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Functional Description
System and Software Architecture
1.3
System and Software
Architecture
1.3.1
Functional Groups
The AEM-NB software architecture is built with a number of components that can
be grouped in the following distinct functional groups:
1.
NE Management
(Equipment Management, Service Management, Alarm Management,
Test Management, Performance Management)
2.
General Components
(Components for Operation, Administration and Maintenance (OAM);
Common Servers)
3.
Software Platform
(Software bus, Repository, third party libraries)
4.
Graphical User Interface (GUI)
5.
Northbound Interface
6.
Southbound Interface.
Figure 1-3 shows the six functional groups. The shadowed blocks are part of the
AEM-NB.
OS
User
4
5
GUI
1
Northbound
Interface
NE Management
(Equipment, Service, Alarm, Test, Performance)
3
6
2
General
Components
Common S.,
OAM comp.)
Southbound
Interface
Software Platform
(Software bus, Repository, third party libraries)
Hardware Platform
(SUN/Solaris)
NE
Figure 1-3
AEM-NB Functional Groups
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