Management object behavior inheritance and distribution support in TIMS

TIMS is an environment dedicated to the simulation of TMN systems. For this purpose, the environment
uses both standardized definitions of Managed Objects and clear defined behaviors associated to them, in
terms of syntax and semantics. To provide a good expressive power to the underlying behavior language,
mechanisms such as scattering and inheritance, which are inherent to the standards, must be integrated into
the environment. The way in which this integration can be achieved in TIMS is the goal of this paper. To this
end, the TIMS approach to OSI-based Management Information Model simulation is presented and the problem
of formally described behavior scattering and inheritance in the standardized GDMO notation is outlined. This
outline then serves as a basis for presenting the different ways in which this problem can be solved in the TIMS
tool-set.