Who Should Attend?

This course is dedicated to all system designers who need to know basis of different network management solutions for further evaluations of systems and tools for operations and maintenance.

Course Content

1. Introduction.
2. Management of telecommunication networks.
   • Management networks.
   • Management protocols.
   • Information models.
   • Standardization bodies.
3. OSI Management.
   • OSI management framework.
   • Management Information Base.
   • CMIS/CMIP.
   • OSI management model.
   • OSI systems management.
   • Problems with ISO management.
4. Simple Network Management Protocol.
   • SNMP functions.
   • SNMP MIBs.
   • SNMP v1.
   • SNMP v2.
   • SNMP v3.
5. Telecommunication Management Network.
   • History.
   • Adopting ISO/IEC.
   • TMN concept.
   • TMN information architecture.
   • TMN functional architecture.
   • TMN physical architecture.
   • TMN logical layering.
6. Management Information.
   • ISO naming tree.
   • Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1).
   • X.500 directories.
   • Guidelines for the Definition of Managed Objects.
7. OSI/TMN Management Services and Protocols.
   • Services.
   • Communication protocols.
8. OMG main frameworks.
   • OMG Object Management Architecture.
   • OMG Model Driven Architecture.

Course Objectives

This course presents some standard ways of implementing management of telecommunication networks. Main groups of area of interests are discussed: OSI, TMN, SMNP and OMG.

Pre-requisites

There are no particular requirements for attending this course, but telecommunication knowledge will be helpful.

Training Structure

One day training divided into logical sessions.

Methodology

Instructor led training.