The network management community has been pushed towards the design of alternative management approaches able to support heterogeneity, scalability, reliability, and minor human intervention. The employment of self-* properties and Peer-To-Peer (P2P) are seen as promising alternatives, able to provide the sophisticated solutions required.

Despite being developed in parallel, and with minor direct connections perceived between them, self-* properties and P2P can be used concurrently. In Self- and P2P for Network Management: Design Principles and Case Studies* , the authors explore the issues behind the joint use of self-* properties and P2P, and present: a survey relating autonomic computing and self-* properties, P2P, and network and service management; the design of solutions that explore parallel and cooperative behavior of management peers; the change in angle of network management solution development from APIs, protocols, architectures, and frameworks to the design of management algorithms.

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Inhalt

Foreword.- Preface.- Introduction.- State of the Art.- Principles of the Self-* P2P Design.- Case Study I: Reliability of Monitoring Platforms.- Case Study II: Resource Management of Network Virtualization.- Results Discussion.- Conclusions.