UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR EUROPEAN MANUFACTURERS TO AGREE ON COMMON PROTOCOLS FOR INTERWORKING ALLOWING THE SPECIFICATIONS OF VLSI COMMUNICATION CHIPS IN ECONOMICAL QUANTITIES AND THUS IN TURN REDUCING EQUIPMENT COSTS .
IN ORDER TO PRODUCE A DURABLE SOLUTION THAT NOT ONLY ENABLES INTERWORKING OF CURRENT DISPARATE EQUIPMENTS BUT ALSO ENCOURAGES AND EASES THE ADOPTION OF DEVELOPED TECHNIQUES IN FUTURE PREDICTABLE EQUIPMENTS , THE RANGE OF WORK IS EXPECTED TO BE EXTENSIVE .
. COMMUNICATION SYSTEM ARCHITECTURES ( TYPE A ) .
DETERMINE THE TOPOLOGIES MOST APPROPRIATE FOR TYPICAL OFFICE SITUATIONS INCLUDING LOCAL , DISTRIBUTED AND LONG-HAUL LINKED OFFICES , GIVEN BY TRAFFIC REQUIREMENTS AND DISTANCE . DEFINE GATEWAYS , COMMUNICATION SERVERS , NETWORK ACCESS PROTOCOLS AND MULTIPLEXING SCHEMES , EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITIES OF NETWORK ERROR RECOVERY , RECONFIGURATION AND OVERALL CONTROL . THE ARCHITECTURE SHOULD PROVIDE FOR GATEWAY FUNCTIONS TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PUBLIC NETWORK AND ALSO FOR PRIVACY AND SECURITY REQUIREMENTS .
THE INDUSTRIAL INTEREST FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF STANDARDS AND THE EXECUTION OF CONFORMANCE TESTS IS PART OF THE PROJECT DEFINITION .
PROGRAMME ( - ) AND INTERMEDIATE OBJECTIVES ( * ) :
YEAR 1 :
- STUDY ALTERNATIVES OF ARCHITECTURE WITH PARTICULAR RESPECT TO DISTRIBUTED WORKING , TECHNOLOGIES TO BE EXPECTED , TRAFFIC CHARACTERISTICS , REQUIREMENTS FOR MONITORING AND LOGGING NETWORK MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL AND FOR SECURITY OF ACCESS AND DATA TRANSFER .
- DEFINE GATEWAYS , ACCESS PROTOCOLS AND MULTIPLIXING SCHEMES .
* 12TH MONTH : NETWORK ARCHITECTURE REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS .
YEAR 2 TO 5 :
- DESIGN BASIC ARCHITECTURES ( E . G . LAN-BASED , PBX-BASED ) ON THE KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED ABOVE
* 18TH MONTH : SPECIFICATION OF NETWORK ARCHITECTURE FOR IMPLEMENTATION .
- FIRST STATEMENTS ON ECONOMICS , PERFORMANCE , STANDARDS
- STUDY ALTERNATIVES FOR CABLING ARCHITECTURE AND MULTIPLEXING SCHEMES , TAKING INTO ACCOUNT EXISTING PLANT ENVIRONMENT , BUILDINGS , EXISTING CABLES , FLOORSPACE , MAINTENANCE , VULNERABILITY , SECURITY , ETC .
- DEFINITION OF COMMUNICATION SERVER AND OTHER GATEWAY FUNCTIONS , INCLUDING FUNCTIONS WHICH CONVERT THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROTOCOLS INTO A COMMON LAN PROTOCOL FOR INTRA-OFFICE NETWORKING , INTER-OFFICE OPEN SYSTEM INTERCONNECTION , DATA-BASE ACCESS AND REMOTE INFORMATION CENTRES
- REFINEMENT OF ARCHITECTURE ( E . G . ROUTING ) ; STANDARDIZATION ACTIVITIES PREPARATION OF EXPERIMENTAL IMPLEMENTATION AS FAR AS APPEARS NECESSARY ( E . G . PILOT COMMUNICATION SERVER )
- STANDARDIZATION ACTIVITIES ; REALIZATION OF EXPERIMENTAL IMPLEMENTATION
- EVALUATE ARCHITECTURE BY RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTAL WORK .
YEAR 3 :
WORK ON TOOLS TO BE STARTED IN YEAR 3 :
- IDENTIFICATION OF TOOLS REQUIRED . IDENTIFICATION OF RELEVANT STANDARD COMMUNICATION INTERCHANGE AND MANAGEMENT PROTOCOLS ( SESSION , TRANSPORT AND NETWORK ) . IDENTIFICATION OF RELEVANT EQUIPMENT ARCHITECTURES . DEFINITION OF TOOL ARCHITECTURE .
- SPECIFICATION OF INDIVIDUAL TOOLS . DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT TOOLS .
* 42ND MONTH : TOOLS AND METHODOLOGY SPECIFICATION .
* 48TH MONTH : PILOT NETWORK IMPLEMENTATION ( S ) .
* 60TH MONTH : EVALUATION REPORT PILOT NETWORK ( S