A TMN approach to traffic control in B-ISDN

This paper presents an approach to B-ISDN traffic control functionality allocation in the framework of the TMN reference configuration developed within the RACE Programme by project R1053 TERRACE. The TMN concept has been introduced by standardization activities to support the management requirements of the Administrations, and its basic idea is to provide an architecture to achieve the interconnection between Operation Systems and Network Elements for the exchange of management information using standardised interfaces. Within TERRACE this concept has been revised in order to cater for the complex IBC network and service environment proposed by RACE and the TMN reference configuration has been defined as composed of a set of models, namely the structural framework and the functional, information, communication and usage models. The paper will primarily focus on the relationship between the TMN and the B-ISDN traffic control functionality, with the objective to propose their allocation to the TMN functional blocks.