Managing the network manager

Author

Kheradpir, Shaygan ; Stinson, Willis ; Chipalkatti, Renu ; Bossert, Greg

Volume

30

Issue

7

fYear

1992

fDate

7/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

12

Lastpage

21

Abstract

A network management and control simulator (NEMACS) software testbed for developing, testing, and integrating different network management (NM) techniques for multiservice circuit-switched networks is discussed. NEMACS is capable of applying different NM strategies to a plethora of simulated network scenarios that include networks of differing size, speed, transport topology, control, and management architectures. NEMACS simulates networks by modeling the behavior of various network modules: call transport modules (CTMs), call control modules (CCMs), and network control modules (NCMs). The implementation of NEMACS software and four examples of how NEMACS has been used to rapidly prototype NM techniques are presented. The examples deal with focused overload in a simple network, predictive access-control and routing strategy, decentralized management, and multiclass traffic control.<>

Keywords

circuit switching; telecommunication network management; telecommunications computer control; NEMACS; call control modules; call transport modules; decentralized management; focused overload; multiclass traffic control; multiservice circuit-switched networks; network control modules; network management and control simulator; predictive access-control; routing strategy; software testbed; Circuit simulation; Circuit testing; Circuit topology; Computer architecture; Network topology; Routing; Size control; Software development management; Software prototyping; Software testing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/35.144771

Filename

144771