Creating an Integrated Environment Dedicated to MDD in Telecommunications

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1 Creating an Integrated Environment Dedicated to MDD in Telecommunications MDE Marc Flauw, (HP) Eric Dillon Project Lead (Cisco) April 17 th,

2 Overview A Context: delivery and support of Telecom/IT services as the enabling MDE framework Demo Project Update User Community Cisco Use Case TeleManagement Forum Use Case 2

3 Telecom/IT Services? Make a phone call Get video clips on your phone Watch TV through your DSL, on demand Download music at a coffee shop Order a book or a pizza online 3

4 Welcome to the real world! OSS: Operational Support System BSS: Business Support System 4

5 OSS/BSS Systems OSS/BSS System are all like A runtime environment GUI for End-Users Integration points to IT infrastructure Based on an information model, somehow persisted Billing SLA CRM 5

6 OSS/BSS Ecosystem Configure Domain Specific Offering Value-add Tailored Solutions Design, Implementation, Development Assemble Runtime Platform Shrink-wrapped Configurations Support ISV Solutions/Partners Deployment On-site integration On-site Customization Integrators Use through UI Further integrate Business specific Tweaks, customizations End-Users 6

7 Using Model-Driven Engineering Design, Implementation, Development Assemble Runtime Platform Shrink-wrapped Configurations Support ISV Core Model Core Core Model Model Model Sharing (read-only) Configure Domain Specific Offering Value-add Tailored Solutions Model Extensions Solutions/Partners Custom Extensions Use through UI Further integrate Business specific Tweaks, customizations Model Model Extensions Extensions Deliver Provide a single MDE Framework for Modeling in collaborative env. Model Sharing Building model-based SDKs Integrators Deployment On-site integration On-site Customization Scoping for Interfaces End-Users 7

8 What is? A Model-Driven-Engineer (MDE) framework for Eclipse (technology sub project in Incubation) Modeling environment Meta-model based on UML2, tailored for Telecom/IT Services Generation Engine Headless component (Maven) for large scale OSS/BSS applications, driven by a model 8

9 Real-size Model-Driven Engineering MDE User are not UML Experts Use UML2-based Domain-Specific Language Enterprise Models are BIG Model scoping, Effective SCM Integration Model spans Multiple Organizations Controlled access to model components End-to-end process Role-based use of the platform 9

10 A targeted Metamodel OSSJ-Centric Managed Entities Datatypes Queries, Notifications Enumerations, etc References only + UML Profile + Associations + Primitive UML2 Aligned Stereotypes UML Profiles Primitive types Association Classes + Annotations Controlled Flexibility UML2 base Standard specific Extensions Annotations +split ext in.ecore More details on 10

11 Highlevel Architecture.ui.base plugin.ui.visualeditor.* plugins.ui.instancediagram.* plugins Adaptation to diagram Ecore Adaptation to diagram Ecore Listeners/Update Notifications Model Artifact Access API Plugin X To/from UML2 Ecore Artifact Manager Load/Save/Parse Plugin Y Generation Generated Artifacts..base plugin Custom Import Model Artifacts Files To/from UML2 Ecore uml2 File UML2 Import/Export 11

12 Quick Walk-through Workbench 12

13 Project Update Project was formed in Jan 08. Initial Contribution by Cisco Systems. Transparency ( Weekly community calls Quarterly f2f design meetings Focus: get the first release out! Migrate existing user-community to open-source version Align with Eclipse guidelines, processes. Enable adoption and RCP Applications on top of base Develop contributors and adopters communities 13

14 Highlights of 0.3 Generic Annotations Framework Decouple Model and Annotations for more flexible code generation Instance-driven generation Componentization EMF migration Read/Write models through EMF natively Better UML Import/Export 14

15 Release Plan Working on first open source release ( Date Build Comment April 16 th, M0 Initial build intended for End-Users of Workbench. Internal APIs still stabilizing May 5 th, M1 Split features including Annotations, M0-Generation, base, Workbench. Stable APIs May 19 th, M2 Additional support for M0-Driven Generation, EMF based M-API May 30 th, Planned release date 15

16 Website/Wiki on Eclipse.org Website is up ( Main page + motivations + link into Wiki Downloads page and Update site are set up Wiki is up and growing Growing content, tutorial, Metamodel, Design, meeting minutes, etc Community info, dev info Bugzilla and newsgroup are seeing some initial activity 16

17 Use Cases Cisco Systems Chameleon Model for Active Network Abstraction TeleManagement Forum OSS Through Java TMF Interface Program 17

18 : Cisco Use Case Cisco Active Network Abstraction Management Platform Driven by Information Model (based on standards, i.e. TMF, DTMF, ) Persistence (Hibernate) Northbound Interfaces (XSDs, WSDLs) Across teams, Geographically distributed Documentation Headless Generation driven by Maven 18

19 TeleManagement Forum Approx. 600 members Communications service providers OSS & Equipment Vendors System Integrators Define standard recommendations for the OSS/BSS community Two annual tradeshows Nice (May), Dallas (Nov) Sessions, Expo and Catalyst Projects OSS/J part of TMForum New Interface program TIP starting 19

20 OSS through Java (OSS/J) JavaEE, XML/JMS, OSS/J Foundation Web Services Design Guidelines, Common API, Core Business Entities Functional APIs Trouble Ticket Service Activation Billing Mediation Quality of Service Inventory Discovery Service Quality Management Order Management Pricing Fault Management Performance Management Strict compliance certification All deliverables free and verified with real products used for all interfaces 20

21 Use of in OSS/J Tool to design the interface artifacts stored in private java.net project (CVS) and shared with the Expert Group Common module used by all projects Automated build procedure (maven) to generate the whole kit from the artefacts 21

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23 Benefits for OSS/J Allow a single functional definition for 3 different interfaces (Java, XSD and WSDL) Keep all 3 interfaces in sync Enforces consistent use of the Design Guidelines in the interfaces Common look and feel for all OSS/J interfaces Offer a UML-like view easier to use for spec lead 23

24 TM Forum Interface Program Team Structure Steering Team Technical Coordination Go to Market Ordering & Activation Order Mgt Resource Prov Service Activ. Inventory Discovery Inventory Resource Inv Service Inv. Assurance Service assurance Resource Trouble Mgt SQM Perf Mgt Catalog Usage Data Service Management Servicespecific features Resource Management Technologyspecific features Framework Common, Framework, Service Basic, Network Resource Basic, IPDR to be used by all Functional Teams (in blue) 24

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26 and TIP TIP is just starting and has been selected as tool to generate the interfaces Expected benefits End-to-end traceability from SID model to generated interfaces Consistent use and enforcement of TIP design guidelines, creating consistency across the APIs Simpler interface for defining the APIs 26

27 Wrap-up Visit or Contact us through eclipse.technology.tigerstripe 27