CONTENTS

 1     Scope
 2     References
 3     Terms and Definitions
 4     Abbreviations
 5     Management Functions
        5.1     Network Management Architecture
                  5.1.1     Relationship between TMN, xMN and xMSN
                  5.1.2     Relationship between technology domains
        5.2     Equipment Management Function
 6     Date & Time
        6.1     Date & Time Applications
                  6.1.1     Time-stamping
                  6.1.2     Local Real Time Clock function alignment with External Time Reference
                  6.1.3     Performance Monitoring Clock Signals
                  6.1.4     Activity Scheduling
        6.2     Date & Time Functions
                  6.2.1     Local Real Time Clock Function
                  6.2.2     Performance Monitoring Clock function
 7     Fault Management
        7.1     Fault Management Applications
                  7.1.1     Supervision
                  7.1.2     Validation
                  7.1.3     Severity
                  7.1.4     Alarm Reporting Control
                  7.1.5     Reportable Failures
                  7.1.6     Alarm Reporting
                  7.1.7     Testing
        7.2     Fault Management functions
                  7.2.1     Fault Cause Persistency function – PRS
                  7.2.2     Severity Assignment function – SEV
                  7.2.3     Alarm Reporting Control – ARC
                  7.2.4     Reportable Failure function – REP
                  7.2.5     Unit Alarms function – UNA
                  7.2.6     Network Element Alarms function – NEA
                  7.2.7     Station Alarms function – STA
                  7.2.8     TMN Event Pre-processing function – TEP
                  7.2.9     Alarm Synchronization function – ASY
                 7.2.10     Logging function – LOG
                 7.2.11     TMN Alarm Event Notifications function – TAN
                 7.2.12     Current Problem List function – CPL
                 7.2.13     Alarm Status function – AST
                 7.2.14     Operational State function – OPS
 8     Configuration Management
        8.1     Configuration Management Applications
                  8.1.1     Equipment
                  8.1.2     Software
                  8.1.3     Protection Switching
                  8.1.4     Trace Identifier
                  8.1.5     Payload Structures
                  8.1.6     Multiplex Structures
                  8.1.7     Matrix Connections
                  8.1.8     DEG Thresholds
                  8.1.9     EXC thresholds
                 8.1.10     Port Mode and TP Mode
                 8.1.11     XXX_Reported
                 8.1.12     Alarm Severity
                 8.1.13     Alarm Reporting Control
                 8.1.14     PM Thresholds
                 8.1.15     TCM Activation
        8.2     Configuration Management functions
 9     Account Management
10     Performance Management
       10.1     Performance Management applications
                 10.1.1     Concepts of "near-end" and "far-end"
                 10.1.2     Maintenance
                 10.1.3     Bringing-Into-Service
                 10.1.4     Quality of Service
                 10.1.5     Availability
                 10.1.6     Reporting
                 10.1.7     Thresholding
       10.2     Performance Monitoring Functions
                 10.2.1     Near-end Performance Monitoring Event function – NPME
                 10.2.2     Far-end Performance Monitoring Event function – FPME
                 10.2.3     Delay Function – Delay
                 10.2.4     Unidirectional Availability Filter function – AvFu
                 10.2.5     Bidirectional Availability Filter function – AvFb
                 10.2.6     Consecutive Severely Errored Second function – CSES
                 10.2.7     Begin/End of Unavailable Time event generation function – UAT
                 10.2.8     Current 15-minute Counter Register function – Cur15m-c
                 10.2.9     Current 15-minute Snapshot Register function – Cur15m-s
                10.2.10     Current 15-minute Tidemark Register function – Cur15m-t
                10.2.11      Recent 15-minute Register functions – Rec15m-c, Rec15m-s, Rec15m-t
                10.2.12      Current 24-hour Counter Register function – Cur24h-c
                10.2.13     Current 24-hour Snapshot Register function – Cur24h-s
                10.2.14     Current 24-hour Tidemark Register function – Cur24h-t
                10.2.15     Recent 24-hour Register functions – Rec24h-c, Rec24h-s, Rec24h-t
                10.2.16     Transient Condition Threshold function – ThrF-tr
                10.2.17     Standing Condition Threshold Function – ThrF-st
                10.2.18     Out of Range Function for gauge overflow detection – ORF-o
                10.2.19     Out of Range Function for underflow detection – ORF-u
11     Security Management
Appendix I - Overview of common and technology-specific ITU-T Recommendations
Appendix II - Protocol to set the local Real Time Clock within a few seconds  relative to the External Time Reference
       II.1     Measure Round Trip Time
       II.2     Calculate the Time Drift
       II.3     Set NE Clock
Appendix III - Bibliography