A Web-based Database System for Providing Technical Information on ATM Networking Platforms

This paper presents a Web-based database hosting technical information about pioneering ATM networking platforms, associated research activities engaging these platforms, and related important trials conducted in the framework of these research activities. The paper outlines the organisation and structure of the information content in the database and discusses methods of access through the WWW interface. Besides the “static” information offered by the database, other Java-based tools provide for the on-line monitoring of the status of the ATM platforms and for manipulating data arising from technological trials on these platforms. The integration of these tools with the database, under a common WWW interface is discussed

An approach to Network control and Resource Management based on Intelligent Agents

Network Control is currently carried out mainly by means of signalling protocols. Although these protocols are robust and facilitate standardisation, they present several drawbacks such as the inability of the Service Providers to adapt network resource control to the particular needs of their services, or the difficulty in deploying advanced traffic control schemes in order to achieve increased utilisation. An open distributed software architecture for Network Control based on concepts such as Intelligent Agents can be a solution to this problem. This paper highlights the major issues of this problem and presents the architecture and implementation of a system that enables open and flexible network control and resource management using intelligent agents. The description of the architecture is complemented by early experimental results as well as an implementation framework for deploying open programmable control capabilities in existing networks. Keywords: Network Control, Network P..