Research Article
Auto-discovery and Auto-configuration of Routers in an Autonomic Network
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-20931-4_24, author={Arun Prakash and Alexej Starschenko and Ranganai Chaparadza}, title={Auto-discovery and Auto-configuration of Routers in an Autonomic Network}, proceedings={International Workshop on Autonomic Networking and Self-Management in the Access Networks}, proceedings_a={SELFMAGICNETS}, year={2012}, month={10}, keywords={autonomics auto-discovery auto/self-configuration GANA self-managing networks}, doi={10.1007/978-3-642-20931-4_24} }- Arun Prakash
Alexej Starschenko
Ranganai Chaparadza
Year: 2012
Auto-discovery and Auto-configuration of Routers in an Autonomic Network
SELFMAGICNETS
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-20931-4_24
Abstract
The domain of Autonomics and Self-Managing networks come with a number of self-* features, such as auto-discovery and auto-configuration to name a few. In this paper, we provide a novel approach to auto-discover and auto/self-configure routers for OSPF routing in an autonomic network. We present the enablers for realizing these self-* functionalities. This includes a framework for describing the network policies, objectives and router configuration, models to be followed by a node/device implementation when self-describing the capabilities of a node and tokens for enforcing security and access control during the auto-discovery and auto-configuration processes of a node. We also present the algorithms that the various entities should employ for realizing these self-* features in their autonomic networks.