ISSN:
1573-7705
Keywords:
TMN
;
SMK
;
CORBA
;
DISTRIBUTED MANAGEMENT
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Computer Science
Notes:
Abstract In Telecommunications Management Network (TMN),the interworking of manager and agent requires thesharing of management information defined as SharedManagement Knowledge (SMK) in ITU-T Recommendation M.3010. SMK includes information on theprotocol knowledge, management functions, managed objectclasses and their instances, and authorizationcapabilities. We have developed a CORBA-based TMN SMKsystem in order to provide a dynamic and efficientdistributed processing environment for the exchange ofmanagement information between managers and agents. Inthis paper, we discuss the design issues and present the design of a CORBA-based SMK systemincluding the access protocol for obtaining the SMKinformation from MIB and for SMK context negotiations.Also, our effort on the prototype implementation of anSMK system using ORBeline and OSIMIS is presented.The preliminary performance results of our prototypeimplementation show that ORB-based SMK informationaccess outperforms CMIS-based SMK information access, and that our approach is an efficient way ofexchanging SMK information.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1018706708569
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