The key purpose of the series of joint catalyst projects between TM Forum members and DMTF members is to demonstrate the co-existence and interoperability between SID, CIM and mTOP based management systems through realization of NGOSS contracts and using unified mapping methodology between different Information, Data Models and various interfaces in the context of the end-to-end management of next generation networks. This series will build to cover end-to-end management of Customer SLA.

The first catalyst project addressed issues of general interoperability between management systems using CIM, mTOP and SID and prepared the ground for the next project oriented towards end-to-end SLA management. Customer’s service fulfillment and assurance for the first project was limited to provisioning/activation of IP-based network resources with underlying Ethernet transport (PBB-TE).

QoS Management of NGN is the next major challenge for the industry. To enable pace and integrity of deployment standards have a key role to play. QoS is a product feature and hence requires OSS and network standardization to enable appropriate coordination of mixed vendor/technology networks.

The proposed catalyst project will be based on the infrastructure and services created during the first phase from Nice TMW 2007, and will focus primarily on Customer Experience and SLA monitoring performed transparently across transport (MTOSI) and enterprise (CIM) resources.

The project will expand the use of NGOSS contracts for cross-domain service provisioning and activation and will utilize the work accomplished by TMF’s SLA Management Team on SLA management across enterprise and telecommunication domains. It will demonstrate an application of complex inter-domain event processing as part of an Assurance solution.

Timescale

Nice 2008