| With the increased interest in micro-satellite networks, the promise of an economically viable extension of terrestrial network systems has become possible. These systems would provide connectivity to areas where existing terrestrial networks have previously been either infeasible or impractical. Micro-satellite networks impose many constraints that are seldom seen in terrestrial networks. A network management protocol suitable for micro-satellite networks remains largely unexplored.; This thesis presents a solution towards overcoming the difficulties and limitations experienced by the current standardized network management protocol—SNMP—with respect to micro-satellite network management or resource-constrained networks. In the presented implementation, the memory footprint, network overhead, processing time, and round trip time imposed by LW-SNMP has been significantly reduced, with respect to SNMPv1. Moreover, this solution has been implemented through the use of generative programming to achieve high configurability. |
