D. Gaiti, A PROPOSAL FOR INTEGRATING INTELLIGENT MANAGEMENT IN THE INTELLIGENT NETWORK CONCEPTUAL-MODEL, Computer networks and ISDN systems, 28(5), 1996, pp. 689-699
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15
Categorie Soggetti
Computer Sciences","System Science",Telecommunications,"Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic","Computer Science Information Systems
Over the past five years, the subject of Intelligent Network (IN) focu
sed on architecture and introduction of new services. In parallel, TMN
was introduced as a generic management-oriented architecture to be us
ed for all kinds of management services. The integration of IN and TMN
is a candidate to solve the problem of management of the IN. Unfortun
ately, this concept of integration is not sufficient to bring a flexib
le and adaptable management system. This paper describes a model based
on Distributed Artificial Intelligence concepts able to manage the In
telligent Network. This model can be integrated in the different layer
s of the Intelligent Network architecture. We investigate four possibi
lities: at the physical plane, at the distributed functional plane, at
the global functional plane and at the service plane. We compare the
advantages and drawbacks of implementing the management process at tho
se levels.