APPENDIX C
INTELLIGENT ROUTING IN INTER-CARRIER (CLASS 4) OPERATION SUPPORT
SYSTEMS (OSS)
Milestones Chart with Deliverables
Elapsed
time from
start (in
months) of
the project
Milestone
Deliverables
a)
Prepare Technology Blueprint
a)
3 Months
Start system requirement study
b) Research, design and define complete
specification for Mediation Engine, Routing
Analytics Engine, Intelligent Routing Engine,
IRM Management Console
c)
Create System Architecture and Design
Developing POC for each IRM Components
a)
6 Months
Blueprint
b) System functionality
c)
Component Architecture
d) Proof of Concept for each
functions/ components
e)
High-Level Design
documents
f)
Partial detailed design
document
g) Test cases
h) Deployment infrastructure
a)
Mediation Engine
POC of different
components such as
b) Routing Analytics Engine
mediation engine, routing
c)
engine and management
Intelligent Routing Engine
d) IRM Management Console
console
a)
Development of the IRM Components
a)
9 Months
Complete Technology
IRM Core
Alpha release of
Mediation Engine, Cost
Based Routing Engine, and
b) Mediation Engine
Switch Provisioning
c)
Modules
Billing Engine Integration
d) Cost Based Routing Engine
e)
Switch Provisioning with multiple switches
b) Source Code and Test
Reports along with any
new/updated test cases and
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test scripts will be
provided.
c)
Also, the functional
Demonstration of the IRM
core, Mediation, Billing,
and Cost-based Routing
engines will be given to the
ICT Fund authorities along
with Cost Based Routing
and Switch Provisioning
with 3 different CDR’s
from Nextone, Mera and
Free Switch
a)
Beta release for different
components of IRM
b) Source Code and Test
Reports along with any
new/updated test cases, test
Further enhancements of IRM Components
a)
scripts will be provided. In
Mediation Engine for multiple switch and
addition, the new features
timezones
12 Months
of the release will be tested
b) Cost Based Routing Engine for multiple
with 3 different switches
switches
c)
i.e. Nextone, Mera and
Routing Analytics Engine
Free Switch as mentioned
d) Switch Provisioning for multiple switches with
in the Research Objectives
the integration of new enhancements
(point 3 A-1)
c)
Also, the functional
Demonstration of the Beta
version of IRM system will
be given to the ICT Fund
a)
Development of IRM Components and the Console
15 Months
a)
IRM Console
b) Analytics Engine
c)
Quality Based Routing
An Integrated Console with
all the IRM components
with Test Results and a
Research Publication will
be delivered
b) Source Code will be
provided and a
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demonstration of the
Project with GUI Console
and IRM components will
be given to the ICT Fund
authorities
a)
A detailed functional
demonstration will be
given to the ICT Fund
authorities as a final product
with interoperability with
different CDR formats from
Nextone, Mera and Free
Switch
b) Complete release of the
Commercial IRM Product
c)
Performance Tuning & Testing
a)
18 Months
Component Scalability, Speed & Accuracy Test
Scalability & Accuracy test
report
d) A detailed comparative
b) Overall system scalability and speed testing
analysis of the
c)
Performance data from
Overall integration testing
d) Security Testing
developed IRM system and
e)
the Performance data
System Release
(Technical, Quality and
Compilation of data, source code files, all documentation,
Commercial Parameters
test results in an organized system with a final project
with Interoperability
closing report
features) from Nextone, Free
Switch and Mera
(Benchmarking data) will be
provided as the output of the
research
e)
Test Reports along with any
new/updated test
cases and test scripts
f)
Source Code files,
Executables, binaries, all
Libraries and their paths, all
Installation and User
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Manuals, and related
documentation will be
handed over to ICT
authorities
g) Project Closing Report
h) Commercialization Activity
will continue and is defined
Continuous Commercialization Activity
as under
a)
Prospective Sales Leads
will be generated
Commercialization
a)Online Marketing (First Quarter)
b) Perform Social Media Marketing (First
Quarter)
c)Participation in International Exhibition (depending on
the next exhibition date)
b) Continual feedback from
the market will be available
to improve further
For detailed Marketing
Deliverables, kindly refer to
Section 5, Benefits of the
Project that defines a broader
view of Proposed
Commercialization Strategy
Note: All hardware/software design documents, source code, binaries, executables, libraries, data,
databases, minimum system requirements document, users manuals, documentation/books
developed under this project would be provided to the National ICT R&D Fund.
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