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What is Management Information Base

Chapter 31
Handbook of Research on Telecommunications Planning and Management for Business
Management Information Base (MIB) is a type of database used to manage the devices in a communications network. It comprises a collection of objects in a (virtual) hierarchical database used to manage entities (such as routers and switches) in a network.
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Basics of Telecommunication Management
Katalin Tarnay (University of Pannonia, Hungary)
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 14
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-194-0.ch031
Abstract
The purpose of this chapter is to provide a simple understandable approach to the basics of telecommunications management. This chapter is composed of four logically interlaced parts: the background information, the main components of telecommunications management, the future trends, and the conclusion. The background information section reviews the literature. The main part discusses management notions together with a short explanation of basic management systems. These systems include the management functions, the managed objects, the management information base, and the management protocols. The future trends section provides solutions most likely to appear in the future. The conclusion summarizes the fundamental mechanisms of this field.
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