Creation of value with open source software in the telecommunications field

Tese de doutoramento. Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores. Faculdade de Engenharia. Universidade do Porto. 200

Operational support systems for satellite communications

The role of satellite communications is changing from providing bandwidth linking network operators interconnections towards providing IP enabled communications to end users. This migration from few high-value routes towards many low-value routes means that integration and automation of processes with terrestrial networks becomes critical in driving down unit costs. Integration and automation is necessary on all planes: user, control and management. In satellite communications, management aspects, underpinned by Operational Support Systems (OSS) have received the least research attention, making this a valuable topic for study. In most areas, OSS for satellite systems are similar to other domains. However there are some notable areas of difference which have been the focus of this research. The eTOM business framework, developed by the TMF, has been used to highlight aspects of OSS unique to satellite. Since satellite capacity represents the highest operational cost of a satellite route, effective management while minimising the overhead traffic is critical. The transmission of IP packets is assumed and the real-time measurement of QoS parameters such as packet delay and loss emerged as the most important differences. A number of approaches to QoS measurement are feasible, however the use of trace packets is most promising especially for high network loads. An experiment compares the results from simulations, mathematical models and from a test network, using Poisson and self-similar traffic flows. The relationship between measurement accuracy and trace packet intensity is explored and the measurement response time to steps in traffic load is estimated. It is discovered that measurement accuracy improves as the queue load increases, in contrast to alternative approaches such as sampling of user packets. The response time to steps depends upon the degree of self-similarity and is generally longer than the times recommended by standards. A pragmatic approach to management of different modes is proposed where the measurement method is changed depending on the load

Developing a generic network planning interface

Please read the abstract in the section 00front of this documentDissertation (MSc (Computer Science))--University of Pretoria, 2007.Computer Scienceunrestricte

Una herramienta de gestión de redes virtuales

154 páginas. Maestría en Ciencias de la Computación.En el trabajo de tesis se desarrolla una Herramienta de Gestión de Redes Virtuales con el fin de monitorear, configurar/reconfigurar VLAN’s, consta de varios módulos tales como: SNMP GET, SNMP SET, SNMP GETNEXT, MONITOREO, SNMP visualizador y estadísticas de red. La herramienta es gratuita y de libre uso por parte de la comunidad de redes versus las herramientas propias de cada proveedor de VLAN, que valen de cientos a miles de pesos. Los módulos de la herramienta de Gestión de Redes Virtuales pueden trabajar de forma local o remota, a través de la pila de protocolos TCP/IP (Transfer Control Protocol/Internet Protocol). El protocolo que se emplea para acceder a las bases de datos de configuración de los equipos o nodos, es el protocolo de administración simple de red, basado en UDP (User Datagram Protocol), SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol), los puertos en uso son el 160 y 161 que son los que permiten el envío y recepción de información entre la estación de administración y la estación administrada. Para analizar la red: a) se capturan los paquetes de datos; b) se desencapsula el paquete en los elementos de interés para el análisis de red y finalmente se presenta la información en pantalla, por lo que es posible capturar: Paquetes, cuyo origen o destino sea un host determinado. Paquetes, cuya dirección origen o destino corresponda a una red determinada. Paquetes, cuyo puerto de origen sea algún número de puerto. Paquetes, TCP, UDP y los puertos correspondientes. Paquetes, cuya dirección destino corresponda a una red determinada. Cualquier combinación de los anteriores. El desarrollo modular de la herramienta permite que la integración de nuevos módulos, que brinda nuevas funcionalidades, sea flexible sin afectar a los que ya están en función, por mencionar un ejemplo: El módulo de seguridad SSH (Security Shell) y el módulo de Cortafuegos, para la seguridad de la información que se extrae de los equipos y del análisis de red. Información adicional acerca del detalle de la herramienta de gestión de redes virtuales se encuentra en el desarrollo capitular de la tesis.The thesis to provide a tool for monitoring, configuration or reconfiguration of VLANs through software. The tool has several modules, such as: SNMP GET, SNMP SET, SNMP GETNEXT, MONITOR, SNMP VIEWER and NETSTATISTICS. The porpuse was made a tool free, because each vendor has developed its own proprietary VLAN product. The parts of the tool, modules, work in local and remote environments. Tha tool use the TCP/IP and UDP protocols for analizing traffic statistics of the network. There is a protocol called SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol), the protocol is used to manage, monitor and configurate nodes in local or remote form. The protocol use the ports 160 and 161 to communicate information about nodes confgurations. For analizing the network the tool capture frames and dispaly information about network performance, the tool provide filtering, security and traffic flow management, for example: a) Capture frames about a particular node. b) Capture frames about a particular network. c) Capture frames with a particular evaluation criteria. d) Whatever criteria. The tool can enhance modular scalability, security, and network management without problem. The modular architecture permit to increase modules for security, for example a firewall or SSH protocol, so, the information from nodes will be protected. Therefore, the tool is flexible due to simplify task when additions, moves or changes to the architecture are necessary. Additional Information is given in the structure of the thesis which is divided in several chapters

A distributed intelligent network based on CORBA and SCTP

The telecommunications services marketplace is undergoing radical change due to the rapid convergence and evolution of telecommunications and computing technologies. Traditionally telecommunications service providers’ ability to deliver network services has been through Intelligent Network (IN) platforms. The IN may be characterised as envisioning centralised processing of distributed service requests from a limited number of quasi-proprietary nodes with inflexible connections to the network management system and third party networks. The nodes are inter-linked by the operator’s highly reliable but expensive SS.7 network. To leverage this technology as the core of new multi-media services several key technical challenges must be overcome. These include: integration of the IN with new technologies for service delivery, enhanced integration with network management services, enabling third party service providers and reducing operating costs by using more general-purpose computing and networking equipment. In this thesis we present a general architecture that defines the framework and techniques required to realise an open, flexible, middleware (CORBA)-based distributed intelligent network (DIN). This extensible architecture naturally encapsulates the full range of traditional service network technologies, for example IN (fixed network), GSM-MAP and CAMEL. Fundamental to this architecture are mechanisms for inter-working with the existing IN infrastructure, to enable gradual migration within a domain and inter-working between IN and DIN domains. The DIN architecture compliments current research on third party service provision, service management and integration Internet-based servers. Given the dependence of such a distributed service platform on the transport network that links computational nodes, this thesis also includes a detailed study of the emergent IP-based telecommunications transport protocol of choice, Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP). In order to comply with the rigorous performance constraints of this domain, prototyping, simulation and analytic modelling of the DIN based on SCTP have been carried out. This includes the first detailed analysis of the operation of SCTP congestion controls under a variety of network conditions leading to a number of suggested improvements in the operation of the protocol. Finally we describe a new analytic framework for dimensioning networks with competing multi-homed SCTP flows in a DIN. This framework can be used for any multi-homed SCTP network e.g. one transporting SIP or HTTP