Abstract Based on the analysis of current network management and active network, an active network based distributed intelligent management model is presented. Multiagent system is introduced to characterize and describe the model. A management control message (MCM) has been designed for multiagent in the active network which is specially used for commission, management and control. In order to enhance the reliability of fault diagnosis, evidential theory is adopted to combine different fault symptoms for network fault diagnosis. The model has advantages of domain autonomy and cooperation across multiple domains, and it is suitable for largescale and heterogeneous network management.
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