The communications management system development industry has long
exploited the benefits of open interoperability between systems sourced from
different vendors. There is an increasing software engineering trend towards
developing software systems that are made up of different components sourced
from multiple vendors. This presents the communications management community
with the challenge of integrating existing techniques for system
interoperability with emerging techniques for component integration. This
needs to be done in a way that encourages an open market in off the shelf
components applicable to the communications management domain. This paper
presents a logical architecture that aims to support an open market in
interoperable and integratable communications management components. The
architecture combines ideas from the management, distributed systems and
software engineering communities in forming a model-driven approach to the
selection and reuse of software components. The logical architecture is part
of the Open Development Framework developed within the FORM project, which is
also described in this paper.
A full updated version of the material in this white paper can be found in
the project document - Final
Inter-Enterprise Management Framework
This white paper presents the Building Block Development Guideline. It
describes on how a Building Block for network and service management can be
developed for the FORM Framework. Each Building Block represents a manageable,
re-usable, deployable unit of management functionality. However, in order to
provide greater flexibility for implementation the abstract concept of a
Building Block Contracts is also supported in the Building Block Development
Guideline. The Building Block Contract specifies a grouping of information and
behaviours which can be re-used to support management business processes. One
or more Building Block Contracts can be supported (implemented) by a Building
Block in the FORM Framework.
An updated version of the material in this white paper can be found in the
final FORM document - Guidelines for Co-orperative
Inter-Enterprise Management
How
there is a need for an inter-domain QoS assurance over the Internet, in
particular in the B2B FORM framework, and how this has been implemented in
FORM as QoS network provisioning components. Some issues on charging and
marketing decisions are also introduced.
| Author(s): |
Vincent
Alexandre (BRI) |
| Date: |
8th March 2002 |
| Release: |
1.0 |
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The
purpose of this white paper is to present the work done in the VPN Working
Group of the FORM project. It presents the role of advanced IP VPN in B2B with
a scenario and the solution implemented by the partners.
| Author(s): |
Herve Karp (ATOS) |
| Date: |
18th March 2002 |
| Release: |
1.0 |
| Download: |
.pdf (91k), . |
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Forthcoming White Papers
The intent is to provide a readable document showing
experiences in implementing software Building Blocks using the J2EE
technology framework. The overall document being then a presentation of
different mapping techniques from J2EE to BB.
| Editor: |
Eric Leray (WIT) |
| Due Date: |
March 2002 |
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This
reviews the different ways in which policy has been used in developing
components for management system in FORM. From this a general model for policy
deployment in component-based systems is proposed.
| Editor: |
David Lewis
(UCL) |
| Due Date: |
March 2002 |
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The
main result that this paper aims to convey is an architecture of federated
accounting management system, which reflects, in a realistic manner:
(1)
a viable business model of customer support and inter-service-provider charge
settlements;
(2)
essential business processes and scenarios in which customers and service
providers engage;
(3)
a set of up-to-date requirements.
| Editor: |
Bharat
Bhushan (FOKUS) |
| Due Date: |
April 2002 |
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An
overview of and entry document to the FORM Open Development Framework
| Editor: |
Vincent
Wade (TCD) |
| Due Date: |
March 2002 |
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Overall architectural description of the Service
Assurance system within the FORM project.
| Editor: |
Brian
Cullen (TCD) |
| Due Date: |
March 2002 |
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How
the Building Blocks (primarily those used by VPNS provider) can be reused in
the context of Internet-enabling.
| Editor: |
Stefan
Penter (DLT) |
| Due Date: |
February 2002 |
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Information models developed using CIM within the Service
Assurance section of the FORM project.
| Editor: |
Brian
Cullen (TCD) |
| Due Date: |
March 2002 |
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This
paper will focus on a survey of integration technology and techniques which
can be used to ensure interoperation and collaboration of management
components (FORM Building Blocks). The paper will focus on techniques being
used witin FORM, including Enterprise Java Bean (EJB) Session bean based
integration, Component oriented Workflow automation, and active databases
| Editor: |
Vincent
Wade (TCD) |
| Due Date: |
March 2002 |
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