Title: Design and implementation of a CATV network management system based on a general-purpose agent

Authors: Wenbo Zhang; Nan Bai; Guangjie Han; Yongxin Feng

Addresses: School of Information Science and Engineering, Shenyang Ligong University, Shenyang, China ' School of Information Science and Engineering, Shenyang Ligong University, Shenyang, China ' Key Laboratory for Ubiquitous Network Service Software of Liaoning Province, School of Software, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China ' School of Information Science and Engineering, Shenyang Ligong University, Shenyang, China

Abstract: Many cable television (CATV) devices, which cannot be feasibly monitored using a simple network management protocol, are used in CATV networks. It is difficult to remotely monitor these devices online because different protocols are used in different devices. In this paper, we design and implement a general-purpose network management agent that can communicate efficiently with different devices. Furthermore, data obtained from devices can be transmitted effectively to users. The simulation results show that this general-purpose agent can effectively respond to user requests, such as configuration requests and search requests. Moreover, the agent can maintain steady, stable device performance parameters while supporting concurrent multi-user operation.

Keywords: CATV adaptive communication systems; CATV network; network management agent; general-purpose agent.

DOI: 10.1504/IJAACS.2019.103670

International Journal of Autonomous and Adaptive Communications Systems, 2019 Vol.12 No.4, pp.285 - 298

Received: 19 Apr 2018
Accepted: 27 Jul 2018
Published online: 20 Nov 2019 *

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