 94-96, 119 Vertical specialization, 22-24, 70 Vertical strategy, 40, 74 TD-SCDMA, 59 Technology, 1-3, 5, 6, 11, 14, 15, 18-20, 22, 25, 27, 28, 30, 33, 37, 40, 49, 50, 55, 56, Whole product, in the software market, 20 Broadband Infrastructure The Ultimate Guide to Building and Delivering OSS/BSS from BusinessEdge Solutions Broadband Infrastructure The Ultimate Guide to Building and Delivering OSS/BSS from BusinessEdge Solutions Authors: Shailendra Jain Mark Hayward Sharad Kumar Springer Science+Business Media, LLC Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Jain, Shailendra K. (Shailendra Kumar), 1943- Broadband infrastructure: the ultimate guide to building and delivering OSS/BSS from BusinessEdge Solutions / authors, Shailendra Jain, Mark Hayward, Sharad Kumar. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-4613-4859-7 ISBN 978-1-4419-9252-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-9252-9 1. Internet service providers. 2. Broadband communication systems. I. Hayward, Mark, 1965- II. Kumar, Sharad. III. Title. HE7581.J35 2003 384.3'3--dc21 2003044703 Copyright © 2001, 2003 Springer Science+Business Media New York Originally published by Kluwer Academic Publishers in 2003 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2003 Printed on acid-free paper. Broadband Infrastructure The Ultimate Guide to Building and Delivering OSS/BSS Table of Contents Foreword Chapter 1 - Introduction to IICs and OSS 1. OSS' Role What are Some of These "Expectations?" 2. What is an Internet Infrastructure Company (IIC)? 3. IIC Business Models 3.1 Dependent on OSS and One Another 4. What is an OSS? Chapter 2 - A Detailed Look at OSS 1. OSS Functionality A Little History Order Entry Service Validation Product Catalog Service Reservation Order Types Order Management Order Decomposition Workflow Management "Design and Assign" Communication with Trading Partners Interconnect Gateways Gateway Components Handling USOC Codes Network Inventory Inventory Management and Auto-Discovery The Ultimate Guide to Building and Delivering OS