Advanced Information Processing Techniques for LAN and MAN Management
Proceedings of the IFIP TC6/WG6.4 International Conference, Versailles, France, 7-9 April 1993
Published on 3. November 1993
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336 pages
978-0-444-81634-4 (ISBN)
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Although networks are widespread today, their management remains difficult because of the complex heterogeneity of the environment (LAN, MAN, multi-manufacturer, multi-media, multi-domain). A variety of computational techniques are required and different points of view must be taken into account to achieve a complete network management system. Firstly, management information must be extracted from network components and manipulated by the integrator (proxy agent). Secondly, management data must be maintained in the Management Information Base and distributed to the various management applications. Thirdly, management applications must be provided for diverse objectives, including: the functional objective (performance, configuration, accounting, fault security); the responsibility objective (network element, network, services, business management); the organizational objective (server resources management); and the domain objective (public, private). A variety of tools (expert systems, blackboard, man/machine interface) must be designed to optimize the system responses. Fourthly, these points of view must be integrated in a global and distributed environment.
This publication examines the benefits of advanced information processing techniques for different local network management problems and considers the current academic and industrial research being carried out. It provides an overview of the area for specialists, students and the network-using public and aims to stimulate further progress in the designing of local network management.
Although networks are widespread today, their management remains difficult because of the complex heterogeneity of the environment (LAN, MAN, multi-manufacturer, multi-media, multi-domain). A variety of computational techniques are required and different points of view must be taken into account to achieve a complete network management system. Firstly, management information must be extracted from network components and manipulated by the integrator (proxy agent). Secondly, management data must be maintained in the Management Information Base and distributed to the various management applications. Thirdly, management applications must be provided for diverse objectives, including: the functional objective (performance, configuration, accounting, fault security); the responsibility objective (network element, network, services, business management); the organizational objective (server resources management); and the domain objective (public, private). A variety of tools (expert systems, blackboard, man/machine interface) must be designed to optimize the system responses. Fourthly, these points of view must be integrated in a global and distributed environment.
This publication examines the benefits of advanced information processing techniques for different local network management problems and considers the current academic and industrial research being carried out. It provides an overview of the area for specialists, students and the network-using public and aims to stimulate further progress in the designing of local network management.
This publication examines the benefits of advanced information processing techniques for different local network management problems and considers the current academic and industrial research being carried out. It provides an overview of the area for specialists, students and the network-using public and aims to stimulate further progress in the designing of local network management.
Although networks are widespread today, their management remains difficult because of the complex heterogeneity of the environment (LAN, MAN, multi-manufacturer, multi-media, multi-domain). A variety of computational techniques are required and different points of view must be taken into account to achieve a complete network management system. Firstly, management information must be extracted from network components and manipulated by the integrator (proxy agent). Secondly, management data must be maintained in the Management Information Base and distributed to the various management applications. Thirdly, management applications must be provided for diverse objectives, including: the functional objective (performance, configuration, accounting, fault security); the responsibility objective (network element, network, services, business management); the organizational objective (server resources management); and the domain objective (public, private). A variety of tools (expert systems, blackboard, man/machine interface) must be designed to optimize the system responses. Fourthly, these points of view must be integrated in a global and distributed environment.
This publication examines the benefits of advanced information processing techniques for different local network management problems and considers the current academic and industrial research being carried out. It provides an overview of the area for specialists, students and the network-using public and aims to stimulate further progress in the designing of local network management.
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English
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Oxford
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Elsevier Science & Technology
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College/higher education
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Height: 230 mm
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978-0-444-81634-4 (9780444816344)
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Invited Paper; Advanced information processing for TMN-research in RACE I (T. Turner, B. Hurley). Part 1 Network Management Environment: Telecommunication management platforms (V. Wade, W. Donnelly, K. Riley, S. Roberts, D. Harkness, A. Carr, R. Shomaly, J. Celestino). Management with delegation (J.-C. Gregoire). An overview of the existing solutions for the integration of intelligent network and telecommunication management network (M.P. Gervais). Part 2 Management Services: An overview of fault management in telecommunication networks (G. Mahamat, A. Das, G. v. Bochmann). Management in broadband networks - ATM networks fault management (S. Assoul, C.B. Westphall). Efficient resources management in local area networks (R. Boutaba, B. Folliot, P. Sens). Part 3 Handling Heterogeneity in LAN and MAN Management: Unification of heterogeneous network manacement (M.C. Penna. J.N. De Souza). Managing heterogeneous networks - integrator-based approach (B. Bhushan, A. Patel, J.N. De Souza, J.-P. Claude). High level generic design of an ISDN programming communications interface (PCI) for EuroISDN (N. Downey, A. Patel). Part 4 Experience Designing Network Management Systems: The proposal of hierarchical integrated management for nation-wide tax processing network (A. Michalski). Application of a model based expert system to the maintenance of a MAN (H. Hopfmueller, W. Kehl, G. Schapeler). Management of RCE networks (E. Baudras-Chardigny). Part 5 Distribution in Network Management: A distributed processing support for an integrated network management (J. Celestino Jr.). Interoperability of open management systems (M. Oliveira, N. Agoulmine). A methodolocy for structuring management of networked systems (R. Boutaba). Part 6 Advanced Information Processing: Automating the OSI to internet management conversion through the use of an object-oriented platform (G. Pavlou, S. Bhatti, G. Knight). Distributed artificial intellicence as an AIP technique for network management (D. Gaiti). An object oriented methodology for realization and management of a high speed gateway (S. Znaty, N. Simoni). Part 7 Performance Management of LAN and MAN: Label management in broadband internetworks (I.S. Venieris, E.N. Protonotarios, J.D. Angelopoulos, G.I. Stassinopoulos). Reactive DQDB - a new approach to the unfairness problem (S. O'Shea, J. Finucane). Administering network behaviour through assessment of performance indicators (A. Tubtiang, F. Georges, H.I. Kwon).