Foreword

Introduction

1Scope

2Normative references

3Terms and definitions

4Abbreviations and acronyms

5Overview

6Problem Statement

6.1General problems

6.2Scalability

6.3Dynamics

6.4Security

7Requirements of service composition for the FN

7.1General requirements

7.2Specific requirements

Annex ARelated standardization and research activities (informative)

A.1IEEE P1903 (NGSON)

A.2TMF Service Delivery Framework

A.3ITU-T NGN SIDE

A.4ATIS SON Forum

A.5Related research activities

A.5.1Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) paradigm

A.5.2Service Oriented Network Architecture (SONATE)

A.5.34WARD

A.5.4Web Service Composition

A.5.5Service Composition Approaches

A.5.5.1User Defined/Manual approaches

A.5.5.2Template-based and instance-based approaches

A.5.5.3Declarative approach

A.5.5.4AI Planning

A.5.5.5Ontology based

A.5.5.6Generating Process Templates using Process Mining technologies

Annex BTechnical aspects of service composition in FN (informative)

B.1A common protocol for supporting service composition

B.2Service Composition approaches

B.3Composing network functionality

B.4Composition scope and service granularity

B.5Place for composition

B.6Composition execution epochs

B.7An architecture based on services

B.7.1Composition of transport and application services

B.7.2Service identification

B.7.3Service description

B.7.4Service allocation

Annex CFunctional Building Block of Service Composition in FN (informative)

C.1Functional Components

C.1.1Service Manager (SR)

C.1.2Service Registration Manager (SRM)

C.1.3Context Manager (CM)

C.1.4Reference Points

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