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Chapter 1 Overview of CTM GateWay/CORBA
1.1 Features of CTM GateWay/CORBA
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The following figure illustrates the CTM GateWay/CORBA communications architecture within a
service provider’s OSS environment.
Figure 1-1
CTM GateWay/CORBA Communications Architecture
The telemanagement community has adopted CORBA as the preferred distribution technology with
which to integrate the various components of an OSS. The Multi Technology Network Management
Working Group of the TMF has been working to create a specification for an NML-EML interface.
CTM GateWay/CORBA is based on the following TMF standards:
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TMF.513 v2.0 (August 2001): Multi Technology Network Management Business Agreement
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TMF.608 v2.0 (August 2001): Multi Technology Network Management Information Agreement
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TMF.814 v3.0 (August 2001): Multi Technology Network Management Solution Set
The TMF.608 document is a protocol-independent information model for the network resources being
managed. The TMF.814 document is the CORBA Interface Data Language (IDL) component of the
specification; it consists of a set of definitions for specific objects and methods that are available for use
at the NML-EML interface for passing information or accomplishing specific actions. However,
TMF.814 is a specific interface implementation based on a TMF high-level business agreement
described by the TMF.513 document. To complete the document set, TMF.814A recognizes that different
parties may provide varying degrees of compliance in their implementations. The TMF.814A document
is called the Implementation Agreement, and is simply a form to be filled out by those parties
implementing TMF.814 to further describe their specific implementations to those who might use them.
1.1 Features of CTM GateWay/CORBA
CTM GateWay/CORBA supports the following TM.814 modules:
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Inventory
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Element management system (EMS)
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Multilayer subnetwork
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