Lecture 18: Telecommunications Management Network (TMN)

Prof. Shervin Shirmohammadi SITE, University of Ottawa

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TMN
Necessity for interoperability Need for management of more than just the network components Networks / subnetworks need to be managed Services - internal and external need management Business management needs to be addressed TMN joint effort by ITU-T and ISO
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Operations System
Refers to operations support system E.g.,
Trunk is a logical connection between two switching nodes Periodic measurement of loss and S/N of all trunks Failing threshold set for QoS; failing trunks removed out of service before the customer complains
Transmission Test System Nodes

Trunk Test System

Telecommunication Network Transmission Test System

Voice Public Switch

Voice

Transmission Links

Public Switch

Figure 11.1 Operations System for Network Transmission

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OS: Telephone Switch Traffic

Traffic monitored at switch Call blocking statistics obtained Traffic and call-blocking statistics provide data for planning Importance of Operations, administration, maintenance, and provisioning
Traffic Measurement System

Traffic Counter

Data / Telecommunication Network

Traffic Counter

Nodes

Router / Switch

Transmission Links

Router / Switch

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Figure 11.2 Operations System for Traffic Measurement

TMN in Data and Telecom Networks

Telecommunications Management Network Operations System Operations System NMS Operations System
Workstation

Data Communication Network

Switching System
Voice

Transmission System

Switching System

Transmission System

Switching System
Voice

Telecommunication Network

Figure 11.3 TMN Relationship to Data and Telecommunication Network

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TMN Conceptual Model

Service provider A Service provider B Customers Customers

Services provided by Telecommunications Provider

Services provided by Telecommunications Provider

Network

Network

Q3

Q3

Operations Systems Q3 OS OS F Workstation System Operators

Operations Systems Q3 OS OS F Workstation System Operators

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Figure 11.4 TMN Conceptual Model

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TMN Architecture
Functional architecture:
Functional modules or blocks Reference points between modules

Physical architecture:
Physical blocks Physical interfaces between the blocks

Informational architecture:
Information exchange between entities Object oriented
TMN Architecture

Functional Architecture

Physical Architecture Figure 11.6 TMN Architecture

Informational Architecture

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Functional Architecture
OSF: Functions performed by Operations systems E.g., NMS, testing, accounting, trouble tracking NEF: Functions needed to support network elements; network elements themselves are not part of TMN: e.g., NM agent, MIB, collision rate MF: Operations on the information between network elements; e.g. filtering, protocol conversion MF can be shared between multiple OSSs; e.g. RMON WSF: Human-TMN activities interface; e.g., GUI QAF: Adapter function to accommodate non-TMN entities; e.g. proxy server, SNMP-to-CMIP
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TMN B
OSF

x TMN A
OSF

q3

OSF

q3 q3
MF

WSF

qx

qx MF Mediation Function NEF Network Element Function OSF Operations Systems Function QAF Q Adapter Function WSF Workstation Function

NEF

QAF

Figure 11.7 TMN Functional Architecture

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TMN Reference Point

Function blocks connected by conceptual interfaces, called reference point Designated by lower case letters (upper case letter for physical interfaces) x: Interface between operations systems that belong to different domains; e.g., interface between two NMSs belonging to two different domains q3: Interface between two OSFs in the same domain qx: Interface between mediation function such as RMON and agent in the network element f: Interface to the workstation
Function Block Reference Point Function Block

Figure 11.8 TMN Reference Point

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Physical Architecture
Operations System (OS) X

TMN

Operations System (OS)

X/F/Q3 Data Communications Network (DCN) F/Q3 Mediation Device (MD) F Workstation

Q3

Qx Q3 Data Communications Network (DCN)

Qx

Qx

Q Adapter (QA)

Network Element (NE)

Q Adapter (QA)

Network Element (NE)

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Information Architecture
Initially adopted the OSI architecture: CMIP/CMIS Later, SNMP also supported two types of communication services:
Interactive
ROSE used by CMISE RPC in the Internet world

File-oriented
OSI File Transfer Access Management (FTAM) Internet File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Operations / Requests Manager Responses Notifications / Traps Agent

Figure 11.10 TMN Information Architecture

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Management Service Architecture

Business Management q3 Service Management q3 Network Management q3 Element Management q3 Managed Network Element

Figure 11.11 TMN Service Architecture

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TMN Services & Functions

TMN Management Services Business Management Service Management Network Management Element Management System Management Functional Areas Configuration Management Fault Management Performance Management Security Management Accounting Management

DCF OSF WSF NEF

TMN Function Blocks MF QAF

System Management Functions Object Management Alarm Management

TMN Functional Components NM Manager Presentation Function

CMISE M-GET / GET-REQUEST M-SET / SET-REQUEST M-CREATE

Remote Procedure Call

ACSE

ROSE

Communication Transport Service (OSI Presentation Layer)

Figure 11.13 TMN Services and Functions

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TMN Logical Layered Architecture

Example (NMF)
Customer Service Management Service Details

Physical Realization of TMN Architecture

Business Management

q3 Ref. Point

Q3

Performance and Billing Data

Service Management

Service Mgmt Tarif/Charging

Service Mgmt Provisioning

Service Mgmt Other

q3 Ref. Point

Service Configuration

Q3

Serviceimpacting Events

Network Management

Net Mgmt Routing Admin

Net Mgmt Traffic Admin

Net Mgmt Restoration

q3 Ref. Point

Equipment Configuration

Q3

Equipment Alarms

Element Management

Net Element Cust Admin

Net Element Switch Mgmt

Net Element Trans Eqpt Mgmt

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Figure 11.14 TMN Realization Example (NMF) CEG 4395

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