Automation of Configuration Management of TIM Mobile Core Network Functions

The objective of this thesis is to design and implement automation solutions for the analysis and modification of the configuration of the Core Network Functions in TIM's Configuration Management systems. Automation is a topic that is gaining ground in recent times throughout the engineering sector and also in telecommunications, especially for Network Management. The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is making a major effort to provide tools that go in this direction, and the most up-to-date standardized tools are the YANG data modelling language and the NETCONF network management protocol. This work begins with an introduction to Configuration Management and with the study of YANG and NETCONF in order to understand their peculiarities and details. The analysis of the NETCONF protocol and the YANG language is fundamental to understand how they can be applied and used in Configuration Management strategies and to recognize how they can be integrated with the approaches already implemented in TIM systems. The thesis then focuses on the implementation of some automation solutions. In detail, the first and main part is focused on facilitating the development and configuration of the TIM Configuration Management system itself, while the subsequent part focal point is on easing its operation when requests for configuration changes arise.