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Learn how open APIs can be used to develop new services to leverage the value of converged Next Generation networks The essential open programming standards and the in-depth analysis spelled out in this book are paramount to converging homogeneous networks, providing a common language for the programmer and the network architect.
List of contents
List of Figures.
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
1. Introduction.
1.1 Sessions and Call Control.
1.2 Programmability and APIs.
1.3 How This Book Is Organized.
1.4 Relevant Industry For a.
1.5 Concluding Remarks.
1.6 To Explore Further.
2. The Telephone Network, Converged Networks, and Programmability.
2.1 Evolution of the PSTN.
2.2 Programmability in AIN and Converged Networks.
2.3 APIs Versus Protocols.
2.4 Motivating Services for API Definitions.
2.5 Running Examples Used in This Book.
2.6 Concluding Remarks.
2.7 To Explore Further.
3. Basic Concepts and Design Issues.
3.1 Introduction.
3.2 Basic Terminology.
3.3 A Simple Model of Call Processing.
3.4 Basic Model of Programmability.
3.5 First- and Third-Party Call Control.
3.6 Call Models and APIs.
3.7 Specification Language.
3.8 Full and Half-Call Models.
3.9 Symmetric and Asymmetric Call Models.
3.10 Network and Application Views of Call Processing.
3.11 Network-Edge and Network-Core APIs.
3.12 API Extensibility.
3.13 Feature Interaction.
3.14 Concluding Remarks.
3.15 To Explore Further.
4. The Advanced Intelligent Network.
4.1 Introduction.
4.2 SS7.
4.3 Core AIN and IN Aspects.
4.4 ITU-T IN Aspects.
4.5 Wireless Intelligent Networks (WIN).
4.6 Customized Applications for Mobile Enhanced Logic (CAMEL).
4.7 AIN Examples.
4.8 Concluding Remarks.
4.9 To Explore Further.
5. The Java Telephony API.
5.1 Introduction.
5.2 JTAPI Basics.
5.3 Basic Call Scenarios.
5.4 The JTAPI Peer and JTAPI Packages.
5.5 JTAPI Examples.
5.6 Distributed JTAPI.
5.7 Concluding Remarks.
5.8 To Explore Further.
6. JAIN Call Control: JCC and JCAT.
6.1 Introduction.
6.2 Background.
6.3 JCC and Signaling Protocols.
6.4 JCC and Application-Level Facilities.
6.5 Call Control in JAIN.
6.6 JCC and JCAT Service Drivers.
6.7 Components of the JCC/JCAT API.
6.8 More About Java Call Control.
6.9 Java Call Control EXTensions.
6.10 JCC Call Flows.
6.11 Running Examples Using JCC and JCAT.
6.12 API and Protocols.
6.13 Relationship of JCC/JCAT to JTAPI and Parlay APIs.
6.14 Concluding Remarks.
6.15 To Explore Further.
7. The Parlay/OSA API.
7.1 Introduction.
7.2 History and Background.
7.3 Parlay Architecture.
7.4 Overview of Parlay APIs.
7.5 Design Patterns and Naming Conventions.
7.6 Call Control APIs.
7.7 Steps in the Early Life of a Parlay Application.
7.8 Steps in the Early Life of a Parlay Service.
7.9 The Usage Session: Multimedia Call Control.
7.10 Running Examples in Parlay.
7.11 Concluding Remarks.
7.12 To Explore Further.
8. Detailed API Design Issues.
8.1 Introduction.
8.2 Synchronous Versus Asynchronous Calls.
8.3 FSM Inheritance Considerations.
8.4 Object Mutability.
8.5 Callbacks and Event Listeners.
8.6 Handling Events.
8.7 Event and Listener Hierarchy.
8.8 Using Interfaces Versus Using Classes.
8.9 Bootstrapping, Factories, and Peers.
8.10 To Explore Further.
9. XML Programmability: PINT, SPIRITS, JAIN SCML, and Parlay X.
9.1 Introduction.
9.2 PINT and SPIRITS.
9.3 Service Creation Markup Language.
9.4 Parlay X Web Services.
9.5 Concluding Remarks.
9.6 To Explore Further.
10. Concluding Remarks and a Look at the Future.
10.1 Problems with Existing APIs.
10.2 A Speculative Look at the Future.
10.3 Concluding Remarks.
Acronyms.
References.
Index.
