'Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)'
Doi
Abstract
Next Generation Network (NGN) management
represents an enormous challenge due to the large number of
managed elements, the variety of roles the managed entities
play in the network and the difficulty of orchestrating
management actions. Several NGN standardization bodies
point toward Policy Based Management as the best approach
for NGN network management.
This paper describes a management solution for a NGN IP
Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) QoS management scenario based
on WBEM technology. The proposal is for a WBEM-based
policy server, a graphical policy editor application and
instrumentation logic for the NGN QoS Management. The
graphical policy editor reduces the learning curve imposed by
the policy specification language, allowing the specification of
policies through a rich and user-friendly visual interface,
hiding the CIM syntax complexity but keeping CIM’s
potential