Evolution of Telecom Management Systems

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Evolution of Telecom Management Systems
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Facilitation
SIA Targets
SIA Chain
Industry
DIFFERENCE
Fora
Area 15
NIM Chain
KEY SIA Service Integration Architecture NIM
Network Interoperability Management
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Architecture Convergence
Note diagram based on SIA Chain view of archal
drivers
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Focusing Agent Technology

• Analysis
• Identify Issues
• Work Items

• Relatively new
• Issues identified
• Agent Technology maturation
• Mobile Agent Tech CORBA convergence
• Mobile Agent v Intelligent Agent
• Application Area issues
• Marked with above

Fora ACTS
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Evolution of Telecoms Management

• Analysis
• IdentifyIssues
• Work Items

• Through several events (see later)
• Issues suitable for convergence
• Strengths/Weaknesses TMN
• Mgmt Internet technologies with TMN
• Application of Advanced IT
• Conformance
• IN/TMN convergence
• Systems Enterprise Mgmt for Telecoms Mgmt
• Neutral Business Info Modelling
• Skills Tool Support
• Marked with above

Fora ACTS
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Application of Advanced IT Issue
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Appl Advanced IT

• Milestones DIFFERENCE
• Late 1996 - NMF Long Beach meeting
• July 1997 - Workshop in Dublin
• Aug 1997 and Aug1998 - Review of Fora work
• Nov 1997 - DOT Eurescom workshop
• Jan 1998 - Deliverable 5
• Sep 1998 - DOT Eurescom workshop
• Ongoing - Present to ACTS, NMF,OMG, Eurescom

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NMF Long Beach position
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July 97 workshop -Some Insights

• DOT selection based on non-funcal requirements
• Starting Point will drive selection of DOT to use
• Telecoms style starting point (IN, ATM, TMN..)
• heritage important, very important Telecom
  influences IT!
• Coexistence and openness key
• Internet style starting point (TCP, SNMP, WWW..)
• which DOT will embrace push technologies,
  Intelligent Agents, Security Frameworks quickest?
• DOT Selection will also be driven by
• Cost Effectiveness, Openness of Frameworks

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Points of Convergence
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Strengths/Weaknesses TMN
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The Strengths of TMN

• Ref Model
• Gradually being accepted in some areas
• Technology up
• N/W Info models

• Layering FCAPS
• Command/Control archal support
• Comprehensive abstraction Managed resources
• Generic Mgmt services

• Good link to OSI
• Well defined protocol stacks

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The Weaknesses of TMN

• Business Process support, not top down approach
• Granularity OSs
• Neglects General IT support
• Support for Legacy
• Heuristics of when to use -LT invest
• Customer control

• Lack Peer to Peer
• Not take account of DOT or IT tools
• Neutrality
• FCAPS/Business processes ?
• ADEs not good at Trans, persist etc.
• Suitability for multiple n/ws or Internet

• Lack support for simple coop interactions
• Lack conformance stmts
• Lack cost effective tools/technologies
• Lack confidence longevity products, TMN component
  market

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Going forward...

• Process going forward
• consensus on issues
• select work items that can be progressed together
  with Fora
• application of Advanced IT
• Strengths/Weaknesses TMN
• System/Enterprise mgmt of Telecoms Mgmt
• Neutral Business/Info modelling
• Workshops and White papers

Fora ACTS
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Evolution of Telecom Management

• DIFFERENCE plan to progress work items
• July 1998 - initial discussion
• Sep 1998 - DOT Eurescom workshop
• Sep 1998 - OMG Telecoms DTF meeting
• Oct 1998 - ACTS ACM
• Oct 1998 - NMF meeting
• Nov 1998 - DIFFERENCE Workshop

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Going forward...together!

• Mutual benefit to going forward together
• How?
• this workshop
• consensus building with other fora
• November workshop follow on
• an open invitation!
• Get involved, follow the work..
• Register at .
• Well keep you informed