Do-it-yourself TMN applications by visual programming methods

Author

Schmidt, Claus ; Sevcik, Max

Author_Institution

Siemens Stromberg Carlson, Boca Raton, FL, USA

Volume

33

Issue

11

fYear

1995

fDate

11/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

72

Lastpage

76

Abstract

The development of specialized telecommunications management network (TMN) applications using conventional programming languages requires enormous development resources. In this article a method is presented that enables any network operator to create customized applications utilizing visual programming techniques. The advanced script construction method outlined in this article represents a script in the operations system (OS) as a linked network of templates for individual network element (NE) commands/Q3 operations and NE responses similar to a hypertext structure employed for the navigation through multimedia documents. The scripts are created by using visual programming techniques. The craft can interactively influence script control flow during its execution. This creates a vast number of options for script construction and virtually eliminates the expensive design and development of specialized TMN applications

Keywords

authoring languages; telecommunication computing; telecommunication network management; visual languages; visual programming; Q3 operations; TMN applications; advanced script construction method; customized applications; development resources; network element commands; network operator; operations system; script control flow; visual programming methods; Assembly; Command languages; Computer languages; Navigation; Runtime environment; Telecommunication control; Telecommunication network management;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/35.471261

Filename

471261