On the future of Internet management technologies

Author

Schönwälder, Jürgen ; Pras, Aiko ; Martin-Flatin, Jean-Philippe

Author_Institution

Int. Univ. Bremen, Germany

Volume

41

Issue

10

fYear

2003

fDate

10/1/2003 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

90

Lastpage

97

Abstract

As the Internet continues to grow, it becomes more and more apparent that existing Internet management technologies need to be improved, extended or replaced in order to extend functionality and reduce development time and operational costs. Within the IETF, IRTF, and IAB, several new approaches are currently under discussion. Evolutionary approaches aim at improving currently used technologies, whereas revolutionary approaches try to replace existing management-specific technologies with standard distributed systems technologies. This article surveys the research and development work under way to develop future Internet management technologies.

Keywords

Internet; computer network management; protocols; standardisation; IAB; IETF; IRTF; Internet management technologies; SNMP; Simple Network Management Protocol; development time reduction; evolutionary approaches; network operators; operational costs reduction; research and development; standard distributed systems technologies; standardization; Communication system operations and management; Communications technology; Costs; Environmental management; IP networks; Internet; Protocols; Spine; Technology management; Transaction databases;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCOM.2003.1235600

Filename

1235600