Course responsible in 2008: Professor Finn Arve Aagesen
Mail address: Finn Arve

Course Information

Course Description: The objective of the course is to provide knowledge and understanding about principles and architectures for management (i.e. installation, deployment, configuration, administration, accounting, operation, maintenance, monitoring, adaptation, etc.) of services and resources in communication networks.

Prerequisites: Required previous knowledge: Course TTM4145 Network Intelligence and Mobility.

Contents: The course develops further the concepts that were introduced in Network Intelligence and Mobility and covers principles and methodology to realise:
- Traditional Network Management Architectures and Protocols (e.g. SNMP, TMN)
- Management of service and resource mobility between different provider networks
- Management of services and resources in multiprovider networks
- Next Generation Operations Support Systems
- Semantic WEB's XML-based languages and frameworks for representation and reasoning about resources (RDF, DAML, OWL, etc.)
- Architectures for Adaptive Systems and Autonomic Communication.

Textbook: " Network Management - principles and practice, Mani Subramanian, Addison-Wesley 2000, ISBN 0-201-35742-9.