-----Original Message----- From: Sharon Barkai Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 11:27 AM To: 'ops-nm@ops.ietf.org'; 'nmrg@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de'; 'irtf-smrg@research.nokia.com' Subject: Discussion group for Service Centric Management 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 functional 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 as a result. 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: SCMP@sheernetworks.com (subscribe at SCMP-request@sheernetworks.com) Kind Regards, Sharon Barkai