Java Technology for Service Providers

Java Technology

Java Technology for Next Generation Service Providers Network

- JAIN APIs
- OSS through Java Initiative

Java Technology for Service Providers is a Java architecture for software development in end-to-end service driven networks. Industry leaders such as Cygent, dynamicsoft, Fujitsu, Motorola, NEC, Nortel, NTT, Telcordia, Ubiquity and Ulticom have endorsed a Java Specification Request (JSR) under the Java Community Process to define this architectural overview and developer's guide for Java technology solutions for service provider and telecom networks.

The architectural framework leverages Java technology to create a set of open APIs that enable solutions for carriers, network equipment providers, software vendors, and systems integrators in the service provider market.

Java Technology for Service Providers builds upon the JAIN and OSS through Java initiatives which are defining and driving the adoption of APIs in the telecommunications industry. Please refer to http://jcp.org/jsr/detail/136.jsp for further information on the Java Technology for Service Providers JSR.

The Java Technology for Service Providers JSR creates a new, industry-led architectural foundation to expand the development and use of open standards for building intelligent services and delivering them, irrespective of the underlying network type.

Java Technology for Service Providers also includes a compatibility testing and auditing process for implementers of the API specifications. ApTest is the independent third party Certification Lead for the Java Technology for Service Providers Certification Program. The Certification Program provides a compatibility testing and auditing process for APIs that have reached maturity of Final Release. The Certification Program will help foster quality implementations and give end customers confidence that solutions adhere to the API specifications that constitute part of the Java Technology for Service Providers architecture.

Java Technology Creates Developer Opportunities

Demand for the Java programming language and open Java APIs has grown rapidly in the service provider, telecommunications, and network equipment provider markets, driven by the needs for enhanced applications and services, rapid time to market, and investment protection for end customers. By increasing the focus on the opportunities and capabilities of next-generation networks, Java Technology for Service Providers helps to open up a new, multi-billion dollar market space to millions of existing Java and telecom developers with exciting opportunities in wireless data services, broadband and content delivery networks.

The Java Technology for Service Providers architecture will help accelerate innovation with extensible software building blocks and empower service providers, NEPs and telecom developers with powerful, open APIs that add value to their solutions.

Standards-Based APIs Throughout the Network

Java Technology for Service Providers also acts as a developer's guide to the standard APIs that comprise the JAIN and OSS through Java technologies. The JAIN APIs help bring service portability, convergence, and secure network access to telephony and data networks, including APIs for softswitch functionality and call control. The OSS through Java APIs help enable the development of next-generation operations and business support systems (OSS/BSS), such as trouble ticketing, service activation, quality of service and IP billing, through open standard APIs.

Looking ahead, the architectural foundation created by the Java Technology for Service Providers Expert Group will help speed definition, creation, and adoption of new API specifications, reference implementations, and test suites that help enable increasingly intelligent services as well as interoperability and tighter integration between services and networks.

Leveraging the broad adoption of J2EE and J2ME by software developers, device manufacturers and carriers, the Java Technology for Service Provider APIs can connect new and legacy data and application infrastructures with an increasing array of interactive and capable devices, over virtually any network. And through the focus on open access to infrastructure management systems such as billing and customer relationship management, tomorrow's services will also be more manageable.

Independent Testing to Enable Compatibility

A key promise of open standards is compatibility across applications and systems. After more than three years of industry commitment, several APIs in the JAIN community of the Java Technology for Service Providers architecture have achieved sufficient developer adoption to require compatibility testing of compliant solutions. The Java Technology for Service Providers verification mechanism will help ensure consistency among products built on the APIs and make it easier for customers to make informed purchasing decisions.

The Java Technology for Service Provider initiative formalizes this stage of the API lifecycle with an unbiased compatibility testing and auditing program administered by a third-party Certification Lead. The API compatibility testing and auditing program is a critical success factor for enabling multi-vendor compatibility and interoperability, and for ensuring end customer confidence in next-generation network solutions.

Carrier-Grade Innovation in Internet Time

Java Technology for Service Providers incorporates an end-to-end network focus that will help developers, NEPs and service providers to modularize design and focus on their value-adds in developing new solutions and services, making it possible to go to market in Internet time. Moreover, it helps enable developers to meet the needs of the most demanding service providers in the areas of quality of service, availability, scalability, and time-to-service.