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How TINA-C mobilised to meet the challenge

How TINA-C mobilised to meet the challenge. Cesare Mossotto Second President of TINA Director General, CSELT, Torino, Italy cesare.mossotto@cselt.it. TINA Network Resource. TINA Service. Components. Components. TINA. Applications. DPE. DPE Implementation. kTN. Inter-DPE interface

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How TINA-C mobilised to meet the challenge

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  1. How TINA-C mobilised to meet the challenge Cesare Mossotto Second President of TINA Director General, CSELT, Torino, Italy cesare.mossotto@cselt.it TINA Paris Conference

  2. TINA Network Resource TINA Service Components Components TINA Applications DPE DPE Implementation kTN Inter-DPE interface e.g. IOP NCCE Transport Network Hardware TINA Initial Challenges • To define a future-proof, open service architecture • Based on the vision of the future at the time ATM B-ISDN • Based on the way of making standards at the time, supported by a research effort TINA Paris Conference

  3. The TINA Distinctive Solution: the Core Team • Task Force Approach • TINA will build a new world, let's start from scratch! • Focus on technology and proof-of-concept • TINA Worldwide Demo in Geneva 1995 as first expression of TINA success. TINA Paris Conference

  4. Things Change... • Proof-of-concept is OK. Now, where is the business case ? • "If TINA is all or nothing, it will be nothing" • How do TINA and legacy systems fit together ? INAP TMN DPE • A tiny acronym: IP TINA Paris Conference

  5. Broker Bkr Bkr Bkr Bkr Ret-Ret 3 Pty Service Provider Consumer Retailer 3 Pty Ret 3 Pty TCon ConS TCon Communication Provider LNFed CSLN Let’s Mobilise! • Stronger focus on business issues • Development of Business Model & Reference Points • Separations • Stop isolation! • Stronger and coordinated standards influence activity • From Worldwide Demo to TINA Trial • Specific business cases • Industrial strength equipment • Real users TINA Paris Conference

  6. Major Achievements of Phase 1 (1993-1997) • First set of TINA specifications organised and finalised • TINA Cultural Growth • after TINA, the world will not be the same anymore… • The TINA Trial (TTT) demonstrated that: • TINA is useful and works (at least on a small scale) • TINA solves real problems (federation: GlobalOne TTT) TINA Paris Conference

  7. Personal Feelings • The idea to create the TINA initiative was right • Looking at the conditions when the decision was taken • But also considering the business evolution of the Telecom industry • In a competitive environment a specific technology/product can emerge through a market selection process But… • A really innovative architecture need to be the result of a cooperative effort among major players (see GSM, UMTS, MPEG family) TINA Paris Conference

  8. Technology is OK, but business comes first • Innovation cannot be deployed completely from scratch Lessons Learnt (1) • Chicken-and-egg dilemma of TINA products TINA Paris Conference

  9. Lessons Learnt (2) • Physician's advice: Do not try to swallow TINA as a single pill! It's too big! Take it in small pieces. TINA Paris Conference

  10. Lessons Learnt (3) • Intense relations are needed with standardisation bodies and fora but … • Do not try to conquer the world with the TINA army! TINA Paris Conference

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