Component-Based
Distributed Network Management
Ph. D. STUDENT:
Chanki Jeong
As
integration of computers and communications continues, computer networks
(Internet and intranets) are becoming lifeline of business, entertainment,
education and government information dissemination. The growth of networks
in size, heterogeneity, functionality and the demand for its high availibity
require an efficient, scalable, dynamic network management model.
Prevalent
centralized network management has failed to meet the challenges of
today’s networks for several years. A flexible, scalable, and dynamic
management Architecture capable of incorporating policy-based management,
service-based management, and integrated management is inevitable for the
next generation of network management systems. The adoption of mobile code
paradigms can affect profoundly the way management is done, enabling a
dynamic distribution of management intelligence, and a more rational
exploitation of the newly available technological resources. A proper use of
these paradigms will lead to a more scalable, flexible, timely and seamless
management system.
Currently,
no techniques have demonstrated the ability to solve this problem. This
proposal addresses this problem and conventional problems through
components-based management framework. Our ultimate goal is to develop
Component-Based Management Framework (CBMF), which provides optimal
solutions (e.g., reusability, scalability, flexibility, reliability, and
efficiency) through plug-and-play of management components. Component
approach will complement dynamic management through component-based
delegation. A mechanism is proposed to put together complex client/server
systems of network management by simply assembling and extending reusable
management software components provided by manufacturers or expert
developers. At this time, human
network managers will easily modify pre-maid management components and
reinvent new management components on their management platforms with visual
tools.
The
specific tasks we aims to do are to (1) present a paradigm-oriented taxonomy
of management applications and functions,
(2) evaluate available technologies for realization, (3) develop a
components-based design method, (4) design “flexible network management”
model through three ingredients of hybrid architecture, mobile code
paradigms, and components-based approach, (5) implement a simple prototype,
and (6) evaluate the proposed model through a management applications. In
addition, several approaches will be presented for integration with legacy
system and comparative analysis will be provided.