The
ITU NGN Management Focus Group (NGNMFG), a group sponsored by
ITU-T Study Group 4, is seeking more input from service providers and network operators in order to build a more accurate roadmap of needs and existing specifications for NGN management. The group, presenting Version 2 of its
NGN Management Specification Roadmap at the 22-23 May 2006 meeting of
Study Group 4 in Beijing, China, changed its terms of reference to reflect this need.
While roadmap V1 identified NGN management specifications from ITU-T as well as other standards making organizations, V2 provides gap analysis and pinpoints areas that can benefit from better harmonization. Recognizing a gap in managing new functions tying the NGN transport stratum to the service stratum, V2 sees the addition of management of IMS (IP multimedia subsystem) and NGN transport technologies like ASON (automatic switched optical network) and Ethernet.
Further information on the NGN Management Specification Roadmap can be found here.