Operations Support Network/Service Monitoring and Control Conclusion Additional Reading OSI Network Management Introduction OSI Organizational Model OSI Information Model 5.3.1 Structure of Management Information (SMI) 5.3.2 Management Information Base (MIB) OSI Communication Model OSI Functional Model TMN and OSI Management Conclusion Additional Reading Management Protocols Introduction Overview of SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) Overview of TL1 (Transaction Language 1) Overview of CMIP (Common Management Information Protocol) Overview of CLP (Command Line Protocol) Overview of XMLP (XML Protocol) Overview of SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) Overview of NETCONF (NETwork CONFiguration) Overview of IIOP (Internet Inter-ORB Protocol) Conclusion Additional Reading Contents Standardizing Bodies 7.1 Introduction ITU (International Telecommunication Union) TMF (TeleManagement Forum) DMTF (Distributed Management Task Force) 3GPP (Third Generation Partnership Project) ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute) MEF (Metro Ethernet Forum) ATIS (Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions) OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards) OMA (Open Mobile Alliance) SNIA (Storage Networking Industry Association) 7.12 Conclusion Additional Reading MTNM Compliant EMS Introduction About MTNM MTNM Business Agreement (TMF 513) MTNM Information Agreement (TMF 608) MTNM Solution Set (TMF 814) MTNM Implementation Statement and Guidelines (TMF 814A) Conclusion Additional Reading SECTION II NETWORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (NMS) Communication Networks Introduction ATM Network GSM Network GPRS Network UMTS Network MPLS Network CDMA Network WiMAX Recent Initiatives like LTE and SAE Conclusion Additional Reading Contents Seven-Layer Communication Model Introduction Physical Layer Data Link Layer Network Layer Transport Layer Session Layer Presentation Layer Application Layer TCP/IP Model and OSI Model 10.10 Conclusion Additional Reading What Is NMS? Introduction Network Management Syst