A management system providing real distribution of management tasks with time and space independence

Actual management systems do not fulfil a number of requirements identified as mandatory for an efficient and effective network management. The simple adoption of solutions like Java's RMI or OMG's CORBA, do not solve all problems and may originate others. This paper describes the architectural and functional model for the proposed management system, that satisfy a number of identified requirements. Special attention is devoted to the information model, proposing a new structure for it. Within the text some simple application examples of ATM networks are given. Finally, a brief analysis of two distinct ATM switches from different vendors is given referring to the possible added value that the proposed system can bring when managing those devices.