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Telecommunications Management Network (TMN)

Glossary

API
application-programming interface

ASN.1
abstract syntax notation one

ATM
asynchronous transfer mode

ATMF
Asynchronous Transfer Mode Forum

BLA
business-level agreements

BML
business-management layer

CCITT
Comité Consultatif Internationale de Télégraphique et Téléphonique

CMIP
common management information protocol

CMIS
common management-information service

CMISE
common management-information service element

DCN
data communication network

EML
element-management layer

ETSI
European Telecommunication Standards Institute

GDMO
Guideline for Definition of Managed Objects

ITU
International Telecommunications Union

ITU–T
International Telecommunications Union–Telcommunications Services Sector

MCF
message communication system

MD
mediation device

MIB
management information base

NE
network element

NEL
network-element layer

NMF
Network Management Forum

NML
network-management layer

OEM
original equipment manufacturer

OS
operations system

OSI
open systems interconnection

OSS
operations support systems

QA
Q adapter

SIF
Synchronous Optical Network (SONET) Interoperability Forum

SML
service-management layer

SNMP
signaling network management protocol

TMN
telecommunications managed network

WS
workstation

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