Carriers and service providers have united around the concept of the Next-Generation Network (NGN). Although leveraging a broad basket of Internet technologies, the NGN is not being planned as the next-generation Internet. In its intention and architecture, it is more accurately described as Broadband-ISDN release 2.0.
The NGN transition is hard for both practitioners and observers to understand because it weaves together a number of distinct strands:
the development of a new architecture and technology base including advanced IT automation systems
the development...
Carriers and service providers have united around the concept of the Next-Generation Network (NGN). Although leveraging a broad basket of Internet tec...
