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Chapter 1

Data Communications and

Network Management Overview

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Objectives

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  • Telecommunications overview

Data communications overview

Evolution of converged networks

Desktop processors and LAN technology

Client-Server architecture in networking

Internet and intranet

Network communication protocols

OSI and Internet standards

Broadband networks and services

Need for network management and NMS

Operations, Administration, Maintenance, and Provisioning

Network management architecture and organization

Concept of Network Operations Center

Perspectives of network management

Network management system

Look-ahead of network management technology

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Network convergence refers to the provision of telephone, video and data communication services within a single network. In other words, one company provides services for all forms of communication.

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An intranet is a private network that is contained within an enterprise. It may consist of many interlinked local area networks and also use leased lines in the wide area network. Typically, an intranet includes connections through one or more gateway computers to the outside Internet. The main purpose of an intranet is to share company information and computing resources among employees. An intranet can also be used to facilitate working in groups and for teleconferences.

https://searchwindevelopment.techtarget.com/definition/intranet

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Perspectives : a particular attitude toward or way of regarding something; a point of view.

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Look-ahead =future tendencies…

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Telephone Network

  • Modern network evolution from Telephone / Telecommunications Network

  • Characteristics of Telephone network
  • Reliable - does what is expected of it
  • Dependable - always there when you need
    it (remember 911?)
  • Good quality (connection) - hearing each
    other well

  • Reasons for QoS:
  • Good planning, design, and implementation
  • Good operation and management of
    network
  • Migration to new technologies –
  • e.g., From analog to digital technology

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Telephone Network Model

  • Notice the hierarchy of switches
  • Primary and secondary routes programmed
  • Automatic routing
  • Where is the most likely failure?
  • Use of Operations Systems to ensure QoS

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OSSs / NOC

  • Operations Support Systems (OSSs) help manage the operation of networks (Operations Systems to ensure QoS)
  • OSSs in telecommunications monitor:
  • Analog network parameters:
  • S/N ratio, transmission loss, call blockage, etc.
  • Digital network parameters:
  • Packet loss, Packet delay, Throughput, QoS, etc.
  • Real-time management of network
  • Trunk (logical entity between switches / nodes) maintenance system measures loss and S/N
  • Trunks not meeting QoS removed before customer notices poor quality
  • Traffic measurement systems measure call drops and blockage.
  • Additional switches or routers planned to keep the call blockage or drops below
    acceptable level
  • OSSs distributed at central offices and customer premises
  • Network management done centrally from Network Operations Center (NOC)

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Local LoopsOne component of the telephone network is the local loop, a twisted-pair cable that connects the subscriber telephone to the nearest end office or local central office. The local loop, when used for voice, has a bandwidth of 4000 Hz (4 kHz).

TrunksTrunks are transmission media that handle the communication between offices. A trunk normally handles hundreds or thousands of connections through multiplexing. A connection to toll office is called toll connecting trunk. Transmission is usually through optical fibers or satellite links.

Switching OfficesTo avoid having a permanent physical link between any two subscribers, the telephone company has switches located in a switching office. A switch connects several local loops or trunks and allows a connection between different subscribers.

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Data and Telecommunication Network

  • Computer data is carried over long distance by
    telephone (telecommunication network)
  • Output of telephone is analog and output of
    computers is digital
  • Modem is used to “modulate” and “demodulate”
    computer data to analog format and back
  • Clear distinction between the two networks is
    getting fuzzier with modern multimedia networks

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Migration to Digital Technology

  • Analog transmission migrated to digital
    transmission
  • Analog sources converted to digital signals
  • CPE (Customer Premises equipment) included
    digital PBX (Private Branch Exchanges)
  • Analog bandwidth hierarchy migrated to
    synchronous digital hierarchy

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An IP (Internet Protocol) PBX (Private branch exchange) is a PBX that provides audio, video, and instant messaging communication through the TCP/IP protocol stack for its internal network and interconnects its internal network with the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) for telephony communication.

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DCE with LAN

DCE.. Distributed Computing Environment

  • Driving technologies for DCE:
  • Desktop processor
  • LAN
  • LAN - WAN network

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LAN-WAN Network

  • Major impacts of DCE:
  • No more monopolistic service provider
  • No centralized IT controller
  • Hosts doing specialized function
  • Client/Server architecture formed the core of DCE network

Figure 1.5(b) Remote LANs Interconnected by WAN

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Client/Server Model

  • Post office analogy; clerk the server, and the
    customer the client
  • Client always initiates requests
  • Server always responds
  • Notice that control is handed over to the receiving
    entity.

Request

Response

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Client/Server Examples

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TCP/IP Based Networks

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  • TCP/IP is a suite of protocols
  • Internet is based on TCP/IP
  • IP is Internet protocol at the network layer level
  • TCP is connection-oriented transport protocol and ensures end-to-end connection
  • UDP is connectionless transport protocol and provides datagram service
  • Internet email and much of the network mgmt.messages are based on UDP/IP
  • ICMP part of TCP/IP suite

Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) is an error reporting and diagnostic utility and is considered a required part of any IP implementation.

Understanding ICMP and knowing what can possibly generate a specific type of ICMP is useful in diagnosing network problems.

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Internet Configuration

  • Walk through the scenario of email from Joe to Sally

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Architecture, Protocols and Standards

  • Examples: (Students to call out)

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  • Communication architecture
  • Modeling of communication systems, comprising
  • Functional components
  • Operations interfaces between them
  • Communication protocols
  • Operational procedures
  • Intra- and inter-modules
  • Communication standards
  • Agreement between manufacturers on protocols of communication equipment on
  • Physical characteristics
  • Operational procedures

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Read this about about arh, protoc and standards

The process of communication between entities in a network needs defining 3 items: arch, proto, standards

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Communication Architecture

  • Inter-layer interface: user and service provider
  • Peer-layer protocol interface
  • Analogy of hearing-impaired student
  • Role of intermediate systems
  • Gateway: Router with protocol conversion as
    gateway to an autonomous network or subnet

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OSI Reference Model

  • Importance of the knowledge of layer structure
    in NM

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The Open Systems Interconnection model (OSI) is a conceptual model that characterizes and standardizes the internal functions of a communication system by partitioning it into abstraction layers.

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OSI Layers and Services

  • Importance of services offered by different layers
    and the protocol conversion at different layers in NM

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LayerNo.

Layer Name

Salient services provided by the layer

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Physical

-Transfers to and gathers from the physical medium raw bit data

-Handles physical and electrical interfaces to the transmission medium

2

Data link

-Consists of two sublayers: Logical link control (LLC) and Media access control (MAC)

-LLC: Formats the data to go on the medium; performs error control and flow control

-MAC: Controls data transfer to and from LAN; resolves conflicts with other data on LAN

3

Network

Forms the switching / routing layer of the network

4

Transport

-Multiplexing and de-multiplexing of messages from applications

-Acts as a transparent layer to applications and thus isolates them from the transport system layers

-Makes and breaks connections for connection-oriented communications

-Flow control of data in both directions

5

Session

-Establishes and clears sessions for applications, and thus minimizes loss of data during large data exchange

6

Presentation

-Provides a set of standard protocols so that the display would be transparent to syntax of the application

-Data encryption and decryption

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Application

-Provides application specific protocols for each specific application and each specific transport protocol system

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PDU Communication Model

  • What is the relevance of PDU model in NM?

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=the communication model over the OSI model

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At any particular layer N, a PDU is a complete message that implements the protocol at that layer. However, when this “layer N PDU” is passed down to layer N-1, it becomes the data that the layer N-1 protocol is supposed to service. Thus, the layer N protocol data unit (PDU) is called the layer N-1 service data unit (SDU). The job of layer N-1 is to transport this SDU, which it does in turn by placing the layer N SDU into its own PDU format, preceding the SDU with its own headers and appending footers as necessary. This process is called data encapsulation, because the entire contents of the higher-layer message are encapsulated as the data payload of the message at the lower layer.

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Gateway

  • cc:mail from a station in Novel IPX network to
    an Internet station with SMTP email

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Network Layer in 3 sublayers:

  • Subnet Independent Convergence protocol SNICP: provides global functions like addressing
  • Subnet dependent Convergence protocol SNDCP. The SNDCP layer primarily converts, encapsulates and segments external network formats (like Internet Protocol Datagrams) into sub-network formats (called SNPDUs).
  • Subnet dependent Access protocol SNDAP: provides the interface to access a particular network

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OSI and Internet

  • Simplicity of Internet; specifies only layers 3 and 4
  • Integrated application layers over Internet
  • Commonality of layers 1 and 2 - IEEE standard

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Application Protocols

Internet user OSI user

Telnet Virtual Terminal

File Transfer Protocol File Transfer Access & Mgmt

Simple Mail Transfer Message-oriented Text
Protocol Interchange Standard

Simple Network Common Management
Management Protocol Information Protocol

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Broadband Network

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In telecommunications, broadband is wide bandwidth data transmission which transports multiple signals and traffic types. The medium can be coaxial cable, optical fiber, radio or twisted pair.

In the context of Internet access, broadband is used to mean any high-speed Internet access that is always on and faster traditional services.

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Broadband Access Networks

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Centrally Managed Network Issues

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INMS: Integrated Network Management System

EMS: Element Management System

INMS integrates alarms from multiple EMSs

Each EMS manages a domain and passes the relevant events to the INMS

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Some Common Network Problems

  • Loss of connectivity
  • Duplicate IP address
  • Intermittent problems
  • Network configuration issues
  • Performance problems

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Challenges of IT Managers

  • Reliability
  • Non-real time problems
  • Rapid technological advance
  • Managing client/server environment
  • Scalability
  • Troubleshooting tools and systems
  • Trouble prediction
  • Standardization of operations - NMS helps
  • Centralized management vs. “sneaker-net”

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Network Management

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Definition - What does Network Administration mean?

Network administration involves a wide array of operational tasks that help a network to run smoothly and efficiently. Without network administration, it would be difficult for all but the smallest networks to maintain network operations. 

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The concept of NM encompasses all thse functionalities: provisioning ( provide a network for a set of users), make it operational through … and maintain it >

Network Management can be defined as Operations, Administration, Maintenance, and Provisioning

(OAMP ) of a network and its services.

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Definition - What does Network Administration mean?

Network administration involves a wide array of operational tasks that help a network to run smoothly and efficiently. Without network administration, it would be difficult for all but the smallest networks to maintain network operations. 

The main tasks associated with network administration include:

Design, installation and evaluation of the network

Execution and administration of regular backups

Creation of precise technical documentation, such as network diagrams, network cabling documents, etc.

Provision for precise authentication to access network resources

Provision for troubleshooting assistance

Administration of network security, including intrusion detection

Techopedia explains Network Administration

The exact definition of "network administration" is hard to pin down. In a larger enterprise, it would more often be strictly related to the actual network. Specifically, this would include the management and maintenance of switches, routers, firewalls, VPN gateways, etc. In smaller companies, the network admin is often a jack-of-all trades and involved in the configuration of databases, installation, maintenance and upgrading of software, management of user accounts and security groups, desktop support, and sometimes even basic software development.

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NM Functional Flow Chart

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  • NOC is responsible for service restoration when failure
  • Self-healing: when restoration is done automatically
  • Restoration does not include fixing the cause of the problem
  • I&M responsibility
  • A Trouble Ticket is generated and followed up for problem resolution
  • Configuration management: static, running, and planning

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Here a representation as a flowchart of the 3 functionalities

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Dumbbell Architecture

  • Message exchange between NMSs managing different domains
  • Management information data (type, id, status of managed objects)
  • and management controls (setting and changing configuration of an object)

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  • Network management vs Network system and service management
  • Network management is concerned with network equipment and the connectivity among them
  • Network system and service management: manage the system resources in the network and network services
  • May need installation/integration of multiple NMSs
  • Standards for interoperability
  • Network management dumbbell architecture for interoperability
  • Application services: e.g. fault and configuration management
  • Management protocols: e.g. CMIP and SNMP
  • Transport protocols: first 4 layers of OSI and first 2 layers of Internet model

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NM Components

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  • The agent can be:
  • An embedded agent in a network element
  • EMS communicating with agents embedded in the network elements
  • The agent communicates to the NMS the relevant data
  • Response to a polled query from the NMS
  • Triggered by a local alarm

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Interoperability

  • Message exchange between NMSs managing
    different domains

Figure 1.26 Network Management Interoperability

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  • Each NMS can superimpose the data from the other
  • Present an integrated picture to the network administrator

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Network Management Perspectives

  • Network Management (Infrastructure )
  • Service Management
  • Application Management
  • e-Commerce Management
  • Inventory Management
  • Integrated Management
  • Business Management
  • Information Management
  • Management Protocols
  • Management Technologies

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The NMS primarily manages the networks that transport information. However, from a user’s perspective, networks are means to an end, namely to have access to information across the networks. Examples include :

  • Users’ needs require a total solution to manage the networks, system resources, and applications that run on systems. Applications could be specific user applications, or general-purpose: file servers, database servers, and DNSs..
  • An IT manager is interested in more than managing networks, systems, and applications. He or she would like to automate other functions such as back up of databases and programs, downloading of software updates from a central location, and a host of other support functions.

Network Management can be seen from different perspectives

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According to the needs of members interfrring with the network

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Infrastructure Perspective

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  • Domains :
  • many types of classification:
  • a geographical domain
  • Vendor
  • technology (IP-based products, telecommunication products, broadband communication products, and digital transport products such as SDH)
  • could each define a domain managed by a separate NMS, as well as a different administrative group
  • Protocols
  • Technologies
  • Transmission Media
  • Transmission Modes
  • Service Functions

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Dividing the network into domains based on several possible criteria

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Service Perspective

  • Communication Services
  • Computing Services
  • Content Services
  • IT Services
  • Application Services

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Status and Future Trends

  • Status:

  • SNMP management: Current NMSs are based on SNMP protocol (transport of management information for SNMP management, is TCP/IP-based)
  • Limited CMIP management: One of the limitations of SNMP-based management system is that values of managed objects should be defined as scalar values. OSI-based management protocol, CMIP (Common Management Information Protocol ), is object oriented. However, it has not been successful due to the complexity of specifications of managed objects and the limitation of large memory in computer systems in the past.
  • Operations systems While the EMS, NMS, and enterprise management system are designed to manage the network and network resources, OSSs (Operations Support Systems) support the operation of network and service management systems.

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What are Operational Support Systems?

Software (occasionally hardware) applications that support back-office activities which operate a telco’s network, provision and maintain customer services.

Operations Support Systems (OSSs) help manage the operation of networks (Operations Systems to ensure QoS)

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Definitions of scalar

adjective

(of a quantity) having only magnitude, not direction.

However, mass is atypical scalar quantity and therefore its value will not depend on the polarization of the exciting light that is used to measure it.

noun

a scalar quantity.

Together these three loci seem to fit the circumstances under which separate estimates of both mutation scalars and inheritance scalars can be obtained.

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Status and Future Trends

  • Polled systems :

- Another limitation of SNMP-based management is that it is a poll-based system: NMS polls each agent as to its status, or for any other data that it needs for network management. Only a small set of transactions is initiated by a management agent to an NMS as alarms. To detect a fault quickly, or to obtain good statistics, more frequent polling of agents needs to be done by the NMS, which adds to network traffic overhead. There is an alternative solution to this problem, which is deployment of remote monitors as discussed in Chapter 8.

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Status and Future Trends

  • Current Focus:

Object-oriented approach: Object-oriented technology has reached a matured stage, and the hardware capacity to handle object-oriented stacks is now commercially available. Thus, object-oriented network management is being reconsidered

  • Service and policy management
  • Business management
  • Web-based client management
  • Future Trends
  • Web-based management
  • XML based management

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Regional Center

Class 1 switch

Sectional Center

Class 2 switch

Primary Center

Class 3 switch

Toll Center

Class 4 switch

End Office

Class 5 switch

Regional Center

Class 1 switch

Sectional Center

Class 2 switch

Primary Center

Class 3 switch

Toll Center

Class 4 switch

End Office

Class 5 switch

Voice

Voice

To other

Regional centers

Sectional centers

Primary centers

Toll centers

End offices

To other

Primary centers

Toll centers

End offices

To other

Class 4 toll points

End offices

Figure 1.1 Telephone Network Model

Legend:

Loop

Direct Trunk

Toll-Connecting Trunk

Toll Trunk

Terminal

Modem

Voice

Terminal

Modem

Modem

Voice

Host

Data communication network

Telecommunication network

Figure 1.3 Data and Telecommunication Networks

Loop

Loop

Loop

Terminal

Communications

controller

Terminal

Front end

processor

Host

Data communication network

Telecommunication network

Figure 1.4 Digital Data and Telecommunication Networks

PBX

Voice

PBX

Voice

Voice

Voice

Ethernet

Workstation

Workstation

Host

Host

Workstation

Fgure 1.5(a) Hosts and Workstations on Local LAN

LAN A

LAN B

LAN C

Bridge /

Router

Bridge /

Router

Bridge /

Router

WAN

communication link

Client

Server

Control

transfer

Control

transfer

Figure 1.6 Simple Client-Server Model

Client A

Client Z

Server

(a) Server with Multiple Clients

Client

(joe.stone)

Domain

Name

Server

Mail server

(b) Dual Role of Client-Server

Figure 1.7 Client-Server in Distributed Computing Environment

Bridge

to [email protected]

LAN A

LAN B

LAN C

Bridge /

Router

Bridge /

Router

Bridge /

Router

LAN Y

LAN Z

LAN X

Bridge /

Router

Bridge /

Router

Bridge /

Router

WAN

Workstation

Mail Server

Figure 1.8 Internet Configuration

Mail Server

Workstation

Gateway

Gateway

Domain

Name

Server

Workstation

(Joe)

PC (Sally)

User A

Application Layers

Transport Layers

User Z

Application Layers

Transport Layers

Physical Medium

Peer-Protocol Interface

(a) Direct Communication between End Systems

User A

Application Layers

Transport Layers

User Z

Application Layers

Transport Layers

Physical Medium

Peer-Protocol Interface

(b) Communication between End Systems via an Intermediate System

Transport Layer

Conversion

Figure 1.10 Basic Communication Architecture

System A

Intermediate system

System Z

Physical Medium

User / Application program

Application

Layer 7

Presentation

Layer 6

Session

Layer 5

Transport

Layer 4

Network

Layer 3

Data link

Layer 2

Physical

Layer 1

Physical medium

Figure 1.11 OSI Protocol Layers

Layer

No.

Layer Name

Salient services provided by the layer

1

Physical

-Transfers to and gathers from the physical medium raw

bit data

-Handles physical and electrical interfaces to the

transmission medium

2

Data link

-Consists of two sublayers: Logical link control (LLC) and

Media access control (MAC)

-LLC: Formats the data to go on the medium; performs

error control and flow control

-MAC: Controls data transfer to and from LAN; resolves

conflicts with other data on LAN

3

Network

Forms the switching / routing layer of the network

4

Transport

-Multiplexing and de-multiplexing of messages from

applications

-Acts as a transparent layer to applications and thus

isolates them from the transport system layers

-Makes and breaks connections for connection-oriented

communications

-Flow control of data in both directions

5

Session

-Establishes and clears sessions for applications, and

thus minimizes loss of data during large data exchange

6

Presentation

-Provides a set of standard protocols so that the display

would be transparent to syntax of the application

-Data encryption and decryption

7

Application

-Provides application specific protocols for each specific

application and each specific transport protocol system

User A

Application

End System A

Physical Medium

Figure 1.13 PDU Communication Model between End Systems

Presentation

Session

Transport

Network

Data link

Physical

User Z

Application

End System Z

Presentation

Session

Transport

Network

Data link

Physical

UD

(A) PCI

(P) PCI

(A) PDU

(S) PCI

(N) PCI

(T) PCI

(P) PDU

(S) PDU

(D) PCI

(T) PDU

(N) PDU

UD

(D)PDU Data stream

SNICP

SNDCP

SNDAP

Transport

Data link

SNICP

SNDCP-SN

SNDAP-SN

Transport

Data link-SN

SNDCP-SN

SNDAP-SN

Transport

Data link

SNICP

SNDCP

SNDAP

Physical-SN

Data link-SN

Physical

Physical-SN

Physical

Subnetwork Medium

Network Medium

System A

Gateway System N

Subnet system N1

N

Z

A

N1

N2

N3

DTE-N1

DTE-A

A-N-Z Standard Network

N-N1-N2-N3 Subnetwork under Node N

(a) Network configuration

(b) Protocol Communication

Figure 1.16 Gateway Communication to Private Subnetwork

Application

Presentation

Session

Transport

Network

SNICP

SNDCP

SNDAP

Data Link

Physical

Application Specific

Protocols

Transport

Connection-

less: UDP

Connection-

oriented: TCP

Network

IP

Not Specified

OSI

INTERNET

Figure 1.17 Comparison of OSI and Internet Protocol Layer Models

OSI User

VT

FTAM

MOTIS

CMIP

SNMP

SMTP

FTP

Terminal

Application

File Transfer

Mail / Message

Transfer

Management

Application

Presentation Layer

Transport Layer

TELNET

Internet User

Figure 1.18 Application Specific Protocols in ISO and Internet Models

Edge

Router

Cable

DSL

Fixed

Wireless

Mobile

Wireless

Satellite

PON

Residential

Gateway

LAN

WLAN

HomePlug

Bluetooth

HomePNA

Cable

Access

Network

CPE

Network

IP

ATM

WAN

UWB

Firewire

MPLS

IP / ATM

WAN

Business

Customers

Cable Modem

Customer

Network

OC-n /

STS-n

Link

HFC

Network

Cable

Modem

DSL

Customer

Network

xDSL

Modem

Telephone

Loop

Fixed

Wireless

Customer

Network

Cable

Modem

Head End

Central

Office

Equipment

Router/

ATM Switch

Router/

ATM Switch

Terrestrial

Wireless

Satellite Communication

Access

Point

Network

Mobile

Unit

BSU

G-3 Wireless

BSU

Figue 1.20 Broadband Access Networks

EMS

Network

Element

Domain

EMS

Network

Element

Domain

EMS

Network

Element

Domain

INMS

Figure 1.21 Case History 2:

Centrally Managed Network Issues

Network

Management

Network

Provisioning

Network

Operations

Network

Maintenance

Planning

Design

Fault Management

Trouble Ticket

Administration

Network Installation

Network Repairs

Facilities Installation

& Maintenance

Routine Network

Tests

Fault Management / Service Restoration

Configuration Management

Performance Management / Traffic Management

Security Management

Accounting Management

Reports Management

Inventory Management

Data Gathering & Analyses

Figure 1.22 Network Management Functional Groupings

Engineering Group

- Network Planning &

Design

Operations Group

NOC

- Network Operations

I

& M Group

-Network Installation &

Maintenance

Fault TT

Configuration Data

TT Restoration

Performance & Traffic Data

Installation

Figure 1.23 Network Management Functional Flow Chart

New

Technology

Network

Users

Management

Decision

Vendor A

(b) Services and Protocols

Application

Services

Management

Protocol

Transport

Protocols

Objects

Objects

Vendor B

Objects

Objects

Figure 1.24 Network Management Dumbbell Architecture

NMS

Network

Agent

Network

Agent

Network

Objects

Network

Objects

Figure 1.25 Network Management Components

NMS

Vendor A

Network

Agent

Network

Agent

Network

Objects

Network

Objects

NMS

Vendor B

Network

Agent

Network

Agent

Network

Objects

Network

Objects

Messages

Services & Protocols