3 Definitions and abbreviations
32.106-53GPPConfiguration Management (CM)Part 5: Basic CM Integration Reference Point (IRP): Information model (including Network Resource Model (NRM)Telecommunication managementTS
3.1 Definitions
For the purposes of the present document, the following terms and definitions apply. For terms and definitions not found here, please refer to 3GPP TS 32.101 [1], 3GPP TS 32.102 [2] and 3GPP TS 32.106-1 [14].
Association: In general it is used to model relationships between Managed Objects. Associations can be implemented in several ways, such as:
- name bindings,
- reference attributes, and
- association objects.
This IRP stipulates that containment associations shall be expressed through name bindings, but it does not stipulate the implementation for other types of associations as a general rule. These are specified as separate entities in the object models (UML diagrams). Currently (in Release 99) however, all (non-containment) associations are modelled by means of reference attributes of the participating MOs.
Managed Element (ME): An instance of the Managed Object Class G3ManagedElement.
Managed Object (MO): In the context of the present document, a Managed Object (MO) is a software object that encapsulates the manageable characteristics and behaviour of a particular Network Resource. The MO is instance of a MO class defined in a MIM/NRM. An MO class has attributes that provide information used to characterize the objects that belong to the class (the term “attribute” is taken from TMN and corresponds to a “property” according to CIM). Furthermore, an MO class can have operations that represent the behaviour relevant for that class (the term “operation” is taken from TMN and corresponds to a “method” according to CIM). An MO class may support notifications that provide information about an event occurrence within a network resource.
Management Information Base (MIB): A MIB is an instance of an NRM and has some values on the defined attributes and associations specific for that instance. In the context of the present document, an MIB consists of:
- a Name space (describing the MO containment hierarchy in the MIB through Distinguished Names),
- a number of Managed Objects with their attributes and
- a number of Associations between these MOs. Also note that TMN (ITU-T Recommendation X.710 [7]) defines a concept of a Management Information Tree (also known as a Naming Tree) that corresponds to the name space (containment hierarchy) portion of this MIB definition. Figure 1 depicts the relationships between a Name space and a number of participating MOs (the shown association is of a non-containment type)
Figure 1: Relationships between a Name space and a number of participating MOs
Management Information Model (MIM): Also referred to as NRM – see the definition below.
Name space: A name space is a collection of names. The IRP name convention (see 3GPP TS 32.106-8 [13]) restricts the name space to a hierarchical containment structure, including its simplest form – the one-level, flat name space.
All Managed Objects in a MIB shall be included in the corresponding name space and the MIB/name space shall only support a strict hierarchical containment structure (with one root object). A Managed Object that contains another is said to be the superior (parent); the contained Managed Object is referred to as the subordinate (child). The parent of all MOs in a single name space is called a Local Root. The ultimate parent of all MOs of all managed systems is called the Global Root.
Network Resource Model (NRM): A model representing the actual managed telecommunications network resources that a System is providing through the subject IRP. An NRM describes Managed Object Classes, their associations, attributes and operations. The NRM is also referred to as “MIM” (see above), which originates from the ITU-T TMN.
Node B: A logical node responsible for radio transmission/reception in one or more cells to/from the User Equipment.
It terminates the Iub interface towards the RNC.
3.2 Abbreviations
For the purposes of the present document, the following abbreviations apply:
AUC AUthentication Centre
BG Border Gateway
CIM Common Information Model
CMIP Common Management Information Protocol
CMIS Common Management Information Service
CN Core Network
CORBA Common Object Request Broker Architecture
DMTF Distributed Management Task Force
DN Distinguished Name (see 3GPP TS 32.106-8 [13])
EIR Equipment Identity Register
EM Element Manager
FM Fault Management
GDMO Guidelines for the Definition of Managed Objects
GGSN Gateway GPRS Support Node
GMSC Gateway MSC
GPRS General Packet Radio System
HLR Home Location Register
IDL Interface Definition Language
IEC International Electro-technical Commission
IETF Internet Engineering Task Force
IRP Integration Reference Point
ISO/IEC International Standards Organization
ITU-T International Telecommunication Union, Telecommunication Sector
Iub Interface between RNC and Node B
LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
NM Network Manager
NE Network Element
ME Managed Element
MIB Management Information Base
MIM Management Information Model
MIT Management Information Tree (or Naming Tree)
MO Managed Object
MOC Managed Object Class
MOF Managed Object Format
MOI Managed Object Instance
MSC Mobile Services Switching Centre
NE Network Element
NR Network Resource
NRM Network Resource Model
OSI Open Systems Interconnection
PM Performance Management
RDN Relative Distinguished Name (see 3GPP TS 32.106-8 [13])
RNC Radio Network Controller
SGSN Serving GPRS Support Node
SMI Structure of Management Information
SMS Short Message Service
SMS-GMSC SMS Gateway MSC
SMS-IWMSC SMS Interworking MSC
SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol
SS Solution Set
TMN Telecommunications Management Network
UML Unified Modelling Language
UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
VLR Visitor Location Register
WBEM Web-Based Enterprise Management
XML eXtensible Mark-up Language