Policy Based Network Management

The management of interactions among entities within a network is often referred to as Policy Based Network Management (PBNM). In OPENi this deals specifically with [access control] within this domain, with respect to the access of services and content. PBNM is a [condition], [action], [response] mechanism, designed to provide an automated response to conditions within a network according to pre-defined rules encoded within [policies].

The typical architecture involves a [PDP], [PEP], [PRP], [PIP] and [PAP]