Title :
OPTIPRISM: a distributed hierarchical network management system for all-optical networks
Author :
Khan, Bilal ; Kleiner, D.D. ; Talmage, David
Author_Institution :
Center for Computational Sci., Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA
fDate :
6/23/1905 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
OPTIPRISM is an agent-based network management system (NMS) providing configuration and fault management services for all-optical networks. OPTIPRISM has been developed and tested on the Multi-wavelength Optical Network (MONET) switches of the Advanced Technology Demonstration Network (ATDnet). OPTIPRISM features a scalable architecture consisting of a distributed hierarchy of intelligent, mobile manager agents. These managers have uniform interfaces, which makes it is easy to add managers from the hierarchy in order to extend OPTIPRISM as the network grows. Using agent mobility, OPTIPRISM is able to reorganize its physical deployment so as to improve overall responsiveness. Finally, OPTIPRISM includes an innovative browser agent which incorporates a scalable solution to the problem of end-user interaction with a large distributed NMS
Keywords :
multi-agent systems; optical fibre networks; telecommunication network management; telecommunication network routing; ATDnet; Advanced Technology Demonstration Network; MONET; OPTIPRISM; agent-based NMS; all-optical networks; browser agent; configuration management; distributed hierarchy; end-user interaction; fault management; large distributed NMS; multi-agent system; multi-wavelength optical network; network management system; scalable architecture; uniform interfaces; All-optical networks; Application software; Computer network management; Hardware; Intelligent agent; Laboratories; Optical fiber networks; Optical network units; Optical switches; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Global Telecommunications Conference, 2001. GLOBECOM '01. IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7206-9
DOI :
10.1109/GLOCOM.2001.965837
