Functional structures in networks : AMLn - a language for model driven development of telecom systems

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Muth, Thomas G.

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Berlin : Springer, 2005

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9783540225454

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Real-time data processing

Fault-tolerant computing

Computer architecture

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The architecture of "The Worlds Biggest Machine^" is of course expressed in the many underlying communications standards; however it is far from explicit nor readily accessible. While on one hand, marketing people are busy looking for their so called "Killer Applications" that will maintain the economic growth of this machine, the engineers are struggling to keep up with the myriad of networks, pro tocols and standards that interconnect an ever growing number of network services across a rapidly increasing variety of platforms and protocols. Within the industry, it is commonly accepted that fewer than 10% of engineers working in the field have sufficient knowledge and experience to tackle the p- study and feasibility phases; that is to say, only this group can process the knowl edge and overview of the elusive architecture that allow them to identify the net work nodes, network services, protocols and messages that will be affected by adding new network functionalities. It follows that 90% of engineers are capable of performing the execution phase.

1 Introduction to Network System Modeling
1.1 Systems Modeling in General	p. 1
1.2 Added-Value versus Common-Value Languages	p. 4
1.2.1 General	p. 4
1.2.2 AMLn versus UML	p. 7
1.2.3 The AMLn Process Context	p. 9
1.3 Contributions to AMLn	p. 13
1.4 Modeling Network Systems in AMLn	p. 15
1.4.1 Structures in Network System Models	p. 15
1.4.1.1 Layer Structure and Node Structure	p. 15
1.4.1.2 Management Plane and Managed Plane	p. 18
1.4.1.3 Network Levels	p. 19
1.4.2 Modeling Layer Structures	p. 20
1.4.2.1 The Control-Connectivity Separation	p. 21
1.4.2.2 The Actor-Agent Separation	p. 22
1.4.2.3 The Actor-Resource Separation	p. 23
1.4.2.4 The LSM-LPM Separation	p. 24
1.4.2.5 Agent Layers	p. 27
1.4.2.6 Common Agent Layers	p. 29
1.4.2.7 Common Actors	p. 30
1.4.3 Modeling Node Structures	p. 30
1.4.4 The Boundary Between Traffic and Management Systems	p. 36
1.4.5 Specifying Behavior in AMLn Models	p. 38
1.4.6 The Modeling Dimensions	p. 41
1.4.7 Views	p. 46
2 Layer Structures
2.1 Concepts Based on the OSI RM	p. 47
2.1.1 Layers and Layer Structures	p. 47
2.1.2 Service Types and Layer Types	p. 56
2.2 Discrimination (Connectivity Layers Only)	p. 58
2.2.1 Introduction	p. 58
2.2.2 Discrimination in the OSI RM	p. 59
2.2.3 Discrimination in the Internet	p. 61
2.2.4 Discrimination by Multiple Network Addresses	p. 62
2.2.5 Discrimination in Circuit-Switching Layers	p. 63
2.2.6 Summary	p. 64
2.3 Agents and Actors	p. 65
2.3.1 Introduction	p. 65
2.3.2 Agents and Actors in Control Layers	p. 68
2.3.2.1 A Case Study	p. 68
2.3.2.2 Agent Layers and Actor Layers	p. 79
2.3.2.3 Common Agent Layers	p. 80
2.3.2.4 Modeling the Actor Layers of an OSI Layer	p. 85
2.3.3 Agents and Actors in Connectivity Layers	p. 89
2.3.3.1 General Modeling Principles	p. 89
2.3.3.2 Submodels of Switching Actors	p. 93
2.3.3.3 Discrimination In Connectivity Layers	p. 99
2.3.4 Control Structures versus Connectivity Structures	p. 100
2.4 Stratum Levels	p. 105
3 Node Structures
3.1 Introduction	p. 111
3.2 Logical Networks	p. 117
3.2.1 Definitions, Parameters, and Tables	p. 117
3.2.2 Simulation and Realization of Logical-Network Structures	p. 125
3.3 Route Properties and Symbols	p. 127
3.4 Route Type Examples	p. 132
3.4.1 Physical Routes	p. 132
3.4.2 Link Routes	p. 134
3.4.3 Switched Routes	p. 137
3.4.3.1 Introduction	p. 137
3.4.3.2 Routes in Circuit-Switching Network Systems	p. 140
3.4.3.3 Switched Routes in SS7	p. 143
3.4.3.4 Switched Routes in the Internet	p. 145
3.4.4 Socket Routes	p. 146
3.4.5 Global Routes	p. 150
3.4.5.1 Introduction	p. 150
3.4.5.2 Global Routes in SS7	p. 151
3.4.5.3 Global Routes in IP networks	p. 152
3.4.5.4 Global Routes for Mobile Services	p. 155
4 Modeling Vertical and Horizontal Partitions
4.1 Introduction	p. 159
4.2 Vertical Partitioning	p. 160
4.3 Horizontal Partitioning	p. 163
4.3.1 Introduction	p. 163
4.3.2 Refining Layer Interfaces	p. 165
4.3.3 Horizontally-Partitioned Logical-Network Structures	p. 169
5 Management and Traffic Systems
5.1 Introduction	p. 175
5.2 Two Systems and Two planes	p. 175
5.3 The Management Plane Control Point (mpCP)	p. 181
5.3.1 Introduction	p. 181
5.3.2 Managed Objects in mpCP	p. 184
5.3.3 Connectivity Structures for mpCP	p. 186
5.3.4 The mpCP Protocol and Spontaneous Events	p. 189
5.4 The Management System	p. 192
5.4.1 Introduction	p. 192
5.4.2 The TMN Management System	p. 194
5.4.3 The SNMP Management System	p. 200
5.5 Using AMLn Models in Management Systems	p. 202
5.6 Summary	p. 205
6 Applying AMLn
6.1 Introduction	p. 209
6.2 OSI Upper-Layer Architecture	p. 214
6.2.1 Introduction	p. 214
6.2.2 ACSE, the Association Control Service Element	p. 217
6.2.3 ROSE, the Remote Operation Service Element	p. 219
6.3 TCAP, the Transaction Capability Application Part in SS7	p. 222
6.4 ATM Cell Switching	p. 230
6.4.1 Introduction	p. 230
6.4.2 ATM in B-ISDN	p. 231
6.4.3 The ATM Stratum	p. 233
6.4.4 The Adaptation Stratum	p. 238
Appendix A List of Acronyms and Standards	p. 243
Appendix B SAG and SAC Operations	p. 249
Appendix C AMLn Configuration Parameters and Tables	p. 259
Appendix D AMLs and AMLp in Short	p. 265
References	p. 275
Index	p. 277

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