On the Design of an Integrated Management Platform for an ADSL/ATM based Access Network using CORBA

In this paper, we address the problem of the end-to-end management of a heterogeneous public network. In the case study, the access part of the network is based on the ADSL technology for the provisioning of high speed IP over ATM to the customer and consists of ADSL network elements and ATM access switches. The core of the network is ATM based and provides connectivity to retailers, which in this case are Internet Service Providers (ISPs). We give an insight on the technological approach which consists in building a distributed platform, based on CORBA, that integrates existing element and network management systems and provides an end-toend configuration, performance and fault management solution. The architecture of a generic resource adapter for SNMP devices as well as an automated SNMP to IDL mapping method will be detailed.