An Application Gateway Design for OSI-Internet Management
Pramod Kalyanasundaram, Adarshpal S. Sethi · 1993
Network Management is an area of active current research. The problems in managing networks have been compounded by the existence of different standards. These problems can be solved by either forcing just one standard or by achieving unified management of dissimilar networks connected together. The latter solution is the one that is feasible. In this paper, we discuss and contrast two network management models (Internet and OSI) that are prevalent, define problems and issues involved in managing a network belonging to the Internet domain from an OSI domain, develop a paradigm that achieves uniform management of networks (using an application gateway approach) in either domain and present the justification for such a paradigm. Based on the paradigm developed, guidelines for the design of an application gateway are laid out. Future research directions based on this effort are included. Keyword Codes: C.2.2; C.2.m; K.6.4 Keywords: Computer Communication Networks, Network Protocols; Misce...