<p>This Master's Thesis describes the design and development of an architecture for automated network node discovery and topology analysis, implemented as an extension to the network management and provisioning system NETadmin. The architecture includes functionality for flexible network model assessment, using a method for versatile comparison between off-line database models and real-world models. These models are populated by current node data collected by network sensors.</p><p>The presented architecture supports (1) efficient creation and synchronization of network topology information (2) accurate recognition of new, replaced and upgraded nodes, including rogue nodes that may exhibit malicious behavior, and (3) provides an extension of an existing vendor-neutral enterprise network management and provisioning system.</p><p>An evaluation of the implementation shows evidence of accurate discovery and classification of unmatched hosts in a live customer production network with over 400 nodes, and presents data on performance and scalability levels.</p><p>The work was carried out at Netadmin System i Sverige AB, in Linköping, Sweden.</p>

This Master's Thesis describes the design and development of an architecture for automated network node discovery and topology analysis, implemented as an extension to the network management and provisioning system NETadmin. The architecture includes functionality for flexible network model assessment, using a method for versatile comparison between off-line database models and real-world models. These models are populated by current node data collected by network sensors. The presented architecture supports (1) efficient creation and synchronization of network topology information (2) accurate recognition of new, replaced and upgraded nodes, including rogue nodes that may exhibit malicious behavior, and (3) provides an extension of an existing vendor-neutral enterprise network management and provisioning system. An evaluation of the implementation shows evidence of accurate discovery and classification of unmatched hosts in a live customer production network with over 400 nodes, and presents data on performance and scalability levels. The work was carried out at Netadmin System i Sverige AB, in Linköping, Sweden.

Ericssons Business Communication Suite (BCS) är en Unified Communication-lösning, och är avsedd för större företag och teleoperatörer. BCS erbjuder tjänster som snabbmeddelanden, videosamtal, lägga till kontakter i grupper samt grupphantering mm. Syftet med detta projekt var tvåfaldigt; att utveckla och integrera ett program som kan kommunicera med Ericssons BCS, samt att dokumentera denna integration genom de erhållna kunskaperna från utvecklingen. Applikationen utvecklades för Windows Sidebar widget miljön och BCS miljön simulerades med hjälp av flera program och applikationer som tillhandahölls av Ericsson. Det första resultatet är en steg-för-steg integrationsguide, som innehåller installationsintruktioner för BCS-miljön samt riktlinjer för denna integration. Det andra resultatet är en widget som kan söka efter personer på sökmotorn www.eniro.se och utnyttja tjänster som tillhandahålls från BCS, som kontakt-och grupphantering samt videosamtal. Detta projekt visar att en tredjepartsutvecklad applikation kan integreras med BCS, och att tredjepartsutvecklare samt anställda på Ericsson kan använda steg-för-steg integrationsguiden för att sätta upp test- och utvecklingsmiljö för BCS. / Ericsson Business Communication Suite (BCS) is a Unified Communication solution destined for larger companies and telecommunication operators. BCS offers services such as instant messaging, video calls, contact group management and much more. The purpose of this project was twofold; developing and integrating an application that could communicate with Ericsson's Business Communication Suite, but also to document this integration through the knowledge acquired from the development. The application was developed for the Windows Sidebar widget engine and a BCS environment was simulated with the help of several programs and applications provided by Ericsson. The results of the project are a step-by-step integration guide, which contains environment setup as well as integration guidelines, and also a widget application that can search for people on the search engine www.eniro.se and utilize services provided by BCS such as contact and group management and video calls. This project demonstrates that a third party developed application can be integrated with Ericsson BCS, and that third party developers and people at Ericsson can use the step-by-step integration guide to easily setup the necessary BCS test environments.