Self-management in IP networks using autonomic computing

In this paper, we propose an autonomic network management system that analyzes, evaluates, and optimizes the redundancy of routes providing access to remote sites from a local area network. The proposed solution ARRC is based on SNMP as simple network management protocol to monitor the gateways, analyze their layer 3 operations and perform an extra configuration that enhances the availability of network services. The autonomic behavior of this system is inspired from the autonomic computing principles proposed by IBM. The experimental results have shown that the proposed approach optimizes efficiently the availability of network services.