The original idea of an 'intelligent network' (IN) was to be able to define a system capability that would support the rapid building and deployment of a large range of new services into a telephony network. Services include those with advanced call distribution features, such as call queueing. The ITU specifies a series of recommendations that define such a capability, incorporating the intelligent network application protocol (INAP). Abernethy and Munday provide a useful overview of IN standards and services.

Inspec keywords: intelligent networks; telecommunication standards; telephony

Other keywords: intelligent network overload controls; intelligent network application protocol; system capability; advanced call distribution; telephony network; IN standards; call queueing

Subjects: Intelligent networks