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A survey of autonomic networking architectures: towards a Unified Management Framework
Author(s) -
Tsagkaris Kostas,
Nguengang Gerard,
Galani Aristi,
Grida Ben Yahia Imen,
Ghader Majid,
Kaloxylos Alexandros,
Gruber Markus,
Kousaridas Apostolis,
Bouet Mathieu,
Georgoulas Stylianos,
Bantouna Aimilia,
Alonistioti Nancy,
Demestichas Panagiotis
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international journal of network management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.373
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1099-1190
pISSN - 1055-7148
DOI - 10.1002/nem.1841
Subject(s) - computer science , unification , set (abstract data type) , network management , realization (probability) , knowledge management , process management , computer network , business , mathematics , programming language , statistics
SUMMARY Academic and industrial research initiatives have sought to make fully autonomic networks a reality. Some of these initiatives pursued a holistic approach, while others focused on setting up functionalities for specific networking domains. These efforts did not succeed in being extensively deployed, because the goals of network operators were not satisfactorily met. These goals include unification of management operations, enablement of end‐to‐end management and enhancement of the overall system performance in a trusted way, while reducing management cost. In this paper, we analyse a set of existing autonomic management architectures and frameworks with respect to a selected set of criteria. We then identify missing parts and challenges and propose a framework to unify the most promising attributes towards a novel approach of realization of autonomic networking management. We call this proposal Unified Management Framework (UMF). Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.