A management system providing real distribution of management tasks with time and space independence

Actual management systems do not fulfil a number of requirements identified as mandatory for an efficient and effective network management. The simple adoption of solutions like Java´s RMI or OMG´s CORBA, do not solve all problems and may originate others. This paper describes the architectural and functional model for the proposed management system, that satisfy a number of identified requirements. Special attention is devoted to the information model, proposing a new structure for it. Within the text some simple application examples of ATM networks are given. Finally, a brief analysis of two distinct ATM switches from different vendors is given referring to the possible added value that the proposed system can bring when managing those devices