Network management capabilities for switched multi-megabit data service
David M. Piscitello, Patrick J. Sher · ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review · 1990
This paper discusses network management capabilities for a specific BOC data service, SMDS, and the role that a BOC network providing this service can play in the overall management strategy of a subscriber owned and operated data network. The paper describes user needs for managing the computing equipment and communications services that comprise a data network, and suggests several ways in which a BOC network could offer network management features that complement and are synergistic with the management practices applied in today's data networks. A set of candidate management information is discussed that could be offered by a BOC network providing SMDS to complement the base of information essential to maintaining the operational data network of the customer.