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Today, network and service management applications are
largely ad hoc and inefficient. Standardization efforts in providing a
uniform view of the networks and outlining access interfaces (e.g. SNMP and
CIM) have provided operators with tools that provide some common and basic
management capabilities, but are inadequate in solving the challenge of
management.
The objective of this project is to identify and explore new enabling
technologies and management paradigms that reduce the complexity and cost of
network and service management, and OSS (operation support system)
integration in Telecom networks. The key premise of this research is to push
automation of management functions into the network and service components,
resulting in true “plug-n-play” management concept.
The outcome of this research is an experimental open service architecture
for the deployment, configuration, management, and monitoring of network
services. In addition to deriving distributed schemes for resource naming,
addressing, and discovery, composing management goal creation tools, service
definition languages, and access interfaces, this research will result in a
comprehensive and novel management platform that is open, customizable,
dynamic, resilient, and autonomous.
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