Managing Information Highways: The PRISM Book: Principles, Methods, and Case Studies for Designing Telecommunications Management Systems

Kim Berquist, Andrew Berquist, Patrick McLaughlin (eds.)3540620087, 9783540620082

This monograph constitutes the final report of the EC-sponsored PRISM project, which was devoted to communications management for integrated broadband communications (IBC) within the RACE program.
The book introduces and applies the distributed management framework (DMF) developed for the specification and design of multi-domain management systems for controlling, monitoring, and administrating IBC networks. The DMF framework is evaluated in detail and related to other international architectural and specification work aimed at creating advanced communication management systems. Also, a summary of existing platforms potentially supporting PRISM’s DMF system, a glossary, a list of acronyms and abreviations, and a detailed subject index are included.

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Table of contents :
Introduction and background….Pages 1-22
The PRISM approach to modelling telecommunications management….Pages 23-47
Designing the system — The distributed management framework….Pages 49-125
Securing management systems in the DMF….Pages 127-202
Applying the DMF: VPN management….Pages 203-290
Applying the DMF: Personal Mobility — Service Profile Management….Pages 291-353
Relating the DMF to major architectures….Pages 355-382