5. FM Function in TMN-FCAPS Model
Fault Configuration Accounting Performance Security
Management Management Management Management Management
Performance data
Alarm Handling Auto discovery Service usage Prevention
collection
Performance
Alarm filtering Provisioning Billing Authentication
monitoring
Performance System access
Alarm Correlation Backup & restore Audit
reporting control
Performance
Alarm Forwarding Service activation Fraud reporting Detection
analysis
Alarm Generation Remote Containment
Capacity planning
& Thresholding configuration recovery
Asset & inventory
Log Management
management
Alarm Reporting & Change
Analysis Management TMN-FCAPS model
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6. The Process Flow
Generate
Information
Process
Collect
Transmission
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7. • Connect & Collect
events/alarms from the
Generate various network
elements.
Information
• Collect source data for
enrichment process.
• Suppress un-necessary
Process events/alarms.
• Manage the retention of
events/alarms
Collect
Transmission
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8. • Events/alarms filtering.
• Events/alarms
Generate thresholding.
Information • Enrichment process.
• Events/alarms
correlation
Process • Generate derivative
alarms.
• Events/alarms
forwarding.
Collect
Transmission
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9. • Events/alarms reporting.
Generate • Events/alarms analysis.
Information • Maintain the
events/alarms cycle by
integrating with Service
Process Management system.
• Integrate with other OSS
system to generate other
information.
• information forwarding.
Collect
Transmission
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18. Only Collect & Process the Alarms are not Enough,
Complete it with INTEGRATION to Other OSS/BSS Systems.
Service Quality Management
Knowledge Trouble Ticketing
Management Management
Performance
Fault M anagement Management
Subscriber Usage
Rating System
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20. 10. The engineer insert the
way how he solve the
Knowledge problem in the KMS
Management System
9. TTM log the 8. Notify the Engineer that the ticket
4. Assign the ticket to the is closed.
problem related Engineer
information to
KMS
Trouble Ticketing
Management System
3. Open a trouble 7. FM system send information to TT 5. The Engineer solve
ticket the related problem
Management to close the ticket.
in the network
elements by using the
FM System root cause
(2. collect, and correlate the alarms, information from the
find the root causes of the problems)
FM system.
1. Alarms that indicate a 6. Problem solved, the NE send clearance
problem. alarm to the FM system.
problem problem
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