1. Overview of Data, Telephone and Cable Networks, Information Modelling,
2. Protocols for Telecom Network; Empirically observed network traffic
behaviour and techniques for their management
3. Fundamentals of Network Management (NM). Need for NM, Elements of
NM system (Manager, Agent and a protocol),
4. Functional areas of NM defined by ISO 9000, Fault Management,
Configuration Management, Performance Management, Security
Management, Accounting Management),
5.
NM standards, Management, Information and underlying concepts (SMI,
MIBs, OLD Tree, ASN1, GDMO Object Oriented Design), Management
Platforms
6. Network Management Protocols - SNMP, SNMPV2, CMIS/CMIP, TMN
7. Web based NM (Introduction), WAS frameworks (HP OpenView, IBM
Netview, SUN Solaris Enterprise Manager).
8. Intelligent Networking. Examples and Case Studies – Internet, Telephone,
Mobile, CATV, Optical; Networks.