USE OF OBJECT-ORIENTED TECHNIQUES FOR THE REALIZATION OF A FAULT MANAGEMENT PROTOTYPE

In order to prepare the next generation of network management systems, France Telecom/CNET experiments the newly standardized concepts of te lecommunication management network. In this context a fault management prototype has been realised using an object oriented environment. Thi s prototype is composed of a network element simulator and a managemen t system connected through a full Q3 interface. It provides alarm surv eillance functions compliant with the OSI network management forum spe cifications. The software development allowed to prove that object ori ented techniques are well suited to implementation of network manageme nt applications, and to assess the various tools and design choices.