J/sup TMN/: a Java-based TMN development and experimentation environment

Author

Andrey, Laurent ; Festor, Olivier ; Nataf, Emmanuel ; State, Radu

Author_Institution

LORIA, Inst. Nat. de Recherche en Inf. et Autom., France

Volume

18

Issue

5

fYear

2000

fDate

5/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

664

Lastpage

675

Abstract

Java technology has largely entered the world of element, network, and service management and has undoubtedly proven useful in combination with the SNMP framework for both manager and agent side developments. However, very few experiments have been made so far trying to provide an in-depth integration of this technology within the TMN framework. In this paper we present a free software which offers a generic environment which provides a basis for reaching this integration. This environment, called J/sup TMN/, is composed of a set of Java software packages which enable both development and deployment of TMN compliant components. Not bound to any specific management platform and easily portable to any TMN system, its goal is to allow experimentation and deployment of more advanced features such as mobile agents, active network management, and advanced delegation in harmony with existing TMN approaches.

Keywords

Java; application program interfaces; programming environments; software agents; software packages; telecommunication computing; telecommunication network management; J/sup TMN/; Java software packages; Java-based TMN development; TMN compliant components; active network management; advanced delegation; experimentation environment; generic environment; mobile agents; Access protocols; Asynchronous transfer mode; Environmental management; Graphical user interfaces; Information management; Java; Software packages; Technology management; Telecommunication network management; Unified modeling language;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8716

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/49.842983

Filename

842983