Ideal Address Translation: Principles, Properties, and Applications 
Pamela ZAVE
AT&T Laboratories—Research, Florham Park, New Jersey, USA
pamela@research.att.com
Abstract. Address translation causes a wide variety of interactions
among telecommunication features. Ideal address translation is a simple and
intuitive set of rules for organizing features so that their interactions
can be managed successfully. It is based on a classification of interactions
and on principles that balance conflicting goals and reduce ambiguity. It
has provable properties, is modular (explicit cooperation among features is
not required), and supports extensibility (adding new features does not require
changing old features).