{"title":"Pragmatic approach to protect human assets in migration to object oriented analysis","authors":"H. Nikkanen","doi":"10.1109/NOMS.1996.539534","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NOMS.1996.539534","url":null,"abstract":"This paper is based on results from the EURESCOM project P414-TMN (Telecommunications Management Network) Guidelines, in which a case study within the VPN (virtual private network) has been executed. Object orientation is a very promising approach in software development. Implementation of object orientation is a huge task. Therefore this paper is limited to one well defined area, object oriented analysis. The experience from the project showed, that object orientation is not intuitively understood and that people create contradicting models. This indicates, that with sufficient training one person can make an object oriented model but in working groups, considerable contradictions may arise. Most of the problems seem to be related to different business processes. It is obvious that the best properties of both approaches are needed, so this paper presents studies the expansion of existing business practices with object oriented techniques. The study shows, that, from the human point of view, there are good possibilities to reap most of the benefits of object orientated analysis by adapting the techniques to company specific conditions. However, analysis is only a small part of the software life cycle and must be fully integrated, including tools, to produce full benefits.","PeriodicalId":110797,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of NOMS '96 - IEEE Network Operations and Management Symposium","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133320231","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An ATM network-view model for integrated layer-network management","authors":"Buket Aydemir, Joe Tanzini","doi":"10.1109/NOMS.1996.539528","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NOMS.1996.539528","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a managed object (MO) model is proposed for the management of ATM layer networks and integration with its server (SONET) and client (service access) layer networks. The proposed management model is based on the application of emerging \"network-view\" draft standards from ITU, ETSI and the ATM Forum, to the technology specific areas of ATM and SONET. Our main focus is on the ATM layer-networks needed to support management of a network of TMN Q3 (CMIP) based ATM switches, such as Fujitsu FETEX-150 broadband switching systems, however we also apply the same modeling principles to the SONET and service access layers to illustrate how the network view concepts apply to integrated network management. Design goals for the model include a MIB (management information base) that is complimentary to the network element (NE) agent model, and can efficiently support user applications.","PeriodicalId":110797,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of NOMS '96 - IEEE Network Operations and Management Symposium","volume":"59 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132010745","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Customer network management and ATM networks","authors":"M. Hinchliffe, N. Cook","doi":"10.1109/NOMS.1996.539455","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NOMS.1996.539455","url":null,"abstract":"Customer network management systems have traditionally provided limited access to carrier network data and some control of the leased portion of the customer's corporate network. These systems have typically been single service offerings. This paper looks at the needs for extra functionality in customer network management systems now that multiservice asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) networks are available. The corporate network manager's viewpoint provides an insight into what this functionality is. The carrier's viewpoint exposes some of the difficulties and constraints on CNM system solutions. The paper looks at how these issues can be addressed and identifies factors influencing the development of a new generation of CNM system solutions. Finally some details of an ATM CNM system delivered by CiTR, as part of an ATM NMS are provided, together with a overview of the tools used in its development.","PeriodicalId":110797,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of NOMS '96 - IEEE Network Operations and Management Symposium","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130149275","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A path bandwidth allocation scheme for hierarchical telecommunication networks","authors":"M. Logothetis, G. Kokkinakis","doi":"10.1109/NOMS.1996.539462","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NOMS.1996.539462","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a model for large-scale hierarchical networks which leads to an almost optimal path bandwidth (PB) allocation, under constraints posed by the installed bandwidth in the transmission links of the network. The PB allocation procedure consists of three phases. In the first phase, a suitable decomposition of the whole network takes place, in which the hierarchical network is split to a set of sub-networks of just one level. In the second phase, the optimization algorithm developed for one-level telecommunication networks is applied to each subnetwork to define the optimal PB allocation. The optimization criterion is to minimize the worst call blocking probability (CBP) of all switching pairs of the sub-network. In the third phase, composition of the sub-networks takes place in a successive way which leads to the final PB allocation. As the hierarchical network is built up from optimized sub-networks, it is considered that it has an almost optimal PB allocation. The proposed PB allocation scheme is explained by means of an example.","PeriodicalId":110797,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of NOMS '96 - IEEE Network Operations and Management Symposium","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123614909","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Policy driven configuration management of network devices","authors":"Kirsten Heiler, R. Wies","doi":"10.1109/NOMS.1996.539527","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NOMS.1996.539527","url":null,"abstract":"Outlines a comprehensive and implemented concept for modeling configuration tasks. Examples, especially the configuration of different hubs, show that the model is feasible and its complexity justified. We show how detailed configuration operations can be mapped to existing management tools. To use this concept, it is thus not necessary to buy new tools but rather to identify the functionality of existing tools and specify configuration policies. Our approach is modular and flexible, thereby allowing for changes at any level within the model without influencing the other levels directly. Furthermore, implicit policies found in configuration tasks have been extracted and specified explicitly. This mechanism caters for a proactive and strategic management and configuration of devices. The model is not limited to the configuration of network devices but can be equally extended to include configuration processes for end systems and distributed applications.","PeriodicalId":110797,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of NOMS '96 - IEEE Network Operations and Management Symposium","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122423577","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Network architectures for the 21st century","authors":"L. Bernstein, C. Yuhas","doi":"10.1109/NOMS.1996.539601","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NOMS.1996.539601","url":null,"abstract":"The network architecture forms the main infrastructure to meet the enterprise networking needs of the next century. Today's telephone networks treat switching, transmission and operations systems as distinct disciplines. The usually respectable tendency towards caution in adapting to change would suggest that new technologies be mapped into this methodology. This is not possible. The deployment of the telecommunications management network (TMN) illustrates the problem; it was so slow in coming due primarily to its complexity and the inertia of legacy systems. Distinctions between switching and transmission equipment disappear as network elements become software based. Incorporating network management functions in the network elements can make operating a network easier. Only a radical change of mindset can hope to provide the necessary cost benefits and ease of use. The full service network requires a new nodal architecture; one possibility is shown.","PeriodicalId":110797,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of NOMS '96 - IEEE Network Operations and Management Symposium","volume":"85 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123140321","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An architecture for broadband virtual networks under customer control","authors":"M. Chan, H. Hadama, R. Stadler","doi":"10.1109/NOMS.1996.539453","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NOMS.1996.539453","url":null,"abstract":"Emerging ATM-based virtual private network (VPN) services offer customers a flexible way to interconnect customer premises networks (CPNs) via high-speed links. Compared with traditional leased lines, these services allow for rapid provisioning of VPN bandwidth through cooperative control between customer and provider. Customers can dynamically renegotiate the VPN bandwidth according to their current needs, paying only for the resources they actually use. In order to meet the various requirements and demands of different classes of VPN customers, a VPN provider must provide customers with the flexibility to choose their own control schemes and objectives. The focus of this paper is on enhancing the customer's capability of controlling a VPN. First, we propose a new scheme for a broadband VPN service, which is based on the virtual path group (VPG) concept. In our scheme, the customer performs VP control operations without interacting with the VPN provider, thus enabling the following merits: (1) the customer can share bandwidth among VPs that traverse the same physical network link in the provider's domain, thus using the VPN bandwidth more efficiently; (2) customers can perform VP control operations according to their own requirements and control objectives. Second, we outline an architecture for a customer-operated control system, which utilizes a VPG-based VPN service. The system is structured into three layers of control, which execute on different time scales. The functionalities of these layers are call processing, VP control, and VPN control, respectively. Finally, we evaluate the effectiveness of the control system, with respect to VP control.","PeriodicalId":110797,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of NOMS '96 - IEEE Network Operations and Management Symposium","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115422270","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A congestion control system for an advanced intelligent network","authors":"H. Kawamura, Eri Sano","doi":"10.1109/NOMS.1996.539636","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NOMS.1996.539636","url":null,"abstract":"We have described a network-level system for controlling congestion at the service control points (SCPs) in an advanced intelligent network, by restricting traffic from communication nodes accessing a congested SCP. The main points of this paper can be summarized as follows. (1) Network-level congestion control restricting traffic from communication nodes accessing a congested SCP is an effective congestion control method in an advanced IN. Its implementation requires collecting network traffic data in real time, deciding an appropriate control type and carrying it out. In an advanced IN there may be many different congestion causes and corresponding control types, making necessary complex data processing which can best be carried out by an operations system (OpS) equipped with facilities for network-level congestion control. (2) In a typical model of an advanced IN, we have listed some representative SCP congestion types and control types, showing how they are interrelated. We have further described the functions and processing flow for provision in the OpS responsible for network-level congestion control, and shown a method of implementing decision processing based on the congestion types and control types, along with a method of determining the amount of traffic control to be imposed.","PeriodicalId":110797,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of NOMS '96 - IEEE Network Operations and Management Symposium","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116301826","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Optical path accommodation design considering failure restoration with minimum cross-connect system scale","authors":"N. Nagatsu, S. Okamoto, Ken-ichi Sato","doi":"10.1109/NOMS.1996.539460","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NOMS.1996.539460","url":null,"abstract":"This paper proposes optical path accommodation design algorithms for both the wavelength path (WP) and virtual wavelength path (VWP) schemes with or without failure restoration. The optical path (OP) employs WDM/FDM (wavelength/frequency division multiplexing) and wavelength routing in the path layer of the transport network. The proposed algorithms adopt some heuristic approaches to the algorithmic complexity caused by the NP-completeness of the wavelength assignment problem. The objective function is taken as minimizing the average total number optical path cross-connect (OPXC) ports, in other words, OPXC system scale. Utilizing the developed algorithms, extensive simulations quantitatively evaluate the OPXC system scale requirements of a large scale network whose physical topology and path demand distribution pattern are arbitrary. The simulations reveal the basic difference between the WP and VWP schemes.","PeriodicalId":110797,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of NOMS '96 - IEEE Network Operations and Management Symposium","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127963896","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A process-centric approach to enterprise transformation","authors":"Raymond J. Adensamer","doi":"10.1109/NOMS.1996.539524","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NOMS.1996.539524","url":null,"abstract":"Telecommunications service providers are faced with a rapidly changing business environment. They are being pushed to deal with global competition, reducing the cost of doing business, and rapidly developing new products and services. To meet these challenges, they must constantly modify their enterprise to optimize the way in which they do business. Business process re-engineering and continuous improvement methods target both the radical and continuous improvement of enterprise effectiveness. Because of the scope of change, the term \"enterprise transformation\" is often used to describe the scope of change required to organizations and systems. The paper presents a process-centric approach to addressing enterprise transformation. A process-centric approach is favoured because it is evolvable, scaleable, interoperable, modular and reconfigurable. The proposed solution, which encompasses the principles of a process-centric approach, has two levels of processes; local and global (enterprise). Local processes manage the presentation aspects in the user context. Enterprise level processes manage the overall information integration aspects. The paper describes a process-centric support system architecture that facilitates enterprise transformation. To maximize flexibility, processes are architecturally separated from the data required to support the execution of the process. This approach provides an architectural framework to flexibly support enterprise transformation.","PeriodicalId":110797,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of NOMS '96 - IEEE Network Operations and Management Symposium","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126698249","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}