The evolution of the market towards broadband and IP-based services is a major driving factor for network operators towards the integration of their so far separate data and telephony networks. This paper presents an approach to realize a mode of Global Service Control for telecommunication network operators that provides simplified automated management of services over a heterogeneous, multi-v...

In this paper, we present a platfonn called MadKit that allows the generic development of multi-agent system based on the organisational concept. Three main objects are defined: agents, groups and roles. We propose to illustrate this concept of organisation in a telecommunication environment. Our main objective is to show the possible use ofthe MadKit platfonn in the context of network modellin...

Telecommunication network infrastructures become more and more distributed and heterogeneous, with various network technologies integrated (e.g. ATM, IP, ADSL), and several types of equipment coexisting, typically from different vendors. At the same time, services are becoming more and more demanding in terms of quality of service. In this context, efficient network management is of paramount i...

Large, heterogeneous computer and telecommunication networks with ever changing topology and size are typical environments todays network management (NM) systems struggle to control. Unexpected events occur frequently in these complex networks, and many of the events result in failure situations where the NM system is required to intervene and restabilize the network. By distributing the NM sys...

The work described in this paper is focused on the attainment of a product that: a) is able to manage a communication network according to ISO ant ITU-T standards (Telecommunication Management Network, TMN, model); b) automatically locates network faults based on a set of rules embedded in an integrated expert system; and c) represents the expert knowledge using procedures and tools to define o...

A telecommunication system like an ISDN network comprises a great variety of software components. It includes software for switches, the terminal equipment (like a simple telephone) but also for the management of resources and the provision of high level services like time dependent call forwarding. Software for telecommunication systems like other software must be fast, robust and easy to main...

Mobile Ad-hoc Network is a self configurable routing protocol. Nodes in MANET can shift freely from one place to another place and each node in MANET can take action as a transmitter, receiver and router. WiMAX is a telecommunication technology standard which provides fixed and mobile Internet access. Access Server Network (ASN) in WiMAX provides the layer 2 connectivity to the user equipments....