Network topology configuration management experience report

Author

Bannerman, Steve ; Stockdell, Brad ; Stutz, Michele

Author_Institution

Appl. Reasoning, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

137

Lastpage

139

Abstract

Sprint started working with the TINA-C recommendations in 1996. In 1998 it deployed connection manager (CM), a provisioning system in support of Sprint ION, which used the network resource architecture (NRA) as its software blueprint. The initial scope of CM includes provisioning of ATM and ATM-transported services of voice, IP, and frame relay. In this paper we focus on how CM used and extended the network topology configuration management (NTCM) model to represent physical resources, their capabilities, and the rules for their allocation. Our experience with the following concepts are explored: usage of administrative and management domains, modeling of capabilities of actual devices, support for bandwidth and address management, and representation of interworking functions between technologies

Keywords

asynchronous transfer mode; frame relay; information networks; network topology; telecommunication network management; telecommunication services; voice communication; ATM; IP service; Sprint ION; TINA-C recommendations; address management; administration; bandwidth management; connection manager; frame relay; interworking functions; network resource architecture software; network topology configuration management; provisioning system; voice service; Asynchronous transfer mode; Bandwidth; Computer architecture; Frame relay; Network topology; Resource management; Space technology; Technology management;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Telecommunications Information Networking Architecture Conference Proceedings, 1999. TINA '99

Conference_Location

Oahu, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5785-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TINA.1999.789979

Filename

789979