IN service customization through the Internet

The connection of two big networks-the Intelligent Network (IN) and the Internet paper presents the possibility of providing new services of four types of IN-Internet connection: (i) SSF/CCF and the Internet, (ii) SRF and the Internet, (iii) SCF and the Internet, (iv) SMF and the Internet Service customization, which allows customers to define their own service specifications, is one of the important service applications of the IN. This paper proposes applying Internet technologies to the IN. We review the system architecture of SLP definition and execution in NTT's IN for service customization. Cost and version are two major issues for service customization with the SLP(C) creation tool. We suggest an Internet version of the SLP(C) creation tool to solve these problems. Results using a prototype shows that connecting the IN and the Internet for service customization will be convenient for both customers and telcos.