A Policy-based Service Definition Language for Service Management

Using a semantic knowledge base for communication service quality management in Home Area Networks

“…The Ontology for Support and Management [33] captures changes to user, location, device, and service context as events that trigger policies associated with entities modelled in DEN-ng. Sheridan-Smith et al [34] describe a policy based service definition language that captures the static and dynamic aspects of services. The BREIN ontology [35] is an OWL ontology that defines basic QoS concepts for telecommunication services.…”

“…While there are many models for telecommunication network [25][27] and service [30][31] context, few are semantically enabled [33] [34]. Modelling service context semantically is seen as a promising approach [5].…”

Critique of Network Management Systems and Their Practicality

“…To understand the current state of autonomic Network Management, four models of current frameworks were analysed using software/systems architectural theory, processes and tool. The seven NM systems surveyed are FOCALE [2], Optimizing QoE [3], Pronto [4] ANEMA [5], AORTA [6], DNA framework [7] and DNSP maintenance management [8]. These seven were the only published autonomous telecommunications network management systems which had anything like sufficient detail to be used for any form of modelling of performance.…”

“…?our own point of view and reflect the questions derived from modelling and simulating the architectures. The frameworks that were reviewed were FOCALE [2], Optimizing QoE [3], Pronto [4] and ANEMA [5].…”

“…Pronto, developed at the university of technology Sydney specifies a Policy based service definition language to describe services and the system model through service definitions [4]. Each service definition defines the resources, devices, services and event condition action policies involved in each service.…”