Next Generation Networks (NGNs) aim to provide a unified network
infrastructure to offer multimedia data and telecommunication services
through IP convergence. NGNs utilize multiple broadband, QoS-enabled
transport technologies, creating a converged packet-switched network
infrastructure, where service-related functions are separated from the
transport functions. This requires significant changes in the way how
networks are managed to handle the complexity and heterogeneity of
NGNs.
This thesis proposes a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) based
management framework that integrates heterogeneous management
systems in a loose coupling manner. The key benefit of the proposed
management architecture is the reduction of the complexity through
service and data integration. A network management middleware layer
that merges low level management functionality with higher level
management operations to resolve the problem of heterogeneity was
proposed.
A prototype was implemented using Web Services and a testbed was
developed using trouble ticket systems as the management application to
demonstrate the functionality of the proposed framework. Test results
show the correcting functioning of the system. It also concludes that the
proposed framework fulfils the principles behind the SOA philosophy.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/5264 |
| Date | January 2010 |
| Creators | Kotsopoulos, Konstantinos |
| Contributors | Hu, Yim Fun, Lei, Pouwan |
| Publisher | University of Bradford, School of Engineering Design and Technology |
| Source Sets | Bradford Scholars |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis, doctoral, PhD |
| Rights | <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-nd/3.0/88x31.png" /></a><br />The University of Bradford theses are licenced under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/">Creative Commons Licence</a>. |
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