Realizing TMN-like Management Services in TINA
George Pavlou
Department of Computer Science,
University College London,
Gower Street,
London WC1E 6BT,
United Kingdom
Email: G.Pavlou_AT_cs.ucl.ac.uk
David Griffin
Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering,
University College London,
Torrington Place,
London WC1E 7JE,
United Kingdom
Email: D.Griffin_AT_eleceng.ucl.ac.uk
Abstract
TINA aims to provide an architecture based on distributed
computing technologies in order to enable telecommunications
networks to support the flexible introduction and operation of
new advanced services and to manage both the services and the
network in an integrated fashion. While the service operation
and management aspects are well advanced, network management
aspects are less well defined. Resource Configuration
Management (RCM) is one of the most important management areas
as it covers, among others, the management of static topology
and dynamic connectivity resources; these are both fundamental
to the operation of TINA services.
In this paper we present first an analysis of RCM, which
results in introducing a new domain that deals with the
configuration of management resources, in addition to network,
service and computing resources. We then present a generic
model for configuration management computational entities; this
separates specific task-oriented aspects from generic resource
representations accessed in a flexible fashion. The generic
computational interface and relevant methodology for
representing and accessing resources are influenced from OSI/
TMN design principles, but make use of the TINA ODP-based
Distributed Processing Environment (DPE). Based on this generic
model, we present an RCM system architecture that deals with
network and management resources. Parts of the latter have been
verified through a prototype implementation in the context of a
real field trial.
Keywords: Network Management, Resource Management, Configuration Management,
TINA, TMN, Network Resource Architecture
JNSM: Vol. 5, No. 4, 1997
Realizing TMN-like Management Services in TINA [Vol. 5, No. 4, 1997]
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