{"product_id":"service-provision-9780470850664","title":"Service Provision","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book provides the first overview of the service technologies available to telecoms operators working in a post-convergence world. Previous books have focused either on computer networks or on telecoms networks. This is the first to bring the two together and provide a single reference source for information that is currently only to be found in disparate journals, tool specifications and standards documents.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn order to provide such broad coverage of the topic in a structured and logical fashion, the book is divided into 3 parts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe first part looks at the underlying network support for services and aims to explain the technology that makes the user-visible services possible. This section covers multimedia networking, both traditional (legacy) and future (softswitch) call processing, intelligent networks, the Internet, and Wireless networks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart 2 deals with how these services may be analysed and managed. Chapters cover topics such as commercial issues, s\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Contributors.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePART I: NETWORK SUPPORT FOR SERVICE.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Introduction and Context (Kenneth J. Turner, Evan H. Magill and David J. Marples).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 Communications Services.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 Network Support for Services.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 Building and Analyzing Services.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4 The Future of Services.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Multimedia Technology in a Telecommunications Setting (Alistair McBain).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 Definition of Multimedia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Market Drivers for Multimedia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Standards for Multimedia Services.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 Multimedia Services and their Constituent Media Components.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5 Interworking between Multimedia and Traditional Voice.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.6 Terminal Equipment and User Interfaces.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.7 The Future.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Call Processing (Graham M. Clark and Wayne Cutler).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 The Beginnings of Call Processing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 Key Attributes of Call Processing Systems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 Switch Architectures and Call Models.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 Switch-Based Services.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 . 5 Call Processing for Intelligent Networks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6 Softswitches.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.7 Future.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Advanced Intelligent Networks (Robert Pinheiro and Simon Tsang).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 History of the Intelligent Network (IN\/AIN).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 Intelligent Network Architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 Components of IN Service Delivery.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 Intelligent Network Services.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5 Assessment of Intelligent Networks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.6 Future of Intelligent Networks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Basic Internet Technology in Support of Communication Services (Marcus Brunner).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 Transport Service Quality in the Internet.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 Internet Telephony.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 Directory-Enabled Networks (DEN).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5 Open Services Gateway Initiative.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.6 Active Networks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.7 Conclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Wireless Technology (James M. Irvine).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 Cellular Systems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 Private Mobile Radio.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4 Broadcast.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.5 Local wireless.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.6 The Future of Wireless.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePART II: BUILDING AND ANALYZING SERVICES.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Service Management and Quality of Service (Pierre C. Johnson).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 Overview.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 What is Service Management?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 Service Level Agreements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4 Quality of Service.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5 Further Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Securing Communication Systems (Erich S. Morisse).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 Cryptosystems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 Authentication.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4 Access Control.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5 Security in Practice – Digital Cash.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.6 Future.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.7 Further Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Service Creation (Munir Cochinwala, Chris Lott, Hyong Sop Shim and John R. Wullert II).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1 Overview.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2 Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3 Services in the Public Switched Telephone Network.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4 Internet-Based Data and Communication Services.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5 Integrated Services.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.6 Service Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.7 Conclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.10 Further Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Service Architectures (Gordan S. Blair and Geoff Coulson).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1 Introduction and Motivation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2 Early Developments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3 Current Architectures.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4 Applying the Technologies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.5 Meeting Future Challenges.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.6 Conclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Service Capability APIs (John-Luc Bakker and Farooq Anjum).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.1 Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2 Telecommunications Information Network Architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3 Java APIs for The Integrated Network.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.4 The Parlay APIs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.5 X Web Services.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.6 Conclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.7 Further Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Formal Methods for Services (Kenneth J. Turner).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.1 What is a Formal Method?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2 Classification of Formal Methods.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3 Formal Methods for Communications Services.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.4 Formal Methods for Telecommunications Services.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.5 Evaluation of Formal Methods for Services.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Feature Interaction: Old Hat or Deadly New Manace (Evan H. Magill)?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.1 Overview.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.2 Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.3 Feature Interaction in POTS.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.4 Response of the Communications Community.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.5 Regulatory Changes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.6 Technological Changes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.7 Future Services, Old Interactions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.8 Future Services, Future Interactions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.9 Future Services, More Complex Interactions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.10 New Challenges, New Opportunities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.11 Summary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePART III: THE FUTURE OF SERVICES.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Advances in Services (James T. Smith).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.1 Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.2 Service Convergence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.3 Context: Putting Communications in Perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.4 Context: The next Killer Service Feature.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.5 Sharing Service Context.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.6 SIP: The Oil that makes Context Flow.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.7 Discovering Service Context.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.8 The New Converged Home Network.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.9 Conclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. Evolving Service Technology (Peter Martin and Stephen Corley).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.1 Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.2 Software Agents.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.3 Constraints Satisfaction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.4 Artificial Neural Networks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.5 Genetic Programming for Service Creation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.6 Conclusions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.7 Further Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. Prospects (David J. Marples, Kenneth J. Turner and Evan H. Magill).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.1 Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.2 Technical Challenges.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.3 Service Environments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.4 Market Changes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.5 Commercial Changes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.6 And Finally…\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 1. Abbreviations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 2. Glossary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 3. Websites.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49525393523031,"sku":"9780470850664","price":97.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780470850664.jpg?v=1731860344","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/service-provision-9780470850664","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}