A TINA-based platform for service deployment and usage

This paper reports on the experiences with the development of a TINA-based service deployment and usage platform. Within the MESH (Multimedia Services on the Electronic Super Highway) project, such a platform is developed, based on the TINA service architecture and network resource architecture. The platform is built on top of a distributed software component framework that integrates the TINA service components. One of our main experiences is that the TINA architecture clearly separates services from network technologies. This enables a combination various heterogeneous network technologies, like IP and ATM, at the physical infrastructure level.