The following TOPS commissioned groups and activities are underway to address current TOPS Priorities. Information on past activities to address priority topic areas may be found on the Archive and Workshop pages.
Policy Management Focus Group
Charlie Vogt, CEO, GENBAND
The PM-FG will conduct a standards inventory assessment of Policy Management from a network perspective and address specific issues related to Packet Processing, Convergence and Policy Charging Control.
Update
The Technology and Operations Council has completed a 12 month study of the issues associated with the industry’s fragmented approach towards Policy Management. Knowing that data volumes will continue to grow, many service providers have concluded that it is unrealistic to focus exclusively on deploying additional capacity to address this problem. Further, to provide a consistent end-to-end user experience, different networks must manage policy with coordinated, synchronized solutions. As such, Policy Management tools have been identified as a means of achieving greater network efficiency, and maximizing installed network capacity.
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Full PM-FG Website
Consolidation and Convergence Task Force
James Baskin, Verizon and Robin Meier, AT&T
The Consolidation and Convergence Task Force (CC-TF) that will address issues related to the transition of network facilities and technology platforms in a multi-carrier environment and will address consolidation and convergence issues in the following key areas:
- Technology Considerations
- Disaster Recovery
- Business Considerations
- Regulatory Considerations
- Standards Development
- Environmental Sustainability
CC-TF Website
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