Additional Resources

One of the big problems attached to working in the network management area lies in knowing where to locate good sources of information. Below are some additional resources (in alphabetical order) for further reading.

www.etsi.org/ European Telecommunications Standards Institute ”details on standards for mobile telephony, signaling, and so on.

www.ietf.org/ Internet Engineering Task Force ”RFCs, MIBs, and many other useful documents. This site provides lots of interesting reading written by industry experts. Some IETF documents are a little impenetrable at first but are usually well worth the effort of reading in full.

www.itu.int/home/index.html International Telecommunications Union ”general telecommunications.

www.metroethernetforum.org/about.htm Metro Ethernet Forum ”dedicated to accelerating the adoption of Optical Ethernet in metropolitan networks worldwide.

www.mplsforum.org/ The MPLS Forum serves two important functions. First, it produces Implementation Agreements (IAs) in the areas that are not covered elsewhere and/or are related to a combination of technologies. Examples are IAs on voice-over-MPLS and MPLS PVC UNI. Second, it works with major interoperability labs, such as the ones in the University of New Hampshire and at the technical university of Berlin (EANTC), on defining interoperability requirements for various MPLS protocols and then organizing testing events. The MPLS Forum also has an MPLS educational function, and in this role it develops and presents tutorials related to advanced and emerging areas of MPLS and provides speakers to major conferences. The MPLS Forum actively works with other organizations, such as the ATM Forum and the Frame Relay Forum, and many members of the MPLS Forum are active participants in the IETF, particularly in the PWE3 group .

www.mplsrc.com/ The MPLS Resource Center ”lots of information about MPLS.

www.protocols.com/pbook/ Protocol directory ”details on various protocols.

www.simple-times.org/ Historical introduction to SNMP.

standards.ieee.org/catalog/olis/ IEEE ”standards and many other technical topics.

www.simpleweb.org/ietf/mibs/ IETF Web site dedicated to MIBs.

www.telecoms-mag.com/ Telecommunications Online Magazine ”good topical coverage.

www.telcordia.com/ Telcordia ” excellent site on general telecommunications issues, current research and ideas on algorithms, management, and so on.

www.telelogic.com/ Telelogic ” producers of development tools for telecommunications. Its impressive Tau product has SDL and UML interfaces and provides code-generation technology based on formal methods .

Any of the Internet search engines can provide further information if required.