By Brian Hedstrom, CableLabs
Today, many MSOs rely on manual or vendor proprietary solutions for the Order Management process in delivering Metro Ethernet services. This paper proposes a next generation approach to automating the ordering process for Metro Ethernet services using the TM Forum Frameworx™ architecture, that is better suited for open, standard interfaces, common business processes, standardized information models and integrated back office applications.
This paper will develop an Order Management automated Business-to-Business (B2B) solution approach using a MEF Ethernet Private Line (EPL) plus E-Access service example use case.
First, the overall TM Forum Frameworx will be introduced to provide the high level view of the Service Oriented Architecture concepts.This will be followed by the E-Access service Order Management conceptual design.