The provision mode of the telecommunication service has experienced an evolving process, and showing the developing trend from distributed to centralized, from integrated to separated, and from closed to open. To suit...The provision mode of the telecommunication service has experienced an evolving process, and showing the developing trend from distributed to centralized, from integrated to separated, and from closed to open. To suit this trend, there will be three provision modes as Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) server, Open Service Access (OSA) application server and intelligent network(IN) in Next Generation Network (NGN), provides all kinds of services and applications to the subscribers. With the popularity of broadband access and Internet, the NGN will provide single telecommunication service and act as the important national infrastructure to offer various information services to the subscribers. The service provision mode will be more open, diversified, and individualized.展开更多
The convergence of communication services becomes a focus in the industry along with the requirement for full-service operation and technical development. Service convergence includes two aspects: The convergence of t...The convergence of communication services becomes a focus in the industry along with the requirement for full-service operation and technical development. Service convergence includes two aspects: The convergence of the fixed and mobile networks; and the convergence of traditional communications and Internet services. This requires balancing the conflicts between the openness and operationability of terminal capability and network convergence. Unified authentication and authorization are the basis for service convergence in terms of operationability. Modular network and open terminal are technical solutions for the service convergence.展开更多
To guarantee the Quality of Service (QoS) is one of the key objectives of the next generation network.Based on the introduction of the Next Generation Network(NGN) and the definition of QoS,various aspects of QoS are ...To guarantee the Quality of Service (QoS) is one of the key objectives of the next generation network.Based on the introduction of the Next Generation Network(NGN) and the definition of QoS,various aspects of QoS are analyzed in this article,with emphasis on different approaches and business models.It is noted that QoS concerns the parametric network performance parameters and the application “satisfaction” level.展开更多
The exponential growth of mobile applications and services during the last years has challenged the existing network infrastructures.Consequently,the arrival of multiple management solutions to cope with this explosio...The exponential growth of mobile applications and services during the last years has challenged the existing network infrastructures.Consequently,the arrival of multiple management solutions to cope with this explosion along the end-to-end network chain has increased the complexity in the coordinated orchestration of different segments composing the whole infrastructure.The Zero-touch Network and Service Management(ZSM)concept has recently emerged to automatically orchestrate and manage network resources while assuring the Quality of Experience(QoE)demanded by users.Machine Learning(ML)is one of the key enabling technologies that many ZSM frameworks are adopting to bring intelligent decision making to the network management system.This paper presents a comprehensive survey of the state-of-the-art application of ML-based techniques to improve ZSM performance.To this end,the main related standardization activities and the aligned international projects and research efforts are deeply examined.From this dissection,the skyrocketing growth of the ZSM paradigm can be observed.Concretely,different standardization bodies have already designed reference architectures to set the foundations of novel automatic network management functions and resource orchestration.Aligned with these advances,diverse ML techniques are being currently exploited to build further ZSM developments in different aspects,including multi-tenancy management,traffic monitoring,and architecture coordination,among others.However,different challenges,such as the complexity,scalability,and security of ML mechanisms,are also identified,and future research guidelines are provided to accomplish a firm development of the ZSM ecosystem.展开更多
It is noted that the revolutionary development of technologies,fundamental change of traffic composition,trend of network convergence as well as market opening and competition have become the driving forces to develop...It is noted that the revolutionary development of technologies,fundamental change of traffic composition,trend of network convergence as well as market opening and competition have become the driving forces to develop Next Generation Networks (NGN).After introducing the concepts and characteristics of NGN,the paper details its 5 strategic development directions:evolution to softswitch-based next generation switching network, evolution to next generation mobile communication network represented by 3G,evolution to IPv6-based next generation Internet,evolution to diversified broadband access network,and evolution to next generation transport network based on optical networking.Finally,it briefs the strategic thinking on NGN of China Telecom,the largest fixed network carrier in the world.展开更多
Next Generation Network(NGN)is not a single architecture but a set of architectures with a common set of principles and hence varies by service provider history,target applications and assets.The paper introduces NGN ...Next Generation Network(NGN)is not a single architecture but a set of architectures with a common set of principles and hence varies by service provider history,target applications and assets.The paper introduces NGN functional requirements,NGN services and NGN architectural features.It also discusses why NGN is needed,when NGN is targeted,NGN trends and NGN deployment.It concludes that it is no longer a case whether NGN is needed but rather when and at what speed of the evolution.展开更多
Convergence is the main trend for future network development. The multi-service bearer network,built upon the Internet Protocol/Multi-protocol Label Switching (IP/MPLS) technology,is a converged network with Quality o...Convergence is the main trend for future network development. The multi-service bearer network,built upon the Internet Protocol/Multi-protocol Label Switching (IP/MPLS) technology,is a converged network with Quality of Service (QoS) guarantee for business and enterprise customers. The integrated and unified service provisioning platform (including both service execution and development enviroments) can provide integrated audio,video and data services over multiple access networks. However,achieving network convergence and service convergence are long-term goals,which can only be realized step by step after comprehensive consideration of many factors like market demands,technologies,services and costs.展开更多
The advent of the Next Generation Network (NGN), a new service-driven network, urges the telecom service operators to consider transforming from single-service providers to full-service providers. During the transform...The advent of the Next Generation Network (NGN), a new service-driven network, urges the telecom service operators to consider transforming from single-service providers to full-service providers. During the transformation, they should be concerned about the network user number and the network quality as well as the value added network information. The low threshold for service provision brings a new breed of service providers, which impacts upon the current regulation policy. To adapt to the development of the NGN, it is a necessity to improve the regulation policy in terms of service operators management, user management, Quality of Service (QoS) assurance, service monitoring, charging, and settlement. Meanwhile, regulatory authorities should establish a new body as quickly as possible to meet the trend of the NGN convergence. The new regulatory body would be responsible for regulating operators who will be awarded full-service licenses, and managing new service providers effectively to guarantee the user’s interests.展开更多
Next Generation Network (NGN) has drawn great attention by the researchers and telecommunication industries as the future generation in the communication technologies and services. The interest covers all aspects on N...Next Generation Network (NGN) has drawn great attention by the researchers and telecommunication industries as the future generation in the communication technologies and services. The interest covers all aspects on NGN from the global standards, architecture and services. The management of services provided in the NGN environment has posed great challenges due to the heterogeneity of the service protocols, service requirements and specifications and service functionalities. The research proposes enhancement of the automated service management through embedding the semantic service descriptions that can be referenced to the service ontology for service creation and management into the Next Generation Network, which will become Semantic Next Generation Network (SNGN).展开更多
With the continuous advancement of Intemet technology, Intemet is penetrating to various sectors of the society and every comer of life, which spawned a variety of needs. Therefore. the development of the Interact sho...With the continuous advancement of Intemet technology, Intemet is penetrating to various sectors of the society and every comer of life, which spawned a variety of needs. Therefore. the development of the Interact should ahvays meet the needs of customers. How the next generation of the lntemet will develop？ How the technology will get the breakthrough？ How to use MPLS technology to make the transition of the lntemet more practical and more scientific？ And so on. These questions need network technical staff give full play of the technical expertise to promote Interact technology＇ continues moving forward. This paper first introduces MPLS technology, and then analyzes the overall architecture of the next generation Interact and the service quality required by the next generation lntemet, and at last study how to make the MPLS-based transition technology of next-generation more perfect.展开更多
We present a directed graph-based method for distribution network reconfiguration considering distributed generation. Two reconfiguration situations are considered: operation mode adjustment with the objective of mini...We present a directed graph-based method for distribution network reconfiguration considering distributed generation. Two reconfiguration situations are considered: operation mode adjustment with the objective of minimizing active power loss(situation Ⅰ) and service restoration with the objective of maximizing loads restored(situation Ⅱ). These two situations are modeled as a mixed integer quadratic programming problem and a mixed integer linear programming problem, respectively. The properties of the distribution network with distributed generation considered are reflected as the structure model and the constraints described by directed graph. More specifically, the concepts of "in-degree" and "out-degree"are presented to ensure the radial structure of the distribution network, and the concepts of "virtual node" and"virtual demand" are developed to ensure the connectivity of charged nodes in every independent power supply area.The validity and effectiveness of the proposed method are verified by test results of an IEEE 33-bus system and a 5-feeder system.展开更多
文摘The provision mode of the telecommunication service has experienced an evolving process, and showing the developing trend from distributed to centralized, from integrated to separated, and from closed to open. To suit this trend, there will be three provision modes as Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) server, Open Service Access (OSA) application server and intelligent network(IN) in Next Generation Network (NGN), provides all kinds of services and applications to the subscribers. With the popularity of broadband access and Internet, the NGN will provide single telecommunication service and act as the important national infrastructure to offer various information services to the subscribers. The service provision mode will be more open, diversified, and individualized.
文摘The convergence of communication services becomes a focus in the industry along with the requirement for full-service operation and technical development. Service convergence includes two aspects: The convergence of the fixed and mobile networks; and the convergence of traditional communications and Internet services. This requires balancing the conflicts between the openness and operationability of terminal capability and network convergence. Unified authentication and authorization are the basis for service convergence in terms of operationability. Modular network and open terminal are technical solutions for the service convergence.
文摘To guarantee the Quality of Service (QoS) is one of the key objectives of the next generation network.Based on the introduction of the Next Generation Network(NGN) and the definition of QoS,various aspects of QoS are analyzed in this article,with emphasis on different approaches and business models.It is noted that QoS concerns the parametric network performance parameters and the application “satisfaction” level.
基金This work has been supported by Fundación Séneca-Agencia de Ciencia y Tecnología de la Región de Murcia-under the FPI Grant 21429/FPI/20,and co-funded by Odin Solutions S.L.,Región de Murcia(Spain)the Spanish Ministry of Science,Innovation and Universities,under the projects ONOFRE 3(Grant No.PID2020-112675RB-C44)+1 种基金5GHuerta(Grant No.EQC2019-006364-P)both with ERDF fundsthe European Commission,under the INSPIRE-5Gplus(Grant No.871808)project.
文摘The exponential growth of mobile applications and services during the last years has challenged the existing network infrastructures.Consequently,the arrival of multiple management solutions to cope with this explosion along the end-to-end network chain has increased the complexity in the coordinated orchestration of different segments composing the whole infrastructure.The Zero-touch Network and Service Management(ZSM)concept has recently emerged to automatically orchestrate and manage network resources while assuring the Quality of Experience(QoE)demanded by users.Machine Learning(ML)is one of the key enabling technologies that many ZSM frameworks are adopting to bring intelligent decision making to the network management system.This paper presents a comprehensive survey of the state-of-the-art application of ML-based techniques to improve ZSM performance.To this end,the main related standardization activities and the aligned international projects and research efforts are deeply examined.From this dissection,the skyrocketing growth of the ZSM paradigm can be observed.Concretely,different standardization bodies have already designed reference architectures to set the foundations of novel automatic network management functions and resource orchestration.Aligned with these advances,diverse ML techniques are being currently exploited to build further ZSM developments in different aspects,including multi-tenancy management,traffic monitoring,and architecture coordination,among others.However,different challenges,such as the complexity,scalability,and security of ML mechanisms,are also identified,and future research guidelines are provided to accomplish a firm development of the ZSM ecosystem.
文摘It is noted that the revolutionary development of technologies,fundamental change of traffic composition,trend of network convergence as well as market opening and competition have become the driving forces to develop Next Generation Networks (NGN).After introducing the concepts and characteristics of NGN,the paper details its 5 strategic development directions:evolution to softswitch-based next generation switching network, evolution to next generation mobile communication network represented by 3G,evolution to IPv6-based next generation Internet,evolution to diversified broadband access network,and evolution to next generation transport network based on optical networking.Finally,it briefs the strategic thinking on NGN of China Telecom,the largest fixed network carrier in the world.
文摘Next Generation Network(NGN)is not a single architecture but a set of architectures with a common set of principles and hence varies by service provider history,target applications and assets.The paper introduces NGN functional requirements,NGN services and NGN architectural features.It also discusses why NGN is needed,when NGN is targeted,NGN trends and NGN deployment.It concludes that it is no longer a case whether NGN is needed but rather when and at what speed of the evolution.
文摘Convergence is the main trend for future network development. The multi-service bearer network,built upon the Internet Protocol/Multi-protocol Label Switching (IP/MPLS) technology,is a converged network with Quality of Service (QoS) guarantee for business and enterprise customers. The integrated and unified service provisioning platform (including both service execution and development enviroments) can provide integrated audio,video and data services over multiple access networks. However,achieving network convergence and service convergence are long-term goals,which can only be realized step by step after comprehensive consideration of many factors like market demands,technologies,services and costs.
文摘The advent of the Next Generation Network (NGN), a new service-driven network, urges the telecom service operators to consider transforming from single-service providers to full-service providers. During the transformation, they should be concerned about the network user number and the network quality as well as the value added network information. The low threshold for service provision brings a new breed of service providers, which impacts upon the current regulation policy. To adapt to the development of the NGN, it is a necessity to improve the regulation policy in terms of service operators management, user management, Quality of Service (QoS) assurance, service monitoring, charging, and settlement. Meanwhile, regulatory authorities should establish a new body as quickly as possible to meet the trend of the NGN convergence. The new regulatory body would be responsible for regulating operators who will be awarded full-service licenses, and managing new service providers effectively to guarantee the user’s interests.
文摘Next Generation Network (NGN) has drawn great attention by the researchers and telecommunication industries as the future generation in the communication technologies and services. The interest covers all aspects on NGN from the global standards, architecture and services. The management of services provided in the NGN environment has posed great challenges due to the heterogeneity of the service protocols, service requirements and specifications and service functionalities. The research proposes enhancement of the automated service management through embedding the semantic service descriptions that can be referenced to the service ontology for service creation and management into the Next Generation Network, which will become Semantic Next Generation Network (SNGN).
文摘With the continuous advancement of Intemet technology, Intemet is penetrating to various sectors of the society and every comer of life, which spawned a variety of needs. Therefore. the development of the Interact should ahvays meet the needs of customers. How the next generation of the lntemet will develop？ How the technology will get the breakthrough？ How to use MPLS technology to make the transition of the lntemet more practical and more scientific？ And so on. These questions need network technical staff give full play of the technical expertise to promote Interact technology＇ continues moving forward. This paper first introduces MPLS technology, and then analyzes the overall architecture of the next generation Interact and the service quality required by the next generation lntemet, and at last study how to make the MPLS-based transition technology of next-generation more perfect.
基金supported by the National Science and Technology Support Program of China (No. 2013BAA01B02)
文摘We present a directed graph-based method for distribution network reconfiguration considering distributed generation. Two reconfiguration situations are considered: operation mode adjustment with the objective of minimizing active power loss(situation Ⅰ) and service restoration with the objective of maximizing loads restored(situation Ⅱ). These two situations are modeled as a mixed integer quadratic programming problem and a mixed integer linear programming problem, respectively. The properties of the distribution network with distributed generation considered are reflected as the structure model and the constraints described by directed graph. More specifically, the concepts of "in-degree" and "out-degree"are presented to ensure the radial structure of the distribution network, and the concepts of "virtual node" and"virtual demand" are developed to ensure the connectivity of charged nodes in every independent power supply area.The validity and effectiveness of the proposed method are verified by test results of an IEEE 33-bus system and a 5-feeder system.
