Title :
Network management simulators
Author :
Lundqvist, Anders ; Grönberg, Thomas
Author_Institution :
Ericsson Infocom Consultants AB, Karlstad, Sweden
Abstract :
This paper describes a philosophy for the testing and simulation of OSI management information model based managers and agents. From this point of view requirements, functions and architecture of OSI management simulation software is discussed. The systems described simulate managers and agents in order to verify the management functionality of network elements and operations systems. A number of areas of use have been discovered, in addition to the highly automated testing of Q3 interfaces. Finally, possibilities for future applications are discussed
Keywords :
automatic test software; digital simulation; maintenance engineering; network interfaces; network operating systems; open systems; software agents; software engineering; telecommunication computing; telecommunication equipment testing; telecommunication network management; OSI agents; OSI management information model; OSI management simulation software; OSI managers; Q3 interfaces; automated testing; management functionality verification; network elements; network management simulators; network operations systems; software architecture; Application software; Automatic testing; Automation; Computer architecture; Hardware; Information management; Protocols; System testing; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control;
Conference_Titel :
Network Operations and Management Symposium, 1996., IEEE
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2518-4
DOI :
10.1109/NOMS.1996.539625
