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Telecommunications Management Network: From Lecture Notes by J. Won-Ki Hong
Telecommunications Management Network: From Lecture Notes by J. Won-Ki Hong
Telecommunications
Management Network
(TMN)
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Overview
• TMN can be used in the management of ISDN, B-ISDN,
ATM, and GSM networks.
• It is not as commonly used for purely packet-switched
data networks.
• Modern telecom networks are automated, and are run
by OSS software or operational support systems.
• These manage modern telecom networks and provide t
he data that is needed in the day-to-day running of a t
elecom network.
• OSS software is also responsible for issuing commands
to the network infrastructure to activate new service
offerings, commence services for new customers,
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Table of Contents
• Introduction
• TMN Principles
• TMN Architectures
• TMN Management Functions
• Summary
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Introduction
• What is TMN?
• The Role of the Management Platform
• Trends in Telecommunications
• Surviving the Evolving Telecom World
• Designing a Management Platform
• Why TMN?
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What is TMN?
• Telecommunications Management Network (TMN)
• TMN project started fall 1985
• Initial recommendation CCITT M.30 (published in
1988) included work of several Study Groups
• Renamed to recommendation M.3010 in 1992
which defines basic principles for TMN
• The objective for the TMN specifications is to
provide a framework for telecommunications
network and service management
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Why TMN?
To survive in a highly innovative and
competitive telecommunications market, use of
a robust architecture for network and service
management is a must.
TMN Principles
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Objectives
• The M.3010 recommendation defines “general
architectural requirements for a TMN to support the
management requirements of administration to plan,
provision, install, maintain, operate and administer
telecommunication networks and services”
Relationships between
Telecommunication Network and TMN
TMN
OS OS OS
To other
DCN WS
TMN
EX TR EX TR EX
Telecommunications Network
EX: Exchange
TR: Transmission OS: Operations System
DCN: Data Communication Network WS: Work Station
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WSF WSF
TMN TMN
f
f
q3 f
f q3 x
OSF OSF
q3 q3
qx
qx
MF MF
q3
q3
q3
q3 qx
qx qx qx
m m
reference points
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Manager Agent
management
operations
M M R R
application C C
functions
F Q I/F F R
notifications
TMN
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M A M A
CMIS CMIS CMIS
CMIS
OSI OSI
protocol protocol
stack stack
CMIP/CMIS
• CMIS (Common Management
Information Services, X.710) is a
Management Processes service based on simple
request/response approach
CMIS – Operation services
(M_CREATE, M_GET, M_SET,
M_DELETE,
M_CANCEL_GETM,
CMIP M_ACTION)
– Notification service
ACSE ROSE (M_EVENT_REPORT)
• CMIP (Common Management
Information Protocol, X.711)
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CMIP/CMIS (2)
• Scoping & Filtering
– allows selection of multiple object instances to be
operate upon by a single CMISE primitive
– scoping identifies object instances to which a filter may
be applied
– filtering allows scoped object instances to be selected
according to specific criteria
• Synchronization
– applies to operations on multiple instances
– atomic (all or nothing)
– best effort (anything goes)
• Linked replies
– permits multiple responses to a single operator request
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Qx Qx
OS: Operations Systems QA NE QA NE Interface
MD: Mediation Device
QA: Q-Adapter M
NE: Network Elements
DCN: Data Communications Network
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• Fault management
• Configuration management
• Accounting management
• Performance management
• Security management
FCAPS !
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Summary
• TMN strengths
• TMN weaknesses
Read www.simpleweb.org/tutorials/tmn/tmn.pdf
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TMN Strengths
• TMN is a very suitable framework for
telecommunications management purpose since:
– It identifies different abstraction levels
– It forces a structure approach when faces with
the problem of network and service
management
– It is a widely adopted standard, which ensures
that everyone speaks the same language
• TMN is particularly strong at the bottom layers of
the TMN pyramid, using the power of OSI
systems management and the associated object
approach
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TMN weaknesses
• Implementation of TMN isn’t so easy
• TMN Q3 interface is based on a full OSI stack
(solutions for stacks with reduced functionality
are developed, e.g., CMIP on TCP/IP)
• GDMO and ASN.1 are very complex (solution is
the use of tools that hide GDMO and ASN.1).
ASN.1 is designed for completeness, not
simplicity.
• TMN functional architecture does not map very
well to service management. It originates from
the bottom layers of the pyramid
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Assignments
• Make Presentation about
–E-TOM
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