CONTENTS

 1     Introduction
        1.1     General
        1.2     Network view
        1.3     Guidelines for uses of measurements
        1.4     Grouping of measurements
        1.5     Collection of measurements
        1.6     Definition of terms
        1.7     Listing of measurements
                  1.7.1     General
                  1.7.2     Intervals for measurements
        1.8     Techniques for filtering measurements
                  1.8.1     Single faults giving rise to multiple error reports
 2     MTP monitoring and measurements
        2.1     General
        2.2     Table 1
        2.3     Table 2
        2.4     Table 3
        2.5     Table 4
        2.6     Table 5
        2.7     Table 6
 3     SCCP monitoring and measurements
        3.1     General
        3.2     Table 7
        3.3     Table 8
        3.4     Table 9
        3.5     Table 9 bis
 4     ISDN-UP monitoring and measurements
        4.1     General
        4.2     Table 10
        4.3     Table 11
        4.4     Table 12
 5     TC monitoring and measurements
        5.1     General
        5.2     Table 13
                  5.2.2     An example of collection of measurements
        5.3     Table 14
 6     Uses of measurements
        6.1     Introduction
        6.2     Message Transfer Part (MTP)
                  6.2.1     Fault and configuration management measurements
                  6.2.2     MTP performance
        6.3     Signalling connection control part (SCCP)
                  6.3.1     SCCP fault management
                  6.3.2     SCCP configuration management
                  6.3.3     SCCP performance
        6.4     Integrated services digital network user part (ISDN-UP)
                  6.4.1     Fault and configuration management
                  6.4.2     ISDN-UP performance
        6.5     Transaction Capabilities (TCs)
                  6.5.1     TC fault management measurements
                  6.5.2     TC performance
        6.6     Preparation of traffic forecasts
        6.7     Network planning
        6.8     Evaluation of maintenance force effectiveness
        6.9     Near real time network control
 7     Accounting of MTP and SCCP message traffic
        7.1     General
        7.2     MTP traffic registration
                  7.2.1     Basic registration principles
                  7.2.2     Limitations
        7.3     SCCP traffic registration
                  7.3.1     Basic registration principles
                  7.3.2     Limitations
Annex A – TC: Fault Measurements pertinent to development of TC and its users