CONTENTS

 1     Scope
 
2     References
 3     Terms and definitions
 4     Abbreviations
 5     Principles
        5.1     Event correlation processes
                  5.1.1     Selection of events
                  5.1.2     Comparison of events
                  5.1.3     Persistence analysis
                  5.1.4     Dependencies
                  5.1.5     Patterning
        5.2     Generic event correlation model
                  5.2.1     Stage 0
                  5.2.2     Stage 1
                  5.2.3     Stage 2
                  5.2.4     Stage 3
                  5.2.5     Stage 4
        5.3     Surveillance operations flows
        5.4     Implementation considerations
 6     The transport network event correlation MAF interaction diagram
 7     Performance management
        7.1     Detection, counting, storage and reporting
        7.2     NE(s) performance characterization
        7.3     Performance monitoring data accumulation
        7.4     NE(s) trend analysis
        7.5     Data aggregation and trending
        7.6     NE(s) TCA processing
                  7.6.1     TCA correlation rules
                  7.6.2     Persistence analysis
        7.7     Network performance monitoring event correlation and filtering
                  7.7.1     Correlation of impairment indications along a trail
                  7.7.2     Correlation of impairment indications among related trails
                  7.7.3     Correlation of trend indications with impairment indications
 8     Fault management
        8.1     Failure event detection and reporting
        8.2     Alarm reporting
                  8.2.1     Equipment faults
                  8.2.2     Communication faults
                  8.2.3     Environmental conditions
        8.3     Alarm correlation and filtering
                  8.3.1     Processing of equipment alarms
                  8.3.2     Processing of communication alarms
                  8.3.3     Processing of environmental alarms
                  8.3.4     Processing of state changes
                  8.3.5     Correlation of alarms among related trails
                  8.3.6     Persistence analysis
                  8.3.7     Declaring fault indications
        8.4     Network fault event analysis, including correlation and filtering
                  8.4.1     Correlation of fault indications along a trail
                  8.4.2     Correlation of fault indications among related trails
        8.5     Network fault localization
                  8.5.1     Patterning of indications
                  8.5.2     Correlation of indications among related resources
 9     Configuration management
        9.1     Notification of state changes by NEs
        9.2     NE(s) status and control
                  9.2.1     Operational state changes
                  9.2.2     Administrative state changes