Network Management Framework based on Intelligent Agents, Semantic Modeling and Web Services

During its evolution network management has been approached through a variety of methods, each with advantages and limitations. It is this variety of implemented techniques that makes the network management field very complex with a large diversity of solutions. Although increased difficulty in integrating all these, the expectations are that it could be done in an easier way ("with a mouse click", if possible). Other requirements have also a big influence on network management solutions, like the need for integration in the broader scope of enterprise management. In this paper, a framework for implementing network management is presented that will take into consideration managing the complexity issues, the need for a response in a fast and easy way and the integration within general management objectives. For this, intelligent agents, presentation format through a familiar web interface and semantic assimilation have been investigated