Resource Management::Resource Repository Management

The Resource Repository Management Aggregate Function stores and maintains a reference of all technical resources (physical, logical and compound resources). <br/>The Resource base describes in particular network and IT resources <br/>• created and eventually configured during the Infrastructure Management process,<br/>• allocated and configured during the Service Delivery process,<br/>• or during Assurance process <br/>Resources (physical or compound) are linked to their geographical location, when it is relevant and stable. <br/>Example: DSLAM XXX is located 2 street Louis Armstrong 75015 Paris, building A, floor 2, room 214<br/>Resources can be identified and referenced before any allocation to a service (and/or a product) - and can exist without being used, by a service for example.<br/>Examples:<br/>• devices managed in the Service Provider stocks<br/>• fixed access<br/>• new DSLAM or Service Platform<br/>It also permits to describe in a short way resources that as a Service Provider we don’t own or commercialize (ex: mobile phones used by our customers) but that we need to know or to act on. For example when someone arrives in a foreign country with his mobile phone, his SIM card is updated for roaming management (as hosting network).<br/>