Use of TMN for SONET/SDH network management

Author

Ku, Bernard S.

Author_Institution

MCI Telecommun., Richardson, TX, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1996

fDate

15-19 Apr 1996

Firstpage

454

Abstract

A major concern when implementing SONET/SDH technology is the ability to effectively manage a constantly evolving network plus its elements along with new services that will be rapidly introduced. This paper describes our experience in implementing a telecommunications management network (TMN) compliant SONET/SDH network management system. The TMN concept is envisioned by the standard body as a promising approach to manage the operations, administration, maintenance and provisioning (OAM&P) functions in a multi-vendor telecommunication network. This paper presents the problems and pitfalls of TMN and outlines our TMN implementation experience in both domestic and Mexican networks

Keywords

SONET; maintenance engineering; synchronous digital hierarchy; telecommunication network management; telecommunication standards; Mexico; SONET/SDH network management; SONET/SDH technology; TMN; administration; maintenance; multivendor telecommunication network; network OAM&P functions; network management system; operations; provisioning; service management; standards; telecommunications management network; Costs; Electronic mail; Globalization; SONET; Standards organizations; Synchronous digital hierarchy; Technology management; Telecommunication network management; Time to market; USA Councils;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Network Operations and Management Symposium, 1996., IEEE

Conference_Location

Kyoto

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2518-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NOMS.1996.539615

Filename

539615