CONMan: A step towards network manageability

ACM SIGCOMM 2007: Conference on Computer Communications

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 205-216

  Ballani, Hitesh ^a   Francis, Paul ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Abstraction; Configuration; Management

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY OBLIVIOUS NETWORK MANAGEMENT (CONMAN); MANAGEMENT TOOLS; OPERATIONAL COMPLEXITY;

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; DATA PROCESSING; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

NETWORK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 36949012693     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1282380.1282404     Document Type: Conference Paper

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