 persistence services, 179 workflow management, 52 PHY, 265 provisioning, 49, 68, 70, 78, 79 physical configuration, 137 accurate, 135 physical connectivity, 136 API, 75 physical infrastructure, 139 automated, 77 physical layer, 55 automation, 52 physical network, 134 commands, 80 physical network inventory, 144 customer self-provisioning, 70 physical resources, 147 customizing capabilities, 70 physical view, 140 domain-specific, 70 planned capacity, 136 efficient, 135 platform, 155 flow-through, 70 platform independence, 136 scheduling activities, 71 plug-and-play, 142 template-based, 71 Policy-Based Management, 12 zero-touch, 77 provisioning framework, 68, 70, 71 breakdown, 203 Provisioning Framework Architecture, 69 breakdown template, 203 provisioning support, 52 hierarchy, 203 provisioning tasks, 50 inheritance, 201 provisioning template, 74 range, 203 Provisioning xDSL, 63 TL1, 210 proxy tree structure, 201 JMX agent, 227 port parameter, 200 proxy API port template, 201 purposes, 186 prepared statement, 180 PSTN, 63 primary server, 175 PVC, 278 proactive management, 99 product architecture, 158 QoS, 251 product domain, 88 parameters, 255 product lifecycle management, 126 QoS alarm, 252 productivity, 134, 135 QoS constraint, 77 programming language independence, 136 QoS data, 55 Index QoS management, 66 SDH ring, 201 QoS metric, 56 SDH technology BER, 56 advantages, 13 packet loss, 56 security, 173, 269 Quality of Service, 251 Security administration, 17 security and auditing, 153 radio access network, 98 security management, 66 RAN. See radio access network agents, 269 RDBMS, 69, 78, 160, 179, 208, 214 segmentation and reassembly, 264 resource pool, 179 self-management, 67 reactive management, 99 self-provisioning, 53, 66, 67, 70 read only, 177 GMPLS, 57 real-time protocol, 258 IPv6, 57 real-time service, 66 self-service provisioning, 59 real-time service control, 57,58,59 server framework, 175 re-branding, 156 services, 175 redlining, 135 service, 124 remote method invokation, 181 modelling, 93 reporting, 