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Four-level TMN viewpoints for fault management

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This paper examines the theory used by fault management to model the network state and events. The proposed information model includes four fault management viewpoints supporting situational, functional, logical and physical analysis within the respective networks. Object-oriented analysis is applied to structure the information. The correlation of the network situation is represented in description logic. The proposed classification algorithm is applied to structure the situational information.

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  1. Offene Kommunikationssysteme, Fachbereich Informatik, Technical University of Berlin, Franklingstr. 28/29, 10587, Berlin, Germany

    Deh-Min Wu

  2. Siemens, Public Communication Network Division, Siemensdamm 62, 13623, Berlin, Germany

    Ka Ling To

  3. National Research Center for Computer Science, GMD-Fokus, Hardenbergplatz 2, 10623, Berlin, Germany

    Radu Popescu-Zeletin

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Wu, DM., To, K.L. & Popescu-Zeletin, R. Four-level TMN viewpoints for fault management. J Netw Syst Manage 4, 31–47 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02139046

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