Implementing Next Generation Services Using Policy-Based Management and Autonomic Computing Principles

Motorola's seamless mobility solution is one specific example of generic next generation services. Such services use applications that provide a world of simple, intuitive, and uninterrupted access to information based on the user's context. Fundamental to this concept are technology enablers that facilitate gathering and processing of information, supported by communication across diverse environments, devices and networks. This requires technical innovation on many fronts, all anchored by an architecture that can be customized to adapt to different levels of user sophistication. A main goal of the architecture is to provide customizable user experiences. This paper describes a unique architecture that is based on autonomic computing principles. Its decisions are governed by the DEN-ng policy management architecture, and based on a set of extensions to the TeleManagement Forum (TMF's) next generation operational systems and software (NGOSS) technology-neutral architecture