A database architecture for TMN

Author

Horowitz, Jeffrey Raymond ; Zhang, Eniac

Author_Institution

Vertel Corp., Woodland Hills, CA, USA

fYear

1998

fDate

22-24 Oct 1998

Abstract

This paper describes an architecture for using a database within the fundamental components of a TMN. The manager and agent components act in a client and server fashion while using the database to store instances of managed objects the TMN is responsible for. The database is also used to store events reflecting changes in status for these managed objects. The managed objects and their relationships are described with GDMO and ASN.1. The primary emphasis is an architecture that is not dependent upon any individual database technology or system. This is achieved by database-independent client-server API. The virtual managed object address (VMOA) is also introduced. This is a class that represents a managed object reference in a database in a fashion that allows all, some, or none of the object´s attributes to be in the database

Keywords

application program interfaces; client-server systems; object-oriented databases; telecommunication computing; telecommunication network management; ASN.1; GDMO; TMN; VMOA; agent component; client; database architecture; database-independent client-server API; managed object reference; managed objects; manager component; server; virtual managed object address; Database systems; Distributed databases; Environmental management; Fault tolerance; Network interfaces; Object oriented databases; Packaging; Resource management; Robustness; Routing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communication Technology Proceedings, 1998. ICCT '98. 1998 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Beijing

Print_ISBN

7-80090-827-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCT.1998.741112

Filename

741112