TNM-SECOND-END-SEM-REGULAR-17-18

Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani

Work-Integrated Learning Programmes Division

Second Semester 2017-2018

Comprehensive Examination 

(EC-3 Regular)

Course No.                   : CSI ZG582  

Course Title                 : TELECOM NETWORK MANAGEMENT

Nature of Exam              : Open Book

Weightage                      : 45%

Duration                         : 3 Hours

Date of Exam                 : 22/04/2018 (FN)   

Note: 

1.       Please follow all the Instructions to Candidates given on the cover page of the answer book.

2.       All parts of a question should be answered consecutively. Each answer should start from a fresh page.  

3.       Assumptions made if any, should be stated clearly at the beginning of your answer. 

Q.1. For the wireshark sample given below, determine the ENGINE ID and REQUEST ID for the SNMP message.        0000   30 6a 02 01 03 30 11 02 04 30 f6 f3 d4 02 03 00 0010   ff e3 04 01 00 02 01 03 04 1e 30 1c 04 0d 80 00 0020   1f 88 80 59 dc 48 61 45 a2 63 22 02 01 08 02 02 0030   0a b9 04 00 04 00 04 00 30 32 04 0d 80 00 1f 88 0040   80 59 dc 48 61 45 a2 63 22 04 00 a8 1f 02 04 7d 0050   0e 08 2e 02 01 00 02 01 00 30 11 30 0f 06 0a 2b 0060   06 01 06 03 0f 01 01 04 00 41 01 11 Q.2.     Answer the following questions.                (a)               Discuss, with illustrations, the challenges in implementing a remote monitoring	[6 + 4 = 10]
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(b)        Write the object id, in numerical fashion, of the key object that assist in locating the faulty equipment in a network.

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(c)    Which objects would allow an administrator to estimate the percentage of TCP and UDP errors? Write these object names (textual format) in ASN.1 conventio                                                                                                                           (d)    What is the key advantage and key disadvantage of SNMPv3? What are two commands which are in SNMPv2 and not in SNMPv1 and what are the benefits of commands?         .		n.        [5]

Q.3.    Answer the following questions.

(a)             We would like to design a NMS for 3 distinct scenarios: network with only data communication, network with only voice calls, and a network that supports both computers and telephone calls. For each case, select the management protocol(s)  that satisfies simplicity, low bandwidth, support for  configuration management and notifications. Discuss the tradeoffs and design solution.              [5]

(b)             How does FCAPS benefit a customer and operator. In particular, discuss how each of Fault management, Configuration management, Account Management, Performance Management and Security Management benefit the customer? benefit the operator?                [5] (c) For the network below, write the rules for a Rule Based Reasoning correlation of events.                 [5]

 

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