ITU-T Study Group 4
Telecommunication Management
Summary of Results
Study Period 2005-2008
David J. Sidor
Contents
Terms of reference
Highlights of achievements
Telecommunication Management
Collaboration: FGs / JCA
Future work
Supplemental slides
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Terms of Reference
Responsible for studies regarding the management
of telecommunication services, networks, and
equipment, including support for next-generation
networks (NGN) and the application and evolution
of the telecommunication management network
(TMN) framework.
Additionally, it is responsible for other
telecommunication management studies relating to
designations, transport-related operations
procedures, and test and measurement techniques
and instrumentation.
Lead SG for Telecommunication Management
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Highlights of achievements (I)
Evolved TMN multi-paradigm framework to
support NGN management based on
updated eTOM business processes
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Generated NGN management architecture and
requirements (M.3060)
Specified C2B/B2B NGN service assurance;
also NGN SLA and appointment management
Led harmonization of SG 13’s NGN accounting
management with 3GPP and ATIS solutions
Harmonized multi-organizational NGN
requirements and their traceability
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Highlights of achievements (II)
Continued to emphasize the definition of
management information regardless of the
underlying interface technology
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Harmonized M.3020 requirements and
protocol-neutral information modeling
methodology with its 3GPP equivalent
Created protocol-neutral version of M.3100
generic network information model (M.3160)
Adopted two parts of the TM Forum’s Shared
Information and Data model (M.3190)
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Highlights of achievements (III)
In collaboration with ATIS, initiated major
new security-related work
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Specified security of management interfaces
(M.3016 series)
Specified functional requirements for security
management systems (M.3410)
Generated Ethernet over Transport
requirements and a protocol-neutral
information model (Q.840.1) harmonized
with MEF
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Highlights of achievements (IV)
Updated M.1400 and M.1401 interoperator designation definitions
Generated a set of human-computer data
specifications (M.1402-5)
Refined and expanded the set of test and
measuring specifications, including
support for OTN (O.173, O.182), SDH
(O.172), and O.211 (IP)
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Telecommunication Management
Collaboration (I)
As Lead SG for Telecommunication
Management, tracked related SG activities
Established partnerships and collaborative
activities with SGs and other standards
organizations to achieve SG 4 goals
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Focus Group on Human Machine Interfaces
Focus Group on Multi-technology Network
Management
NGN Management Focus Group
JCA on Management
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Telecommunication Management
Collaboration (II)
Under a collaboration agreement between
the ITU-T and the TM Forum, two focus
groups were established
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For HMI: Transformed TM Forum human
machine interface specifications into ITU-T
Recommendations (Z.371, Z.372)
For transport management: Produced SOAbased CORBA conformance specifications
(Q.816.2, X.780.2) to allow the adoption of TM
Forum Multi-Technology Network Management
(M.3170 series)
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Telecommunication Management
Collaboration (III)
NGN Management Focus Group (NGNMFG)
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Produced the NGN Management Specification
Roadmap, a compendium of approved and
emerging management interface specifications
developed by the ITU-T and other SDOs and
forums that were judged relevant to support
the management of ITU-T’s NGN.
Identified, stimulated, and tracked the
harmonization of overlapping management
specifications
Identified management specification gaps
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Telecommunication Management
Collaboration (IV)
Joint Coordination Activity on Management
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Facilitates work assignments among involved
SGs and coordination among other relevant
SDOs/forums
Continues and expands the harmonization and
gap analysis of management interface
specifications begun by the NGNMFG
Includes key representatives of SGs, SDOs,
and forums
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Future Work
Focus on interfaces between management
systems and network elements and
between management systems
Continue management collaborative
activities with SGs and other
SDOs/forums, including sponsorship of
JCA on Management
Transfer test and measurement of
transmission equipment activities to
transport-oriented SG
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Supplemental Slides
Management team
Structure
Statistics
Others (if any)…
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Management Team
Chair
David Sidor
(USA)
Vice-Chairs:
Dmitry Cherkesov
(Russia)
Nobuo Fujii
(Japan)
Qi Feng
Baker Baker
(China)
(Syria)
Leen Mak
(Germany)
Geoff Caryer
(UK)
Nobuo Fujii
(Japan)
WP Chairs:
TSB
Richard Hill (until 5/05)
Greg Jones (until 6/07)
Tatiana Kurakova
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Study Group Structure
WP1: Designations, peformance, and test
equipment
WP2: Common telecommunication
management capabilities
WP3: Telecommunication management
information models and protocols
Telecommunication management
collaboration focus groups for
– Human Machine Interfaces
– Multi-technology Network Management
– NGN Management
Joint Coordination Activity on Management
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Statistics (I)
6 SG meetings held
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Also 1 WP meeting
Multiple Rapporteur level meetings, most as
electronic meetings and many using
collaborative software
114 contributions received
1316 TDs handled
Average of 58 SG participants, low of 44
at Feb07 meeting, high of 65 at Sept05
meeting
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Statistics (II)
29 new Recommendations approved
18 existing Recommendations
amended/revised
2 new and 2 revised M-Series
Supplements developed
4 Implementers’ Guides approved
12 Questions assigned by WTSA-04
One Question revised during study period
13 Questions proposed for next period
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All current Questions: continue with revisions
2 new
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Workshops
Telecommunication Management and
Operations Support Systems
– 22-23 May 2006
– Beijing, China
– > 150 participants from 14 countries
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Acknowledgements
To Vice Chairmen Cherkesov, Qi, and Fujii and WP
Chairs Mak and Caryer for their guidance on the
Management Team
To my TSB partners for their support: Messrs Hill
and Jones and Madame Kurakova
To all those SG 4 leaders and editors that
contributed so much of their time and effort to
progress SG 4’s primary deliverables, its
Recommendations.
To all those SG 4 leaders and editors (and their
sponsors) that will continue to volunteer their
time and effort for the next study period.
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David J. Sidor
David Sidor has been involved in ITU-T
standardization activities since 1980. He became
active in SGs 4 and 11 TMN activities in 1987 and led
the generation and served as editor of various TMN
Recommendations. Since 1991, he has represented
Nortel Networks (USA) and served as the chairman of
the ITU-T Joint Coordination Group on TMN, SG 4 WP
chairman, and SG 4 chairman since 1996.
Under his chairmanship, SG 4 first changed TMN into a
multi-paradigm framework by embracing marketsupported IT and IP-based technologies and then
evolved TMN framework to support NGN, realigned its
mission to emphasize the definition of management
information regardless of the underlying interface
technology, and established partnerships and
collaborative activities with other standards
organizations to achieve its goals, including
sponsorship of relevant focus groups and a JCA.
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