Configuration management of large IP telephony networks

Author

Israel, R. ; Fang, Y. ; Cohen, P. ; Eiche, E.

Author_Institution

GTE Internetworking Inc., Waltham, MA, USA

fYear

2000

fDate

6/22/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

435

Lastpage

446

Abstract

A nationwide Internet telephony network is described that uses H.323 gateways distributed around the USA to provide customers with local telephone access to application services hosted at a central data center. A key technology that enables deployment of the network is automated configuration management. The configuration management system includes a detailed object-oriented data model of the network coupled with a collection of applications supporting configuration, auditing, testing, monitoring, and updating of network elements. The configuration management system allows the network to be administered and maintained quickly and accurately, minimizing costs in staff and service outages

Keywords

Internet telephony; auditing; maintenance engineering; monitoring; object-oriented methods; telecommunication equipment testing; telecommunication network management; H.323 gateways; IP telephony networks; Internet telephony; USA; application services; auditing; automated configuration management; central data center; local telephone access; maintenance; monitoring; object-oriented data model; testing; updating; Central office; Costs; Data models; IP networks; Internet telephony; Internetworking; Network servers; Telecommunication traffic; Web and internet services; Web server;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Network Operations and Management Symposium, 2000. NOMS 2000. 2000 IEEE/IFIP

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5928-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NOMS.2000.830401

Filename

830401