Prototype implementation of an International Network Management System supporting Xcoop interface

CNET (Centre National d'Etudes des Telecommunications), the multi-site research center of France Telecom, is one of the four European laboratories that have specified, implemented and tested an SDH Xcoop interface within the SDH experiments of the EURESCOM P408 project (also known as "PET-Lab", for Pan-European TMN laboratory). This interface is described in Rodriguez and Mathan. The International Network Management System (INMS) is a Bull ISM platform connected both to the other operators' INMSs, through an Xcoop interface, and to the National Network Management System (NNMS), through a Q interface. The protocol stack QB1 and METRAN information model are used for Xcoop. The protocol stack QB3 and G.774 information model are used for the Q interface.