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Roadmap to NGN Documents Issue 2, August 2008
Introduction
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Requirements to describe the technical details of products they wished to have
their suppliers design. The purpose of the generic requirements was, and still is,
to promote interoperability, network reliability, and integrity.
With the inception of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (TA96), the GR
development process was broadened. Under TA96, industry-wide Generic
Requirements from non-credited organizations, such as Telcordia, are established
through processes that are open to funding and participation by all interested
parties. Hence, invitations to fund and participate are announced in the monthly
Telcordia Digest of Technical Information (http://www.telcordia.com/digest).
Telcordia may also solicit general industry non-proprietary comments regarding
a GR at publication and for the life of any GR issue. While unsolicited comments
are welcome, work effort by Telcordia regarding such comments depends on the
degree of funding support for such GR work.
Telcordia GRs Today
Telcordia GRs promote revenue opportunities and contribute to cost savings
throughout the industry. They help service providers plan their networks and
purchase equipment for use in and with those networks. Moreover, suppliers have
benefited from Telcordia GRs when designing their products to meet the needs of
their customers.
GRs are widely accepted. For example, the FCC’s Network Reliability Council
(NRC) 1996 survey found Telcordia GRs to be the most widely used reference on
network reliability and integrity within the industry.
Telcordia GRs offer timely, high-quality, implementable solutions that customers
can consider. To achieve this, Telcordia provides leadership and the technical and
editorial resources to produce GRs that satisfy deliverable milestones. Also, the
process has been replaced by one document called a GR-CORE. Mostly open,
closed, and pending technical issues are shared through a companion document
called a GR-ILR (GR Issues List Report).
Section 5.1 describes the Value and Role of Telcordia GRs and the benefits of
funding and participating in Telcordia GR projects.
1.3 Organization of This Document
The remainder of the document is organized as follows:
Section 2, “Overview of NGN,” takes a high-level look at NGN technologies and
reviews its history.
Section 3, “Your Roadmap to NGN Documents,” lists all the Telcordia
documents related to the subject area. The section includes an informative
abstract and an abridged Table of Contents for each document.