Contents

• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• 1. Introduction
  • 1.1 Motivation
  • 1.2 Objective and Contribution
  • 1.3 Approach
  • 1.4 Outline
• 2. Survey of Management Policy Approaches
  • 2.1 Management Policies
  • 2.2 Policy Work at the Imperial College
    • 2.2.1 Initial Research Interest on Policies
    • 2.2.2 Authorisation and Obligation Policies
    • 2.2.3 Current Research Activities
    • 2.2.4 Discussion
  • 2.3 Policy Work by Koch
  • 2.4 Constraint-based Policies by Goh
    • 2.4.1 Refinement
    • 2.4.2 Passive Policies
    • 2.4.3 Active Policies
    • 2.4.4 Discussion
  • 2.5 Summary and Terminology
• 3. Previous Work on Metapolicies
  • 3.1 Metapolicies by Hosmer
    • 3.1.1 Explicit Information
    • 3.1.2 Coordination of Policies
    • 3.1.3 Properties of Metapolicies
  • 3.2 Metapolicies by Kühnhauser
  • 3.3 Metapolicies at the Imperial College
  • 3.4 Summary and Discussion
• 4. Policy Life Cycle
  • 4.1 Previous Work
  • 4.2 Policy Supporting Processes
    • 4.2.1 Supporting Processes and Active Policies
    • 4.2.2 Functional Model
    • 4.2.3 Delegation Process
    • 4.2.4 Refinement Process
    • 4.2.5 Distribution Process
    • 4.2.6 Test Process
    • 4.2.7 Enforcement Process
  • 4.3 Enhanced Policy Life Cycle
  • 4.4 Summary and Conclusion
• 5. Policy Management with Metapolicies
  • 5.1 Requirements for Metapolicies
  • 5.2 Definition of Metapolicies
  • 5.3 Active and Passive Metapolicies
  • 5.4 Classification of Metapolicies
    • 5.4.1 Refinement
    • 5.4.2 Delegation
    • 5.4.3 Integration
    • 5.4.4 Conflict
    • 5.4.5 Exception
    • 5.4.6 Enforcement
  • 5.5 Metapolicy Examples
    • 5.5.1 Refinement
    • 5.5.2 Delegation
    • 5.5.3 Integration
    • 5.5.4 Conflict
    • 5.5.5 Exception
    • 5.5.6 Enforcement
  • 5.6 Properties of Metapolicies
  • 5.7 Benefits of Metapolicies
  • 5.8 Summary
• 6. Policy-based Management System
  • 6.1 An Example of a Management System
    • 6.1.1 Purpose
    • 6.1.2 Policy-based Approach
    • 6.1.3 Architecture of the Management System
  • 6.2 Metapolicies and the Management System
    • 6.2.1 Restrictions on Metapolicies in a Management System
    • 6.2.2 Requirements for Using Metapolicies
    • 6.2.3 Realisation of Metapolicy Support
  • 6.3 Implementing Metapolicies in NoCScontrol
    • 6.3.1 Supporting Processes
    • 6.3.2 Architectural Changes
    • 6.3.3 Metapolicy Examples
    • 6.3.4 Policy and Metapolicy Enforcement
    • 6.3.5 Implementation Details
    • 6.3.6 Scalability and Possible Enhancements of the Implementation
  • 6.4 Summary and Conclusion
• 7. Summary and Outlook
• Bibliography