service logic program to a service logic execution environment residing in an intelligent peripheral.

32. The method, as set forth in claim 22, wherein the step of building the service management program comprises the step of using a billing template.

33. The method, as set forth in claim 22, wherein the step of building the service management program comprises the step of using a call detailed record template.

34. The method, as set forth in claim 22, wherein the step of building the service management program comprises the step of specifying network management data.

35. The method, as set forth in claim 22, wherein the step of building the service management program comprises the step of specifying network node performance metrics.

36. The method, as set forth in claim 22, wherein the step of building the service management program comprises the step of specifying customer support data.

37. The method, as set forth in claim 22, wherein the step of building the service management program comprises the step of specifying marketing sales information.

38. The method, as set forth in claim 22, wherein the step of building the service management program comprises the step of specifying customer information, subscription data, and service documentation.