Sessions and Services Management Models in NGN/IMS and Post-NGN Networks

Abstract

Today NGN/IMS and post-NGN networks are creating a new digital society, where everything is connected and is accessible from anywhere. Because of it these networks are complex and very hard to manage. It is both difficult to manage the networks according to new requirements, and to do it on control and data planes in real time. We present in this paper a new complete approach for these networks management models and methods. The exist telecommunications networks management methods are oriented on fixed network architecture, stable traffic structure, bounded list of telecommunication services. New NGN/IMS and post-NGN networks requirements need to extend that models and methods with ideas and results from cognitive multi-agent models. In this paper we present such type of new networks management models and methods.

Keywords

• business process management
• eTOM
• self-organizing management
• heterogeneous networks
• resource management
• policy- based management