Summary

This Recommendation contains the framework for ASON management. It places ASON management within the TMN context and specifies how the TMN principles may be applied. A management view of the ASON control plane is developed. This view provides the bases for the ASON management requirements specified in this Recommendation. Identifier spaces needed in ASON management are specified. Examples of management system structures and ASON related management applications are contained in the appendices.