Research
UH Communications is a member of several present and past research
projects.
Currently UH Communications is a participant in the following two
research projects:
ALBATROSS
Project title: Architecture for Location Based Application of Third
geneRation Operation Support Systems
Objectives:
The ability to deliver cost-effective services is key to the successful
introduction of 3rd generation networks. The industry identified
the need for a 3rd generation (3G) Operations Support Systems (OSS)
platform as key to ensuring cost effectiveness. However present
day platforms are unable to support the range and complexity of
3G services. AlbatrOSS will specify such OSS architecture. It will
also develop a set of OSS building blocks to support the rapid service
creation, provisioning and delivery of end-user enabled services.
The project has access to two UMTS service platforms that will enable
it to validate its results through realistic trials. A key objective
is to ensure that the AlbatrOSS approach builds on the results of
past and existing EU project results and on the work of standards
bodies. The project is strongly focused towards dissemination and
business development. The consortium composition will ensure the
impact of project results.
Project web site: http://www.ist-albatross.org
OPIUM
Project title: Open Platform for Integration of UMTS Middleware
Objectives:
To validate the introduction of the new wireless based applications
in Europe - based on a combination of new wireless protocols (GPRS
and UMTS). Build a Pan European network of interconnected 2.5G & 3G
platforms from multiple platform manufacturers and operators to
demonstrate and validate commercially applicable network and service
accounting, interoperability and roaming solutions. Test through trial demonstrations the seamless end-to-end provision
of advanced 3G services across the Pan European network. Demonstrate the applicability of Virtual Home Environments (VHE)/Mobile
Service Portals for the delivery of customisable user services. Accelerate the move towards harmonisation of 3G-network functionality. Give access to complex Pan-European test beds to any 3G products
or service developers
Project web-site: http://www.ist-opium.org
Recent Projects
Below is a list of some of the projects in which UH Communications
A/S has been playing a role either as a solutions provider, tools
provider, advisor or project manager:
The MANTRIP Project
The main goal of the MANTRIP project is to design, develop, test,
validate and provide a set of novel network management applications
based on Mobile Agent Technology (MAT) for managing IP based networks
and to evaluate MAT in the context of Network Management. More specifically
the project will produce three network management applications based
on the MAT technology:
- Configuration and Alarm management of systems for the access
network
- Configuring QoS parameters within en IP based administrative
domain and accordingly monitoring / auditing the delivered QoS.
The QoS parameters will be considered part of a servise Level
Agreement (SLA) with a neighboring domain (customer or ISP)
- An application for Conformance Testing of network elements and
mobile agents as well as for Monitoring signalling and mobile
agents internal behaviour.
In this context, UHC is concentrating on building generic
gateways from Mobile Agents to other network management technologies,
such as CMIP, SNMP and Corba.
The partners of the project include:
- Portugal Telecom PT Inovacao, Portugal
- SOLINET, Germany
- ADC TELEDATA, Israel
- National Technical University of Athens, Greece
- University College London, UK
- Attune Networks, Ltd., Israel
- UH Communications A/S, Denmark
- University of Surrey, UK
More information may be obtained via our question
form.
The FORM Project
FORM is a collaborative
R&D project partially funded by the European Union under the
Information Society Technology (IST) area of the Fifth Framework
Programme.
FORM aims to develop services, systems and components for managing
Inter-Enterprise - or Interprise - Services. Interprise Services
aim to exploit emerging security and quality of service capabilities
of the IP networks to support dynamically configured, process driven
relationships between businesses. FORM is targeting scenarios where
Interprise Services are out-sourced to an Interprise Service
Provider. Interprise Management aims to ensure that the
Interprise Service is delivered to all customer at low cost and
within agreed performance parameters.
FORM is developing an open Interprise Management Framework
to provide guidance to industry practitioners on the development
of Interprise Management Solutions. This Framework aims to be both
open and adaptable so as to support an open market in suitable software
components. These software component will be structured in a
three-tier architecture. It is an aim of FORM to investigate
how the use of such a three-tier component architecture will contribute
to the evolution of management specific software architectures such
as TMN.
FORM will also investigate the impact on management system development
of emerging technologies such as XML, CORBA Components and Enterprise
Java Bean. This will include addressing how they might co-exist
with existing technologies such as CMIP, SNMP and CORBA.
UHC will provide TMN technology, including various interoperability
solutions between the TMN world and CORBA, SNMP and WEB.
For further information visit the FORM
web site or contact Mr. David Lewis.
Element Management
System for the Danish Aviation Administration
The Danish Aviation Administration has signed a contract with UHC
for the provision of a Q3 adaption and element management solution
for their central Aviation traffic monitoring computer site. The
solution will provide monitoring and control access to the central
from portable control terminals based on portable PC's. The solution
as part of the Danish Aviation Administraitons integrated Trouble
Management system, based on TMN and SNMP standards. The system is
based on Q3ADE on Windows NT.
The system configuration is:
The central aviation monitoring computer site based on
Thomson-CSF equipment <<==>>
Local Q3ADE based Q3-agent via a proprietary Data General Control
Terminal interface <<==>>
Remote Q3ADE based Management applications based on Q3ADE's JAVA
API.
Further Information about the system may be obtained from:
Bent Fog, Statens Luftfartsvæsen
Phone: +45 3247 8450, e-mail: fog@slv.dk
FlowThru - Business Management Information
flow
The objective of FlowThru is to demonstrate, through trial implementation,
integrated management solutions that resolve telecommunication business
problems. These solutions are based on reusable components that
support the flow of management information across organisational
and technological domains.
The ultimate goal of FlowThru is to provide industry with concrete
guidance on how to build optimum solution to specific management
problems from the wide range of architectural and technological
approaches currently available from bodies such as the ITU-T, ISO,
NMF, TINA-C, OMG, ETSI and EURESCOM, among others. In particular,
guidance will be given on the design issues needed to create reusable
telecommunications management components which may be integrated
together from a number of sources to provide operational support
system solutions. Such guidance will allow developers of service
management systems to make reasoned selections from existing solutions
(standardised or otherwise) while ensuring the integrity of the
information flows required to satisfy business requirements.
Questions concerning the FlowThru project may
be directed to Mr. Lars Bo Sorensen, UHC via our question
form.
Management of Radio&Television Broadcast
Equipment
A system for managing Radio & Television Broadcast equipment
has bee developed as a joint effort between Zone Systems ApS Denmark
and UHC. The system has been delivered to the hungarian PTT Matav
by Zone Systems.
The purpose of the system is to provide a central alarm management
and connection setup management facility for Radio and Television
broadcast systems.
The system is based on Q3ADE and RS View from Allen Bradley. Q3
Agents that interfaces to Radio-over-PDH Multiplexers is running
on Allen Bradley PLC Controllers and a central NT based server.
The system configuration is:
Radio multiplexer equipment via Ascii connections and Relay
connections<<==>>
Q3ADE-based distributed Q3-agents on NT on Allen Bradley PLC Controllers
<<==>>
Q3ADE-based central Network Manager Application in NT on Central
RAID-based server system <<==>>
Active-X components interfacing to <<==>>
Management GUI based on RS View Graphical PLC monitoring software
from Allen Bradley running on NT
Further Information about the system may be obtained from:
Martin Nielsen, Zone Systems ApS, ( http://www.zonesys.dk)
Ph: +45 77303030, Fax: +45 36151136, e-mail: martinn@zonesys.dk
ASCII Paging Alarms-to-TMOS Mediator by Tele
Denmark Mobil A/S
Tele Denmark A/S, the major tele operator in Denmark has developed
a General purpose application for the transfer of ASCII-based paging
alarms from various types of Mobile Phone network equipment. to
their TMOS (L.M.Ericsson) based Trouble Management System.
The application converts an alarm from a general purpose ASCII
format into Q3 format and further on to the proprietary TMOS alarm
format. Hence it is a "back-to-back" converter with an
intermediate Q3 step.
The general purpose alarm format in ASCII is defined by Tele Denmark
Research and adopded by a number of equipment and software vendors.
The purpose of this format is to simplify the implementation of
a semantically Q3-compliant alarm function in practically any type
of equipment so as to ease migration to a future TMN compliant Management
system.
The solution is based on Q3ADE and is partly running on NT, partly
on Solaris. The configuration is:
Equipment generating ascii alarms via Asynch communication=>>
Q3ADE-based mediator on NT via TCP/IP==>>
TMOS Alarm interfacer on Solaris via internal interface==>>
TMOS on Solaris
Information about the solution and Tele Denmark may be obtained
from
Per Høgh, Tele Denmark A/S Research
Ph: +45 43345295
e-mail: pehoe@tdk.dk
Inverse Q3 Mediator for Siemens EWSD with Tele
Denmark A/S
Tele Denmark A/S, the major tele operator in Denmark has chosen
UHC as a cooperation partner in a project developing an "inverse"
Q3 Mediator for the Siemens EWSD Q3 interface. The purpose of this
solution is to obtain control access and collect alarms from the
EWSD equipment in the existing proprietary management center via
the Q3 interface of the Siemens EWSD. This solution provides a smooth
migration path towards a complete TMN system combined with a number
of immediate gains in terms of capacity and stability of the system.
The solution is based on Q3ADE running on NT with X.25 for the
"nort" and "south" bound interfaces. The system
configuration is:
Siemens EWSD via CMIP over X.25 ==>>
Q3ADE-based mediatior on NT via X.25 ==>>
Proprietary DKS Alarm management System
Information about the solution and Tele Denmark may be obtained
from
Oluf Brix Hiltmar, Tele Denmark, Dep. BN
Ph: +45 89 47 53 77, Fax.: +45 89 47 53 75, e-mail: olbhi@tdk.dk
Q3 Agent for Oscilloquartz Synchronisation
Equipment
Oscilloquartz AG, a company in the SMH group is a world leading
supplier of synchronization solutions for SDH and PDH networks,
with over 70 countries supplied with Primary Reference and Node
Clocks.
Oscilloquartz has entered a contract with UHC for the provision
of a Q3 compliant interface for the OSA 5548B equipment. Oscilloquartz
is the first to provide a fully Q3 compliant monitoring and control
interface to SDH and PDH synchronization equipment.
The solution provides management access to the OSA 5548B equipment
through Q3 over X.25, TP4/CLNP or RFC1006. Interworkability as been
demonstrated against HP OpenView, TeMIP and other major TMN platforms.
UHC will provide tools and consultancy assistance based on Q3ADE.
Information about the solution and the Oscilloquartz products may
be obtained from
Dr. Christophe Widmer, Oscilloquartz SA
ph. +41 32 722 5555
e-mail: widmer@oscilloquartz.com
Q3 Agent for an ATM cross connect
DSC Communications A/S (DSC) is an international vendor of SDH
and ATM Telecommunications equipment and a subsidiary of DSC Communications
situated in Texas/USA.
UHC has been chosen by DSC Communications A/S as the solutions
provider of Q3-compliant agents for an ATM cross connect. The Q3-agent
is based on the Q3ADE tool on Solaris
, and was implemented within a timeframe of 6 months.
A version of the ATM Cross connect Q-adapter is running in an international
ATM trial network called PREPARE
in which it has been controlled from Network management platforms
based on TeMIP (Digital) and TMN6000 (IBM).
The agents also work as manager platforms on top of which DSC develop
their own set of Element management application. This implies that
DSC will be able to provide fully TMN compliant management solutions
for their ATM equipment without the need of expensive TMN platforms.
The agent MIB is based on the ETSI draft standard DE/NA-52210 and
the standards G.774, X.721, X.734, X.735, X.738, X.739, M.3100,
Q.811, Q.812, Q.822 etc. covering functionality for cross connect,
alarm reporting and performance monitoring.
UHC has also served as advisor and project manager for DSC in various
other TMN-related projects.
Questions concerning the ATM Q3-adaptor solution and UHC support
may be directed to
Tellabs Denmark (previously DSC Communications A/S) http://www.tellabs.dk
Att. Mr. Morten Skov
ph.: +45 44733000, Fax: +45 44733001
Alarm mediation function for Tele Denmark
A/S
Tele Danmark A/S is the major Danish telecommunications service
provider.
Tele Danmark A/S is in the process of developing a TMN infrastructure,
and as a part of this process, an alarm mediation device is being
developed for the purpose of converting proprietary alarm information
from various sources, including LM Ericsson AXE switches into X.721
compliant alarm information and upstreamed to a major TMN Centre.
UHC was chosen as a tools provider and solutions advisor.
A working prototype of the alarm mediation device was developed
in a week, based on the Q3ADE tool on
Windows NT, demonstrating the actual mediation of alarms. The final
solution was deployed in February 1998.
Questions concerning the Alarm mediation solution may be directed
to
Tele Danmark A/S, Development Department
Sletvej 30, DK-8310 Tranbjerg J, Denmark
Att. Mr. Poul Vaeggemose [e-mail: pv@lab.jt.dk]
ph.: +45 89452151, Fax. : +45 86299068
ProSME - Development of a CORBA-TMN
Gateway
The purpose of ProSME is to develop a gateway between the world
of TMN and CORBA. The partners of the ProSME project are
ProsME is performed as a part of the international project PROSPECT
and partly funded by the European Commission.
ProSME will make available a GDMO to IDL translator and an DO (X.500
Directory Object) to IDL translator. This tool will take a GDMO
information model (or X.500 Information Model) and produce IDL source
files ready to use with a CORBA platform. The significant effort
will be placed in the construction of a gateway which - based on
the output of the translator - is able to handle at one side the
CORBA services and on the other side the CMIP protocol ( and DAP
- Directory Access Protocol). The theoretical results will be obtained
in close collaboration with other external bodies such as X/OPEN
and NM Forum (through their JIDM group), OMG Telecom Domain Task
Force, TINA-C and AC048 ReTINA. The TMN-CORBA gateway will be based
on the Q3ADE tool from UHC and the Orbix®
tool from IONA.
The first version of the TMN-CORBA gateway was released in December
1997.
Questions concerning the ProsME project may be directed to Mr.
Lars Bo Sorensen, UHC.
Dolphin - Support for Horizontal
actions in the ACTS project
The primary purpose of the Dolphin project is, to support the objecjtives
of the ACTS Programme in the area of Horizontal Actions as they
relate to Domain V.
The Dolphin project will set up a framework for co-ordination for
Software engineering, Security and Communication Management (Domain
V) technology projects within ACTS.
The Dolphin project has four major objectives:
- to analyse and consolidate the directions and results of the
ACTS projects in Domain V.
- to promote co-operation amongst the ACTS projects in Domain
V.
- to obtain requirements and direction from external organisations
like ATM Forum, IEEE, EURESCOM, TINA-C, NM Forum etc.
- to consolidate, disseminate and promote the results from Domain
V to the community
The partners of Dolphin are:
- IC Europe, Luxembourg
- UH Communications ApS, Denmark
- Mitona Ltd, United Kingdom
- Telescom AG, Switzerland
- Algosystems SA, Greece
- IKT Informations und Kommunikationstechnologie Transfer GmbH
iG, Germany
- Portugal Telecom Centro Estudos Telecommunicacoes, Portugal
- Romanian Telecom RA, Romania
- Bulgarian Telecommunications Company BTC Ltd, Bulgaria
- Felix Telecom, Romania
Questions concerning the Dolphin project may be directed to Mr.
Lars Bo Sorensen, UHC.
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