LSO Sonata (BUS:BUS) belongs to the family of LSO Interface Reference Points (IRP) as defined in MEF 55.1. It defines the management reference point supporting the management and operations interactions (e.g., serviceability, ordering, billing, trouble ticketing, etc.) between two network providers (e.g., Service Provider and Partner Domain). In other words, LSO Sonata supports non-control cross domain interactions between the Service Provider's Business Applications and the Partner's Business Applications. LSO Sonata connects between the BSS functions of the Service Provider domain and the Partner domain respectively and connects 'East-West' in parallel to LSO Interlude. |
Interactions (MEF 55.1)
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MEF is standardizing LSO Sonata APIs as part of a comprehensive effort to standardize multiple sets of LSO APIs enabling service automation across providers and over multiple network technology domains. In the context of LSO, API describes the Management Interface Reference Point along with a data model, the protocol that defines operations on the data and the encoding format used to encode data according to the data model. LSO Sonata APIs relate to the interface reference point within the LSO Reference Architecture that supports business-to-business interactions between service providers. The full suite of planned LSO Sonata APIs deals with the following business functionalities. Address ValidationAllows the Buyer to retrieve address information from the Seller - including exact formats - for addresses known to the Seller. It supports the following use cases:
Site QueryAllows the Buyer to retrieve Service Site information including exact formats for Service Sites known to the Seller. It supports the following use cases:
Product Offering Qualification (POQ)Allows the Buyer to determine whether it is feasible for the Seller to deliver a particular Product with a given configuration to a particular geographic location. It supports the following use cases:
QuotingSupports the inter-carrier Product Quote process over the Sonata interface. It supports the following use cases:
Product InventorySupports the inter-carrier Product Inventory retrieval process over the Sonata interface. It supports the following use cases:
Product OrderingSupports the inter-carrier Product Ordering process over the Sonata interface. It supports the following use cases:
Trouble TicketingAllows the Service Provider to create and manage trouble tickets with Partner’s system, over the Sonata interface, related to ordered Products. It supports the following operations:
BillingAllows the Service Provider to exchange usage and billing information over the Sonata interface. |