| 摘要 |
A service provisioning and activation method and system for telecommunications networks. The system operates in between a business support system (400) and a plurality of network elements (480) and comprises a service repository (450) containing service configuration data. The system comprises also an order management component (410), which includes a generic logic (412) for service provisioning and activation operations, and an operation specific functionalities module (414) comprising operation specific functionalities capable of using data from the service repository (450). The order management component (410) receives a requests from the business support system (400) and processes it according to the generic logic (412) calling the operation specific functionalities in the operation specific functionalities module (414). By means of this configuration, the system can perform a request-specific series of operations based on the received request and the data from the service repository, without the need of programming individual workflows for each different service activation, deactivation and modification situation possible in the telecommunications network. |
| 主权项 |
1. A service provisioning and activation system in a first computer system associated with a telecommunications network, comprising:
a service repository in the first computer system for storing service configuration data, which comprises data on telecommunications products or services provided by the telecommunications network, an operation specific functionalities module comprising operation specific functionalities capable of using data from the service repository of the first computer system, and an order management component comprising a generic logic for service provisioning and activation operations, the order management component being operative to receive a provisioning or activation request from a business support system and process the received request according to the generic logic, the generic logic being further operative to call the operation specific functionalities in the operation specific functionalities module in order to perform a request-specific series of operations based on the received request and the data from the service repository. wherein the order management component and the service repository are adapted to decompose the provisioning or activation request from the business support system and to convert the request into corresponding changes in technical services, and the service provisioning and activation system further comprises: an activation component adapted to execute the changes in the technical services into the telecommunications network and into a plurality of network elements of the telecommunications network, wherein the activation component includes a capability repository adapted to convert the changes in the technical services into at least one message in an internal message format, and in an opposite direction, and to provide an abstraction from the messages in the internal message format into a technical services format, which is human understandable and manageable, and the activation component includes network element interface modules adapted to convert the messages in the internal message format into telecommunications network element specific commands or messages. |
