The function of customer network management (CNM) in the switched multi-megabit data service (SMDS) is presented. Design decisions taken in developing a prototype CNM Agent are discussed and related to tradeoffs involved in choosing an information flow model. Two models are presented, the cache-and-query and the on-demand models. The former is deemed preferable for SMDS CNM for several reasons
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Local Computer Networks, 1992. Proceedings., 17th Conference on
Date of Conference: 13-16 Sep 1992