Platform Requirements and Principles

Summary

The design principles presented form a basis from which the design and architecture of a IP service platform can be built, on which existing and new services can be deployed, and on which network and hardware vendors can design their components. Their choice is distilled primarily from the collective consideration of the requirements and the changing nature of the Internet as it relates to large service providers. In most cases, however, the adoption of such principles becomes the decision of the corporation undertaking the design of the IP Service Platform.