附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-179).
Cover -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1. Facing the Inevitable -- 1.1. Upgrading the Access Network -- 1.2. The Evolving Job of Network Manager -- 1.3. Five Pillars of Successful Automation -- 1.4. Strategies for Change -- References -- 2. Any Combination, Anywhere, Any Time -- 2.1. The Dominant Narrow-Band Network -- 2.2. Midband Services Are Viable Transitions -- 2.3. Broadband Management -- 2.4. Beyond Flow-Through -- 2.5. Obstacles to Fiber Readiness -- 2.6. The Internet Model -- 2.7. Self-Configuring and Self-Maintaining Networks -- 2.8. Security Management -- 2.9. Congestion Control -- 2.10. Configuration Management -- 2.11. Plug and Play with TMN -- 2.12. Recapping the Situation -- References -- 3. Network Architectures for the Future -- 3.1. The Purpose of Network Architecture -- 3.2. Dynamic Services -- 3.3. New Directions in Transmission -- 3.4. Beyond Hybrid Fiber Coax (HFC) and Switched Digital Video (SDV) -- 3.5. ISDN Deployment -- 3.6. Trials -- 3.7. Benefits of the New Architectures -- 3.8. Wireless Issues -- 3.9. Technology Implications -- 3.10. A View from the Cable Industry -- 3.11. Discontinuous Innovation -- References -- 4. Methods, Practices, and Diagnosis -- 4.1. What Happens When You Make a Phone Call? -- 4.2. How Does All that Stuff Get into Place? -- 4.3. Now What's Gone Wrong? -- References -- 5. Pillar-Network Condition -- 5.1. Innovations that Shaped Networks -- 5.2. Broadband Management Concepts -- 5.3. Broadband Ready -- 5.4. Evolution to Broadband -- 5.5. Convergence -- 5.6. Internet Telephony -- 5.7. Federated Services -- 5.8. Access Methods -- 5.9. Sleeping Giant -- References -- 6. Pillar-System Environment -- 6.1. Market Pressures Cause Rethinking of OSSs -- 6.2. Reconciling the Three Approaches -- 6.3. Administrative Data in the Network -- 6.4. TMN Architecture -- 6.5. Application of TMN -- 6.6. A Suggested Client/Server Architecture for Linking OSSs -- 6.7. Evolution, Not Revolution --
摘要:It is important to understand what came before and how to meld new products with legacy systems. Network managers need to understand the context and origins of the systems they are using. Programmers need an understanding of the reasons behind the interfaces they must satisfy and the relationship of the software they build to the whole network. And finally, sales representatives need to see the context into which their products must fit.
