INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION COM 4 – LS 48 – ETELECOMMUNICATIONSTANDARDIZATION SECTORSTUDY PERIOD 2005-2008

English onlyOriginal: English

Question(s): 8/4 Geneva, 20-30 September 2005

Ref. : TD 100 Rev2 (PLEN/4)

Source: ITU-T SG 4

Title: Consent Recommendation M.3060 (Principles for the Management of Next Generation Networks)

LIAISON STATEMENT

To: FGNGN, NGNMFG, ETSI TISPAN WG8, ATIS TMOC, TMF, 3GPP SA5, 3GPP2 TSG-S WG5, IETF (Management), ITU-T SG13, ITU-T SG 15

Approval: Agreed to at ITU-T SG4 meeting (Geneva, 20-30 September 2005)

For: Information/Action

Deadline: 1 May 2006

Contact: Sharon ChisholmRapporteur Q8/4Nortel Canada

Tel: +1 613 765-6067Email: schishol@nortel.com

ITU-T Study Group 4 is please to announce it has consented M.3060 ‘Principles for the Management of Next Generation Networks’. This document provides an architecture with 4 separate views – business process, functional, information and physical – which is both able to manage the new challenges presented by Next Generation networks and to provide greater flexibility and reduced costs, compared with traditional management solutions.

We look forward to hearing any feedback you might have on this document.

<Attach M.3060> TD94Rev1/PLEN

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