Technical Area: Telecommunications Management Moderated By: Michael Slevin (), Any
comments you may have are welcome.
This is a set of links related to Telecom Management.
All opinions are my own - I think. last updated August 2002. If you find
this information remotely useful,
let me know.
If you have management systems design or development requirements, we at
CAPE Technologies
will be delighted to talk to you. If the following is of interest, you may be interested in a
general Telecom Management
training course hosted by CEI-Europe
every 6 months in Barcelona (October 2002), Nice (Spring 2003) or Davos
(Switzerland).
Strategic Information Resources - good links covering: book Store, Network Elements, Network
Applications, Network Management, Network Support, Network Architectures, Local Area Networking,
Telecom Regulation, Mobile Communications, Information Management, Special Reports
Info on Internet, CMIP, TMN, different Telecom Technologies at DG-Technology
Computer and Communication Organizations: Organizations, Cross References,, Programs and Projects, Cross
References, Usenet News Groups and FAQs, Standards, Cross References, and direct links to the sections on:
ADSL, ATM, CORBA, Ethernet, FCS, FDDI, Frame Relay, HIPPI, HTML, IEEE, IP Next Generation, ISDN,
Macintosh, MIME, MPEG, MPI, ODBC, SCI, SCSI, SMDS, SONET, STEP, TCP, Unix, USENET, Windows,
xDSL
Special issue of BT's Technology Journal (Jan'97) on OSS
(an excellent set of papers giving some idea of the scale of the challenges BT
faced in '97 - still applicable today)
List of on-line articles maintained by "The Simple Web" - univ. of Twente
Requirements for management of ORB-based Telecommunications Management
Building Blocks - a working document of the TM Forum - link to come -
currently restricted to TeleManagement Forum members.
( 10/12/96) Here you will get info about how ANSA is building a set of tools to impose a distributed
object model onto HTTP. Its objective is to provide a CORBA based environment from which the
web appears to consist of a world of distributed CORBA objects.
http://www.ansa.co.uk/ANSA/ISF/wwwCorba.html
JavaORB (http://dog.intalio.com/ ) and
its successor OpenORB, supports Java bindings, free and published under EXOLab
Public License (equivalent to the Apache Public License);
Joint Network Management Forum and X/Open specification for CORBA/CMIP/SNMP
interworking Provides a static method for translating objects from one environment into another:
CORBA IDL to GDMO (CMIP/TMN), GDMO to IDL, IDL to SMI (SNMP)
SMILE - Tool to implement/support
CORBA/CMIP/SNMP interworking
Teletraffic Performance of GSM900/DCS1800 in Street Microcells Radio planners often refer to the buildings in cities as "urban clutter," a nuisance they must
accommodate. A more appropriate attitude for personal communication systems is to utilize the
electromagnetic shielding offered by buildings to form microcells.
Raymond Steele, John Williams, Derek Chandler, Shirin Dehghan, and Aidan Collard IEEE Communicaitons Magazine March 1995 - Vol. 33 No. 3
Network Traffic Management Traffic Management paper (uses HP products as examples). By Peter Phaal (commissioned by HP). Abstract. (Note: This is available only as a Windows 3.1 HELP file.)
Note: for a list of defined information models, see above.
Modeling Telecommunications Networks' Transmission Systems
The author discusses the status of SDH management standards and related matters such as
PDH, and
offers an overview of the information contained within these standards.
Massimo Fatato IEEE Communicaitons Magazine March 1996 - Vol. 34 No. 3
Access Network Management Modeling
The effective management of access networks presents challenges which are not found in other sectors
of the
telecommunications network.
Alex Gillespie and Simon Rees IEEE Communicaitons Magazine March 1996 - Vol. 34 No. 3
Q3 Object Models for the Management of Exchanges
The author discusses the Q3 object models from ETSI and ITU-T that are applicable to the
management of exchanges, with a perspective on relevant standards being developed in the near future
and possible new items for standardization.
Willi J. Petermueller IEEE Communicaitons Magazine March 1996 - Vol. 34 No. 3
Trends in Handover Design The author presents an overview of published work on hand-over performance and control and
discusses current trends in handover research.
Gregory P. Pollini IEEE Communicaitons Magazine March 1996 - Vol. 34 No. 3
TMN as Applied to the GSM Network Since the concept of the Telecommunications Management Network (TMN) was put forth in CCITT
Recommendations, there have been few opportunities to apply it to an entirely new telecommunications
network. The development of the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) has provided
one such opportunity.
Thomas T. Towle IEEE Communicaitons Magazine March 1995 - Vol. 33 No. 3
"The OSI Network management Model" - a good basic introduction, IEEE
Communicaitons Magazine May 1993
"System Management Information Modelling" OSI techniques and tools successfully model
telecommunicaitons equipment , networks and services. IEEE Communicaitons Magazine May 1993
"CMISE Functions and Services" IEEE Communicaitons Magazine May 1993
"Implementing OSI-Based Interfaces for Network Management", IEEE Communicaitons
Magazine May 1993
The Open Book: A Practical Perspective on OSI, Marshall T. ROSE, Prentice-Hall, ISBN
0-13-643016-3
SNMP, SNMPv2, and CMIP, William Stallings, Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-201-63331-0
Layman's Guide to ASN.1 Burton S. Kaliski Jr. Postscript, 383K.Correction: In the examples for
section 5.6, IA5String, the tag for the IA5String type should be hexadecimal 16 in all cases, not 12.
CmisJava API is a 100% pure Java API that provides access to the OSI
CMIS management communication service. The API provides both Manager and
Agent-side access to the communication interface and can be easily mapped to any
underlying native stack.
http://www.loria.fr/equipes/resedas/JSMAN/CmisJavaApi/index.html
Vertel's TMN Agent Development
Environment TMN Manager Development Environment Vertel Embedded
Telecommunication Solutions (ETS)
NE Technologies Inc. (former DSET tools)
UHCommunications offer Q3ADE a toolbox for developing Telecom/Network
Management Mediation and Agent applications in C++, CORBA, Java and Microsoft
MFC++ for Windows NT and Sun Solaris – www.uhc.dk
The archive for comp.dcom.net-management - product info, etc. also the FAQs related to
Network Management (SNMP) - note that some info was last updated in 1995.
Don't forget to check the newsgroup comp.protocols.snmp
JavaTM Management Extensions (JMX) -
managing Java-based systems or using Java to manage other systems through Java
or standard-type management protocols.
Java Dynamic Management
KitTM - from Sun Microsystems - relatively straightforward
management of resources using Java with protocol adapters for HTTP, SNMP,
etc. Such agents are applicable to network management, system management, application management, and service management.
The OSSThrough Java initiative, launched in May 2000, will define Java APIs
for Operations Support Systems Purpose: To provide a standard set of
Java-technology based APIs (primarily based on Enterprise JavaBeansTM (EJBTM)
technology) for the components of an OSS
http://java.sun.com/products/oss/
The LDAP RFCs : RFC
1778; T. Howes, S. Kille, W. C. Robbins; The String Representation of Standard Attribute Syntaxes RFC
1777; W. Yeong, T. S. Kille; Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
November '96 edition of the Data Communications Magazine has an article on Web Based
Management which includes prices and availability and can be accessed at
http://www.data.com/contents/date/961121.html.
( 10/12/96)
Here you will get info about how ANSA is building a set of tools to impose a distributed object
model onto HTTP. Its objective is to provide a CORBA based environment from which the web appears to
consist of a world of distributed CORBA objects. http://www.ansa.co.uk/ANSA/ISF/wwwCorba.html
The Open Book: A Practical Perspective on OSI, Marshall T. ROSE, Prentice-Hall,
ISBN 0-13-643016-3
The Simple Book: An Introduction to Management of TCP/IP-based internets, Marshall T. ROSE, Prentice-Hall, 1994
ISBN 0-13-812611-9
SNMP, SNMPv2 and CMIP: The Practical Guide to Network Management Standards, (first ed. had errors - errata on-line at aw.com /pub/SNMP.errata)
William Stallings, Addison-Wesley Publishing Co, Inc. 1993
ISBN 0-201-63331-0
SNMP, SNMPv2 and RMON: Practical Network Management, Second Edition
William Stallings, Addison-Wesley, 1996
ISBN 0-201-63479-1
A Technical Strategy: Implementing TMN using OMNIPoint, Network Management Forum.
Management of telecommunications Systems and Services - Modelling and Implementing
TMN-Based Multi-Domain Management Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science 1116, ISBN 3-540-61578-4, 1996
(Note that this book describes the lessons learned from the RACE PREPARE project managed
by Broadcom - Some copies remain at Broadcom - please contact M.Lamont +353 1 604 6000)
Communications Software, Communication Switching ,Communications Systems Integration and Modeling,
Computer Communications, Enterprise Networking( and here), Gigabit Networking, Information
Infrastructure, Interconnections in High-Speed Digital Systems, Internet, Multimedia Communications, Network
Operations & Management
See also sections below on Commercial Information - Press Releases, newsfeeds, software, platforms and
applications.
Directory of suppliers according to category including
Network and System Management, Internetwork Management Platforms and Platform Applications, Web-Based
Management, Internet/Intranet and Web Site Management, Performance Management and Event Correlation, Network
Monitors and Analyzers, Service-Level Management, Asset Management Software, Trouble Ticketing and Help Desk
Management
ILOG's "Telecom graphic objects for telecommunications and data network management"
Subject: Webbin' CMIP Technology Release Blurb: Using the IBM Webbin' CMIP Technology release you can write simple yet powerful applications and
applets exploiting the services provided by Liaison. Additionally, you can browse your local CMIP and SNMP
resources using your favorite Web browser.The IBM Webbin' CMIP Technology release can be downloaded
from: http://misa.zurich.ibm.com/Webbin/
also their list of x-ref sites
05/11/97) Traffic Management on-line papers from IEEE Communication Surveys
Computer and Communication -links to the sections on: ADSL, ATM,
CORBA, Ethernet, FCS, FDDI, Frame Relay, HIPPI, HTML, IEEE, 1394, IP Next Generation, ISDN,
Macintosh, MIME, MPEG, MPI, ODBC, SCI, SCSI, SMDS, SONET, STEP, TCP, Unix,
USENET, Windows, xDSL