Chapter 1 Introduction p. 2
1.1 Background p. 2
1.2 The Misa Project p. 2
1.3 The Misa Consortium p. 3
1.4 Acknowledgments p. 3
1.5 Project Members p. 4
Chapter 2 Book Structure p. 8
Chapter 3 Misa System Architecture p. 14
3.1 Broadband Connectivity Management p. 14
3.2 Ibcn Environment p. 14
3.3 Reference Functional Architecture p. 17
3.4 Middleware p. 20
3.5 Misa Demonstration Scenario p. 20
3.6 Summary p. 21
3.7 References p. 22
Chapter 4 The Misa Xcoop Interface p. 24
4.1 Introduction p. 24
4.2 Functional Description of the Misa Xcoop Interface p. 24
4.3 Support for Configuration Management p. 26
4.4 Support for Fault Management p. 27
4.5 Support for Accounting Management p. 30
4.6 The Xcoop Support to Specific Multi-Domain Management Functions p. 33
4.7 Implementation Outline p. 41
4.8 Summary p. 44
4.9 References p. 45
Chapter 5 Quality of Service and Routing in Multi-Domain Broadband Transport Networks p. 49
5.1 Introduction p. 49
5.2 Routing in Broadband Networks: Review of State-of-the-art p. 50
5.3 Quality of Service Issues in Atm and Sdh Networks p. 58
5.4 Scheduled Connections p. 65
5.5 Inter-Domain and Intra-Domain Routing Architecture p. 71
5.6 Intra-Domain Route Generation p. 74
5.7 Conclusions p. 76
5.8 References p. 77
Chapter 6 High-Integrity Inter-Domain Management p. 80
6.1 Introduction p. 80
6.2 Integrity Attributes p. 81
6.3 Integrity Methodology p. 83
6.4 Integrity Methodology and Cost-Benefit Analysis p. 94
6.5 Applying the Integrity Policy in the Multi-Domain Environment p. 95
6.6 Case Study - Trumpet/Misa Xuser p. 96
6.7 Summary p. 115
6.8 References p. 116
Chapter 7 Inter-Domain Management Security p. 121
7.1 Introduction p. 121
7.2 Security Requirements for Multi-Domain Management p. 121
7.3 Security Policies for Multi-Domain Management p. 127
7.4 Supporting Security Architecture p. 132
7.5 Implementation of Security on the External Interfaces of the Misa os p. 137
7.6 Supporting Security Infrastructure p. 140
7.7 Management of Management Security p. 143
7.8 Formal Testing of Security Implementation p. 152
7.9 Demonstration of Multi-Domain Management Security p. 164
7.10 Summary p. 165
7.11 References p. 166
Chapter 8 Graphical User Interfaces p. 170
8.1 Introduction p. 170
8.2 State of the Art p. 170
8.3 Gui-Mib Interaction p. 173
8.4 Generic Misa Management Console p. 173
8.5 Multi-Network Manager p. 178
8.6 Fault Management and Surveillance p. 181
8.7 Other Guis p. 189
8.8 Gui Performance and Robustness p. 191
8.9 Summary p. 192
8.10 References p. 193
Chapter 9 Design of the Misa Operation System p. 196
9.1 Introduction p. 196
9.2 Misa os Object-Oriented Analysis and Design p. 199
9.3 Design Approach p. 210
9.4 Design on Ibm Tmn Platform p. 211
9.5 Design on Hp Tmn Platform p. 219
9.6 The Database Architectural Design p. 236
9.7 References p. 284
Chapter 10 Detailed Design of the Misa-Operation System p. 288
10.1 Platform Independent Components Design p. 288
10.2 Ibm-Misa Os Components Detailed Design p. 342
10.3 Hp-Misa Os Components Detailed Design p. 370
10.4 Recovery Mechanism p. 384
10.5 Sdl Diagrams p. 391
10.6 References p. 408
Chapter 11 Acronyms p. 410
Index p. 413