Table of Contents

Element Management System. TMN Model. ITU-T FCAPS. EMS Functions. OSI Network Management. Management Protocols. Standardizing Bodies. MTNM compliant EMS. Network Management System. Communication Networks. Seven layer Communication Model. NMS Functions. NMS Products. SNMP. Information Handling. Management Information Base. Next Generation Network Management (NGNM). XML Based Protocols. Operation/ Business Support Systems. OSS and BSS functions. NGOSS. Telecom Processes. Management Applications. Information Models. Standard Interfaces. Implementation Guidelines. Socket Communication. RPC Programming. Web Communication. Mail Communication. File Handling. Secure Communication. Application Layer. OSS Design Patterns. Report: NGNM Framework and Adoption Strategy.

About the Author

Jithesh Sathyan is a Technical Architect at Infosys Technologies Limited. He is the sole inventor of the first granted patent of Infosys at the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He has multiple international papers in the telecom domain to his credit, specifically on EMS, NMS and OSS/BSS. He is a gold medalist in Electronics and Communication Engineering. Sathyan has been working on multiple projects involving design and development of telecom management solutions for a variety of telecom clients in OEM and service provider space. He has multiple filed patents in the telecom domain. Jithesh has published several white papers in standardizing forums like TeleManagement Forum that specializes in defining standards on telecom management. He is an active member of many telecom management standardizing forums. He also contributed a chapter titled,"Role of OSS/BSS in success of IMS" in IMS Handbook: Concepts, Technologies, and Services published by CRC Press.

Reviews

Sathyan (Infosys Technologies Limited) introduces the basic principles of the telecommunication technology resource and service management systems: Element Management System (EMS), Network Management System (NMS), Operation/Business Support Systems (OSS/BSS). He addresses concepts, functionality, applicable protocols, and implementation guidelines and includes extensive references to additional resources.
—In Research Book News, booknews.com, February 2011