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VRML: Adding 3D to network management

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Intelligence in Services and Networks: Technology for Cooperative Competition (IS&N 1997)

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Abstract

The increasing number, complexity, and heterogeneity of network management resources have pushed industry and research to find new ways to visualise information that go beyond classic 2D solutions. Network topologies and layered information models have exposed the limitations of these solutions, demanding more powerful 3D visualisation techniques.

This paper describes a novel approach to the visualisation of network management resources using VRML, a 3D modeling language. VRML has been successfully applied to selected network management problems, showing that network management information can often be presented profitably in 3D format. The ability of modern Web browsers to handle both HTML and VRML allows a simple yet powerful and flexible system for two and three-dimensional network management visualisation to be created.

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  1. Dimitrios Manikis

    Present address: Telecommunications Laboratory, National Technical University of Athens, Zographou, 15773, Athens, Greece

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Zurich Research Laboratory, IBM Research Division, Säumerstrasse 4, 8803, Rüschlikon, Switzerland

    Luca Deri

  2. Institut für Informatik und angewandte Mathematik, Software Composition Group, Universität Bern, Neubrückstrasse 10, CH-3012, Bern, Switzerland

    Luca Deri

  3. IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, Switzerland

    Dimitrios Manikis

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Al Mullery Michel Besson Mario Campolargo Roberta Gobbi Rick Reed

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Deri, L., Manikis, D. (1997). VRML: Adding 3D to network management. In: Mullery, A., Besson, M., Campolargo, M., Gobbi, R., Reed, R. (eds) Intelligence in Services and Networks: Technology for Cooperative Competition. IS&N 1997. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1238. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-63135-6_45

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