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Switching and Intelligent Networks

The document introduces intelligent networks, which separate the software controlling basic switch functionality from software controlling call progression. This allows for more advanced features to be rapidly introduced and enables the introduction of advanced customer-oriented services rapidly and cost-effectively. Intelligent networks involve removing service data from switches to a centralized database and separating service logic from switches by placing it in an independent intelligent node called a service control point. This framework provides standardized creation and management of services across multiple vendors.

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Switching and Intelligent Networks

The document introduces intelligent networks, which separate the software controlling basic switch functionality from software controlling call progression. This allows for more advanced features to be rapidly introduced and enables the introduction of advanced customer-oriented services rapidly and cost-effectively. Intelligent networks involve removing service data from switches to a centralized database and separating service logic from switches by placing it in an independent intelligent node called a service control point. This framework provides standardized creation and management of services across multiple vendors.

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Switching and Intelligent

Networks
Intelligent Networks Introduction
AAU, AAiT
27 April, 2020
Addis Ababa University
Semister 1, 2016/17

5th year, Communication Stream


Semester II, 2016/17 1
Introduction to Intelligent Network
 Continuous desire to:
 share data
 distribute application processing among network elements
 use more sophisticated telecommunications services.
 e.g. VAS

Evolution of new networking architecture

 Intelligent Networks – an evolved architecture which


 separates the software that controls basic switch functionality, such as setting up
switch paths, from the software that controls call progression to allow more
advanced features to be rapidly introduced.
 enables introduction of advanced customer orientated services rapidly and cost
effectively. Addis Ababa University
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Basic Switching
 In the traditional Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS), the switching systems:
 perform the basic call processing
 consists of a hierarchy of switches, e.g. a local exchange level, an intermediate
exchange level and a transit exchange level, as shown in figure below

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Basic Switching
 If the switch based services are situated at the transient (top) level:
 a large overhead for their use because of the number of switches and related trunks
that need to be accessed in order to use a service.
 services have been 'migrating' to lower levels of the hierarchy, reducing
the overhead for service use.

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Basic Switching -- Issues
 Having the services located in the switches complicates service maintenance
and addition, especially as the number of services contained in each switch
increases.
 the addition of new services occurs very rarely.
not feasible for customers to request specific services to suit their
business needs

 Traditionally, a single company runs an exchange and all of the services it


offers.
 No competitive market for service provision
Lack of competition leads to lack of innovation

 A new telecom architecture which solves these problems needed


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 Intelligent Networks

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Intelligent Network Basics
 Changes needed:
 Increase Service Velocity: enable the rapid introduction of new services with direct
responsiveness to customer needs.
 Broaden The Range of Services: go beyond traditional voice and data bearer
services to include information services, broadband and multimedia.
 Enable a Multivendor Competitive Environment: ensure services will work
correctly and consistently on any vendor's equipment.
 Evolve from Existing Networks: must interwork with and evolve from existing
networks since completely replacing existing networks would be far to disruptive and
time consuming..

 First Step: remove the service data from the switching network
locate it in a centralized database accessible to all the switching nodes

 Next Step: separate the service logic from the switch


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put it into an independent node, called an 'intelligent node'.

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Intelligent Network Basics
 Real time connection is needed between:
 the network nodes, known as 'service switching points' (SSPs) and
 the intelligent node, known as the 'service control points' (SCPs) as shown below

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Intelligent Network Benefits
 provides a complete framework for the uniform creation, provision and
management of advanced telecommunication services
 enables the set of services to be extended, giving users a wider choice i.e. it
defines an open set of services
 extensive use of information processing techniques
 efficient use of network resources
 integrated service creation and implementation by means of reusable
standard network functions
 flexible allocation of network functions to physical entities
 portability of network functions among physical entities
 standardized communication between network functions via service
independent interfaces
 customer control over their specific service attributes

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standardized management of service logic
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