TE 125, 184, 397 computer communicetions and networks OSS for Telecom Networks An Introduction to Network Management Kundan Misra Springer Computer Communications and Networks Springer-Verlag - London Ltd. The Computer Communications and Networks series is a range of textbooks, mono- graphs and handbooks. It sets out to provide students, researchers and non-specialists alike with a sure grounding in current knowledge, together with comprehensible access to the latest developments in computer communications and networking. Emphasis is placed on clear and explanatory styles that support a tutorial approach, so that even the most complex of topics is presented in a lucid and intelligible manner. Also in this series: An Information Security Handbook John M.D. Hunter 1-85233-180-1 Multimedia Internet Broadcasting: Quality, Technology and Interface Andy Sloane and Dave Lawrence (Eds) 1-85233-283-2 The Quintessential PIC Microcontroller Sid Katzen 1-85233-309-X Information Assurance: Surviving in the Information Environment Andrew Blyth and Gerald L. Kovacich 1-85233-326-X UMTS: Origins, Architecture and the Standard Pierre Lescuyer (Translation Editor: Frank Bott) 1-85233-676-5 Designing Software for the Mobile Context Roman Longoria (Ed) 1-85233-785-0 Peers in a Client-Server World Ian J. Taylor 1-85233-869-5 (publication due September 2004) Kundan Misra OSS for Telecom Networks An Introduction to Network Management Springer Kundan Misra, BSc (Hons), LLB, PhD Department of Computer Science, University of Warwick, Coventry CV47AL, UK Series editor Professor A.J. Sammes, BSc, MPhil, PhD, FBCS, CEng CISM Group, Cranfield University, RMCS, Shrivenham, Swindon SN6 8LA, UK British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Misra, Kundan OSS for telecom networks : an introduction to network management. - (Computer communicat and networks) 1. Telecommunication systems - Management 2. Management - Computer progrions I. Title 621.3'85'068 ISBN 978-1-85233-808-4 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Misra, Kundan. OSS 