Centralized management of configuration and monitor & control of a large SCPC DAMA network

In the framework of the SCPC-DAMA system for satellite telecommunications, the master station (DMS) is basically in charge of the satellite circuit assignment of a call-by-call basis. Because of the size of the network the remote stations can be spread on a large geographic area; the controlling and monitoring activities are of major concern. The paper describes how the network management has been addressed in the SESNET system by Alenia Spazio