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A Model ATM Network and APIs for Service Management on an ATM Network

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The architectural reference point for our workis a reference model which associates functionality withoperational planes along three orthogonalabstractedmodels. Within the context of this reference model a service management model is proposed. Themodel makes use of APIs for communicating managementinformation between a management application and serviceentities distributed in an ATM network. The APIs are based upon native ATM APIs that are similarto those that have recently been adopted by the ATMForum. The viability of the model is demonstrated bybuilding ATM multimedia services with service management capabilities. The model and the APIs have beenapplied to services executing in a national ATM network.Although the work is motivated by an ATM network, theservice management model is general, and may be applied to other networks as well. Some openissues in service management are brought out.

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Biswas, J., Pillai, R.R. A Model ATM Network and APIs for Service Management on an ATM Network. Journal of Network and Systems Management 5, 301–327 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018791315895

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