Discussion group for Service Centric Management

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Looking to survey interest in standardization participation
of the SCMP protocol. In essence SCMP is an end-to-end horizontal 
protocol aimed to support the mapping of connectivity services to
network technologies.

Most customer packets will cross 3-5 networks and 9-15 protocols before
reaching the target ISP/VPN. The SCMP framework aims to discover, allocate,
and monitor the network resources involved, in the context of end-to-end
services. SCMP aims to map services to very-large and very dynamic networks.

SCMP as an extra network based tier significantly simplifies the mapping
of work-flow applications to infrastructure. Applications such as Fault 
Management, Inventory Management, and Order Management are better integrated
to the network. SCMP standard based distribution will help in deploying 
interoperable and inter-carrier service management.

An overview description of SCMP can be found in:
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-barkai-scmp-00.txt


Parties interested in the subject are welcome to join:
[email protected]

Kind Regards,
Sharon Barkai