Telecommunications Management Network
Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
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The Telecommunications Management Network is a protocol model defined by ITU-T for managing open systems in a communications network.
It is part of the ITU-T Recommendation series M.3000 and is based on the OSI management specifications in ITU-T Recommendation series X.700. TMN provides a framework for achieving interconnectivity and communication across heterogeneous operations system and telecommunication networks.
To achieve this, TMN defines a set of interface points for elements which perform the actual communications processing (such as a call processing switch) to be accessed by elements, such as management workstations, to monitor and control them.
The standard interface allows elements from different manufacturers to be incorporated into a network under a single management control.
