This Recommendation:
• provides an outline of the TMF814 components (uniformly structured CORBA IDL files
with inline comments, generated HTML documentation and MTNM supporting documents)
(see also clauses 6.1.2 and 6.4 [ITU-T M.3170.0]) and how they are related;
• refers to [ITU-T X.780.2] for the structure of the CORBA IDL files and modules, the used
parts of the IDL repertoire and foundation IDL, and the applied IDL style;
• refers to [ITU-T Q.816.2] for the used CORBA-based TMN services;
• proves compliance and basic profile conformance of TMF814 with [ITU-T X.780.2] and
[ITU-T Q.816.2] (i.e., the service-oriented CORBA framework);
• provides an outline of the structure of TMF814A and how it relates to MTNM supporting
documents (such as MTNM feature matrices) and complies with the CORBA-based
interface implementation conformance statement (ICS) proformas of [ITU-T X.781];
• wraps TMF814 and TMF814A with their supporting documents by referencing them
normatively according to ITU-T Rec. A.5 and pointing to key closely related in-force
ITU-T Recommendations on TMN (NGNM) and functional (NG) network architectures;
• as a consequence, provides evidence that MTNM is TMN compliant, TMN interface
protocol-conformant and Level B TMN interface information-conformant according to
[ITU-T M.3010];
• indicates that TMF814 and TMF814A collectively specify an interoperable CORBA-based
NML-EML interface and so get wrapped jointly according to Figure 8-1;
• indicates that TMF814 provides a vendor-independent two-part data model (behaviour and
state of managed objects) that offers standardized means for vendor-specific extensions;
• determines for further study the recommended contents of CORBA-based vendor-provided
ICS documents (if needed) such as a vendor-specific implementation statement (IS) as per
TMF814A and an interface implementation specification (IIS) as per [b-TMF833 v1.0];
• indicates that the applicability of the service-oriented CORBA paradigm goes beyond
CORBA and the management of NEs and networks, for example towards XML-based
management of both telecom networks-based services and content and applications-based
services.
This Recommendation first explains the structure of TMF814 and TMF814A, then refers to
[ITU-T X.780.2] and [ITU-T Q.816.2] and identified MTNM supporting documents for relating the
TMF814 and TMF814A components to key Recommendations on TMN (NGNM) [ITU-T M.3010],
[ITU-T M.3060], etc. and functional (NG) network architectures (allowing for details)
[ITU-T G.805], [ITU-T G.852.2], [ITU-T Y.2012], etc., and finally points out the MTNM support
of interoperability (when vendors use TMF814A and the built-in extension mechanisms of
TMF814) that would enable the deployment of a multi-technology cooperative network
management solution (CoNMS) in a multi-vendor network.
This Recommendation wraps TMF814 and TMF814A, and the associated MTNM supporting
documents, by referencing them normatively and relating them to key Recommendations. These
relationships imply that MTNM operations systems are TMN-compliant and TMN-conformant
according to [ITU-T M.3010]. This Recommendation can also be used as a first lead-in to the TM
Forum MTNM CORBA IDL SS with IS templates, interoperability guidelines and MTNM feature
matrices.