AIN Surveillance And Testing System Structure And Functions

Abstract

When expanding advanced intelligent network (AIN) services, it is necessary to co-operate closely with operations systems (OpSs) to maintain customer-defined services and to provide a high quality network for customers. Examples of service operation are AIN service order for AIN service node systems (such as NSP), and connection testing of specific AIN services. It is important to establish an AIN OpS which accomplishes totalized OAM functions and aims at efficient connection among NSP, NSSP and OpSs. This paper describes AIN fault operations system structure and its functiogs such as AIN surveillance and NW-wide testing. When new AIN services or new AIN operations methods are introduced, the AIN fault operations system has to be readily adapted to them. The principle functions are based upon operations scenarios which describe operations execution orders and necessary operations data. Also described are requirements for AIN operation, and an operation scenarios execution environment needed to satisfy the requirements. This AIN fault operations system structure and functions are of great advantage to AIN operations flow-through automation, prevention of operations data translation errors and flexible expansion of AIN operations ability.