A development framework for efficient uniform control of heterogeneous communication networks

Abstract From the Canadian patent

As new Internet networking technologies appear there is a growing need for, efficient control of Network Elements (NE) (i.e. routers switches, etc:). , However, today's NE control is largely a manual activity therefore inefficient and , unscalable and, the inherent heterogeneous nature of complex networks -that is the fact that , NEs are of, different technologies and have different functionality and configurationmanagement, interfaces- makes NE control even more difficult and challenging. This thesis presents a solution that allows the development of automated distributed, web-based control of heterogeneous NEs through a common interface that hides the, underlying NE-specific differences …