Publisher's Synopsis
The material contained in the book represents the major results of five years work conducted under the RACE (Research and Development in Advanced Communications Technologies in Europe) programme sponsored by the European Commission.;Topics covered include the logical framework (conceptual models, TMN architecture) for telecommunications management networks (TMN); TMN evolution (issues affecting TMN evolution, framework and guidelines for TMN integration); modelling different aspects of TMN (service and network model implementation, modelling a QoS management system); TMN implementation (key results on network and customer administration systems, traffic management, management application implementation); experimental results (virtual path management for ATM, interconnected MANs maintenance prototype, implementation of a generic maintenance system), and recommendations (computing platforms, use of AIP techniques in maintenance and human-computer interface considerations).
