Title: IMS management and monitoring with eTOM framework and composite web service

Authors: Raouyane Brahim, Bellafkih Mostafa, Errais Mohamed, Ramdani Mohamed

Addresses: Networks Laboratory, Institut National Des Postes Et Telecommunications, 2, av ALLal EL Fassi – Madinat AL Irfane, Rabat, Morocco. ' Networks Laboratory, Institut National Des Postes Et Telecommunications, 2, av ALLal EL Fassi – Madinat AL Irfane, Rabat, Morocco. ' Networks Laboratory, Institut National Des Postes Et Telecommunications, 2, av ALLal EL Fassi – Madinat AL Irfane, Rabat, Morocco. ' Laboratoire d'Informatique LR@II, Faculte des Sciences et Techniques, BP 146 Mohammadia 20650, Maroc

Abstract: The IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) is an architectural framework for delivering multimedia in IP network. However, the IMS is less clear regarding the monitoring of performance and fault management; beside the new generation operations systems and software (NGOSS) system manipulate QoS based assurance scenarios with enhanced telecom operations map (eTOM), which describe all management operations for system level monitoring and management (SLM&M), but this specification is generic. In this article, we propose a design of SLM&M, which integrates new technologies in network management, such as WSOA for communication and data processing as business processes; and BPEL to orchestrate the monitoring operation. The first scenario of SLM&M is to monitor supply scenario of multimedia service in IMS network, which is necessary to collect management information. This information leads to the SLM&M to monitor the network behaviour after delivery. In this work, we examine the response time in information collection operation during supply.

Keywords: IP multimedia system; IMS; quality of service; QoS; new generation operations systems; new generation software; enhanced telecom operations map; eTOM; information sharing; web SOA; service oriented architecture; WSOA; composite web services; business process execution language; BPEL; IP networks; performance monitoring; fault management; network management.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMIS.2011.041364

International Journal of Multimedia Intelligence and Security, 2011 Vol.2 No.2, pp.172 - 185

Published online: 28 Feb 2015 *

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