DynamicTMN® Java EBTA SDK

IEC61850/MMS OSI TL1 CMIP SNMP Agent Manager Simulator

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The DynamicTMN® CMIP eBonding/TA SDK provides specialized Java APIs and tools for use in the development of telecommunications Electronic Bonding Gateway applications for Trouble Administration (EBTA) and Mechanized Loop Test (MLT).

Building upon our industry proven DynamicTMN® CMIP SDKs, Monfox has developed add-on API modules which provide everything you need to rapidly implement platform-independent manager and agent Trouble Administration (TA) and Mechanized Loop Test (MLT) eBonding gateways using Java and XML/Web Services technologies.

The CMIP eBonding/TA SDK is typically used to integrate an existing in-house trouble ticketing system (such as Remedy, Clarify, legacy, etc) with a trading partner's trouble administration system through the partner's existing CMIP eBonding agent gateway. This results in:

automated trouble report generation to the LEC
elimination of time-consuming phone based ticket entry
elimination of error-prone manual dual-ticket management
automatic updates of ticket status from the LEC
significant reduction in overall trouble resolution times

The toolkit is also often used to replace existing CMIP eBonding gateways for a significant reduction in recurring maintenance and usage costs as well as increased flexibility. Some of the benefits of implementing your eBonding gateway with Monfox are:

100% Java APIs, tools and applications
hardware platform independence (Intel, Sun, HP, IBM, Apple)
OS independence (Linux, Solaris, HPUX, AIX, Windows, MacOS X)
easily integrated with existing trouble ticket systems
no additional cost for switching hardware/OS platforms
very short development cycle (weeks rather than months, we can help)
low cost of development (probably less than your current maintenance costs)
low cost of maintenance
the BEST customer support in the industry
no per-ticket or per-transaction fees

In addition to the deployments listed above, the CMIP eBonding/TA SDK can also be used to implement a new in-house eBonding Agent Gateway which allows your trading partners to enter trouble reports into your in-house trouble ticketing system. This deployment has all of the benefits listed above in addition to allowing your trading partner use their existing eBonding manager gateway (if they already have one) thus saving costs for both parties.

Key Features

Built upon our industry proven DynamicTMN® CMIP Manager & Agent SDKs, the CMIP eBonding/TA SDK provides support for the following features:

Supports the ANSI T1.TR-40 Electronic Bonding Security - extends the RFC1006 stack to add TR-40 security support - supports both agent and manager eBonding applications - provides support for multiple remote eBonding entities - configured via XML config files or high level stack API - see the DynamicTMN® eBonding Stack
Supports the ANSI EBTA and MLT Information Model - uses the GDMO/ASN.1 metadata generator - includes ANSI T1.227/228/262 and dependencies (X.721, etc). - may be used in both agent and manager eBonding applications
Includes an ANSI T1.278-200X EBTA XML/CMIP Translation API - uses EBTA information model - T1.278 tML-TABase XML values to/from T1.227 attribute values - T1.278 tML-TA XML messages to/from CMIS messages - may be used to implement CMIP to XML agent and manager gateways
Includes an ANSI T1.277-200X MLT XML/CMIP Translation API - uses Service Test Function/Mechanized Loop Test information model - T1.277 tML-ServiceTestBase XML values to/from T1.262 data value - T1.277 tML-ServiceTest XML messages to/from CMIS messages - may be used to implement CMIP to XML agent and manager gateways
Includes a High-level eBonding XML/CMIS Manager Gateway API - encapsulates all CMIS and ASN.1 operations - you only work with the tML defined XML messages - generic API handles ALL EBTA and MLT interactions - eliminates need to learn GDMO/CMIS and ASN.1 - you only implement the XML transport (SOAP/JMS/etc)
Includes a High-level eBonding XML/CMIS Agent Gateway API - encapsulates all CMIS and ASN.1 operations - performs necessary agent role CMIS message validation - you only work with the tML defined XML messages - generic API handles ALL EBTA and MLT interactions - eliminates need to learn GDMO/CMIS and ASN.1 - you only need to implement the XML transport (SOAP/JMS/etc)
Use with the CMIP eBonding/TA Agent Simulator (details) - simulates ILEC agent gateway behavior - supports all trouble report related EBTA functions - supports MLT simulation - simplifies ILEC certification testing - see: CMIP eBonding/TA Agent Simulator

Included Components

The CMIP eBonding/TA SDK package includes the following high-level APIs:

As well as the following protocol adaptor:

DynamicTMN® eBonding Stack

We also highly recommend the following additional tool(s) for use with the SDK during product development and verification:

CMIP eBonding/TA Agent Simulator

Product Specifications

See the CMIP eBonding/TA SDK specifications below:

Java Platform Requirements:

Java 2: [ JDK 1.2/1.3 + JCE1.2.2] or [J2SDK 1.4 or newer]

Operating System Requirements:

Any operating system which supports the Java versions listed in the Java Platform Requirements section above. Some of the operating systems commonly used with the DynamicTMN® products are:

Microsoft Windows (95,98,XP,NT,2000)
Linux (Redhat, etc)
Hewlett Packard HP-UX
Sun Solaris (SPARC & x86)
IBM AIX
Apple MacOS X

Hardware Requirements:

Minimum Hardware

Physical memory (RAM): 256MB
Disk space: 50MB (distribution package size)

Recommended Hardware

Physical memory (RAM): 512MB or greater
Disk space: 100MB (distribution,log,data files)

NOTE: the amount of memory and disk space will vary depending upon the details of your specific application. Please email monfox support to get the recommended requirements for your specific deployment.

Protocol Stack Support:

The CMIP eBonding/TA SDK includes the following protocol stacks:

Stack	Description	Package
RFC1006	CMIP/OSI over TCP/IP	included
ROSE/TCPIP	CMIP/ROSE over TCP/IP	included
LOCAL JVM	Optimized Intra-JVM Stack	included
eBonding	ANSI.TR-40 + RFC1006	included
OSI/X.25	CMIP over OSI/X.25	add-on

Deployment Configurations:

Software developed with the CMIP eBonding/TA SDK may be deployed as a:

standalone Java application
integrated module in a larger Java application
web-application (using XML,SOAP,JSP, servlets, etc)
EJB(s) in an application-server
Java application plug-in
legacy application plug-in through JNI

Product Evaluation:

For a complete set of API examples, API Javadoc, developer guides, agent simulators, and much more, please download the DynamicTMN® CMIP eBonding/TA SDK evaluation package.

Supported Standards

The CMIP eBonding/TA SDK supports the following core standards in addition to the eBonding specific standards listed in the next section:

Java 2: Java 2 SDK version 1.2 or greater
TMF 040: Based on the TMForum ASN.1 API Standard
TMF 041: Based on the TMForum CMIS API Standard
TMF 042: Based on the TMForum GDMO API Standard
ITU-T X.208/X.680: Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1)
ITU-T X.209/X.690: ASN.1 Basic Encoding Rules (BER)
ITU-T X.219: Remote Operations (ROSE) Service Definition
ITU-T X.229: Remote Operations (ROSE) Protocol
ITU-T X.701: Systems Management Overview
ITU-T X.710: Common Management Information Service (CMIS)
ITU-T X.711: Common Management Information Protocol (CMIP)
ITU-T X.720: Structure of Management Information (SMI)
ITU-T X.721: Definition of Management Information (DMI)
ITU-T X.722: Guidelines for the Definition of Managed Objects (GDMO)
ITU-T X.723: Generic Management Function
ITU-T X.725: General Relationship Model
ITU-T X.730: Object Management Function
ITU-T X.731: State Management Function
ITU-T X.732: Attributes for Representing Relationships
ITU-T X.733: Alarm Reporting Function
ITU-T X.734: Event Report Management Function
RFC1006: OSI over TCPIP (CMIP/OSI over TCP/IP)

EBTA/MLT Standards Support

The CMIP eBonding/TA SDK provides support for the following Electronic Bonding related standards:

ANSI T1.227: Trouble Administration Information Data Model
ANSI T1.228: Trouble Administration Service Interface
ANSI T1.262: Mechanized Loop Test/Service Test Function
ANSI T1.278-200X: Trouble Administration XML Schema (tML-TA)
ANSI T1.277-200X: Service Test XML Schema (tML-ServiceTest)
ANSI T1.TR-40: Electronic Bonding Security
CMIP/RFC1006: CMIP/OSI over TCP
and all additional standards required by the above.