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One of the last barricades for CORBA technology in the telecom domain is the real time IN. This article suggests a design of a CORBA/IN Interworking function (IWF) which allows end user services to be implemented in the CORBA domain. Based on a study of the details of the interaction between the SSF and the SCF it is proposed that the IWF should contain more than basic protocol conversion functionality. In particular, the IWF should protect the service developer in the CORBA domain from being confronted with low level INAP operation administration and state keeping issues. The IWF should address harmonisation of the asynchronous message oriented communication paradigm of the SS7 domain and the blocking connection oriented paradigm of the CORBA domain.
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Berg, H.A., Brennan, S. (1998). CORBA and intelligent network (IN) interworking. In: Trigila, S., Mullery, A., Campolargo, M., Vanderstraeten, H., Mampaey, M. (eds) Intelligence in Services and Networks: Technology for Ubiquitous Telecom Services. IS&N 1998. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1430. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0056991
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