@techreport{TR-IC-02-13,
   number = {IC-02-13},
   author = {Fábio L. Verdi and Edmundo R. M. Madeira},
   title  =  {A  Framework  for Service Provisioning and Management in
                   Virtual Active Telecom Networks},
   month = {October},
   year = {2002},
   institution = {Institute of Computing, University of Campinas},
   note = {In English, 23 pages.
    \par\selectlanguage{english}\textbf{Abstract}
       The  advent  of  Telecom  over  the  last years brought up many
       challenges  for  service  providers.  The  difficulty  to offer
       services  and,  in  the  same time, to perform their management
       requires  an integrated solution for both, service provisioning
       and management. In this paper, we outline an infrastructure for
       performing  such  tasks.  This  infrastructure allows to create
       Virtual  Active Networks (VANs) and install services in Telecom
       environments based on the Active Networking technology. Besides
       service  provisioning,  the  framework performs some management
       functions  taking  into account mobile services. The management
       system  is  based  on a mobile agent platform and considers the
       management  of  VANs,  where services can migrate from a VAN to
       another.   We   focus   on  three  specific  management  areas: 
       accounting, performance monitoring and configuration. We tested
       our  system  in  the  management  of two Internet-based Telecom
       services, Call Forwarding and Virtual Private Network.
  }
}