Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare to evaluate and use telecommunications management network
- Research and evaluate network management architectures in common carrier and extended models
- Evaluate features and functionality of the Standards Committee International Telecommunications Union (ITU-T) TMN architecture and network models
- Research and evaluate techniques for collecting management information from network nodes using interrupts and polling
- Analyse configuration management problems and produce an assessment report on solutions by integrated network management systems
- Analyse fault management and accountability procedures
- Plan for reliability and survivability
- Research and produce a report on quality of service (QoS) in a telecommunications context, including relevant international standards and range and type of possible monitoring parameters for a QoS
- Analyse the reasons for service levels in a telecommunications context
- Perform linear and exponential trend analysis on real or simulated data for a single monitoring parameter
- Research and assess reliability and survivability in a telecommunications context with reference to disaster and security management policies and procedures
- Develop a disaster recovery plan for a telecommunications network
- Research and report network management techniques
- Research how accounting records are generated and used for both voice and data networks
- Analyse the process of generating bills from accounting records, configuration and customer information
- Research and report on network management techniques and standards used for the Internet
- Research and report on standards used in the simple network management protocol (SNMP) network management model and the global system for mobiles (GSM) network
- Analyse network management functions over a CNET network simulation or similar data network and produce a report on the findings