Using Ontologies to Simplify Wireless Network Configuration

Cleary, Daven, O'Donoghue, Westmeath

ontologies snmp network management configuration

@inproceedings{cleary:fomi-2005,
  title={Using Ontologies to Simplify Wireless Network Configuration},
  author={Cleary, D. and Danev, B. and O'Donoghue, D. and Westmeath, C.},
  booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop
             on Formal Ontologies Meet Industry ({FOMI})},
  year={2005},
  organization={Citeseer}
}

Looking to reduce cost, complexity of operations by using ontologies to simplify network management tasks

Managed Object Models captured in the MIBs are relatively straightforward

• No complex inheritance hierarchy, simple one-level type information
• Cardinality restrictions on properties

Builds simple ontology of F-Logic objects

• Some simple rules included

Of note:

• 3GPP Bulk CM IRP standard provides an XML representation of configuration data for use by external network management applications