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From: Sharon Barkai
Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 11:27 AM
To: 'ops-nm(_at_)ops(_dot_)ietf(_dot_)org';
'nmrg(_at_)ibr(_dot_)cs(_dot_)tu-bs(_dot_)de';
'irtf-smrg(_at_)research(_dot_)nokia(_dot_)com'
Subject: Discussion group for Service Centric Management
Looking to survey interest in standardization participation
of the SCMP protocol. In essence SCMP is an end-to-end horizontal
protocol aimed to support the mapping of connectivity services to
network technologies.
Most customer packets will cross 3-5 networks and 9-15 protocols before
reaching the target ISP/VPN. The SCMP framework aims to discover, allocate,
and monitor the network resources involved, in the context of end-to-end
services. SCMP aims to map services to very-large and very dynamic networks.
SCMP as an extra network based functional tier significantly simplifies the
mapping of work-flow applications to infrastructure. Applications such as
Fault
Management, Inventory Management, and Order Management are better integrated
to the network as a result. SCMP standard based distribution will help in
deploying interoperable and inter-carrier service management.
An overview description of SCMP can be found in:
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-barkai-scmp-00.txt
Parties interested in the subject are welcome to join:
SCMP(_at_)sheernetworks(_dot_)com (subscribe at
SCMP-request(_at_)sheernetworks(_dot_)com)
Kind Regards,
Sharon Barkai